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From BAT on a 992 GT3RS Weissach. $297K sticker with a likely ADM paid. Good to see Porsche corporate is trying to keep the cars in enthusiasts hands. They are not commodities!!


Hello all,
The owner of this car is no longer willing to honor his commitment to sell it to the winning bidder of this auction, so we have decided to withdraw the listing. Before this auction began, we confirmed with the seller that he was free to sell this car as he pleased. Once the auction began, however, he was contacted by Porsche West Palm Beach and Porsche North America, who explained he would be blacklisted from future allocations by Porsche if he didn’t end his BaT auction. He now won’t sell the car to the winner, and so we had little choice but to end the auction.
We are disappointed about this outcome and did not want to end up where we have. We think the owner of a car should be able to sell that car as they see fit, provided they are legally free to do so. In this case, the seller also paid markup on top of sticker price for this car. We apologize for any inconvenience and are curious to read the comments that will be posted about this withdrawal. We appreciate our community’s passion and thoughtfulness and are happy to hear how folks feel about the dynamics surrounding the immediate resale of limited-production models.
Thanks as always for your understanding and support.
-BaT
 
Carson said:
From BAT on a 992 GT3RS Weissach. $297K sticker with a likely ADM paid. Good to see Porsche corporate is trying to keep the cars in enthusiasts hands. They are not commodities!!


Hello all,
The owner of this car is no longer willing to honor his commitment to sell it to the winning bidder of this auction, so we have decided to withdraw the listing. Before this auction began, we confirmed with the seller that he was free to sell this car as he pleased. Once the auction began, however, he was contacted by Porsche West Palm Beach and Porsche North America, who explained he would be blacklisted from future allocations by Porsche if he didn’t end his BaT auction. He now won’t sell the car to the winner, and so we had little choice but to end the auction.
We are disappointed about this outcome and did not want to end up where we have. We think the owner of a car should be able to sell that car as they see fit, provided they are legally free to do so. In this case, the seller also paid markup on top of sticker price for this car. We apologize for any inconvenience and are curious to read the comments that will be posted about this withdrawal. We appreciate our community’s passion and thoughtfulness and are happy to hear how folks feel about the dynamics surrounding the immediate resale of limited-production models.
Thanks as always for your understanding and support.
-BaT
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Porsche just drove the market up even higher, making it more of a commodity by removing the "supply" The market is what it is and you can't fight it. Ford tried with the GT and it was great for the lottery winners, but once the 2 years were up, they are now doubling their money on 2 year old "brand new cars". Remove the dealer ADM, the buyer is just going to buy it and resale for what the market will pay. Put people on blacklists, the cars become harder to get and the prices go even higher...to the point, people say ok, fuck you and you blacklist. Maybe Ferrari does it the right way? but everyone hates them for it.
 
sundaydoug said:
How does Ferrari do it? Always wondered how really low production cars get allocated.
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Well the "rumor" (maybe someone has bought a new ferrari and can post) is that to buy a new one for the first time, you have to buy a lower model first....own it for a year, then you can try to get on the list to buy one of the nicer, more expensive ferraris....you have to promise to not modify it, or flip it, and they want you to sell it back to them if you do sell it. Essentially, a way that they hand pick the owners. Which is really not any different that what Porsche is doing, ferrari is just a little more in your face about it.
 
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