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Auto Nation Direct - 50% off MSRP of 29 new 2012 Cars - Ebay
It appears AutoNation Direct is selling 29 new 2012 cars in 9 days at 50% off the MSRP, you have to pay cash for it, no financing, its first come first serve once the ad goes live! Only thing that scares me is the line
"Buyer must agree to sign a talent release to be used for public relations purposes." - Not sure what that means.. http://stores.ebay.com/autonationdirect http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/...ymorning-2.jpg *Terms & Conditions: Only specified VINs offered. Available first-come, first-served while supplies last. Vehicles will need to be secured with a $500 deposit through PayPal within 24 hours. Vehicles are to be shipped out of Florida and buyer is responsible for arranging shipping and insurance. Tax, shipping, tag and title fees are additional.Includes all consumer rebates and dealer fees. Limit one vehicle per household.Employees of eBay or AutoNation and their families are not eligible for this promotion. Dealers and brokers are not eligible for this promotion. The Program Period starts at 12:00PM PDT on March 23, 2012, and ends at 11:59PM PDT (or until supplies last) on March 30,2012.Cash deals only, no financing. Buyer must agree to sign a talent release to be used for public relations purposes. Buyer will be contacted by an AutoNation Direct Consultant and must complete the buying process and take delivery of the vehicle within five days of purchase. |
So what were the types of cars that were previously purchased and what were the final prices?
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The first vehicle up for grabs (which sold before I could even finish writing this blog post) is a 2012 Chevy Camaro V6 Automatic with 12 miles for $12,720. It came with the factory warranty, black paint, and a price that you will never ever beat at your local dealer. eBay Item Number
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ch...171wt_1165 2012 Ford Mustang sold for $15,142 – http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fo...447wt_1165 2012 Ford Focus sold for $9,842 – http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fo...373wt_1165 2012 Chevy Sonic sold for $8,727 –http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ch...423wt_1165 my friend just bought that same camaro for 24k lol |
granted chances of getting this- is like the Chicago Cubs winning the MLB Championship for 2012 season
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its all about who refreshes, but the fact you have to PAY cash for it will reduce the number of people who can afford it
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well as far as paying CASH within in 72 hrs- is no problem- if they needed 24 hrs is fine
but getting lucky "refreshing" would be priceless |
We're ready to rock. Fingers crossed for something made in Marysville, OH.
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That 2012 Sonic looks like a demo car or something- since it had like 180 miles on it
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What is with the stupid requirement of no financing-cash? It gets turned into a check and releases the seller from any sort of repo anyways.
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I'd buy one just to resell for alot of profit lols
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I'm thinking the press release might be them including you in their promo video or something..would make sense but not sure!!!
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I"m in for a 350z lols
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probably cost up to $1K for me to ship to San Pedro, CA- but I would be so stoked and then call my banker "Merrill Lynch Wealth Management" to do a cash transfer
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Well now that you posted it here your chances are greatly reduced, OP.
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oh well, it was bound to get out eventually, got my google chrome plugin auto refhresing every second haha
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the hard part is you have 0 idea when the cars are going up for sale, last one was at 12 PM EST time
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Have any been up for sale today?
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11 AM EST - 2012 Ford Fiesta - http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fo...600wt_1165 2:15 PM EST - 2012 Ford F150 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fo...842wt_1165 |
if someone intended to resell that f150, they are in for big disappointment.
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Is there any way to see how long these auctions were live? I see an end time but no start time. Also this reminds me of some other deal from here a long time ago. Can't put my finger on it though.
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WTF DID I JUST DO?!?!
