NEWS: GM to experiment selling cars through eBay Motors
07-10-2009, 02:32 PM
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NEWS: GM to experiment selling cars through eBay Motors 
Originally Posted by AutoBlog.Com
As part of its post-bankruptcy rebirth, General Motors plans to "experiment" selling its cars on eBay. At its press conference this morning, CEO Fritz Henderson let slip to members of the media that the automaker is engaged in talks with online auction site eBay "to revolutionize how people buy cars online." According to Henderson, GM has plans to try selling its vehicles online:
"Customers will be able to bid on actual vehicles just like they do in an eBay auction, including the option of choosing a predetermined 'Buy It Now' price... we'll be testing this and other ideas with our dealers over the next few weeks, and hope to expand and build upon them in the coming months... in all cases, our goal is to make the shopping and buying process as easy as possible for GM customers - on their time and their terms. Stay tuned."
Many individual GM dealers already use the auction powerhouse to sell vehicles, so the move isn't completely uncharted territory, but it isn't immediately clear how (or if) the automaker plans to integrate its dealer body within this process. Henderson was quick to reinforce that the company's plans with eBay are just an experiment, so as the CEO says... stay tuned.
07-10-2009, 06:07 PM
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I couldn't understand why they wouldn't sell their vehicles at a slight loss considering $2k under cost for a G8 GT is better than having $25k sitting on the lot (which itself is depreciating as it sits).
I wouldn't say desperate, but you do need to be innovative.
I wouldn't say desperate, but you do need to be innovative.
07-12-2009, 09:03 PM
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its time to get modern. Honda and toyota both jumped ahead by modernizing, so now GM must do it. Think about how old the idea of dealerships are and how much easier it would be for people to buy cars if they could do it on ebay rather than talk to a sleezy salesman who doesnt know crap about the cars they sell anyways. It also cuts out a large middleman.
07-12-2009, 09:09 PM
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Every one of the cars I have owned I bought on ebay. The people I bought them from weren't desperate. I don't think it is desperate at all. Why would it be. To me it is like saying any company selling online is desperate. It is a good idea.
