UPDATE: Facing Online Onslaught, Dealership Honors eBay Sale
15 minutes after Ken won a no-reserve eBay auction for a new BMW 3 Sedan for $60,000, he says a salesman at BMW of Lincoln nervously called him up and said that the price was a “mistake.” “When I pressed the issue and raised the possibility of legal action,” Ken wrote on the m3post.com forums, “this guy had the nerve to condescendingly laugh and say we are a multi-billion dollar company, ebay will definitely side with us.” Actually, that’s not how eBay works. eBay says its sales are legally binding contracts. Ken has already started the dispute resolution process and eBay seems inclined in his favor. If the dealership loses the appeal, they will also lose their eBay seller account.
BMW dealer auctions new M3 for $60K on eBay, doesn’t want to honor the deal [AutoBlog] (Thanks to everyone who sent this in!)
Won ebay auction at 60K for E90 M3, BMW of Lincoln refusing to honor [m3post]
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What? People still use eBay?
What do you want from a place with the name like Huckster Auto Group? (Husker, I know)
IMHO all Auto dealers should haver the name Huckster befor the title of the dealership to remind you always. Swindler or Liar would also be acceptable.
You know, Huckster Ford, Huckster Hyundai, Liar Lincoln, Swindler Subaru/Suzuki.
I think the most important lesson here is that you should forget the M3. Plan on spending a little more perhaps and wait for the new GT-R.
wow….you paid 60 grand for a 3 series???? you could get a really nice 5 or 7 series used for half that.
@Teh1337Pirate:
I’m guessing you have no experience with BMW; this is the Motorsport 3-series, the M3. $60K for the new 2008 is a STEAL, and it’s in huge demand right now.
@Riddar: Add to that, the salesman got rude without provocation. Normally I reserve the verbal beat-downs for the management that makes the decisions, but sometimes the salespeople deserve what they get. The OP was simply responding. I can’t fault him for that.
As an example, I was at Target returning something and the CSR was being a bit difficult and curt. She said something about “this one time….yada yada” and I turned to my friend and said, “well I guess I won’t buy these here anymore…” not snotty, just matter of factly. She responded rudely and uncalled for, so I replied just as rudely in return. She asked for it.
BMW 3 series for $60,000!!
Why pay that much for a car? once you drive it out of dealer’s lot, the price will drop to $20,000. I guess you want to show the thieves how rich you are.
Maaan, whatever those “conditions” are, they better be fair. I hate hearing crap like this.
There should be no negotiations at all, the sale is legally binding . . boom, take the 60K, give him the damned car. End of story.
@Buran: Yep. I had the same thing once. I sold a PS1 game as-is to a guy who later got upset and negged me, [ruining my 100% feedback as well] claiming that the game was broken. [DUH! It was sold as-is, moron!] He had wrong contact information, but eBay would not remove the feedback. Luckily, I was able to talk him into a mutual withdrawal.
I’m sorry, but unless it’s an m-series covertible, no 3 series sedan should be worth $60k. I can’t believe people pay that much for the damn thing. You could have a ’96 993 coupe with low mileage plus a reasonably used 2003 3 series sedan for that much, plus probably some cash for insurance.