Disturbing comments on a BAT aution

[pwd72s]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2024-porsche-911-gt3-rs-12/

Nice car, low miles, and yes, very spendy. What disturbed me? The seller's comments on what he did in order to buy the car in the first place. My God, the price of stroking one's ego certainly is up there these days:

"Disappointing the comments with regard to the “flipper”. We all have plans for the future and sometimes financial issues force undesired actions. For the record, I purchased 6 (SIX) brand new Porsches from this dealer in order to obtain this specific allocation. Each were sold back at sticker or for up to a $40k loss, and enormous losses in sales taxes and registration costs, to obtain this one vehicle . They set those rules. This allocation I intended to keep forever. If it doesn’t sell at a fair price I will keep it. It would have been far less expensive to just buy a “flipped” new version and paid the premium on the open market. I am a true enthusiast and have wanted this vehicle for years. Given all of the transaction, tax and trade in loss costs, even a sale at current market prices will result in a loss for me. Meanwhile, my calcs indicate the dealer made nearly $500k between initial sale gross margins, then reselling the brand new trade ins at well in excess of list (they got them back with just a few hundred miles on them). Refrain from feeling too sorry for the dealer and that somehow I disadvantaged the entity."

[Bill Douglas]

A very strange guy. Why go to all that trouble to buy this particular car, barely drive it, then sell it.

[sc_rufctr]

At "110 Miles"... Something drastic happened or he is in fact a flipper.

His comments above could be 99.9% BS.

[speeder]

And in other news, who gives a ****? I don’t count other people’s money or care what they’re doing unless it impacts me and this doesn’t.

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

For the record, I purchased 6 (SIX) brand new Porsches from this dealer in order to obtain this specific allocation.

What does this mean... does this dealer (or Porsche) have some snooty policy that you're not eligible to buy this special edition Porsche unless you've been a frequent flyer?

[917_Langheck]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

What does this mean... does this dealer (or Porsche) have some snooty policy that you're not eligible to buy this special edition Porsche unless you've been a frequent flyer?

Yes.

Somewhere along the way, Porsche dealers began to think they were selling Ferraris.

[KNS]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

What does this mean... does this dealer (or Porsche) have some snooty policy that you're not eligible to buy this special edition Porsche unless you've been a frequent flyer?

Unfortunately, that's exactly what it means. Most Porsche dealer have adopted this model for coveted vehicles.

[wdfifteen]

The guy waited that long for that ugly-ass car? No wonder he wants to sell it.

[Ralph3.]

First world problem ��

[speeder]

I don't spend a lot of time obsessing about the egos of strangers, either.

[speeder]

Edited.

The title gives the deception that it is about something interesting. Being senile, I forgot that I had already read it and commented, so I skimmed it again and here we are. You owe me 5 minutes of life at this point, tosser.

[speeder]

And you have too much time on your hands up there where you live, obsessing about the egos of people you will never meet...me, strangers on an auction site, etc...

Maybe it's time for a new hobby or volunteer in your community somehow?

[911boost]

As the owner of a 3RS, god they have gotten ugly. It is like one of the older ones mated with a Pontiac Aztek or Chevrolet Avalanche and the result was all that black plastic.

Yeah it has more downforce, and you cannot seeing while driving, but jeez.

As for buying a bunch of cars to get an allocation, to each their own. Not something I would do, but I am not in that demographic either.

[speeder]

Me neither. I spend zero time thinking about new Porsches or the people who buy them. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Car would be a cool addition for the autobots.
I don't think the guy even realized how his comments would be taken.

[herr_oberst]

Porsche has never been afraid to take advantage of the wealth of customers.

They started overcharging for accessories back in the longhood 911 days.

I may be mis-remembering here, but I recall that during development of the 918, Porsche was offering a "matching" Twin Turbo (something badge engineered and painted to compliment some of the 918's features) to customers who'd put down a deposit and wanted a bit of gratification before production began on their new supercar.

Cynical me, I just assume that buying a 150,000 dollar TT was a necessary expense of getting one of the first 918's.

To the OP, I'm sure the corporate heads at Porsche saw what Ferrari was getting away with and gave dealers free rein to follow suit - as long as AG gets to wet the corporate beak.

[450knotOffice]

I'm 100% with Speeder on this. Honestly, the guy was explaining to his potential bidders why he's listing and what he had to do to obtain it. That clearly doesn't include you and most of us here, pwd. Potential bidders might be interested. I see ZERO wrong with his explanation in any way. Zero.

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ Exactly. This vid explains how Porsche sells their desirable cars these days. Spoiler alert: you can't just walk into a Porsche dealership with a suitcase full of cash and buy a GT3. It's not allowed

I Exposed Supercar Dealerships

[911boost]

^This is very true and why the used market is so strong for certain models.

[Steve Carlton]

So the original selling dealer bought it back for $90K over MSRP.

I don't see what's "disturbing" about the seller's comments. I don't see how it would get him any more on the selling price, either. It's interesting to see the Ferrari model being employed by Porsche dealers, though.