We’d just had our third kid. Somewhere between the third car seat and a garage full of scooters and strollers, it hit me: none of our cars were big enough. We needed a full-size SUV, fast.
I’d never bought a used car before, so I didn’t know the dirty secret of online listings — the prices aren’t real. Dealer after dealer quietly piles on fees and add-ons. (What’s a “LoJack,” and why am I paying for one?)
Eventually I learned the real game. The sticker isn’t the number that matters — one number is.
Getting one wasn’t simple. It meant calling, texting, and emailing dealer after dealer — and the moment I shared my number, the floodgates opened. Full voicemail. “Still interested?” texts at all hours.
So I turned to our robot friends. Many late nights later, CarBot.Monster was born — an agent that pulls the OTD prices, plays dealers against each other, and eats the spam so you never have to.
