Won ebay auction at 60K for E90 M3, BMW of Lincoln refusing to honor

[rainsux]

> only the winning bidder real name is listed...all of the others are in the
> X****Y format... I have overstated the case for shill bidding and criminal
> activity...this is one topic best left for ebay...

Not necessarily. Has the same ID been the successful bidder on Huckster
auctions?

[thetastelingers]

Just stopping by to see what the conditions were.
Hope they are resonable.

[rainsux]

> Still, just hints, no smoking gun proof, but anyways...

>> Maybe part of the corporate game plan? Dunno, just asking...

Good work. Keep digging. Remember that Watergate was first [cough]
excused as being, "a 3rd-rate burglary."

[hak87]

Congrats D00mA!!!

[rainsux]

MalibuBimmer,

Did the dealer ask for a confidentiality agreement?

[eyekandyboats19]

HEY! i to have read the whole thread all 47 pages and WOW!
i support you and i am a Cadillac guy coming from www.cadillacowners.com.
I am also interested in the stipulations of this purchase
BTW NICE SCORE, you man should be proud of your self

[Buschy]

holy crap, so whats the result, can the OP update the initial thread please, and let everyone know whats happening.
reading 40+pages aint gonna happen. hah.

[0.02eurocents]

Originally Posted by buschy

holy crap, so whats the result, can the OP update the initial thread please, and let everyone know whats happening.
reading 40+pages aint gonna happen. hah.

There is no definate result yet, although the dealer agreed to cough out the car keys at the ebay bid price of 60k. The just want to negotiate some conditions, but there are no Updates by the OP on what those conditions are. Maybe there never will, because the general assumption is that the are going to ask the buyer to sign a gad order / non-disclosure agreement to silence and bury this case once and forever.

All the internet hell washed over them in just a single (holiday) weekend. If they had really failed to honor the deal it would have got really ugly I bet. Lots of bogus bids with fake ebay accounts, DoSing of their servers, etc. The internet vigilante mob can be really look mean.

Lokk what they said about Fil's hairdo.

[toddy33]

Okay, but it's a pretty bad hairdo.

http://www.huskerbmw.com/index.cfm?action=staff

[1tp]

W.O.W!!! Man your story is EVERYWHERE!!! I dont own a BMW at all but ran across your story on zilvia.net. Let me tell you......this shit pisses me off! BAD. You have my support. I hope this gets resolved at the auction price. You won at 60k no if, ands, or buts about it. Anything that I can do just holla'! Goodluck dude.

[bolmedias14]

Just wanted to say dooma, hope that the conditions aren't too bad for you, and that I'm really happy for you.

[MalibuBimmer]

Originally Posted by rainsux

MalibuBimmer,

Did the dealer ask for a confidentiality agreement?

Nope. But the other lawfirm knew I wasn't going to spend my time publicizing it, based on who I was (am?).

Of greater significance: eBay was singularly unhelpful to me. However, it did change its practices, making fraud harder for bidders to catch and police. In other words, eBay went out of its way to allow such practices in the future!

eBay is the fraudster's paradise. Its policies allowing counterfeits is laughable, too. Try to find a pair of Gucci shoes and you will see so many obvious counterfeits it will make your feet spin. When these are reported to eBay, they are ignored, but to teach the reporting party a lesson eBay spams him back.

[TahBOSS]

i bet one of the conditions were to write that bs about the dealer in dooma's most recent post...

[Deephaven328]

Congrats Dooma. That is great and the amount of support is amazing!

[ucla1995]

$100 that one of the conditions is a confidentiality agreement so we may not see much more of dooma on here. Glad he won.

[midknight xrs runner]

And they said Rome wasn't built in a day. Checking in here from 9thgencorolla.com and i must say, after taking three days to read all of this, I'm glad to see that you are almost there. We all hate to be taken advantage of by dealers. This should show dealers(although we know they don't care) that you can't mess with someone this way. I haven't used ebay personally to buy anything over 50 bucks, but there will always be fraud commited no matter where we are.

To the people concerned about the internet sales "manager," his job is to sell cars. He sells on the internet, it's not like it's some new guy who normally works the lot. Ads like that need some form of approval from a higher up, it's their FAIL.

Dooma, if you get that car out here and want some pictures done, you can let me know. Congrats again and make sure to find a good fraud attorney, just in case.

[AwesomeM3]

Congrats Dooma! What an awesome example of not letting corporate America push around the little guy. Make sure you post lots of pics of your new M3!

[bkM3]

congrats man! i knew you would win... i really wanna know what the conditions are llol

[Los Angeles]

Originally Posted by bkM3

congrats man! i knew you would win... i really wanna know what the conditions are lol

+1. Dooma!, where's the M3 ?!! Let us know how you're doing!!

[C4talyst]

Originally Posted by omaham3

Secondly, I understand most people on this board have very little regard for car dealerships and car sales people in general.

Uhh, there's a reason for that...here's some reading for you:

Confessions of a Car Salesman
http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying...2/article.html

[sdifox]

I saw this posted on Anandtech (computer geek hangout) and came over to read the whole thing... I have to say that dealership definitely owned itself badly. I'll try to nominate this for Ownage of the year 2008 over at Anandtech.
Good luck to op re the conditions.

[nusevad]

Originally Posted by sdifox

I'll try to nominate this for Ownage of the year 2008 over at Anandtech.

that would be awesome! haha