, your payment of US $500.00 has been processed by PayPal. Your pending balance for Cruze item is US $9,030.00. You will receive an email receipt shortly. |
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hahaha, I was sitting on it, but I hestiteted because I was freaking out lol...I could've had it damit! That's a steal man I had a 2011 Chevy Cruze LS with 30k miles on it and I sold it to a dealership for $13k, you could make 5-6k on that car
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Auo Nation Direct - 50% off MSRP of 29 new 2012 Cars - Ebay
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If so, CONGRATS! |
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I asked about that agreement thing, they said
"We would love to get a video or audio testimonial of how you felt about our amazing deal. the talent agreement allows us to get your feedback and be able to use it on our website about your experience. " I also verified with ebay that this is legit |
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I sent my deposit and I'll see what I have to do next |
haha, my hand got tired, so I got auto refresh going, refreshes every 1 second, now is the time to get a car before alot more people find out about this
looks like 1 more car for sale today |
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man its rough waiting, can waste a week on this easily hahah, the hard part is I doubt many people want to spend $10-20k on a car
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1 left today, lets get it over with!
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well the first one was around 11, than 2, than, 5ish, so i'm thinkg they are about 3 hours apart..which would put the next one at 8 pm
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How do you all know there is just one more car left for today because of the 29 cars in 8 days ad? So technically more could come online in the early hours of Sunday if that's correct. Is there a way to check which cars have already been sold except for the small photos on their main page? or the cars coming up for that matter...
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^^ they said they are selling 4 cars per day, than the big $60k corvetee for 30k on the 30th, unfortunately that's half the game they don't tell you when or what car is coming up, they will update the image each day with the sold cars
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it looks like its all Chevy, Ford, and Nissan from what I can tell,
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10 computer is this real life
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I think just for the flip value alone, this is the SD of a lifetime for almost anyone. |
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Anybody get the Volt? I didn't want it.
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Yeah me neither, though I was thinking about the flipping profit but its just a bit to much. I was at the last step to click but just backed out. |
Tried for the Volt, I think we were too slow on the Paypal part. Got all the way to the confirm payment screen then said it was unavailable.
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I got it :)
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No more cars for today I suppose?
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Whoever got the Volt, thanks for pulling it from when I was sitting @ paypal looking up shipping rates. $22K, oofda!
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So is that it for today, 4 cars right?
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yea that is all for today
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You should of just paid for the shipping seperatly. Visit "http://www.carshipping.com/" I've gotton sick deals when I ship from place to place hence it's individual companies competing for best price. |
yea $26k is rough, but $45k retail...course MSRP is high...that is alot of room for profit
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whew I can get back to other Slick Deals but if I were "xyos" and the other 3 SD'ers- I would be stoked- we all wake up wondering what kind of deals we might buy- but I doubt any of us woke up this morning- saying big deal "KenBT" got a Canon T3i Bundle Kit- that's lame- LOL- I am a Slick Deals "BALLER" and bought a freakin' CAR and the only things hurting are my fingers or auto refresh!
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lol... saw this thread so clicked link to ebay just for fun and saw 1 car listed, I'm like looking reading the details, lalalala... then realize this is a race to buy it hahah! epic fail.
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yea starts at $31k but its got a bunch of other options, rear view camera + park assit package + premium trim package, with all sorts of goodies puts it up into $45k range
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I think its actually pretty crooked that Chevrolet can show the price after tax credit. I haven't seen any other manufacturer do that. I know Nissan did with the Leaf solely to show it was still a better deal than the Volt. |
WAIT! IT says
ut of state buyers are charged their home state taxes, title, and license fees. I'm from new hampshire where we have no sales*tax, that means I don't have to pay it...BALLIIINNINNI |
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Edit: You are correct but it is sales tax, not income tax. Also it may be worth it for you to buy an hours worth of CPA's time to see of you would owe any income tax (Federal and State). You didn't win a car but it might be a grey area. |
yeah need a box of donuts and coffee and pepsi and bunch of snacks since I will be on my laptop starting 12am to buy a car or get callouses trying
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Auto Nation Direct - 50% off MSRP of 29 new 2012 Cars - Ebay
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Also someone please correct if I'm wrong, but if you sell it for profit then it will be taxed 15% for capital gains. edit: That's true you should be able to claim the tax credit for purchasing the car. So that will help offset some of the money you would lose because of capital gains. |
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Good luck to everyone and congrats to whoever gets through |
This is definitely FOREIGN GROUND- not normal chat to talk about a Slick Deal then have to decide whether the GAIN from reselling is ordinary income or a capital gain- not use to for example 5K+ profits from selling a SD purchase- usually just in the maybe hundred dollar or so gains.
