ck_kent Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 A BMW for $1. Sounds too good to be true, but for one Trade Me buyer it was obviously his lucky day. The 1994 blue BMW 320i was listed yesterday morning with a $1 reserve by Christchurch car dealership Stadium Cars. Before lunchtime, it had been snapped up by a bidder using the name ''bignz'', whose profile says he is from Rangiora. He clicked on ''buy now'' and within seconds was the proud new owner of a tidy, second-hand European car. Stadium Cars manager Mike Nokes said the $1 buy now was an error. Each week the dealership put up cars for auction on the site with $1 reserve. However, the buy now option was mistakenly added to the latest one. "I thought, 'Whoops', but it is what it is." "You can only laugh about it." It was the cheapest car ever sold by the dealership ''and hopefully the only car we sell for $1''. The winning bidder picked up the vehicle yesterday afternoon. ''Obviously not an ideal outcome for us as the seller,'' Nokes said. ''However, we are firm believers in the auction process and for it to be fair to buyers and sellers alike.'' The car probably would have sold for $3000 if the auction had run as planned. :view: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobrPatty Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Might have sold for $3,000 ya right. A 1994 beamer....the guy got a fair deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baso Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 lucky man ... good old BMW 3 :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 One very cheap for world wide advertisement for the car dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Probably the cost of the online ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 11, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 11, 2012 One very cheap for world wide advertisement for the car dealer. Probably the cost of the online ad. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 If it was for real I'd imagine the seller would say no, sorry it's a mistake. Maybe they are rich and it's cheap advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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