Car Dealer tries to screw a guy on ebay

[PIMking]

http://jalopnik.com/5494837/did-chal...-pricing-error

[Hack&Lube]

More the case of a buyer trying to screw a foolish cardealer who made a mistake on ebay. The dealer loses quite a bit of money on this. What does the buyer lose? I agree that it is a contract but whether or not it is as legally binding as it says it is might need to be determined in court.

Of course, as a consumer, I always side with the consumer and think that the advertised price in a store or the end price of an auction should be what the consumer pays, but it does not mean I don't sympathize with the dealer who made a mistake on the auction listing.

[Raekwon]

Wouldn't hold up in court.


Unilateral mistakes
A unilateral mistake is where only one party to a contract is mistaken as to the terms or subject-matter contained in a contract. This kind of mistake is more common than other types of mistake. One must first distinguish between mechanical calculations and business error when looking at unilateral mistake. For mechanical calculations, a party may be able to set aside the contract on these grounds provided that the other party does not try to take advantage of the mistake, or 'snatch up' the offer (involving a bargain that one did not intend to make, betrayed by an error in arithmetic etc.). This will be seen by an objective standard, or if a reasonable person would be able to know that the mistake would not make sense to one of the parties. Unless one of the parties 'snatched up' the one-sided offer, courts will otherwise uphold the contract.

[amorak]

Uhh, this is from March and the dealer ended up giving in...

[Bertuzzied]

Ebay sucks. After they changed their policy where Sellers can no longer leave negative feedback for buyers they are not seeing another cent from me.