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Also, you may have to figure out if the tax credit you get on your Federal return for buying the volt reduces your basis in the Volt. So you bought it for $26k and get an $8k tax credit. That might reduce your basis to $18k. If you sell it for $30k you might be looking at $12k in ordinary income. Not sure if you would have to pay self employment tax on it though. I strongly suggest you talk to a CPA about this.
Edit: I am done bumping this thread now, need to keep it low key. All this talk about taxes should hopefully steer people away. |
So i'm looking at the site and it say four cars sold.
March 23.. how many on sale? March 24.. how many sold? Camaro, Ford focus, Chevy Sonic and Mustang. all sold today? March 25... Now has the volt sold? It's not showing as sold on that ebay page. Somebody wanna give me a $30k Loan this week? I'll pay it back in 2 week for $32K. |
the eBay page will be updated towmorrow...
now i gotta figure out the best way to get the car...seems like it would be a good idea to actually see it before shipping over $22,000 lol, but it is in Florida debating driving down, but wouldn't really want to drive it back and put 1k miles on it |
one way plane ticket and drive it back. its already a used car so dont expect extremely low miles to make much of a difference.
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What are the cars scheduled for tomorrow or the other days? How/where do you see them?
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That way the autonation people know you will be looking at the site over and over again. That Ford F150 for $20k was a steal. I'd love to get that for half off although it looks like the math was a bit off. $36K but sold for 19K. |
So I know there is a way to search for stuff on EBay which allows you to see items quicker. Can anyone explain?
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looks like a great deal. But I'm still little effy on weather or not this is legit. Probably over thinking but its a lot of money on the line.
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If anyone scores one of these loss leaders and runs into problems closing the deal, send me a PM.
I have the tangibles and intangibles ready to help maximize your ROI. |
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I am really surprised that they are including some really decked out cars! I would have expected only bare-bones offerings. I wonder what flavor of vette they are going to be offering? I won't be going for that because it's not something I want/need, but it's a nice dream. It would be fun to get just to make my nephew jealous though! :omg: |
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I still don't understand how I had that volt in my cart and was sitting at paypal checkout and it got yanked away. Once you commit to a buy it now you're obligated to buy it with other auctions. $500 deposit was just due in 24 hrs on some of their pgs, there is like 1 pg that says immediately. what is funny is my netbook from cowboom for $99 was an allnighter page reload deal. this is pretty quiet, there isn't a whole lot out watching this if I can stand a chance of even seeing the item! |
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yea, you have to be the first person to actual complete the sale by sending in the deposit, |
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Damn it! I have a $15k limit, and I wanted a 2010 slavage mustang or camaro! I could have got new models! Time to sit in front of my computer and wait!
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this is pretty cool too bad I don't have paypal
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congrats!
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If anybody wins a Mustang and wants to flip it immediately and is willing to take $3500 profit on it, let me know. I can pay you and You can have it shipped straight to my house. So, if you win for $12000, I will pay you $15500 and any incurred taxes/
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You guys have got to stop bumping this thread.
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wouldn't this offer make more sense if they mixed the 1/2 off car with a bunch of normally priced cars on the listings page?
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what site do you guys your page monitor on?
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The Volt is NOT one to drive long distance. You will be stopping to charge way too often.
