Florida Resident Becomes Internet's First Major Customer of the New Millennium; Top Online Auto Retailer, carOrder.com, clinches Inaugural Millennium Sale.Business/Technology Editors AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 1, 2000 Florida state resident, James Tsai, became the first person to make a major purchase online this afternoon when he secured a new car from the Internet's first and largest automotive eDealer, carOrder.com. James Tsai of South Pasadena, Florida South Pasadena is a city located in southern Pinellas County, Florida, near St. Petersburg. The population was 5,778 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 5,745 [1]. , purchased a new Toyota Camry The Toyota Camry is a mid-size sedan assembled by Toyota in Georgetown, Kentucky; Altona, Victoria, Guangzhou, China and the original factory in Toyota City, Japan. In some markets, the top range Camry models are seen as executive cars. LE at 1:49 pm Central Time on January 1, 2000 heralding the continued growth of e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. into the new millennium. "This is my first purchase online," said Tsai. "carOrder.com offered me an easier way to purchase a new car. What a way to start off the new millennium." "carOrder.com is dedicated to offering customers a happy car buying experience," said Brian Stafford Brian Stafford is a retired inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success play inter-county football in the eighty's & early ninety's on the Meath team's managed by Sean Boylan. For Meath he usually played at Full Forward. , President and Co-Founder of carOrder.com. "The entire carOrder.com team thanks James for helping us kick off 2000 -- as we continue to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the new car buying process." About carOrder.com carOrder.com, the Internet's first and largest automotive eDealer, is located on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at www.carorder.com and offers consumers the ability to research, build, price and order new cars via its Web site, with delivery direct to customers' homes or offices. carOrder.com allows the customer to complete the entire transaction online, eliminating the need to go to a traditional dealership. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, carOrder.com is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. Software, Inc., a leading provider of the next-generation sell-side Web solutions and multi-channel e-commerce applications. With a $100 million funding from Trilogy Software Inc., carOrder.com is becoming the world's first eDealer by purchasing a network of auto franchises and investing in the technology and services needed to build a more efficient supply chain for selling cars online. The result, carOrder.com will offer consumers a vehicle direct from the manufacturer, at a fixed low price, guaranteeing the ultimate in service, convenience and savings. |
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