OT: Dodge dealership renegs on Ebay auction, How can they get away with this Options

[ellisor3]

Apparently a dealership offered a challenger on ebay but forgot to set the reserve. Guy wins it but the dealership will not honor the deal. WTF (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif)

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[turboman808]

I find it sad that so many think they dealer should have to go thru with the sale even though it's clear they made a mistake in the auction.

Probably gonna turn this political but it sure shows how everyone thinks they deserve something for nothing.

Hey if the dealer goes thru with the sale that is very nice of them. I wouldn't say they are bad people for doing it. They made a mistake posting an ad on ebay, let it go, move on.

[ArtechnikA]

I find it sad that so many think they dealer should have to go thru with the sale even though it's clear they made a mistake in the auction.

A defense to breach of contract is never 'it turned out to be a bad deal.'

You never know _why_ the dealer did that, aside from what they say now...

We bought J's Subie through an EBay no-reserve auction and got a darned good deal - well under what we expected to have to pay and under what the dealer hoped for.

Turns out they were just getting into the EBay market and were willing to 'buy' a bunch of good feedback right out of the box. Aside from having to jump through some hoops, we all got what we wanted.

There are several legitimate defenses to breach of contract - let 'em use one of those, if they've got one.

Or they can back out, like happens with dozens of EBay auctions every day, and take the negative feedback black eye that comes along with it - and move on...