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| | | Amazon and Hyundai announced their partnership's newest steps at the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show. Courtesy of Amazon |
Happy (almost) New Year, Daily Money readers! It's Paul Davidson bringing you the latest headlines in the final edition of 2023. |
Amazon sells everything else at the click of a mouse. So why not cars? |
This week, the online giant began offering Hyundai vehicles on Amazon.com, the company's first foray into car sales as it competes with the likes of Carvana and CarMax. |
Customers simply check out the inventory on Amazon, select the trim and options and hit checkout. After adding Hyundai to your shopping cart, you can make a down payment and sign all the paperwork. No haggling. |
Customers can pick up the car at the dealer, typically in a couple of days. |
One caveat: Dealers have to sign up for the program. |
Iowa man wins $250,000 from scratch-off lottery |
An Iowa man won $250,000 after shelling out $20 on the Iowa Lottery's Payline scratch game. Jaime Hakes of Lake Mills bought his ticket at Kum & Go in Northwood. |
Two days earlier, Valerie Musgrove of Bloomfield claimed a $20,000 prize from another scratch game, the "$20,000 Crossword." |
Musgrove told the Iowa lotter she thought she had won $2,000. |
"But then I checked it again last night and I found out I had 10 words and that was $20,000," she said. |
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Blendjet is recalling about 5 million of its BlendJet 2 blenders after reports of overheating that caused property damage and injury, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. |
Consumers reported $150,000 in property damage as a result of 17 cases of overheating, some resulting in house fires. There have been nearly 50 reports of minor burns, |
Also, the agency took more than 300 complaints of blades breaking, resulting in at least one laceration. |
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