James B.
No one wants to Deal with ChatGPT
Their $90 AI negotiating "Agent" appeared to be a great idea. But, guess what? It may not be the time and hassle saver that they present it as. It appears that Dealers (who are also human) appear to hate communicating with AI Bots as much as we do. Think about Caredge's sales proposition to the consumer. Your AI agent has access to comparable transactions along with the actual costs that dealers pay for their inventory. The sales pitch is saving the customer time and money. Now look at the negotiation from the dealer's perspective. They are now dealing with a "customer" that has more extensive knowledge in their actual costs and may be better at negotiating than their flesh and blood counterparts. Who are they going to be more receptive to dealing with? Who can they extract maximum profit from? As long as the supply of undereducated real buyers stays strong, how do they profit from working with AI? Dealers are already using AI agents as greeters when you visit their websites. What is to stop them from also employing AI sales agents that negotiate on their behalf? What we have then is No Humans in the Loop trying to drive the sale in opposite directions. How do you achieve a Win/Win negotiation? Back to Caredge......... My first AI Agent search went unanswered by the dealer that I selected. This was after 3 attempts by the agent to start a conversation. I believe that there are two possible explanations: First, the Dealer did not see the value in working with AI and would not engage. Second, despite Caredge's attempts to make their agent appealing to humans, it still comes off as AI - and people know it. For example, the AI agent uses a self generated Email address for the dealer to respond to that has some silly domain name that I did not recognize. I'm sure that the dealer did not either. Ask yourself, when an AI agent window pops up (in voicemail, Email or Online) how often do I ignore it and ask to speak to a live person? When I gave the agent 3 days to work on I behalf, it came up with no success. So I decided to ask for my money to be refunded. The live customer service rep "recommended" that I give the AI agent at least 10 attempts before requesting a refund. To this I would ask "How often are your AI agents ignored?" This appears to be the million dollar question. It would be great transparency if Caredge published this for the public to review.
Response from caredge.comJan 8, 2026
James, thank you for your detailed feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective with us.
