Not A Sports Thread..But A Very Good Read..EBay Related!!!

agentjak · Aug 28, 2012

Dont know if anyone has seen this article yet, but its about EBay and their selling of cars and such..My personal opinion, EBay needs to step up and do something about this..How can they be so hard-ass on some issues and basically do absolutely nothing in this case, its well, just beyond me!! Enjoy the hypocrisy..

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/...warted-despite-winnig-bid-but-is-dealer-wrong

HPC · Aug 28, 2012

"Score one for the dealership, then--as even eBay itself notes, bids for vehicles are non-binding, unlike other types of eBay auctions. A bid on a car essentially amounts to a buyer's statement of interest in purchasing a vehicle, rather than a legal commitment to do so. Why? As eBay puts it in its help pages, "Due to state laws and the complexities of real estate and vehicle transactions, bids in those categories are non-binding."

...I think that pretty much sums up the article

agentjak · Aug 28, 2012

HPC said:
"Score one for the dealership, then--as even eBay itself notes, bids for vehicles are non-binding, unlike other types of eBay auctions. A bid on a car essentially amounts to a buyer's statement of interest in purchasing a vehicle, rather than a legal commitment to do so. Why? As eBay puts it in its help pages, "Due to state laws and the complexities of real estate and vehicle transactions, bids in those categories are non-binding."

...I think that pretty much sums up the article

........................if you say so...

In response to the close of the auction, the dealership sent an email to McKee, stating in part, "Congratulations on the purchase of your 2009 Chevrolet Corvette!"

HPC · Aug 28, 2012

I'd also like to add after reading the whole article, the dealership certainly comes off as the bad guy here for not honoring the auction and then blaming the buyer for trying to take advantage of them (boo freakin hoo) but this is not a cut and dry situation and I can see the buyer and dealer's reasoning for their arguements about the car.

I would say that the blame does lie with the dealership for not running the auction correctly with the reserve price set, but per eBay's guidelines the seller is really under no obligation to sell the car to the buyer as noted above. Sure, the arguement can be made that with the email the dealer sent congratulating the buyer on his purchase could qualify as their consent of acceptance, but people who use things like turbo lister have those emails automatically generated and all the dealership has to argue was that an actual person did not consent to the sale but rather a computer automatically generated an email after auctions close.

If it was my decision, the buyer would get the car because of the dealership's inability to run their auction correctly.

agentjak · Aug 28, 2012

All too true..

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