Won an Ebay auction for a car! â??? or did I?
Low Miles 98 Escort I won on Ebay
Well I bought a low mileage 1998 Ford Escort this morning on Ebay for my daughter. My winning bid was a little higher than I had hoped, but the car does seem exceptionally clean. Great excitement for her!
The dealership sent me this Email:
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Congratulations jed_codemaker,
You are the winning bidder on my 1998 Ford Escort with a winning bid of 5025.
To complete this transaction, please follow this link to my checkout:
http://www.carad.com/tools/checkout/checkoutbuyer.cfm?listing=8267946&email=jediederich@fastmail.fm
If you have any questions about this process, please contact me by email at mjl_autodeal@hotmail.com or by phone at 215 884 4200.
Thank you for bidding on my auction,
Michael Livezey
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I called the dealership this evening to make arrangements to pick the car up in person. I talked with their â??sales managerâ? who promptly told me they had a better local offer and had "already put it over the curb." He said something about it involving sales commissions and that the guy that runs the auctions for the dealership was out of town and not doing his job. He told me â??I bet youâ??re not happy about this, but there is nothing you can do about it â??? we always have the option to sell locally if we choose.â?
Well, hell, seems like a pretty crappy way to run a car dealership, but the bottom line is they are correct. All I can do is leave negative feedback on a throw-away Ebay ID that has 0 feedbacks.
Just wanted to share this with you guys. Reinforces the used car dealer stereotype!
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