I made a killing on local free classifieds. Simply making good ads, writing well, offering great service and extra information in DMs. Was able to get away with very decent arbitrage on easily available goods.
These points are all valid, but this ignores the annoyance of the "noise" comments. Imagine going to Target, looking to specifically get Coke Zero, and someone over your shoulder says "I would never get Coke that has artificial sweetener. I've heard [such and such about Coke Zero]. I can't imagine why anyone would even want that." The Cars & Bids listings are filled with that useless nonsense as if each listing is a reddit or forum post called "discuss this car" not "discuss the car listed in the auction in the interest of facilitating a sale for the right price." A listing for a 996 with the IMS bearing replaced: "I'd never get a 996. The interiors are plasticky garbage. I'd only ever consider a 997 or newer." There's nothing for the seller to reply to other than "Um, good for you." A Ferrari 575M with an F1 transmission: "A Ferrari without a gated manual is an engine without a soul." Uh, cool. Great addition to the conversation." Too bad the people actual making bids are 100% on-board with the F1 transmission. These comments aren't useful for the seller or any of the actual buyers, and if you were to categorize comments on Cars & Bids listings, this would have a prominent spot, and this video ignores it. Worse, sometimes these comments lead to either echo chambers of non-buyers piling on as if this is social media post with the provocative, enlightening title of "Do you like this car?," or even worse than that, it triggers an "internet fight" which has nothing to do with the listing or facilitating a deal or sharing info about the specific car in question.
"this video ignores it." The video ignores it just like actual buyers and sellers do. Yes, those comments are noise, and real buyers and sellers realize that. I've bought and sold many cars on the auction sites, and I've never paid attention to those comments. No one does. So who cares? They aren't hurting anyone, annoying thought they may be. I would argue many internet comments are just noise, but maybe that comes from years of experience on TH-cam :)
So what you're saying is don't drink Coke Zero, correct? Obviously, I'm kidding, but seriously, don't drink any soft drinks whatsoever. It'll make you fat and give you diabetes. Please everyone just drink water and put organic electrolytes in it. 😉
So if you were drinking coke zero and someone let's you know you're 90 percent more likely to get cancer drinking it vs diet coke, you'd be like I don't want to hear that noise comment?
I sold my Giulia QV on Cars&Bids, and I tried to reply to every comment. Also for every bid I tried to post an entertaining car story from my past. I dunno if it made a difference but it did make it entertaining for bidders and watchers!
Men that have good grammar maintain their cars better Billy. Doug has never held a wrench with an intent to use it properly. He pays shops to maintain his "sissy fleet" and they just charge him and don't actually do anything
The comments section is exactly like how folks respond in road rage situations when both parties are basically anonymous. You say the vilest thing you can think of to say while under the protection of your vehicle to a total stranger who didn’t see you in their blind spot.
I feel like this is kind of like a family meeting. Like when the kids are not really acting right, but the parents kind of want to steer them in the right direction without being too harsh. Am i close?
Loved Doug's comment about buying the Countach when every time the seller says "could of" (instead of could have) it adds $5,000 in deferred maintenance 🤣
I appreciate Doug pointing out how absolutely idiotic people sound when they write "could of". Could've or if it's formal could have. And these comments should be considered formal.
Have bid on both C&B and the other site and found comments to always be helpful. A great example is a few Bentley Continentals that were exported to "Finland" and returned to the US years later with next to no miles accumulated. Some commenters pointed out that these cars were definitely sent to Russia and had the odometers rolled back when sent back, and when you look at the undercarriage, the discrepancy is clear between the ODO and the realistic mileage. I've definitely seen some bidders try to put cold water on an auction - specifically on a Giulia QV where a commenter repeatedly posted about how important the serpentine belt service is, the cost, and pointing out over and over it hadn't been done (the car was barely do), later bidding on the auction himself. This was transparent to me but may not be to everyone.
I sold my triple locked LX450 on Cars & Bids in early 2022 and I still get updates from the buyer on the things he's done to and with the truck. If I was ever passing through his neck of the woods, I would have no problem sending an email to say hello and to stop by to chat and check out my former vehicle. It was a great transaction from both sides and a legitimately great connection to make.
Kennan is the type of guy to suspend my account for joking in a comment that the buyer of an $80k WRW STI "will need at least 50yrs in a mad max post apocalypse to make his money back! I bet Doug laughed while Kennan went full Karen! 🤣
The comments are annoying not because of their content necessarily, but because it usually comes from people who you know are never going to place a bid, they're just curious, and have no vested interested in purchasing the car!
