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Originally Posted by Jeff Alton
I wish BAT required people who wish to comment had at min 50% of the expected sale price in Escrow with BAT. Sort of a "Put up or STFU" idea..... Would make more people list reasonable cars on the site. Far toooooooo many EXPERTS post on BAT who will never ever be in the market for a car they are ****ting all over...
Just another open mic for people to step up to the podium and say their piece when they do not belong there... Find a different hobby.
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Couldn't disagree more. 100% of the value of BaT is the fact that many competent eyeballs pore over every minute detail of the car and pick up on issues that a non-expert civilian wouldn't even think of.
Yes some comments are stupid and in bad faith, most are valid and valuable and reduce the informational asymmetry between the seller and a prospective buyer.
If you remove the comments from BaT you are left with nothing of value, you have a one-way platform inviting dishonest sellers to lie through their teeth about their cars.