ace0215

I sold some concert tics on ebay once and the high bidder backed out an hour before the auction ended. He stated "dishonest seller" as the reason for retracting his bid even though there was no basis for saying that. Well the next 2 bidders also backed out because of what the first guy said. So the auction ends leaving the first bidder as high bidder at like $75.00. The tics were worth about $450 but the high bidder by default was really upset that I cancelled the auction and wouldn't sell her the tickets. She said she was sorry that the other bidders did what they did but that I was obligated to sell them to her for almost nothing.

The point is, there is always a way to get out of an e-bay deal. Unfortunately this is true whether or not you "should" be able to get out of a deal. I have seen many people just plain change their mind after winning an auction and not follow through with the purchase and e-bay never does anything about it. [/b][/quote]
well...that's not all true legendlimetime. Only under specific circumstances can a bidder back out of an ebay auction, and once the auction is over, cannot back out at all (Real estate & cars are different). A bid on ebay is a binding contract and while there are some people who will just not pay, you could take legal action if it was worth it. Most of the time it is not. That being said, I have had over 100 successfull auctions on ebay where I was the seller and I only had one person ever not pay me or contact me. And guess what...it had to do with concert tickets also!

maverick351ci

wow that car has 80 miles on it allready

03pathfinder

we bought my wife's 95 C220 mercedes on ebay. Beautiful little car, only had 31K original miles picked it up from the ebay guys in florida over thanksgiving break. there are good deals to be had, you just have to pick carefully. I am not going to take the time however to send messages to all the bidders.

legendlimetime

ace0215 I realize a bid is binding but the point like you said is that legal action just isn't realistic when dealing with the small amounts of money we are talking about. I just think that ebay doesn't take any action against deadbeat bidders because then they lose possible sales and revenue from those same deadbeats. Just an opinion based on multiple instances of seeing the same users back again after filing legit complaints on them.???

ace0215

you might be right, but that is what the feedback system is supposed to warn people about. My only deadbeat bidder happened to be from someone with a 0 feedback rating. You are right, it would be nice if there was someway that ebay could do more to stop it, but all in all i have benefited from ebay.

UGAKarl

Congrats ben19811967 you just secured your car for only $38,750.00 would you like to pay by cash or check?

95cobraR

Only if it's a GA buyer. Out of State pay no sales tax (if GA, anyway).

It's 8% in Fulton County; but cars are exempt from the additional 1%.

Anyone that pays close to MSRP is nut's (or very rich).

UGAKarl

If you're out of state you pay the taxes that you owe in your state/county. If there's a way around this let me know and I'll save myself $2k!

Macon Mustang

Probably some kid living in his parents' basement with no job, no money, and no intention of buying the car. Laughing his azz off 'cus he put one over on the dealer.

foxhtn

And Ben 19811967 would you like a payment plan to go along with that?

Where do these idiots come from?