$14k Bentley....

[Bassics]

yes they can and yes they will...

if you don't like the rules of the game, don't play it

Which rules? That's the point. There are rules for the proles and rules for the elite.

[mikec]

I'm going to bid on a car for 10 times the price. When I win the auction, I'll just claim that the seller is an ass for expecting me to pay that price.

Thinking about selling my car for $11,000. Give me $15,000?

[Cooter]

Which rules? That's the point. There are rules for the proles and rules for the elite.

it's ebay... the rules are pretty much the same for everybody.

when's the last time you bought or sold a vehicle on ebay?

[Treasure Chest]

If you accidentally listed your product at a tenth of its value, you'd merely be mistaken. If you followed through and sold it at a tenth of its value to save face, you'd be idiotic. Should they have had EBay scrub all records? Maybe not. It's not that big a deal, though.

But if you list something in the newspaper or tagged on the lot that is mispriced, you're obligated to sell it for that price or you face truth in advertising liability.

I can see both sides, but they should have agreed to sell him something at cost, at the very minimum.

[Forever_frost]

If you bid for 10x the price, it only goes up as far as someone else is willing to bid against you. The analogy is a fail

[YALE]

But if you list something in the newspaper or tagged on the lot that is mispriced, you're obligated to sell it for that price or you face truth in advertising liability.

I can see both sides, but they should have agreed to sell him something at cost, at the very minimum.

Meh, I'd roll the dice telling that guy to go pound sand. The rest of it is just effort I wouldn't even have put in. Why bother pretending it never happened?

[War Machine]

I'm going to bid on a car for 10 times the price. When I win the auction, I'll just claim that the seller is an ass for expecting me to pay that price.

You must be a democrat

[line-em-up]

...

Thinking about selling my car for $11,000. Give me $15,000?

I'll give you $110,000.

[line-em-up]

...

You must be a democrat

LOL. I don't get the connection.

[89stangGT]

has anyone thought about this: the guys working these auctions should have enough of an education to proof read their shit before they put it online.


right!?

they obviously DID NOT and they're too STUPID to do so. they failed, so they should lose the money to that failure. that's why companies post Correction Notices. Where's the correction notice on this?

[black2002ls]

I can see the problem with the way the internet sales manager handled the whole situation, trying to just sweep it under the rug from the beginning. Poor me, I screwed up, please don't alert my supervisor, etc, etc. The article doesn't make it sound like the manager approached it in a rational, how can we come to a solution to this problem, kind of way.

On the side of E-bay, the are creating a precedence here. Basically saying that if your car doesn't sell for the desired price, all you have to do is claim an error in the ad and it will be removed. If you do it for one seller, you must do it for all sellers. That in its self can kill that system entirely.

[pr1042]

Handled very poorly.

Dealership should have just emailed him, apologized for the mistake/pricing error, and then relisted the auction for the correct price. If he's feeling nice, offer free oil changes or something for a year or two if he ends up purchasing a different car from them. If he wants to push it, copy and paste the ebay policy. Done

Obvious mistake that should have been caught but doesn't mean the guy deserves the giant discount just like nobody deserves a 70 dollar ipad from sears back in july, automated confirmation or not.

[Cooter]

oh nose ebay is crumbling!!!!!!!

you guys act like this shit doesn't go down every day on there