eBay Motors sells 3 millionth vehicle, reimburses buyer and then some
eBay Motors has been a category of eBay.com since 2000, and eight years later the online auction house has marked a milestone by facilitating the sale of its 3,000,000th vehicle. The milestone model was a 2002 Ford F-250 pickup won by Patricia Weidler of Otego, NY, who bought the truck to help her husband's burgeoning construction business. To celebrate the occasion, eBay Motors reimbursed the Weidlers for the truck, which they won with a bid of $8,886 from a dealership in Northampton, MA, and also threw in $3,000 in parts and accessories for it. Man, we bet the eBay Motors team is glad the 3 millionth vehicle didn't turn out to be a Ferrari F430. [Source: eBay Motors]
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John R 10:36AM (4/18/2008)
Or Ken's M3...
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DJ 10:45AM (4/18/2008)
Damn, you stole my comment......
Randy 1:48PM (4/18/2008)
M3... That was my initial thought too! Well done! :)
John P. 10:50AM (4/18/2008)
Man, That Patricia Weidler sounds like one classy lady, buying a work truck for her husbands biz. Not to mention, she got the best. F250. :) OK I'm biased there shoot me.
Kudos to her, and Kudos to Ebay for doing such a nice thing.
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Barry 11:52AM (4/18/2008)
Does that 3-million mark include all the jerks who "won" auctions, but failed to follow through on the transaction -- like the a**hole who stood me up after he was the high bidder on my '70 Mercury Cougar?
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BLS 12:01PM (4/18/2008)
Who me? Just kidding. That was my thought exactly. Are these successful auctions or all that ended with a winner?
tankd0g 11:07AM (4/18/2008)
If it had been a F430 I bet they would be celebrating the 4 millionth instead :)
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Jvijil 11:28AM (4/18/2008)
if only i had bid on that c350.....
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VP 11:48AM (4/18/2008)
Burgeoning construction business??? Talk about an anomaly. Are we sure that Otego, NY is part of the united states? I mean Canada might have came in the dark and stole Otego from us.
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Mire 11:50AM (4/18/2008)
If only I'd hit Buy It Now on that Impreza, that could have been me! In my home town, no less.
:(
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Dan 11:55AM (4/18/2008)
I bet the 3,000,000th was actually a Triumph and they rolled their eyes and went to the 3,000,001st
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Jorge 11:58AM (4/18/2008)
If it weren´t for the sellers this shouldn´t work. Nothing for the seller???
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rar 12:32PM (4/18/2008)
Yes, the seller got $8886.00
Jorge 2:59PM (4/18/2008)
Do I have to explain that the buyer got a plus and the seller dind´t?? it´s obvious the payment was expected, but ebay motors was celebrating the 3 millionth sell not purchase, so why the prize is only for the purchaser and not the seller?... clearer than that and I have to take the sesame street puppets to explain.
rar 3:07PM (4/18/2008)
Chill, it was a joke.
Seoultrain 11:59AM (4/18/2008)
That woman should be careful. She got a free car and accessories? Once you owe the mob and you're in, you can never get out.
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BLS 12:01PM (4/18/2008)
They got a sale, didn't they?
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Mobius_1 12:28PM (4/18/2008)
Wasn't there a Maserati MC12? Now that would be worth reimbursing
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Tim 12:42PM (4/18/2008)
Northampton! Hey thats where I live :-)
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chris 3:17PM (4/18/2008)
I work in Noho. I wonder what dealership it was?