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I guess fishbashr1's not going to be selling any more knives.]]>May 9th 2007 12:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 9th 2007 1:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/ There ought to be a law against fake biders.]]>May 9th 2007 1:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/
Honestly, I'm surprised that, passed a certain level, they didn't require a deposit or bank letter of credit. That's usually what is done in high-end auctions, to make sure this sort of thing does not happen.
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imagine the biggest loser in your HS. this douche has them all beat.]]>May 9th 2007 1:34PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/
Okay, I have one in mind.

"this douche has them all beat."

That may be a stretch considering the guy I'm thinking of.]]>May 9th 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 9th 2007 1:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 9th 2007 2:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 9th 2007 2:22PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 9th 2007 3:30PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/
In other news: water is wet and the sky is blue.

Only a moron would have paid that for the Gen. Lee.]]>May 9th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/
eBay needs to track down the winning bidder and sue his ass just because this kind of thing happens way too often. Eliminating bidders who are not pre-approved and have fewer than 10 transactions would help.]]>May 9th 2007 4:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 9th 2007 5:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/
Now, of course, I'm sure this guy was just being an idiotic lowlife here, but that's what ratings are for.]]>May 9th 2007 5:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 9th 2007 9:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 10th 2007 12:34AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 10th 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/
You can also pre-screen your bidders if you want to bother. An article I saw today indicated that eBay tried to get Schneider's manager to do this but he didn't want to take the time. I guess he's rather pay one of the land auction houses 10% of the value of the car to do this rather than do it himself and save the $999,900 difference by selling it on eBay and paying less than $100 for the whole thing.

I think this auction got totally out of control and I imagine that the seller was more interested in the publicity than in actually selling the car. If you watched the auction, you would have also noted that Schneider also probably told $10k worth of autographed Dukes of Hazzard garbage thanks to the huge attention this sale got.]]>May 10th 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 11th 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/09/big-surprise-winner-of-general-lee-auction-backs-out-on-10-mil/May 11th 2007 5:45PM