Tax credits according to this [irs.gov] are expired. Does anyone have an updated notice link? It is never advertised what the cost per mile of plugging the car in actually is. Does anyone know? A tax credit is much better than a tax deduction and $7500 should take care of any 'gain' if it were actually interpreted as one. The credit applies to cars not purchased for resale. You are not a dealer, but you might want to check with someone knowledgeable in that area. If you pay $20K and get $7500 to pay toward federal income tax as well, that is a pretty slickdeal indeed. |
I"m debating on how to get the car, I"m in New Hampshire, should I take a sick day off work, go down and get the car myself...or should I Just wire transfer the funds online and have it shipped up
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well I dont have a license yet, just turned 16, so I would just wire the money, but Id be scared to cause that is a bit risky. So I would just ask my dad to fly down ad drive here, but I live in farkING Omaha, NE which is in the exact middle of the US, so its defenitely a 2-day drive. Wire = Drive for me but since you are in NH wire < driving granted that you can use a sick day and get away with it. What car did you get? Camaro? Mustang? Volt? |
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mine is going off every 5 seconds! wtf? |
In the market for a new car. Was wanting a chevy cruze, but would take almost any of these ones that posted up lol. Seems they are up for less than a minute eh?
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It's a hybrid, not an electric only, so you can run on gasoline. It is advertised how much it costs with charging. Tax credits still apply if you purchase the vehicle new. |
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http://www.pluginamerica.org/incentives It's a $7500 tax credit, not a deduction. For someone like myself who ends up getting around $1000 back at the end of the year it would mean I have to really ramp up my W4 withholdings so as to not pay as much tax with each paycheck, for this calendar year only. It's tough remembering, in practice. I underpayed in 2010 so got hit with a penalty in 2011, then I forgot to adjust the W4 until I got hit with the penalty so I had to overpay, and I got laid off, so I had to do it with no money coming in. On the other hand, in this article (subscription likely required): http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs...-headwinds And even with rising gasoline prices -- topping $4 a gallon in parts of the country -- EVs are just not competitive, according to the Lundberg Survey. Gasoline prices would have to rise to $8.53 a gallon to make the Leaf competitive and hit $12.50 for a Volt to be worth it, based on the cost of gasoline versus electricity, fuel efficiency and depreciation, the survey said. |
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next car around 1:45 PM Eastern Time if 3 hours apart....
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interesting. to bad they don't have any cargo vans. I could use one of those.
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why so you can give out free candy??? :D |
It looks like uship.com may be the best way to get pricing quotes.
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Nope. I am a contractor. I can't fit my tools in a camaro. My current van is 10 years old and should be turning 400,000 this week. To say I am due for a replacement is an understatement. While they say you can't finance these deals. My CU would cut a cashiers check to pay for it with a loan for said cashiers check. |
missed my cruze lol
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just missed the cruze ahhhhhhh!!!!! my hands are shaking
I'm getting a car from this no matter what, even if i have to stay on the computer 24 hrs. |
wow missed the cruze had it in my cart all the way until paypal payment was about to buy then said not available!! does anyone know if this is 100% legit? it is not listed anywhere on autonationdirect's website..
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Same here, I got past the checkout, but paypal held me up. It was still available after returning from Paypal, but I went to approve and it was gone...
I hesitated a few times because I asked myself, why am I buying a Chevy Cruze? |
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I got to click buy it now and then it was sold 32 seconds later
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damn completely missed the cruze since I was away! but I highly doubt 1000's are fighting for it, maybe 50-100... |
are any of you skeptical as in no info of this is posted on autonationdirects website.
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got past the buy-it-now button, then got shut out for the cruze >_>
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I don't care if I'm lucky enough to actually puchase one... this is fun and timewasting. Reminds me of the early days of Woot.
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also here is the twitter of the CEO of AUtoNation
http://twitter.com/#!/CEOMikeJackson Mike Jackson @CEOMikeJackson RT @autonation: Want 50% MSRP? Together w/ @eBayMotors, we're listing 29 NEW vehicles over the next 7 days. http://bit.ly/ANdirectOffer http://twitter.com/#!/autonation for those checking if its legit |
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nice thanks for the info! |
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just talked with the a guy from auto nation, he said there are still another mustang, a nissan 350z (sick ass car), the corvette and a bunch more!
