Patricia013

GM: Are eBay and a $4,000 Car Enough to Turn Things Around?

I guess Mr. Fogarty has no answer to my last post. I rest my case...

GM: Are eBay and a $4,000 Car Enough to Turn Things Around?

Mr. Fogarty - this may enlighten you a bit.

money.cnn.com/news/new...

Its about what I expected, especially since they are trying to push these cars at a price 2 percent higher then in the showrooms. Ebay has to be fed ;-) People are looking....but not buying. I sold on ebay for 11 years and I wouldn't buy a car online thru them even for 10 percent LESS!

GM: Are eBay and a $4,000 Car Enough to Turn Things Around?

Mr. Fogarty - you're forgetting one all-important fact in this mix. Ebay's reputation is badly tarnished. Buyers don't trust them and sellers don't trust them. If anything, rolling new GM cars out on Ebay's platform only cheapens the whole thing. I know if I want to buy a car I go straight to the dealer and then to another dealer and perhaps another and begin actually pitting one's "best price" against the other. Its the way I've bought my cars for almost 50 years now ;-)

GM: Are eBay and a $4,000 Car Enough to Turn Things Around?

Will somebody please explain to me what Ebay is going to do for GM? Seems to me like the desperate leading the desperate! If GM wants to get a foothold back into the business of selling autos they have to look at the "Big Three" who are NOW Toyota, Honda and Nissan! If they can't get their product up to those levels then they best quit the business and stop fooling around with gimmicks like Ebay! Just like Ebay - GM's miracle days when money just rolled in the door are OVER! Now they both better hunker down and think about pleasing their customers (oh...and for Ebay that means their SELLERS. A fact they forgot when Mr. Donahoe took over and began running the business into the ground!)