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Guy Wins Ebay Auction, and Dealership Backs Out
-Taken from NBMWSsix on my forum:
Any of you guys following this? Ebay thread. Original thread. Quote:
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Ouch. He's entitle to that car.... ;)
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Talk about a lot of exposure for that guy. Truly putting "there's no such thing as bad press" to the test.
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It is one fine car though. :)
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that guy got ++++ed over, he legally won the contract to buy the car
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A bid is a contract. Not sure about a sale, although at a price like that it's possible his account is risking suspension.
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Totally legal, i don't know what this idiot is moaning about, did you read the dealers TOS in the description?
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He is entitled to that car, and should take legal action for breach of contract...
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i was on simply computers website the other day and they mistakenly had a radeon 9800 pro for ?25 so i ordered one, got the order acknowledgement saying it was gonna be sent out and everything, then i get an email this morning saying
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IIRC Amazon had a similar mistake where they were accidently selling computer hardware for 1/8 of the original price:D
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26,000$ for that.. no wonder the dealer pulled.. imagine his loss! still I smell lawsuit.
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Ebay is different - that is an auction, and auction has it's own rules. The highest bidder wins at the end of the auction, so that guy in that auction is entitled to his car. |
Since the car is gone the winner has few choices. He can sue for breach of contract because obviously the auto dealer didn't pull the advertisement prior to the auction ending. This may still never get him a car and he'll spend thousands on an attorney. The bidder can also shrug it up to experience and move on. At the very least he should file a complaint with the department of motor vehicles in his state. They handle fraudulent auto dealer advertising disputes, and they take these things very seriously. The BBB and similar organizations are a waste of time.
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Apparently he got his car :rolleyes:
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Not all auctions are "absolute".
Even if the dealer reneged, what's the worst that can happen? His account gets suspended? Dealers are cheap, they had no intention of selling that car through ebay, the fee would be too high. It's free advertising. |
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It is not the customers fault that a company marks something wrong, they are legally obliged to sell it at that marked price. If they refuse to do so, you can take it to the Office of Fair Trading. Regards, Chris |
nice one, thanks chris, i think i'm gonan give that a go :) :w00t:
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It is true - I ordered a game about 2 months ago, which was marked at £3.99 ... I recieved the game, along with a letter, which said that they mistakenly priced the game, and that the price should have been £39.99 - They only charged me £3.99, and they said that I was entitled to the game at the mistaken price...
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He got the car in the end. :)
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It's not surprising considering how much exposure this got. It's been on almost every message board I visit, in the national newspaper and everything :)
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