My 2002 is in the final hours on BAT!

[McLovin]

I’d be laughing all the way to the bank.

[gregpark]

She watched the final moments of the auction with me. It was pretty exciting. With 2 minutes to go it was at 32K but they add 2 minutes after every last second bid and it carried on from there. That's when she started dancing. Not only got rid of a car but now she can go shopping like a crazed pit bull! Unless, of course, I buy another car right away ha ha

[gregpark]

On a side note, BAT assigns an agent to you and your car. My contact was Jake. I told him I'd like to set a reserve price of 40K. He said they feel more comfortable at 30. Ok, can we split the difference and set it at 35? No, he says. It's 30K or sell your car elsewhere. I felt confident that it would hit 40 so I said ok, 30 it is. After it sold I fired an email to him saying Good news Jake! My car made reserve! (a little dig at him because it sold for more than double the reserve). No response whatsoever. Imagine that

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by gregpark

On a side note, BAT assigns an agent to you and your car. My contact was Jake. I told him I'd like to set a reserve price of 40K. He said they feel more comfortable at 30. Ok, can we split the difference and set it at 35? No, he says. It's 30K or sell your car elsewhere. I felt confident that it would hit 40 so I said ok, 30 it is. After it sold I fired an email to him saying Good news Jake! My car made reserve! (a little dig at him because it sold for more than double the reserve). No response whatsoever. Imagine that

I hear you..I sold my alfa GTV there... Same deal except they were just on the cusp of being bought and more famous. So I was able to say no, my reserve is 30 or I sell elsewhere.. Back then the guy caved but now they don't care, they got so much traffic. I never heard back from him either. Post sale, you no longer exist to them. Buyer vetting ? none. Help with transaction ? none... Honestly reserve is irrelevant, if you refuse to sell the car, what are they gonna do, ban you from BAT ? ;-)

Great site for selling and maximizing profit... My opinion is it's now so popular with a worldwide reach, that there's bound to be some rich idiot somewhere with no idea about market values, who will overbid. So you will never ever find a deal anymore.

[gregpark]

BAT is a great place to sell. I've bid on a few cars but was out of the running because I have a hard time buying something I can't see up close or drive and stopped bidding after my comfort zone. For a seller, 99 bucks for a week of international exposure is fantastic. My car had 9,000 views and about a thousand watchers.
I once sold an RX7 through them and the I recognized the agents name. I told him I did some work for the Porsche dealership in Marin and the owner had your name, any relation? Yeah, that's my dad! I said I also worked on your dad's house and your uncle's too. Say hi for me. Next thing I know, I'm assigned a different agent. It got personal and they don't want that. I'll bet BAT has lawyers on staff, considering what can possibly go wrong with a sale. They take the 99 bucks from the seller and the 5 percent of the selling price from the buyer and wash their hands of both of you.