Online Car Buyer Faces Damage, Wrong Registration, and Lost Payment During Delivery and Exchange
A Carvana delivery arrived damaged and dirty with registration and plates issued for a different vehicle, plus an advertised feature that didn't work; a subsequent exchange stalled when Carvana lost the customer's payment check needed to finalize new loan paperwork. The compounding quality-control and paperwork-tracking failures span delivery, listing accuracy, and post-sale logistics.
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