Man wins new Challenger on eBay, but the dealer backs out

examiner.com ^ | March 16 | Stephen Emery

[KKing]

A gentleman who goes by the screen name "Hitman" placed the winning bid on a 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8. Hitman won the eBay auction fair and square with a bid of $29,100 on a vehicle that is sticker priced at around $46,000.

The dealership, Glenn E Thomas Dodge Chrysler Jeep in Signal Hill, California claims that their employee made a mistake when listing the vehicle and forgot to set a reserve price.

[TexasNative2000]

Reminds me of the radio stunts back in the day.

"The DJ has locked himself in the studio and is playing whatever he wants!!! The Program Director is banging on the door telling him to play the playlist, but he won't do it."

Yeah, right.

[Reeses]

The three buildings sold for about $600k. The buildings cost $7 million to build , were valued at over $5 million

I wonder how aggressively the government comes sniffing for the taxable income between the difference. If they don't then auctions can be used as a low tax method to transfer wealth.

[SVTCobra03]

Especially when a Ford Shelby GT500 will kick a Challengers butt all day long.

[Responsibility2nd]

 

“Pony” up is right. Hitman should tell them to keep the Challenger and demand a FORD MUSTANG. Camaro SS Why would anyone want a Chryslerbama?

fixed it.

 

 

[rintense]

Sweet ride. But also owned by Obama. Sorry. I would have seriously considered buying one before Government Motors happened.

[Erasmus]

Good thing it wasn’t for a toy Yoda.

[Charles Martel]

Reminds me of the radio stunts back in the day.

Yep - a local Chevy dealer had a radio station doing a "Win the keys to a new Corvette" contest. Naturally, all the winner got was a set of keys. Guess what the dealer and radio station ended up buying?

And then there was the more recent "Toy Yoda" case...

[mikey_hates_everything]

The auction winner may be subject to Capital Gains taxes on the difference.

[duckworth]

Mustang rules, Camarobama drools.

[lefty-lie-spy]

We’re not in disagreement on that point. I mean that the owner is a real dumbass for not exploiting the media attention he has received. The owner could spin this publicity and make a ton of money if he hadn’t bitched about it.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Reminds me of the radio stunts back in the day. "The DJ has locked himself in the studio and is playing whatever he wants!!! The Program Director is banging on the door telling him to play the playlist, but he won't do it." Yeah, right.

Grandma got ran over by a reindeer, eh?

[FLAMING DEATH]

They could have done it to generate more interest, because auctions without reserves get more bids.

Usually, this spurs many people to bid and the price continues to climb. And, the Challenger has been a hot commodity, so they probably figured no one would let it go for that price. For some reason, it didn’t work in this situation.

I also noticed that this seller doesn’t have any feedback yet, so apparently they are new to eBay. Maybe that explains it, too. And that dealership is not selling any other vehicles using auction-style listings, which is probably a good idea since they are obviously bad at it.

But you can’t just fumble through your listings and not follow through with the agreed-upon terms when you make a mistake. That’s why, if you’re a business who wants to establish an eBay presence, you get someone who knows what they are doing to list products.

[FLAMING DEATH]

I know for a fact that he’s a dumbass.

Remember? All the smart people (those who did NOT give money to Democrats) who owned Chrysler dealerships were shut down, and all that left were people who contributed to Obama.

Is it any surprise that this guy would ignore the rules when it didn’t suit him? Where have we seen THAT example before?

[KKing]

Last update is the dealer and Hitman are sitting down on Saturday to work out a deal.