Category: Auction Observations
Buyer Beware: Protecting Classic Car Enthusiasts From Craigslist Scams
Buyer Beware: Protecting Classic Car Enthusiasts From Craigslist Scams As the founder of...
Read MoreBidding Ten Times Over Market Value on Bring A Trailer: Fact or Fiction?
Buyer Beware: Protecting Classic Car Enthusiasts From Craigslist Scams If you didn’t catch it on Saturday, March 11, 2023, Bring a Trailer had two auctions end with ridiculously high bids on two extremely low-mileage...
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Rejected By Bring a Trailer? Tell Us Your Side of The Story.
Buyer Beware: Protecting Classic Car Enthusiasts From Craigslist Scams Watch this one-minute video...
Read MoreSeven Advantages Listing With GuysWithRides vs. Barrett-Jackson or Mecum Collector Car Auctions
Seven Advantages Listing With GuysWithRides vs. Barrett-Jackson or Mecum Collector Car Auctions Are you considering selling your collector or classic car at a traditional in-person classic car auction house, such as...
Read MoreFooled By Bring A Trailer: 1988 BMW 535i Two-Year $20K Depreciation
Buyer Beware: Protecting Classic Car Enthusiasts From Craigslist Scams Hardly a week goes by when we don’t shake our heads over the ridiculous prices being bid for what are otherwise everyday used cars on Bring A Trailer. ...
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Don’t Believe The Hype: The Two-Minute Rule Plays on Bidder’s Emotions and Fears
As a way to combat the perceived Sniping problem with eBay auctions, rather than use a fixed ending time for their events, BaT established a two-minute “Going, Going, Gone” rule whereby any bid submitting during the last two minutes of an auction automatically adds another two minutes to the clock.
Read MoreMarket Manipulation: Why Including Fees Is Bad For the Collector Car Hobby
Buyer Beware: Protecting Classic Car Enthusiasts From Craigslist Scams The second week of January 2020 proved to be very busy time for the Guys With Rides staff as we actively streamed as much of the Mecum Kissimmee,...
Read MoreSnipers and Shills – What Are They In Auctions?
If you’ve ever participated in an eBay auction, you’ve likely heard about “Snipers” who come in at the very last second of an auction to place a winning bid. Since its inception, eBay allows the practice and in recent years a cottage industry of software programs designed to place such last-second bids continues to do well.
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Has Bring a Trailer Jumped The Shark?
With over 700 requests received yet only 225 auctions weekly combined with the launch of...
Read MoreMecum was the Wrong Venue for Joan to Sell Her GTO
A two-minute farewell after 54 years?
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Three Reasons Why Dealers Ruined Bring A Trailer
When bringatrailer.com (more affectionately known as “BaT”) reinvented itself in July of 2014 from...
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