how much was the mtech advertised here for?
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Originally posted by amg463 View Postunfortunately credit card companies rarely side with merchants when it comes to disputes. no matter the terms and conditions.
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Simon
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-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
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I guess it's a shame the way the site is ending up then. It's where I got my touring, which I'm pretty happy with.
Bid for the chance to own a 1990 BMW 325i Touring 5-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #1,845.
Ended up being as rust free as I hoped, which is pretty rare for a touring.
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Originally posted by ThatOneEuroE30 View PostDo tell. Does it have to so with the e30 you sold?
Cliff notes: post car on BAT, talk to all sorts of people, some of them didn't even bid, guy I've never spoke to wins the car, says he's nervous about buying a car from out of state (WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BID THEN), finally sends me a deposit after almost a week, has me install A/C and do suspension work, reschedules coming to pay me/get the car three times, decides not to buy and asks for his deposit back. Have my lawyer write him a strongly worded "go pound sand"' letter and he backs off.
Contact BAT, they've got their money and don't give a flying fuck what happens with my sale, so they tell me to kick rocks, next two bidders in line either weren't interested or had bought something else.
End up finally finding the right home for it, which happened to be to an acquaintance of mine, which is a really good thing. BAT was just an epic waste of my time and I've since found out that this has happened with multiple others.....but the listings all says "sold for XXXXX", even though that is far from the truth.
It's neat to see the stuff that goes through there, but I fucking hate that site with a passion. Good for exposure, but that's it.
However, I have my M coupe now and I absolutely love that car, so it's all good :)'72 2002 pickup | '88 M5 | '89 330is | '89 M3 | '01 Z3M | '11 328xi-t
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Originally posted by Austin! View PostMost definitely.
Cliff notes: post car on BAT, talk to all sorts of people, some of them didn't even bid, guy I've never spoke to wins the car, says he's nervous about buying a car from out of state (WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BID THEN), finally sends me a deposit after almost a week, has me install A/C and do suspension work, reschedules coming to pay me/get the car three times, decides not to buy and asks for his deposit back. Have my lawyer write him a strongly worded "go pound sand"' letter and he backs off.
Contact BAT, they've got their money and don't give a flying fuck what happens with my sale, so they tell me to kick rocks, next two bidders in line either weren't interested or had bought something else.
End up finally finding the right home for it, which happened to be to an acquaintance of mine, which is a really good thing. BAT was just an epic waste of my time and I've since found out that this has happened with multiple others.....but the listings all says "sold for XXXXX", even though that is far from the truth.
It's neat to see the stuff that goes through there, but I fucking hate that site with a passion. Good for exposure, but that's it.
However, I have my M coupe now and I absolutely love that car, so it's all good :)
Well then. I’ll never fuck with BAT other then seeing whats listed when i bored. Thats messed up in many ways
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I think BaT is good if you have a nice original car, but once you start to deviate away from OEM it gets more and more polarizing. The cars that have sold there have done well, I know Austin and a few others have had people flake, but when you factor that they sell ~100 cars per week for the last 3-4 years I think the overall number of flakes is quite low.
Theres no reward without any risk.Simon
Current Cars:
-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
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Originally posted by Austin! View Post
Contact BAT, they've got their money
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Originally posted by BaltimoreBimmer View PostWhen you say they have their money are you just talking about the $100 listing fee? Or do they get a cut of the "sale" price that you as the seller owe them or something?Simon
Current Cars:
-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
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I’ve had two buddies successfully sell cars through BAT, but it wasn’t without hiccups.
One was actually being bid on by two local people. Strange they didn’t buy it when it was for sale locally for several grand less..
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk1991 325i MT2 Touring (JDM bro)
2016 Ford Flex
2011 Audi A3 - wife's other German car
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Originally posted by 2mAn View PostSeller pays $99 to list. Buyer pays 5% of the final sale price to BaT, up to $5000. So in Austins case, they collected ~$1000 from the seller.
If 5% from buyer, then why would Austin be out $1,000?
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk1992 325i Cabrio
1988 320i Touring
2000 M5
1977 530i
2015 328i - Euro Delivery/Performance Center Delivery
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Originally posted by Echo30V View PostAustin’s not out the $1,000, that’s Bat’s fee from the buyer. We are just saying that BaT got their fee so they don’t care.'72 2002 pickup | '88 M5 | '89 330is | '89 M3 | '01 Z3M | '11 328xi-t
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Originally posted by cory58 View PostIf 5% from buyer, then why would Austin be out $1,000?
Lets see what this cirrusblau vert closes at compared to the las time. Im predicting it wont get much past $10kSimon
Current Cars:
-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
Make R3V Great Again -2020
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