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I want the black mustang or the 350z so BAD! I get my license here in like 2-3 months. :bounce: |
Also, just a little more info
eBay is sponsoring this with AutoNation, they are actually paying for all the cars, doing it for advertising and to increase their partnership, AutoNation is a top 200 Fortune 500 company they don't care if you resell it, doesnt matter to them! So I just got my invoice from AutoNation - strange thing is...he just told me that was $3,000 less than the ebay add which is $22,615.00 hmmm what do? Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET VOLT 1RC68 5dr HB Stock #: CU116380 VIN: 1G1RD6E40CU116380 Miles: 1 PURCHASE OPTION Vehicle Price: $45,230.00 Preferred Customer Discount: - $25,832.45 Total Selling Price: $19,397.55 Dealer Service Fee: + $599.95 Other: + $8.50 Customer Deposit: - $500.00 Balance Due (estimate): $19,506.00 |
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its 3000 LESS right? You sly dog! I just want my STang! |
I dunno if I Just go with it, or if I should mention it to them lols
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That is typical on all car sales. Last time I bought a car on eBay it was $929.49 |
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50 people? 1000 people? 10000 people? What's it matter. This thing has gone viral enough that I'm not getting in. I got to the computer about 12 seconds after the alarm went off on the Cruze and there was already no 'Buy it now' to press. Oh, to have only gotten in when things were fresh....
Still waiting for #3 to drop. BTW- The thumbs down thing does work. I *did* initially see the posting on Friday evening, but did not look at the post until Saturday evening because of the score. FAIL (on my part). |
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it is pretty much luck, nothing about being the fastest gun in the west. ebay is using a web server farm, and someone in a certain state might be able to get the jump on this way before (talking milliseconds here) anyone else across the country would have.
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First day it seems they lasted atleast 5-15 minutes. Now last less than 10 seconds. |
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On a side note: Is that a refundable deposit of $500 or is that gone if you back out? |
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I knew there is a reason why I should be keeping 20grand on hand lol.
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LOL at ever growing thumbs down.
I'd be on this if this was in Cali.:( |
farking hilarious to see people desperate to hide this giving it thumbs down
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Taken for their website. Lame. iwheela |
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Wish I was friends with a dealer, get a quick commission for my troubles :D |
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forever thumbs down :(
Can't wait to get my Volt!!! Just talked to a CHevy Dealer in portsmouth, said someone took delivery of a Camaro this morning for $12k....goddd damn! I can't belive this is a real! THis is once in a lifetime opportunity |
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Holy crap that went by quick! Less than 5 seconds I lost it.
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2013 Malibu Eco on now hurry..
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Missed it
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this is bullsh*t!!!!!!!! i got to check out ahhhhhhh
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Got to payment screen and got error.
invalid item in cart. Was still 4:30pm lol. |
Malibu. Got the alarm. Clicked the link within 1 seconds.....already sold. Doh! :mad: :mad:
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this is crap now. I literally stepped out to asnwer the phone and gone. poof! Ill try once more and Iam done!
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i got the malibu!
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Basically impossible now. I couldn't go any quicker and got to the last page on Paypal but missed it. Best chance was yesterday for me, but lost to that doucher who bought the Volt to resell it.
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Good job on the malibu, I'll pay you profit!!
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5seconds late, my last click on :24, sold on :19
better have fast connection + computer or you got no chance |
i have to say that it's so big now that it really is all dumb luck, i think i'm done for the day to much anger, congrats to everyone who got a car :)
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Was the malibu the last car for today?
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congrats guys, its really tough now that there is so much more interest :(
I think there is 1 more car today if i'm not mistaken, yes 1 more! brb mustang / 350z |
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Yep, almost time for everyone to reverse their thumbs down vote so the OP will get Front Page credit. Kind of a lost cause now. Might as well let the other half of the world in on the deal since half is in on it already. I'll keep trying though. I'm sure the office will enjoy my network usage during the week. You know, I figured competition for the vette would be crazy, but I didn't think competition would ramp up this quickly!
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iwheela PS. What ebay link is everyone watching? Even with auto refresh mine says 4 cars still available. Let the house for a bit so never saw the malibu. But page doesn't reflect that it sold. |
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very true iwhella, I didn't even think, i'm like volt..uggh buy yes!
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