I used the comment sections of various auctions of many cars to determine what model, year to buy, options deemed to be of value, what to stay from etc. etc. as a result I feel much better informed. For example I used comments to determine which used SL 55 to purchase. In the end I really wanted a r230 Mercedes. I bought a 2007 (updated r230), low mileage, fully serviced and loved SL 55 AMG with the P30 option. As it turned out it is very very desirable being that it is white with grey interior and pano roof. I love it. Without comments I am not sure how I would have learned enough to be a serious buyer. In fact I also bought my 2023 E450 All Terrain after listening to Doug’s quirks and features. I also use the comment sections to learn about cars friends are interested in.
When I bought my ISF on cars and bids we commented about the reserve and after several comments about it, the seller took the reserve off. Worked out cause I bid higher on the car because of the engagement. After winning the auction spoke with the seller and we both felt we got a good deal. Comment section is a good thing for sure.
I've auctioned two cars -- both 90's Japanese icons, one collector grade that set records and one driver grade -- and the comments made each of those auctions the worst week of my life. The issue isn't that "anybody can say anything", it's that some people treat these websites like a car forum rather than an auction site. Hundreds or thousands of comments, zero bids, zero sales. They have no skin in the game. Please leave. It's like letting a million people into a Mecum auction when there are only 20 people bidding, and then asking every one of them what they think. The first auction website that figures out how to curate the comments -- valuable or useful comments allowed, noise comments from people who aren't buyers removed -- will be the auction website that wins long-term. As it is, I'll likely never sell another car this way again. The process is horrible.
Research the vehicle and the ability to ask questions before a purchase is pure gold. Unheard of back in my Auto Trader days. Thanks Doug and everyone involved with Cars & Bids. 👍🏽
I think there should also be transparency on the people commenting. For example in iRacing if you want to race yo do not get to pick a username. You have to race using the name on the credit card that made the account. It adds accountability and takes away the ability to hide behind the anonymity of a username. Is this a perfect solution? No. Just something to think about.
Cars and Bids biggest issue for me is the aggressive moderation of the comments. They delete some almost immediately even when they are intended to be constructive. I’ve been around a long time on this site and the other auction site and pretty much know what’s going to get flagged. The comments section to me makes or breaks a car since generally one is bidding on something sight unseen and you can get a sense of the seller by how they manage the comments. I’ve been a seller too and being responsive is extremely important to the success of the auction. I’ve seen so many sellers tank their auctions by either not participating, participating in a very nonchalant way or just flat out not knowing anything about their cars.
5:04 There are two exotic cars that I know of that people delete a rear bumper on. Sure enough, the exotic they are referring to hadn't been serviced in 4 years and the start up and engine sound was questionable.
Honestly, Doug did a great job in making the site very honest in disclosing the multiple aspects of the listed cars. Whenever I want to know any common issue with any car, I go straightforward to C&B, Well Done Doug & the team!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I really like the comment section on Cars and bids and on TH-cam. I've learned a lot of interesting things from them. Also a ton of really stupid and funny stuff from them
I bid on a wonderful car that showed the vehicle that had the brake fluid changed in October 2024 and then again in December 2024. With the comment section I was able to ask why the brake fluid was changed twice in 3 months. The owner responded and said because he tracked the car. For a moment I was like whoa. Then I realized the confidence the seller had to track the vehicle before putting it up for sale that it must have been a very durable and dependable car. Although I asked the question during the auction and did not win the vehicle…I thanked the seller and believe the vehicle was presented well
GREAT TOPIC! this is good content - i have a very serious question that i encountered many months ago on a high end exotic car on another bidding platform (it's been many months) a car i had been watching languish at a too high price on a dealers site suddenly disappeared so i assumed it had been sold, but then the same car appeared on this unnamed car bidding site. interested still i began watching the car get bid up over a few days and the car was tapering off to what i felt was the correct fair market value and what historically similar vehicles have sold for suddenly this new bidder came in (with no buying history) and bid against a couple of seemingly serious bidders until the car moved up into a higher range and the other bidders dropped off leaving only this "new" bidder who had pushed the car into what seemed too high of a price - so auction ended and this new bidder won the car. Then a few weeks later this high end exotic was listed again back on the dealers site where it had originally been sitting for many months... so i cannot say for sure, but yeah i think this implies what i felt happened. so i felt this was unscrupulous if say hypothetically the selling dealer came in and bid up a car beyond what real buyers were willing to pay then "won" their own car and then the car silently reappears back on the site it had been listed before the car auction site - thoughts? it made me very cautious of the dealer after that and also bidding sites as if i was bidding i would not be happy if fake buyers come in just to boost the sale... i'd love to see a video on your thoughts if such a thing did happen? has anybody seems similar happen? thank you.
