Dealer Backing out of Car Sale on Ebay

[alee]

I received a "Second Chance Offer" on a car I previously bidded on. Car was previously sold but that buyer backed out for lack of funding. My "Second Chance Offer had a "Buy It Now" on it with a fixed price. I placed my bid and was awarded the purchase. I proceded to contact the dealer salesman and when he found out this car was sold for the wrong price and that the car should have been listed at a much higher price, he promptly backed out of the sale, blaming Ebay for making a listing error. He refuses to sell me the car at the "Buy it Now" listed price. Ebay is an electronic service and no human error on ebay's part was involved.

So the question is: Can I enforce the sale of the automobile from the seller? I want that car at the my purchase price of $41,000. I am in California and "Seller" Car Dealership is in Portland Oregon.

 

[racer72]

Standard answer for enforcing an Ebay sale.

Gather lots of cash, about $10,000 should do.

Sue the seller in their home state. Travel expenses are out of your pocket, you will not be reimbursed even if you win.

Wait 2 or 3 years for the case to work it way through the court system.

If you win, the item will not be worth the price you will pay for it.

If you lose, the item will not be worth the price you would have paid for it.