On May-13-14 at 08:16:21 PDT, seller added the following information:

IMPORTANT NOTE:

I received a negative feedback from a buyer ~ it just posted last night.

The buyer purchased a beautiful 1991 Rolls Royce Silver Spur with only 36,000 original miles. He paid only $21,600 ~ the NADA Bluebook value is $40,000. The NADA Bluebook value is typically high and buyers don’t pay that, but 46% lower (as is the case here ~ $21,600 is 46% of $40,000) is a steal.

The car was a consignment and the seller just wanted it gone is why the car sold so cheap…not because it was a junk car. The car is awesome. Beautiful leather, excellent wood, no oil drips, clean car inside and out. Yet the buyer said the car is a “parts car”. The car is nowhere near being a parts car ~ it’s a gorgeous old Rolls Royce.

I asked him to list what he felt was wrong with the car. His reply was that the rear reading lamp bulb on the right side was burned out. He also said that the original paint had some blemishes in it and that the car needs to be completely repainted at a cost of $7,000. He also complained tat the car didn’t have the original stereo in it ~ close-up photos showed the new high-level stereo that was recently installed because the old original one didn’t work. That was the extent of his list.

Original paint is (in my opinion) a big plus. That proves there's no rust or accidents. The paint on this Rolls is super nice especially for it being 23 years old. There are no dings or scratches, only a few stone chips up front and some chips on the door edges that were touched up with factory color matching paint dabber.

In a very calm and professional way I asked him how he thought a burned out bulb, original paint, and a aftermarket stereo qualifies the car as a parts car. His response was simply this: “pay me $10,000 and I will go away”. Right there I new this man was playing some kind of extortion game. I phoned eBay and opened a “feedback extortion” claim.

I’ve been selling cars on eBay since 2004. Ok, so I haven’t sold a zillion cars on eBay, but enough to understand the process. In every one of my auction descriptions I ask the bidders to please call me and ask me questions that are important to them. I’m happy to walk around a car with the bidder on the phone. That’s the best way for a me to communicate to bidders about a car ~ they get to know the car and then decide it they want to buy it or not.

The buyer of the Rolls Royce never even emailed me one question. The reserve was met already on the 8^th day of the 10-day auction. At the last few seconds of the auction this buyer outbid a buyer by $100. The buyer that was outbid had called and asked to me to do a walk around just the day before the end of the auction. We talked for nearly 45 minutes. He got to know the car very well. Then kaboom he was outbid at the very end by this buyer that never asked one question about the car.

I suggested to the winning buyer that I sell the car to the person he outbid. I contacted that bidder and told him what was going on and he still wanted the car. I even told the winning bidder I would get his shipping refunded. His reply was this: "pay me the $10,000 or you will get a negative from me". Obviously he wanted to keep the car rather than getting 100% of his money back.

I googled the buyer’s name. Sure enough it turns out that he is a dealer in New York with a horrible reputation. So, basically he got a gorgeous Rolls Royce for $21,600, then wanted me to pay him $10,000 so he could turn around and sell it for $30,000 or whatever. Because I didn’t pay him the $10,000 he left me a negative feedback. I’m so disappointed. I got caught in his web. It could have gone the other way had he not out bid that buyer who was really excited to get that car. I know 100% that he would have not been disappointed with the car.

I just feel I need to explain this crazy situation so all of the viewers here don't get the wrong idea about me.

Thanks for reading this.