Cars & Bids users are actually super polite, all things considered. I've seen some heinous modifications made to otherwise nice cars, but the amount of clowning in the comments was less than I expected 😂
Another thing I’ve noticed is little seller engagement also can hurt. On another auction site, there was an OBS Ford F-150 with 3,100 miles up for sale. The first auction the seller made two comments that didn’t really address any bidder concerns; the truck didn’t meet reserve. The second auction(using the exact same pictures and everything) the seller never commented, and the truck brought less than the first auction. To me, the seller came off as disinterested and/or lazy, and I’m sure that hurt the final bid
I got annoyed because a seller was tagging people who had commented trying to get them to keep bidding, and it seemed liked he was attempting to start a bidding war. For some reason my comment calling that out got flagged.
Between the two main online auction sites I have had considerably more problem with Cars & Bids censoring than BaT. C&B seems to have too thin of a skin so to speak, and it comes across as weak. Strong cars and honest sellers will prevail.
I look through some of the comments despite being in the U.K. It is amusing to see people getting excited about Kei vans U.K. businesses couldn't wait to replace twenty years ago. Interesting to see cool cars like the Nissan Stagea which I wouldn't mind having here. Hilarious, to see some jacked up Jeep or Truck which wouldn't even be allowed on the roads here (mudguards have to cover wheels).
This video brings good valid points. However, it wasn’t an objective video. Came from the point that comments for the most part are good and those bad ones don’t have an impact. However, when you are selling a car on the site and someone comments on it creating some doubt about a particular area, it doesn’t matter how good you answer, the doubt is already there. In my case, I sold an S2000 and at the last 24 hours I had commenters demanding that I “must” take pictures of the trunk because there was some surface rust from the bottom. A picture from the inside wasn’t enough and some commenters (none of them bidding of course) insisted that I must remove all trunk interior to “prove” that the car didn’t have rust. The trunk was loaded with all extra parts provided with the car plus I was working the day that action ended. Dismissing comments like that saying that real bidders don’t look at that just not real as I would look at that and thinking twice for rust issues on any car I’m looking at. We are bringing cars to the site providing money to the C&B, commenters aren’t. They just messing with other people business. I sold another car. It was a BMW 230i M sport and commenters were implying the car was track a lot because the car had good pads and brake lines. Someone please explain me how that help me as a seller.
and there is a comment flag feature you can use. As a buyer on C&B , in my situation, the comments didnt sway me one way or the other. The photos, carfax, and knowing the model of car I was purchasing helped me more. C&B was great to work with.
I lost money selling my car on cars and bids. The winner declared that he didn't get the loan. Cars and bids said they would refund me $600. They didn't. I ended up selling for less at a private sale.
Make a video on how videos impact sales prices. Show great examples. I feel like you can eliminate 95% of seller doubts with very through walk throughs and exciting drive videos.
While I watched this, the info changed from "xx minutes ago" to "1 hour ago". I've never seen that happen before, my day is saved😅 And no, it didn't say 59 minutes, it was at 48 or so when it switched
The only problem is we don’t know how these cars are driven - just because we theoretically have all the information there is still a lot of unknown about these.
C&B had a 996 where the commenters went in hard on the seller and needless to say the car didn't sell. The seller put the car on BaT and same story; the car did not sell. That same car is now on Ebay and has been there for at least three months and has not sold. The comments section really works well on behalf of the buyers.
Wait. Isn't it THEIR job to be VETTING the SELLERS? What service is 'Cars & Bids' even providing if they're not at least making sure that the SELLERS on their platform are providing honest listings? Don't they take a healthy percentage of every sale?
I’ve 100% seen auctions get destroyed by comments. There are professional jerkoffs who’ve never bid on anything pointing out every single flaw in a vehicle
This has taught me that using a car auction site wouldn’t be for me, both as a buyer and as a seller. As a buyer I wouldn’t want to see the seller replying to a bunch of comments. I’d think they’re being defensive and I’d wonder what else they’re hiding. As a seller I’d be using the site because I’m not a pro at this and I would assume the job of replying to comments falls to the moderators.
@ 2 were jokes, specifically finding SUV’s like a Hummer or a suburban and asking what the estimated range is before needing its electric battery to be recharged, and another comment was deleted and got me suspended because I saw a Toyota Camry that looked like my ex boyfriends car and was like “hey neat car it’s just like my exboyfriends and lasted him over 200,000 miles”
Same here, it proves cars and bids only protect their paychecks. They blocked me for suggesting TJ hunts brz should have a salvage title since the unibody compromised and it was loaded with parts he got for free so he'd say their name online
The comments section of C&B & BaT is absolute garbage. Its 95% social media, 5% relevant conversations about the car. GLWTS and a story about your uncle is unnecessary, and almost entirely from people with no intention, or no funds to purchase the car.
