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Originally Posted by ChrisHamilton
That may be true but I'm on BAT everyday and I would say only around 30% of the cars are no reserve. Noticed a slight uptick in the last 6 months, but there are still plenty of cars sold at reserve.
Me personally, the idea of selling no reserve on that site scares the crap out of me.  If that was the only way I could get something of mine on there, no thanks. I'll go elsewhere.
Personally I think contracting with one of the Dealers (BAT Partners) that have a lot of fanboi's on there would be the way to go. More than likely would get a higher reserve and more bids because of the Dealer. Their fee would probably pay for itself with the better outcome. That's what I plan on doing in the future. |
I think you're starting to see the big picture, return sellers, most of them dealers, are dominating. Again, BAT wants to go with knowns. The question here is how does the average dude get his car on BAT? No reserve is the surest way, if he balks at the reserve or becomes a problem for BAT they will move on. They don't want argumentative sellers or snippy people who are touchy about their cars. If they see you as over-valuing it right off the bat (no pun intended) they might think you'll be a problem. Amateur sellers are also a problem because they welch. It happened to me, I won the bidding on a 911, the seller said he wouldn't sell it where the bidding ended, at no reserve. Sure, he will never sell on BAT again, but they probably have a good idea at this point who will be a problem and who won't. They want it smooth and professional.
---Adam