It was a great place to buy a unique car. I highly recommend it. The bidding was exciting, the car details and pictures were great. They make the process of financing and transporting the car very easy.
Response from Cars & BidsOct 17, 2024
Thank you! We are overjoyed to hear that you had such a great experience bidding, winning, and shipping through Cars & Bids!
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Kurtis S.
Trying to sell a car here
Trying to sell a car here. Was told that it is better to sell my car with NO reserve. I am not comfortable with selling it this way, but they insisted that is best for me. They claimed it is a wasteful of resource to sell my car this way just in case the transaction falls through. I started to dig deeper on the internet. I noticed there are many other cars regardless they are on the high end or low end, they are selling with reserve and or no reserve. Even though it does not costs me to sell through this site but they profit from it. Also, i heard similar reviews online with them pushing for cars to be sold with no reserve on their website. I don't like the fact that they control how I sell my car. I feel like i don't have the freedom to how to sell my car with them. I also heard that there are shady stories of them stopping auctions that are nearing the due date and that they are not meeting the reserves. They made up stories on why the auctions need to be stopped. I don't feel comfortable listing here anymore. Like I said, I would rather pay and have a say on how I want to sell my car then to save the $100 and have no say.
Response from Cars & BidsOct 17, 2024
Hi Kurtis,
Thank you for your thorough review. We're sorry to hear that you're less than 100% satisfied with your experience on Cars & Bids.
A big part of what brings bidders to Cars & Bids is our curation - both what cars we'll auction, and confidence that the car will sell at a reasonable price. For many cars, a No Reserve auction is the best way to market the car. At certain price points, many bidders assume a reserve is unreasonable and instead of bidding think "why bother", and move on. We know that selling at No Reserve represents a risk, and understand when sellers are uncomfortable with that risk. We wish those sellers the best of luck selling their car wherever else they choose - and we also wish you the best of luck selling your car.
We are not aware of any stories or rumors about illegitimately canceling auctions, but can absolutely state that any such stories or rumors are 100% false. Our team takes every precaution to not cancel an auction, and as a result we cancel considerably less than 1% of our auctions. Cancellations do happen, it's a fact of the auction business, but we cancel far fewer auctions than any of our competitors.
Again, we thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and wish you the best of luck selling your car. We hope that you consider us as an option the next time you need to buy or sell a cool car.
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Gerardo C.
Found my dream car!
Thanks to cars and bids I was able to get my hobby back of having a fun car to drive in my spare time. I was finally in a position to look for something fun and unique to drive and thanks to cars and bids I was overwhelmed with a plethora of options! From S2000s, Porsches and a few WRX STIs at the time of bidding I was invisioning myself with my new sports car and was anxiously anticipating the days as the clocks counted down. Overall satisfied with my purchase and will definitely be returning for my next project!
Response from Cars & BidsOct 10, 2024
Thanks, Gerardo! We are overjoyed to hear that you were able to get back into the fun-car hobby through Cars & Bids!
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Dale K.
Easy and smooth
Cars and Bids is friendly and accessible, and appears to be very well run. Communication is good from the site itself, and most things tend to be pretty transparent. Where applicable, the inspections provided on more costly or interesting/rare cars is a nice touch.
Response from Cars & BidsOct 10, 2024
Thank you, Dale! We are so happy to hear that you had such a great experience on Cars & Bids!
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David S.
Cars & Bids delivered as promised in…
Cars & Bids delivered as promised in the listing and sale of my rare and exceptional 2001 BMW Individual Z3. Their advice and communication was timely, thorough, and appropriate to my needs throughout the entire process and left both me as the seller and my buyer beyond pleased. All said, I cannot be more pleased with my selling experience. Thank you!
Response from Cars & BidsOct 10, 2024
Thanks, David! We are overjoyed to hear that you had such a great experience selling your special beemer on Cars & Bids!
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Steph S.
Pre-purchase inspection highly recommended
It was a disappointment that none of my money could be recovered when the car I bought was not in the condition described. I thought the car was well vetted through the Q&A.
So many things either misleading, omitted, or untruthful. Upon pickup, the wheel well liner was ripped off and placed inside the trunk of the car, 2nd key fob wasn't cut for this car, seller lied about the tire rub, roof sun screen detached, check engine light came on, engine oil leak when seals had supposedly been replaced, misaligned panels... and all C&Bs would do was ban the seller; but why would he care? His car was already sold.
On some positive notes, I had a pleasant experience with another vehicle I purchased on C&B in December 2023. And the website itself is really well designed and easy to navigate. I appreciate the variety of cars that come through the auction.
Response from Cars & BidsOct 10, 2024
Thank you for your thorough review, Steph. We're sorry to hear that you are less than 100% satisfied with your experience on Cars & Bids.
Our team reviewed your recent auction win and see that the condition of the vehicle didn't match your expectations. The post-auction team worked with you directly to review repair estimates, and understand that it required quite a bit of effort to receive those estimates. Due to the period of time that passed between the auction win and those estimates, we were unable to assist further. If you have any questions or would like to further follow-up, feel free to contact us through the in-site chat we've already communicated through.
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Daniel O.
The entire team at Cars n Bids are…
The entire team at Cars n Bids are awesome! Andrew Fountain and Alexis have been amazing to work with.
Response from Cars & BidsOct 4, 2024
Thank you, Daniel! We are overjoyed to hear that you had such a great experience selling on Cars & Bids, and will share your feedback about Andrew and Alexis!
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Otto L.
Great purchase experience
The staff at Cars and Bids were very attentive and answered every question. The in house financing was quick and easy with many options to chose from. I’ll definitely use Cars and Bids to locate and purchase my next vehicle.
Response from Cars & BidsOct 3, 2024
Thank you, Otto! We are overjoyed to hear that you had such a great experience on Cars & Bids!