Guys, guys...guys...stop. Just stop. Comments are good for YOU...for Doug DeMuro, owner/operator of Cars and Bids. If comments continuously drove the prices of cars auctioned on Cars and Bids DOWN? They would kill all comments immediately. So, this is a really flawed topic before we even hear the discussion. Comments aren't offered to be "fair and balanced" to the marketplace...that's just merely the packaging and how you present that as a "quirk and feature" of your sales process. Comments consistently drive the final closing price of your auctions up, which lines your pockets and that's just good ol' capitalism. Please stop trying to convince us of what nice people you are.
I mean duh? Of course it helps C&B, but it also helps sellers if C&B can deliver strong results. The comments helps buyers with transparency and accountability, whilst also improving results. Of course it helps C&B, but it also benefits everyone else, so I'm not sure why you're acting as if they're just leeching money from people without offering a benefit to anyone
So people with good grammar maintain their cars better? Yet none of these guys change their own fluids? Those shops you trust so much lie through their rotten teeth every time
Good discussion, but missed an important point. Sellers' time is not free. They may have many demands on their time. I understand your point that a "good seller" should reply professionally to legitimate questions, but it's not reasonable to reply to every question from the peanut gallery to "win over" the commenters.
Kennan the type of guy to get his comments deleted for talking about God's Chariot in every other listing
Every other? Every. Single. One.
For real! I’m a bmw fan but he goes too hard
@@thatsedan_m3361 He's even a bigger BMW fan than Scotty Kilmer is a Toyota fan.
Writing well is a highly underrated life skill; kudos to Doug and Kennan for highlighting that.
I made a killing on local free classifieds. Simply making good ads, writing well, offering great service and extra information in DMs. Was able to get away with very decent arbitrage on easily available goods.
That’s a run-on sentence. 😊
@@jazzjokesjalopies It isn’t. But I’ll change the comma splice into a semicolon just to make you happy.
These points are all valid, but this ignores the annoyance of the "noise" comments. Imagine going to Target, looking to specifically get Coke Zero, and someone over your shoulder says "I would never get Coke that has artificial sweetener. I've heard [such and such about Coke Zero]. I can't imagine why anyone would even want that." The Cars & Bids listings are filled with that useless nonsense as if each listing is a reddit or forum post called "discuss this car" not "discuss the car listed in the auction in the interest of facilitating a sale for the right price."
A listing for a 996 with the IMS bearing replaced: "I'd never get a 996. The interiors are plasticky garbage. I'd only ever consider a 997 or newer." There's nothing for the seller to reply to other than "Um, good for you."
A Ferrari 575M with an F1 transmission: "A Ferrari without a gated manual is an engine without a soul." Uh, cool. Great addition to the conversation." Too bad the people actual making bids are 100% on-board with the F1 transmission.
These comments aren't useful for the seller or any of the actual buyers, and if you were to categorize comments on Cars & Bids listings, this would have a prominent spot, and this video ignores it. Worse, sometimes these comments lead to either echo chambers of non-buyers piling on as if this is social media post with the provocative, enlightening title of "Do you like this car?," or even worse than that, it triggers an "internet fight" which has nothing to do with the listing or facilitating a deal or sharing info about the specific car in question.
Great comment, I agree
"this video ignores it."
The video ignores it just like actual buyers and sellers do. Yes, those comments are noise, and real buyers and sellers realize that. I've bought and sold many cars on the auction sites, and I've never paid attention to those comments. No one does. So who cares? They aren't hurting anyone, annoying thought they may be.
I would argue many internet comments are just noise, but maybe that comes from years of experience on TH-cam :)
So what you're saying is don't drink Coke Zero, correct? Obviously, I'm kidding, but seriously, don't drink any soft drinks whatsoever. It'll make you fat and give you diabetes. Please everyone just drink water and put organic electrolytes in it. 😉
100% agree
So if you were drinking coke zero and someone let's you know you're 90 percent more likely to get cancer drinking it vs diet coke, you'd be like I don't want to hear that noise comment?
Deleting comments without any notice of it being deleted or a block where it used to be saying "removed by carsandbids" is a huge miss imo.
Absolutely. Even if it has nothing to do with me It just annoys me
We 'monitor' comments is just another way to say we CENSOR any comments that could be damaging.
