Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)

[jc43089]

Jdesign said:

Wish I could say I was surprised, but I have heard a lot of bad things about BAT and the buyers that flake out. Im willing to bet 80% of the cars listed dont sell. 

Anyways, that guy started a site called "Backlash" using the BaT logo and seems a little dissappointed about the ordeal. 

https://bringatrailerbacklash.com/

Why would you say 80% of cars don't sell?  A high bidders credit card is charged for the buyers premium at the close of auction and is non refundable so it costs quite a bit of money to flake out.  In the case of a high bidder going to look at a car and then bailing out the only reason I can see that would happen is if the car has problems and is not as described and it would be cheaper to lose the buyers premium and walk away.

I will say that I was disappointed that they trimmed my description down and turned it into "BAT style" which caused a lot of information to be only in the comments and people may or may not scroll through all of the comments so there are tons of repeated questions about stuff that should have been in the description.  My buyer showed up with cash, was pleased and drove away so I was happy.

[Jdesign]

jc43089 said:

Why would you say 80% of cars don't sell?  A high bidders credit card is charged for the buyers premium at the close of auction and is non refundable so it costs quite a bit of money to flake out.  In the case of a high bidder going to look at a car and then bailing out the only reason I can see that would happen is if the car has problems and is not as described and it would be cheaper to lose the buyers premium and walk away.

I will say that I was disappointed that they trimmed my description down and turned it into "BAT style" which caused a lot of information to be only in the comments and people may or may not scroll through all of the comments so there are tons of repeated questions about stuff that should have been in the description.  My buyer showed up with cash, was pleased and drove away so I was happy.

Sorry, I guess that was a biased comment as I have never sold anything on there and have seen A LOT of buyers walk away. 

You are right, there are ups and downs to the listings on there, and its unfortunate that BaT is a subpar host for its users, both buying and selling from what I have seen.

[jc43089]

Jdesign said:

Sorry, I guess that was a biased comment as I have never sold anything on there and have seen A LOT of buyers walk away. 

You are right, there are ups and downs to the listings on there, and its unfortunate that BaT is a subpar host for its users, both buying and selling from what I have seen.

Yes, they know problems happen and they seem to ignore them.  They should have a process after a failed sale to contact the next bidder because usually the second highest bid is not far behind.  Or some process to refund the listing fee or relist for free.  Although a relist sometimes doesn't do as well as the original.  I also thought that it was not good that they listed another V70R when mine was halfway through, they say it takes a few days to go live so let the one finish and then list the other or list them side by side.  Although it was a barely maintained one that needed work but "my mechanic says I don't need to do anything" so it was a nice contrast to mine, and mine ended first and sold for significantly more than it did even though it had 80k less miles.

[Jdesign]

I know of a cheap ///M sport X3 if anyone is looking 

[Jdesign]

335 or is it?

https://madison.craigslist.org/cto/d/wisconsin-dells-i-bmw/6871419400.html

1999 BMW 528i touring/wagon - $1600

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/pts/d/chicago-1999-bmw-528i-touring-wagon/6874254817.html

Clean 318ti for $1500 

https://rockford.craigslist.org/pts/d/loves-park-1997-bmw-318ti-hatchback-e36/6874076343.html

CLEANNNN   530i e39 with sport pkg in hellrot  $3500  sucks its auto

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/d/schaumburg-2001-bmw-530i-e39-with-sport/6872265935.html

[straight6pwr]

Jdesign said:

335 or is it?

https://madison.craigslist.org/cto/d/wisconsin-dells-i-bmw/6871419400.html

lol, 335i, 326i, and 3.0 (330i) all mentioned.

"M3box" - whaduheck?

[suspenceful]

Jdesign said:

335 or is it?

https://madison.craigslist.org/cto/d/wisconsin-dells-i-bmw/6871419400.html

Not a 335i. Single exit exhaust and halogen headlights.

[wasnt m3]

Definitely a 325i.

[m42b32]

wasnt m3 said:

Definitely a 325i.

Yup. I'm pretty sure the 16" wheels confirm it isn't a 330

[Rekpoint]

Some people should stick to Hondas

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/699223587174353/

[SteelBlue]

Rekpoint said:

Some people should stick to Hondas

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/699223587174353/ 

That driveway tells you everything you need to know

[patsbimmer1]

Jdesign said:

CLEANNNN   530i e39 with sport pkg in hellrot  $3500  sucks its auto

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/d/schaumburg-2001-bmw-530i-e39-with-sport/6872265935.html

That almost looks more japanrot to me.  I love it and I want it.

[Rekpoint]

SteelBlue said:

That driveway tells you everything you need to know

So true. And the interior would have looked half decent if he blacked out the grey...

[wasnt m3]

patsbimmer1 said:

That almost looks more japanrot to me.  I love it and I want it.

Sweet ///M54...I agree, japanrot for sure.

[P_Roloff]

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/d/chicago-1997-bmw-m3-e36-hellrot-4-door/6870245895.html

Looks good except for maybe some funky panel alignment with the hood and fenders. If it checked out as straight from a shop, this could be a pretty decent one. It certainly has a good color combo, and sounds like it's been maintained.

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/d/elgin-1991-bmw-850i-e31-v12-well/6877499103.html

Higher mileage, but well maintained. I really wish he'd left it calypso though.

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/pts/d/carbondale-2007-bmw-m6/6875806961.html

Yikes.

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/schiller-park-2001-bmw-740i-sport/6877157530.html

If anyone cares to make a bad decision on a 740i M-Sport.

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/mcy/d/schaumburg-2000-bmw-740i-sport/6874868393.html

Or a slightly less bad decision on one in a cool color. LOVE how it looks when the light hits it.

There's two other 740 sports for sale in the Chicago area as well, so no lack of options with those haha.

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pts/d/milwaukee-bmw-style-32-wheels-18inch/6855160472.html

18" style 32's

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/wto/d/elkhart-lake-bmw-csl-rims/6847362697.html

Cheap set of 3 CSL wheels, good candidates for a wheel table project?

[YoungCR]

Shame on that 8 series, its not hard to find black cars lol

[straight6pwr]

those style 32s are getting around the block. @GunMetalGrey did you sell them to someone from MKE?

[GunMetalGrey]

straight6pwr said:

those style 32s are getting around the block. @GunMetalGrey did you sell them to someone from MKE?

That's not the same set. 

I did not sell them in MKE, they went up to MN.

[straight6pwr]

hmm, i see a big tire mounting gouge on one, which i thought there was on my set. coincidence!

[GunMetalGrey]

straight6pwr said:

hmm, i see a big tire mounting gouge on one, which i thought there was on my set. coincidence!

You made me double-check, and even though they have super similar marks from mounting (c'mon tire shops!) I feel like the tires debunk the correlation.