Comments on: Update: The M3 Ebay winner notifies BMW North America http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/03/26/update-the-m3-ebay-winner-notifies-bmw-north-america/ News And Rumors Covering The Auto Industry Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:24:39 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jarrod P http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/03/26/update-the-m3-ebay-winner-notifies-bmw-north-america/comment-page-1/#comment-44162 Jarrod P Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:12:13 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/03/26/update-the-m3-ebay-winner-notifies-bmw-north-america/#comment-44162 Exactly Ryan, Ebay offers reserves on auctions for a reason. It isn't the guys fault that BMW of Lincoln doesn't know how to use Ebay to their advantage. Besides, the mark-up on cars is completely ridiculous. With the car selling at what it was I bet only the commission off of it was cut out. Two things should happen here: 1. The dealership should sell the car exactly like the Ebay auction described and 2. BMW should fire the employees dumb enough to try to sweep this under the rug rather than make things okay. Exactly Ryan, Ebay offers reserves on auctions for a reason. It isn’t the guys fault that BMW of Lincoln doesn’t know how to use Ebay to their advantage. Besides, the mark-up on cars is completely ridiculous. With the car selling at what it was I bet only the commission off of it was cut out. Two things should happen here: 1. The dealership should sell the car exactly like the Ebay auction described and 2. BMW should fire the employees dumb enough to try to sweep this under the rug rather than make things okay.

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]]> By: Ryan T http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/03/26/update-the-m3-ebay-winner-notifies-bmw-north-america/comment-page-1/#comment-43839 Ryan T Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:30:28 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/03/26/update-the-m3-ebay-winner-notifies-bmw-north-america/#comment-43839 That is simply foolish on the part of the BMW dealership in Lincoln, NE to refuse the sale. Perhaps they thought it would just quietly go away but they should have had the foresight to think through worst possible scenarios. I mean why list the car at $60k at all if you are not going to be willing to sell it for that price? If your minimum was $65k then list it there and if it does not sell on eBay then you lost a few bucks on the ad. But refusing the deal on the net like this has seriously damaged their credibility and reputation. That is simply foolish on the part of the BMW dealership in Lincoln, NE to refuse the sale. Perhaps they thought it would just quietly go away but they should have had the foresight to think through worst possible scenarios. I mean why list the car at $60k at all if you are not going to be willing to sell it for that price?

If your minimum was $65k then list it there and if it does not sell on eBay then you lost a few bucks on the ad.

But refusing the deal on the net like this has seriously damaged their credibility and reputation.

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]]> By: BMW dealer refuses to honor M3 Ebay auction http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/03/26/update-the-m3-ebay-winner-notifies-bmw-north-america/comment-page-1/#comment-43831 BMW dealer refuses to honor M3 Ebay auction Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:51:09 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/03/26/update-the-m3-ebay-winner-notifies-bmw-north-america/#comment-43831 [...] Update #2: The story has evolved into a more complicated issue [...] [...] Update #2: The story has evolved into a more complicated issue [...]

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