@@StreetPreacherr I wouldnt be surprised if this comment thread is deleted if it gets enough likes. All too common.
Just stop being racist and your comments won’t get deleted. Easy.
‘Would of’ is up there with misuse of ‘there, their and they’re’
It's funny though, since Doug constantly use "little" when you should be saying "small".
Less and fewer is the other one people seem unable to fathom.
@@brogenvillewhy do we say fathom, as unimaginable, when it’s just a unit of measure?
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@@brogenville yes, amazing the amount of people that get that wrong.
Do comments change the outcome of a video staying uploaded to TH-cam? Yes.
Douglas would never
lol the rich parents vid
@@risingembersgaming7740 i was wondering if he'd end up deleting that.
I sold my Giulia QV on Cars&Bids, and I tried to reply to every comment. Also for every bid I tried to post an entertaining car story from my past. I dunno if it made a difference but it did make it entertaining for bidders and watchers!
We need a review of that beautiful SEC in the backround
I’ve been loving that car for several videos 👍
I bought a car from CNB. Great car. Seller was a total asshole. Wish there was a way to review the seller.
I am going to show this video to my kids whenever they don’t want to do their grammar homework.
Men that have good grammar maintain their cars better Billy. Doug has never held a wrench with an intent to use it properly. He pays shops to maintain his "sissy fleet" and they just charge him and don't actually do anything
That slammed Lexus or Benz (?) Behind Doug is dope
The comments section is exactly like how folks respond in road rage situations when both parties are basically anonymous. You say the vilest thing you can think of to say while under the protection of your vehicle to a total stranger who didn’t see you in their blind spot.
I feel like this is kind of like a family meeting. Like when the kids are not really acting right, but the parents kind of want to steer them in the right direction without being too harsh. Am i close?
Loved Doug's comment about buying the Countach when every time the seller says "could of" (instead of could have) it adds $5,000 in deferred maintenance 🤣
The only complaint I have is the people who comment and annoy the owners every listing without ever bidding once.
If you make 10 comments to 1 bid you should be banned lol
I appreciate Doug pointing out how absolutely idiotic people sound when they write "could of". Could've or if it's formal could have. And these comments should be considered formal.
Have bid on both C&B and the other site and found comments to always be helpful. A great example is a few Bentley Continentals that were exported to "Finland" and returned to the US years later with next to no miles accumulated. Some commenters pointed out that these cars were definitely sent to Russia and had the odometers rolled back when sent back, and when you look at the undercarriage, the discrepancy is clear between the ODO and the realistic mileage. I've definitely seen some bidders try to put cold water on an auction - specifically on a Giulia QV where a commenter repeatedly posted about how important the serpentine belt service is, the cost, and pointing out over and over it hadn't been done (the car was barely do), later bidding on the auction himself. This was transparent to me but may not be to everyone.
If you're going to delete comments it should flag and minimize the comment as removed. People should still be able to see them if they click on it
I sold my triple locked LX450 on Cars & Bids in early 2022 and I still get updates from the buyer on the things he's done to and with the truck. If I was ever passing through his neck of the woods, I would have no problem sending an email to say hello and to stop by to chat and check out my former vehicle. It was a great transaction from both sides and a legitimately great connection to make.
Kennan is the type of guy to suspend my account for joking in a comment that the buyer of an $80k WRW STI "will need at least 50yrs in a mad max post apocalypse to make his money back! I bet Doug laughed while Kennan went full Karen! 🤣
Does Kennan have a non branded Red Lobster bib on?
I thought it was from a lunch at Olive Garden
The comments are annoying not because of their content necessarily, but because it usually comes from people who you know are never going to place a bid, they're just curious, and have no vested interested in purchasing the car!
I used the comment sections of various auctions of many cars to determine what model, year to buy, options deemed to be of value, what to stay from etc. etc. as a result I feel much better informed.
For example I used comments to determine which used SL 55 to purchase. In the end I really wanted a r230 Mercedes. I bought a 2007 (updated r230), low mileage, fully serviced and loved SL 55 AMG with the P30 option. As it turned out it is very very desirable being that it is white with grey interior and pano roof. I love it. Without comments I am not sure how I would have learned enough to be a serious buyer.
In fact I also bought my 2023 E450 All Terrain after listening to Doug’s quirks and features. I also use the comment sections to learn about cars friends are interested in.
When I bought my ISF on cars and bids we commented about the reserve and after several comments about it, the seller took the reserve off. Worked out cause I bid higher on the car because of the engagement. After winning the auction spoke with the seller and we both felt we got a good deal. Comment section is a good thing for sure.
