[samwoo2go]

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127993

[Last E92 M3]

Originally Posted by samwoo2go

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127993

[MadDog]

Over 172K views. Thread of the Year ??

[Das M]

That is some shady shit. I'd like to see the outcome, which by the way if it's in there I didn't read that far, so can anyone cliffs it for me? lol

[Grimace]

hmmm i bought my e92 335i from lincoln. the dealership was actually awesome. me and the sales manager sat and just talked bullshit for an hour. definetly a great place to do business. wonder why this came up. i actually PMd the guy who won the auction and asked if there was anything i could do to help out.

[Greeney]

This is why you cant trust Ebay...

[FrankoQ]

will this have a happy ending?

[matt_435xi]

Originally Posted by FrankoQ

will this have a happy ending?

did you say "happy ending"?

[normtrum]

Originally Posted by FrankoQ

will this have a happy ending?

I hope it does. It's getting international coverage within the last 24 hours. He's had several lawyers chime in and give some really good advice....as well as a lot of armchair lawyers that know nada about the law.

My take on it is this (I posted on his main thread last night)...the dealer claims to have "made a mistake". that is highly unlikely. First of all, it was advertised on ebay as "the lowest starting bid for an e90 do date", and with "no reserve". For those of us that have sold things on ebay (I sold a pwc 8 years ago) you know to really, really take your time when inputing the data. This was a starting bid of $60000, so I'm sure great care and effort was used when typing this info in. Second...if the guy made a "mistake", why did he let the bid sit for 3 days? You can pull the auction any time before it ends! Lastly, the dealer called the guy within seconds after the bid ended,, and said "i can't sell you the car for that price". It was obvious that the dealer was closely monitoring the whole process. He tried to create a bidding war...and got burned.

the negative pub on this is astonishing. somebody sent the link to the O'Reily factor (or whatever his show is called). There is a huge mob ready to show up at this dealership with a rope. It's gone nuts.

[Los Angeles]

Originally Posted by FrankoQ

will this have a happy ending?

Yeah, the dealership is actually making him an offer on the M3 for $60k. The deal should be closed by tomorrow according to the OP. Very good news!

[Los Angeles]

Originally Posted by MadDog

Over 172K views. Thread of the Year ??

Correction: 236k views..and counting..

Thread of the Year?

Best Thread Ever.

It has generated more coverage than the top 10 ten threads all put together.

[samwoo2go]

Originally Posted by normtrum

I hope it does. It's getting international coverage within the last 24 hours. He's had several lawyers chime in and give some really good advice....as well as a lot of armchair lawyers that know nada about the law.

My take on it is this (I posted on his main thread last night)...the dealer claims to have "made a mistake". that is highly unlikely. First of all, it was advertised on ebay as "the lowest starting bid for an e90 do date", and with "no reserve". For those of us that have sold things on ebay (I sold a pwc 8 years ago) you know to really, really take your time when inputing the data. This was a starting bid of $60000, so I'm sure great care and effort was used when typing this info in. Second...if the guy made a "mistake", why did he let the bid sit for 3 days? You can pull the auction any time before it ends! Lastly, the dealer called the guy within seconds after the bid ended,, and said "i can't sell you the car for that price". It was obvious that the dealer was closely monitoring the whole process. He tried to create a bidding war...and got burned.

the negative pub on this is astonishing. somebody sent the link to the O'Reily factor (or whatever his show is called). There is a huge mob ready to show up at this dealership with a rope. It's gone nuts.

i kind of read a little bit. to add to what you said, we know the dealer closely monitored the auction because they actually lowered the buy iy now price twice during the auction.
also couple real life lawyers from the m3 forum actually made some pro bono calls into the dealership for him...that probably helped.

the speed and vastness this shit has spread kind of reminds me of that pedophile that got owned I posted about that guy from nsxprime.

The internet is great...

heres the link
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104971

[MadDog]

Originally Posted by Los Angeles

Correction: 236k views..and counting..

Thread of the Year?

Best Thread Ever.

It has generated more coverage than the top 10 ten threads all put together.

Damn. I think 1K of those views were mine.

[normtrum]

It will be interesting to see what the "conditions" are all about. Certainly some sort of gag order (or clause...since they're not in court).

I hope it all continues to work out....dooma seems like a pretty good guy...who really was just looking for a good deal on a car!

[TurboFan]

Originally Posted by samwoo2go

...heres the link
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104971

That was a great thread. That dood created a whole new level of getting owned - Sitkowned!

[aznshrek88]

Originally Posted by normtrum

It will be interesting to see what the "conditions" are all about. Certainly some sort of gag order (or clause...since they're not in court).

I hope it all continues to work out....dooma seems like a pretty good guy...who really was just looking for a good deal on a car!

+1 but BMW of Lincoln will have the worst reputation ever...this thing should turn into some HUGEASS youtube scandal or something...lol

I don't understand why a dealer would post an auction on ebay and then say its no good ebay manual... but glad to hear dooma is getting it and I just want to know what the end conclusion is instead of 50 pgs of ppl flaming each other dooma!

[Year's_End]

The general manager over there must be shitting bricks right now. I was just at my dealer talking to my CA (OT: Just drove the new M3. That's one hell of a car), and he even brought it up and I was like LOL.

[Vegas_Sirk]

Awww the power of the internet. Didnt these idiots at the dealership have at least one person over there take a marketing class? a happy customer will tell 3 of their closest friends an unhappy customer will tell everyone!

[Los Angeles]

Originally Posted by MadDog

Over 172K views. Thread of the Year ??

Now, it's over 336k views ... and counting....

This story could turn into something even bigger than it already has.

Its on practically every major car forum out there.

[Dragonman4]

You wonder if it's really worth it being the dealership to deny someone the sale over a few thousand dollars. Now look at them, they're infamous all over the world as being douchebags and have to sell it to him anyway for the price. I guess they never thought Dooma would bring it to the internet.

[AndrewAZ]

The dealer agreed (finally gave in... GO INTERNET!!!!!!!) to sell it at the $60k price which is almost $4k below invoice!!!!!!!! He will update us soon with the "condition" the dealer wants.

[Last E92 M3]

Originally Posted by Los Angeles

Correction: 236k views..and counting..

Thread of the Year?

Best Thread Ever.

It has generated more coverage than the top 10 ten threads all put together.

not sure about the best thread but yeah thanks to that single thread, bimmerpost is now advertised across the forums.
one step closer to the biggest "bimmer" forum on net(?)