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Carvana shares tank as bankruptcy concerns grow for used car retailer
cnbc ^ | 12/7/2022 | Michael Wayland

Posted on 12/07/2022 11:10:44 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter

Shares of Carvana plummeted by more than 40% in Wednesday morning trading after the embattled online used car retailer’s largest creditors signed a deal binding them to act together in negotiations with the company.

The pact, as first reported by Bloomberg, includes creditors such as Apollo Global Management and Pacific Investment Management that hold around $4 billion of Carvana’s unsecured debt, or about 70% of the total outstanding. The agreement will last at least three months.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


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It has not been a good year for Carvana---Nor their financiers!!!!

52 Week Range 3.55 12/07/2022

274.35 12/13/2021

1 posted on 12/07/2022 11:10:44 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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If they do have to sell off their assets it will be interesting to see how their vending machines get repurposed.


2 posted on 12/07/2022 11:12:35 AM PST by posterchild
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
Covid cash will destroy more of these companies.


3 posted on 12/07/2022 11:16:20 AM PST by Theoria
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
Did it ever occur to anyone that Caravan’s business model wasn’t ever going to work? It was probably created by some woke transsexual with no real business experience.

Prepare yourselves for the implosion of many American businesses in the next five or so years. They are not in business to increase shareholder wealth.

5 posted on 12/07/2022 11:20:37 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: posterchild
Probably a parking garage ...

...

OR

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wait for it

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a used car dealership.

6 posted on 12/07/2022 11:21:10 AM PST by AF_Blue (My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

When you are paying more to buy a used car than new cars sell retail because you let a computer algorithm decide what to pay, what could possibly go wrong?

When you think a fancy “vending machine” is your “hook” to sell cars…. What could to wrong?


7 posted on 12/07/2022 11:23:27 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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"...it will be interesting to see how their vending machines get repurposed."

I suggest use them as prisons for democrats involved in election fraud, or Russia hoax or Jan 6 hoax.

8 posted on 12/07/2022 11:28:28 AM PST by DannyTN
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Did it ever occur to anyone that Caravan’s business model wasn’t ever going to work?

The model worked, well for the son and father to clean out the company.

https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/08/carvana-a-convicted-felons-personal-piggy-bank/

9 posted on 12/07/2022 11:33:46 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Carvana had a long trail of issues in Florida over several years. People would buy cars and never receive their permanent tag/title. When their temporary tag expired, they would be cited by law enforcement. This went on for some time until the state got involved. FL threatened to suspend Carvana’s dealer license.


10 posted on 12/07/2022 11:34:33 AM PST by NautiNurse (There was a 2022 mid-term Red Wave...in Florida! )
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Yep. Cars are one if those purchases I have to see, smell touch and especially drive.......for some reason I’ve always considered buying an automobile FAR more stressful than purchasing a home........maybe it’s because many car salesman I’ve encountered have been detestable, untrustworthy and deceitful......but hey, I don’t mean that in a BAD way. 😏


11 posted on 12/07/2022 11:35:00 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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$360/sh on 8/13/21.

Today it’s $3.90.


12 posted on 12/07/2022 11:36:19 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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They wanted to build a couple hundred acre lot in a town near me. Imagine what an empty asphalt lot would do to that area now. I am glad they were told to go elsewhere.


13 posted on 12/07/2022 11:46:36 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Fido969

And they say Bitcoin sucks…lol.


14 posted on 12/07/2022 11:47:54 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Never heard of this Carvana


15 posted on 12/07/2022 11:50:28 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Theoria

Free money made business success seem effortless. Not so much now and money is still so cheap its crazy. I remember 14% money in 1982. A company had to turn a healthy profit to survive.


16 posted on 12/07/2022 11:51:25 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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"Selling overpriced product to buyers too lazy to shop the conventional way?"

You nailed it.

17 posted on 12/07/2022 11:54:53 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: ConservativeInPA

It’s not just “gee whiz” type of companies like Carvana, who is doing something old by making it look new and convenient.

It’s older established companies like Walmart, Target, Walgreens, etc., who are facing real issues.

The CEO of Walmart was on CNBC this week explaining in a politically correct way, unless shoplifting is curtailed, prices will rise, and stores will be closed leaving a massive number of people unemployed.


18 posted on 12/07/2022 11:56:06 AM PST by srmanuel (I)
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To: V_TWIN

My Brother in law has a Chrysler dealership. These on line dealers were giving his dealership headaches. Pennsylvania passed legislation banning their access to market in the state, or at least tried to. I’m not sure the final outcome?


19 posted on 12/07/2022 11:56:26 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: srmanuel

You are exactly correct.


20 posted on 12/07/2022 11:57:32 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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