"This is a great example. It would bring so much more money if it had contrasting stitching..."
Comments 100% gave me the confidence to win an auction on Cars and Bids!
I've auctioned two cars -- both 90's Japanese icons, one collector grade that set records and one driver grade -- and the comments made each of those auctions the worst week of my life.
The issue isn't that "anybody can say anything", it's that some people treat these websites like a car forum rather than an auction site. Hundreds or thousands of comments, zero bids, zero sales. They have no skin in the game. Please leave. It's like letting a million people into a Mecum auction when there are only 20 people bidding, and then asking every one of them what they think.
The first auction website that figures out how to curate the comments -- valuable or useful comments allowed, noise comments from people who aren't buyers removed -- will be the auction website that wins long-term. As it is, I'll likely never sell another car this way again. The process is horrible.
I agree. I don’t like comments from non buyers/ bidders.
Research the vehicle and the ability to ask questions before a purchase is pure gold. Unheard of back in my Auto Trader days. Thanks Doug and everyone involved with Cars & Bids. 👍🏽
I think there should also be transparency on the people commenting. For example in iRacing if you want to race yo do not get to pick a username. You have to race using the name on the credit card that made the account. It adds accountability and takes away the ability to hide behind the anonymity of a username. Is this a perfect solution? No. Just something to think about.
Cars and Bids biggest issue for me is the aggressive moderation of the comments. They delete some almost immediately even when they are intended to be constructive. I’ve been around a long time on this site and the other auction site and pretty much know what’s going to get flagged. The comments section to me makes or breaks a car since generally one is bidding on something sight unseen and you can get a sense of the seller by how they manage the comments. I’ve been a seller too and being responsive is extremely important to the success of the auction. I’ve seen so many sellers tank their auctions by either not participating, participating in a very nonchalant way or just flat out not knowing anything about their cars.
5:04 There are two exotic cars that I know of that people delete a rear bumper on. Sure enough, the exotic they are referring to hadn't been serviced in 4 years and the start up and engine sound was questionable.
What car was it?
Can you tell me the brand? I've been scrolling for 30min and not found it yet
@@ZanicL3 it's a Lamborghini Diablo
@@philippebrepoels it's a Lamborghini Diablo
@@philippebrepoels It's the red one, the one bid 140k
Filipino has bought more cars on cars and bids than Kennan
Why does it look like Kennan is wearing a big white napkin tucked into his shirt?
Honestly, Doug did a great job in making the site very honest in disclosing the multiple aspects of the listed cars.
Whenever I want to know any common issue with any car, I go straightforward to C&B, Well Done Doug & the team!!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I have stopped using cars and bids because of how censorious the platform has become. Anything remotely negative and it gets yanked, too bad.
I really like the comment section on Cars and bids and on TH-cam. I've learned a lot of interesting things from them. Also a ton of really stupid and funny stuff from them
I bid on a wonderful car that showed the vehicle that had the brake fluid changed in October 2024 and then again in December 2024.
With the comment section I was able to ask why the brake fluid was changed twice in 3 months.
The owner responded and said because he tracked the car. For a moment I was like whoa. Then I realized the confidence the seller had to track the vehicle before putting it up for sale that it must have been a very durable and dependable car.
Although I asked the question during the auction and did not win the vehicle…I thanked the seller and believe the vehicle was presented well
GREAT TOPIC! this is good content - i have a very serious question that i encountered many months ago on a high end exotic car on another bidding platform (it's been many months) a car i had been watching languish at a too high price on a dealers site suddenly disappeared so i assumed it had been sold, but then the same car appeared on this unnamed car bidding site. interested still i began watching the car get bid up over a few days and the car was tapering off to what i felt was the correct fair market value and what historically similar vehicles have sold for suddenly this new bidder came in (with no buying history) and bid against a couple of seemingly serious bidders until the car moved up into a higher range and the other bidders dropped off leaving only this "new" bidder who had pushed the car into what seemed too high of a price - so auction ended and this new bidder won the car. Then a few weeks later this high end exotic was listed again back on the dealers site where it had originally been sitting for many months... so i cannot say for sure, but yeah i think this implies what i felt happened. so i felt this was unscrupulous if say hypothetically the selling dealer came in and bid up a car beyond what real buyers were willing to pay then "won" their own car and then the car silently reappears back on the site it had been listed before the car auction site - thoughts? it made me very cautious of the dealer after that and also bidding sites as if i was bidding i would not be happy if fake buyers come in just to boost the sale... i'd love to see a video on your thoughts if such a thing did happen? has anybody seems similar happen? thank you.
