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Originally Posted by 911boost
Didn’t BAT start out as non running project cars? Hence the “bring a trailer”?
How did it get to be the place to go? Marketing?
I’d never buy a car without putting eyes on it in person.
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Then you are not buying a car on the internet. What's your point? You are limited to walking on a used car lot in your hometown like it's 1976 and settling for what they have or using local classifieds. I live in the car capital of the universe and I can almost never find what I'm looking for locally. A nationwide search doesn't even always find what I want.
BaT became the preferred portal for selling collectible and/or interesting cars because of the prices paid for really great cars, (and sometimes not-so-great cars), the reason for that is the quality of presentation. You cannot just send them some schit photos and a scant description of you rig and ask them to sell it. They won't do it. They also reject hundreds of cars for every one they accept these days, it's a curated site. They are picky but not picky enough w air-cooled 911s and certain other cars they like, IMO. They will list any C2 'vette on earth, for instance.
A lot of the cars are top flight, absolutely well known cars and sellers in the small world of collector cars. Some of the best of the best get sold there on a weekly basis. I'd put their QC waaaay above Barrett Jackson or other big auction houses but not sure that's saying much. There is plenty of time to look at or arrange a PPI on BaT. It is impossible for a car to get sold out from under you.