COPO On E-Bay

[KLONECO]

There should be a flat fee period!!! It takes no more effort to do paper work for a $1.00 item than a $1,000,000.00 item!!! I believe he is just sitting back laughing his a$$ off! You know it"s B.S.!!! Unless there is some hidden gold bullion in the frame somewhere? It is too bad for the hobby period...that this type of shananigans must take place!!!!! It really hurts everybody! ( from the little enthusiasts...to the big ones!) It just plain takes the fun out of the whole hobby!!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif[/img]

[yountto]

Everyone that is having a good time trying to derail the auction by bidding crazy amounts is only doing one thing...making the potential buyer who purchases the car OFFLINE pay alot more than he should or would have,as the seller can use the large bid amounts as leverage[same result as if the seller was to bid it up himself] .....makes sense that if you think a car is fake the last thing you should do is BID on it..As stated on the Ebay auction page, a bid is a LEGAL binding contract. If the seller ended the auction early at 325k the high bidder would be LEGALLY bound to buy the car possibly be sued for non performance[this is a fact]...Regardless of who the seller is and what anyone thinks of him,playing any type of games on ebay is not a recommended solution to any problem.....

[Norm reynolds]

Yountto you are on to something here Just found this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2412780508
go down a little and it states that non paying winning bidders will have depost charged to credit card on file with ebay [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[yountto]

I have said for 3 years now that ebay should charge no pay bidders a fee from a credit card and make buyers register with a credit card just like the sellers always have..Hope thats the route ebay is finally taking .The $$ amount would warrant what legal action outside of ebay the seller would take,no sense in sueing for non payment on a 40.00 crankshaft.But for 325K i believe id call Robert Shapiro...The irony is that the buyer may end up getting sued on this car,not the seller..

[budnate]

NON PAYING WINNING BIDDERS WILL HAVE DEPOSIT CHARGED TO CREDIT CARD ON FILE WITH E-BAY.

New one on me, is this a Bluff???

I am with Chuck these goofballs that bid should have a card on file and be fined or charged for the item, I have been stiffed plenty on small stuff but it is a hassle to get e-bay to credit back the auction, to be Honest I have eaten every non paying auction, they never get back to me, I wanted to call Motown and hookup with his relative the last time,

Bud.

[Winmon]

Seems to me that if Dennis did try suing the winning bidder for non performance that the winning bidder might have the upper hand in the fact that the car is not what Dennis advertised it as being. If it is a fake car, then is'nt he is basically commiting fraud by claiming it is a COPO? Would that not be grounds for terminating the contract?

[KLONECO]

NO ..ITS CALLED TRUST!!!! every auction is either license or deposit!! $1000.00 whatever... "SAME AS A SIMPLE CARD GAME....KEEPS THE HONEST PEOPLE HONEST" fair hand shakes... seem to be obsolete these days [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] why some abuse it? never done it... never lived it ! be tried and true you can not lose!!! simple .................."DON'T PLAY WHAT YOU CAN'T PAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then EBAY and every other aspect in life will be ok (IMO) if I am wrong....speek to me!!!! , not the organizer of this good and meaningful site [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[KLONECO]

I Guess a closed mouth gathers no foot?....... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Winmon]

TRUST? What about the $50,000 -$85,000 worth of trust that the guy/guys had who were placing the bids (if they were legit bidders) on this car ?!? I am assuming that they were placing those high bids based upon the information (false info) that was given in the description. Now, I DEFIANTLY agree that placing a bid on an item without the intention of paying for it is obviously wrong. Or even just plain flaking out and changing your mind. But it is JUST as wrong to sell an item giving knownly false information. I do have to say that if I was the serious high bidder on this car and got out bid by someone who was playing games, I would sure as hell be glad it happened once I found out that the car is not a COPO, but just a nicely restored plain jane car.

[robber6910]

Ebay is providing a service and should have some checks and balances in place when an item goes over a certain amount. It kills me when the seller is bidding on their own auction just to push the price up. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif[/img]