Cars & Bids users are actually super polite, all things considered. I've seen some heinous modifications made to otherwise nice cars, but the amount of clowning in the comments was less than I expected 😂
Another thing I’ve noticed is little seller engagement also can hurt. On another auction site, there was an OBS Ford F-150 with 3,100 miles up for sale. The first auction the seller made two comments that didn’t really address any bidder concerns; the truck didn’t meet reserve. The second auction(using the exact same pictures and everything) the seller never commented, and the truck brought less than the first auction. To me, the seller came off as disinterested and/or lazy, and I’m sure that hurt the final bid
I got annoyed because a seller was tagging people who had commented trying to get them to keep bidding, and it seemed liked he was attempting to start a bidding war. For some reason my comment calling that out got flagged.
Between the two main online auction sites I have had considerably more problem with Cars & Bids censoring than BaT.
C&B seems to have too thin of a skin so to speak, and it comes across as weak.
Strong cars and honest sellers will prevail.
I look through some of the comments despite being in the U.K. It is amusing to see people getting excited about Kei vans U.K. businesses couldn't wait to replace twenty years ago. Interesting to see cool cars like the Nissan Stagea which I wouldn't mind having here. Hilarious, to see some jacked up Jeep or Truck which wouldn't even be allowed on the roads here (mudguards have to cover wheels).
"This two-wheel drive version is great. But the all-wheel drive models are so much better..."
This video brings good valid points. However, it wasn’t an objective video. Came from the point that comments for the most part are good and those bad ones don’t have an impact.
However, when you are selling a car on the site and someone comments on it creating some doubt about a particular area, it doesn’t matter how good you answer, the doubt is already there. In my case, I sold an S2000 and at the last 24 hours I had commenters demanding that I “must” take pictures of the trunk because there was some surface rust from the bottom.
A picture from the inside wasn’t enough and some commenters (none of them bidding of course) insisted that I must remove all trunk interior to “prove” that the car didn’t have rust.
The trunk was loaded with all extra parts provided with the car plus I was working the day that action ended.
Dismissing comments like that saying that real bidders don’t look at that just not real as I would look at that and thinking twice for rust issues on any car I’m looking at.
We are bringing cars to the site providing money to the C&B, commenters aren’t. They just messing with other people business.
I sold another car. It was a BMW 230i M sport and commenters were implying the car was track a lot because the car had good pads and brake lines. Someone please explain me how that help me as a seller.
and there is a comment flag feature you can use. As a buyer on C&B , in my situation, the comments didnt sway me one way or the other. The photos, carfax, and knowing the model of car I was purchasing helped me more. C&B was great to work with.
I lost money selling my car on cars and bids. The winner declared that he didn't get the loan. Cars and bids said they would refund me $600. They didn't. I ended up selling for less at a private sale.
I'm glad you support comments. Bots are people too 😂
Make a video on how videos impact sales prices. Show great examples. I feel like you can eliminate 95% of seller doubts with very through walk throughs and exciting drive videos.
Yall delete way too many comments.
"These are great cars. Too bad so many had bad transfer cases..."
File this video under “basic rules of the internet.” 😄
While I watched this, the info changed from "xx minutes ago" to "1 hour ago". I've never seen that happen before, my day is saved😅
And no, it didn't say 59 minutes, it was at 48 or so when it switched
The only problem is we don’t know how these cars are driven - just because we theoretically have all the information there is still a lot of unknown about these.
That is always true when buying a used car, regardless of where you buy it.
The funniest comment ever was someone saying "owned by Hoovie" should be in the list of known flaws.
I’ve seen a seller goad on 3 buyers at a recent auction, I’m surprised that was allowed.
C&B had a 996 where the commenters went in hard on the seller and needless to say the car didn't sell. The seller put the car on BaT and same story; the car did not sell. That same car is now on Ebay and has been there for at least three months and has not sold. The comments section really works well on behalf of the buyers.
Wait, there was the time that Filippo actually pulled the trigger on something cool??
Wait. Isn't it THEIR job to be VETTING the SELLERS?
What service is 'Cars & Bids' even providing if they're not at least making sure that the SELLERS on their platform are providing honest listings?
Don't they take a healthy percentage of every sale?
I’ve 100% seen auctions get destroyed by comments. There are professional jerkoffs who’ve never bid on anything pointing out every single flaw in a vehicle
Is it odd that I find “scruffy Doug” even more reputable? I want my automotive journalists scruffy!
Honesty and good grammar. Fighting a losing battle.
Where's the Cars and Bids android app?
