Bring a Trailer Auctions, E30 edition

[twright]

I realize this section of the forum is primarily for posting cars posted on BaT for bid. And this section’s been in existence for a little over 4 1/2 years. So, I’m wondering if those of you that are ardent followers have an opinion (good or bad) with selling a car on BaT?

Valuable service or colossal waste of time?
Viable pool of capable buyers or just a bunch E30 buyer wanna be’s?
Reserve vs. No Reserve?
BaT vs. selling on eBay?

All opinions welcome...thanks in advance,

I tried to sell my M50 swap on BaT 2 months ago. I was approved, after I agreed to a no Reserve sale.

I didn't sell the car through BaT, because they took so long to list the car. I maintained my other For Sale listings, in spite of their instructions to take them down, and that's how the car sold. I couldn't wait a month for BaT to put my add up on their website.

[Uber///m3]

I tried to sell my M50 swap on BaT 2 months ago. I was approved, after I agreed to a no Reserve sale.

I didn't sell the car through BaT, because they took so long to list the car. I maintained my other For Sale listings, in spite of their instructions to take them down, and that's how the car sold. I couldn't wait a month for BaT to put my add up on their website.

BaT informed me in advance that there’s about a 4 week “backlog” of cars to go up on the block (I took that as a sign of their increasing popularity). But that won’t effect my decision because if I decide to sell mine, it’ll be in the Spring of 2021. Thx for your input!

[Vincenze]

Bring-a-Trailer would be more valuable if it sent independent auto appraisers to document conditions of cars.

[roguetoaster]

Bring-a-Trailer would be more valuable if it sent independent auto appraisers to document conditions of cars.

That would be a real liability issue. This way they are pretty much advertising the car for the owner, and that's it.

[Uber///m3]

Bring-a-Trailer would be more valuable if it sent independent auto appraisers to document conditions of cars.

That’s sort of something else I was wondering. I’ve seen some sellers post 150+ pics and 3-4 videos of cars they’re auctioning off. But would that be considered “sufficient” by most BaT buyers? I know a lot of buyers make their purchase contingent on a pre-purchase inspection (and rightly so), but to me, nothing replaces putting your own eyes on the car and driving it...

[Vincenze]

That’s sort of something else I was wondering. I’ve seen some sellers post 150+ pics and 3-4 videos of cars they’re auctioning off. But would that be considered “sufficient” by most BaT buyers? I know a lot of buyers make their purchase contingent on a pre-purchase inspection (and rightly so), but to me, nothing replaces putting your own eyes on the car and driving it...

On eBay, you can easily walk away from the deal if you travel to see your purchased car and don't like it. It costs only $100 to the seller.
I tried to buy a car on eBay once, but the seller wrote me how he liked his car very much and couldn't let it go. He contacted me a few months later and offered to come and buy it, but my interest was lost. I still see it on autotrader, 3 years ago.

[2mAn]

1992 318i Convertible

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1992-bmw-318-19/

[2mAn]

1988 M3

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-bmw-m3-evolution-2/

[2mAn]

1989 M3

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-bmw-m3-51/

[2mAn]

1987 325i Convertible

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-bmw-325i-56/

[2mAn]

1988 S54 Swapped M3

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-bmw-m3-122/

[Uber///m3]

1988 S54 Swapped M3

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-bmw-m3-122/

This is gonna be interesting...

[TeXJ]

1989 M3

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-bmw-m3-51/

currently at $35k with 1 day left. Thought this would be up in the 60-70k range?

[Uber///m3]

currently at $35k with 1 day left. Thought this would be up in the 60-70k range?

Somebody’s fixing to get a deal...

[TeXJ]

Somebody’s fixing to get a deal...

ends in 3 mins and it's at 38k wow