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15 minutes after Ken Tanisaka won a no-reserve eBay auction for a new BMW M3 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.” In spite of the fact that the dealership changed the Buy It Now price twice — and so was paying attention to the auction — and eBay rules that make it clear that if someone wins the auction then you must complete the transaction, the buyer is still trying to get someone to give him the car he won at the winning bid price. 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.
Meh, its overpriced anyway.
Bit of an old story, the dealership has agreed to sell the car for that ammount.
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#1. According to your link, the story was posted yesterday, so as old stories go……
“A post by buyer Ken on m3post.com says that the dealership has agreed to honor the original price. However, there will be certain “conditions,” which Ken wasn’t yet able to specify.”
Hmmm, wonder what those conditions are.
I don’t like dealers, BMW dealers are extra slimy.
3-yep, they sure are. I’ve dealt with a couple in the past shopping around and they all have the same ‘you’re lucky we even talk to you’ mentality about them.
BMWs are vastly overpriced, anyways. If you want a better high priced German vehicle, get yourself a MB.
Meh, its overpriced anyway
At $60,000 it’s still a bargain. Starting price here is €71,500 ($111,671.47 at today’s rates).
I still think it’s funny that BMW’s are so popular here in the States and so common in Europe, over there they are used as taxis.
3 & 4 – I agree. Very condescending. Bought a Lotus instead.
#3. Kind of like Harley Davidson dealers these days.
#7. Sounds like we need a good old-fashioned recession to bring these clowns back into line…
#6. Yes, you are correct. So are Mercedes Benz. The specification levels on domestic European models is much, much lower than those for export. You can buy a 3 series BMW for the price of a Toyota Camry, in Germany. But it might have wind-up windows, a manual box and no radio.
Why don’t they want to sell? Is that price too low?
Hey Peter, the $60,000 price is without any gar in the tank, so if it’s filled up it would be $111,671.47!
Wonder how much I could get for my German 1965 VW Beetle on eBay?
Better to let someone else pay the depreciation on those high end cars. I picked up a five year old 850CI for less than half its original asking price which was 80K….Glad I wasn’t the original owner. $-)
Uh, they can then open a new seller account for basicly nothing, and start with no negative feedback. Outside of some bad press, it costs the dealer nothing.