Doug the type of guy who could of paid more for his Countach if the seller said could've instead.
I was really hoping for the reading of the worst/ stupidest comments of the year
My god, whose car is that in the BACK?!
New cars and bids idea, use Phi3 mini or Llama AI LLMs to correct bad seller grammar.
Doug the type of guy to get his comments deleted for trying to buy the seller
3:35 flashback to land rover hate comments video 😂
Whose Mercedes is that behind Doug? Wow!
Cars and bids doesn't benefit from comments pointing out issues with cars, so they delete the negative comments immediately, been there done that
Loved this.
I would've bought it if it was closer.
What is that behind Doug? A Merc?
Nice Benz in the background.
Does cars and bids function 24 hours a day???😮
They delete the comments immediately.
False information, you are just a cars and bids hater.
is it just me or is this the most random video on TH-cam?
Been looking at a real nice BMW on the site. Amazing paint and interior, dirty wheels and missing lug bolt..... Red flags.
Just ask yourself, 'What would Kenan do in this situation?'
That Benz in the background is Hot!
They have helped get stolen/illegal cars get delisted
conments! I love language
Haha did Doug lose a bet? His beard is hilarious.
This has taught me that using a car auction site wouldn’t be for me, both as a buyer and as a seller. As a buyer I wouldn’t want to see the seller replying to a bunch of comments. I’d think they’re being defensive and I’d wonder what else they’re hiding. As a seller I’d be using the site because I’m not a pro at this and I would assume the job of replying to comments falls to the moderators.
Shouldn't you just try?
@ Trying is for people who want to fail.
So is Doug sticking with that face hair?
Comment, Doug should shave
I’ve been suspended 3 times and have had 5 comments removed by moderators
I’m curious to know what did you comment!😂
@ 2 were jokes, specifically finding SUV’s like a Hummer or a suburban and asking what the estimated range is before needing its electric battery to be recharged, and another comment was deleted and got me suspended because I saw a Toyota Camry that looked like my ex boyfriends car and was like “hey neat car it’s just like my exboyfriends and lasted him over 200,000 miles”
Same here, it proves cars and bids only protect their paychecks. They blocked me for suggesting TJ hunts brz should have a salvage title since the unibody compromised and it was loaded with parts he got for free so he'd say their name online
@@macbook802 oh no
@@DaRealRoachDoggJr SO you were wasting everyones time with irrelevant comments and are surprised they were removed? Find a hobby.
Horrible audio
This video is basically a 15 minute ad for Cars & Bids. But that's ok, I love watching their content
The comments section of C&B & BaT is absolute garbage. Its 95% social media, 5% relevant conversations about the car. GLWTS and a story about your uncle is unnecessary, and almost entirely from people with no intention, or no funds to purchase the car.
Guys, guys...guys...stop. Just stop. Comments are good for YOU...for Doug DeMuro, owner/operator of Cars and Bids. If comments continuously drove the prices of cars auctioned on Cars and Bids DOWN? They would kill all comments immediately. So, this is a really flawed topic before we even hear the discussion. Comments aren't offered to be "fair and balanced" to the marketplace...that's just merely the packaging and how you present that as a "quirk and feature" of your sales process. Comments consistently drive the final closing price of your auctions up, which lines your pockets and that's just good ol' capitalism. Please stop trying to convince us of what nice people you are.
I mean duh? Of course it helps C&B, but it also helps sellers if C&B can deliver strong results. The comments helps buyers with transparency and accountability, whilst also improving results. Of course it helps C&B, but it also benefits everyone else, so I'm not sure why you're acting as if they're just leeching money from people without offering a benefit to anyone
its good for everyone except sleazy sellers trying to sell shit cars
So people with good grammar maintain their cars better? Yet none of these guys change their own fluids? Those shops you trust so much lie through their rotten teeth every time
It’s frustrating when i people have 0 intention on bidding decide to comment.
As a seller, I don't want to have to defend my car or my position. As a business you are lucky to have my listing. Get rid of the comments.
If that is your opinion then online auctions like C&B and BaT aren’t for you. Simple as that.
Good discussion, but missed an important point. Sellers' time is not free. They may have many demands on their time. I understand your point that a "good seller" should reply professionally to legitimate questions, but it's not reasonable to reply to every question from the peanut gallery to "win over" the commenters.
It’s your auction dude, you can get as much or as little money as you want. How is this even remotely a point?
@@GordonFreeman. Thank you for making my point for me.
Let’s face it, anyone who comments never ends up buying the car.
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Thank you for your attention to detail and quality. Your videos are always top notch.😸⏳♣️