Challenger sells on ebay for $29K. Dealer tries backing out

[Fish]

http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/new-2009-srt8-challenger-sells-29-1k-34598/

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[UWISHU1]

bogus

 

[Fish]

Fo sho. Didnt the Genesis Coupe that went for stupid low price end up being purchased for said price?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Legal binding contract. Sorry dealer

 

[Fish]

Im suprised this isnt on Jalopnic yet.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Send it in. And it's jalopnik.

 

[Fish]

whatever.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I sent it in.

 

[Angus]

and this is why dealers are shady as hell.

 

[xringshooter7]

They will come after the seller if you refuse to buy an item you won in an auction, provided it is in the condition that it was listed. and they think there is a double standard

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

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[xringshooter7]

I read through that whole blog and what i don't understand is why he didn't, immediately, lawyer up, that's what i would have done, instead of going to the media. that's what you get for being raised by wolves i guess.

 

[greasy]

I hope that dealer gets it broken off in their ass.

 

[xringshooter7]

^^^Bahahahaha, YES

 

[Outlaw]

Fuck that, it's a legal contract and they should honor it. If I were that guy, I'd raise all hell!

 

[Primalzer]

Haven't these dealers realized that releasing one car for under-price and learning from their mistake is not as bad as THIS much bad press. I mean who cares who is right and who is wrong at this point, the dealer still looks like the bad guy and is going to bare the brunt of the criticism.

 

[Ron Vogel]

Legal binding contract. Sorry dealer

If they were dumb enough to put the reserve low, they should expect to get screwed. eBay goes in cycles...sometimes it's all gravy, sometimes you can't give shit away. As a seller, you either protect yourself with a reserve and if the item doesn't sell you sit on it and relist, or try and attract buyers with a low initial bid and face the consequences if it sells low.

You can't back out, that's bs.

 

[EmersonHart13]

It is on AutoBlog.com now...

 

[Mook]

and jalop

 

[Fish]

Apparently the car has been sold. Noone knows if the guy got it or someone else.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

and jalop

Thank you thank you

 

[Oreif]

No the car is still there. They just tell everyone it is sold.
Someone actually went to the dealership a little while ago and saw it.

 

[firemandan1700]

This is getting sooo much publicity on there site. 24 pages in 24 hours and there is 1800+ guests too lol

I hope the guy get the car

 

[xringshooter7]

Apparently the car has been sold. Noone knows if the guy got it or someone else.

it's still there, but I would have an injunction put on the car, barring it from be sold.

 

[Oreif]

See Jalopnik comments:


This is not a case of simply forgetting at the start to set a reserve price. Something else happened. First of all, there WAS a reserve. You can tell this by clicking to see the bid history and it says "Reserve met." That would not be there if there had been no reserve. Also, from the listing page you can click to see information on revisions to the listing. There were two revisions on March 11. It says the first one, at 11:27:10 AM, changed the description AND the reserve price. The bid history says that a $20,100 bid was placed that exact second (just a coincidence?). The second revision, at 11:27:55, involved the buy it now price.

He won the auction fairly. He should get the car.
The dealer claiming "MSRP" should actually look up what that means:
Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price.