Cars & Bids (C&B) is an auction site Cars & Bids (C&B) is an auction site. I purchased a vehicle at auction and was charged a commission of 4.5% on Nov6. On Nov 11 i traveled 500 miles to San Diego to inspect the vehicle. The seller refused to allow me to drive the vehicle. Instead the seller took me for a drive in the vehicle. The seller represented that the vehicle had just been serviced and was in perfect condition. I discovered otherwise. Vehicle dashboard lights were flickering and seat massage functions did not work in the Mercedes S560. The vehicle may have had other issues but without driving i could not determine that. The seller's comment was "well you are not a real buyer". I walked away from the deal and C&B refused to refund the $2925.00 they charged to my credit card. How can an auction company keep a commission for a transaction that did not go thru? If a seller misrepresented what was being sold and is dishonest i am not going to purchase the vehicle.

Great experience, ignore the negative comments I really have no idea why there are so many negative reviews. It honestly made me nervous after I decided to list with Cars and Bids. The experience was top notch from top to bottom. I got more for my car than I thought I could (listed a car for sale only, did not buy). The communication and requirements were top notch. I could not ask for anything more, they were great and I highly recommend them IF YOU WANT TO DO THE WORK AND SELL YOUR CAR.

No explanation on why rejecting my car… I tried to post a vehicle and I always get this response, Hey Ricardo, thank you for submitting your i3, we really appreciate it. We are focusing on a specific set of vehicles that we think best fits our community. Your BMW looks great and we appreciate you sending it, but will need to pass for now. Thank you again for your submission and please consider us for another sale in the future! Every time I ask why they stop replying to my msgs so communication stops there. My vehicle is a 2017 BMW i3 clean tile and paid off. But they don’t provide me with a reason why don’t. I tried to post the car 2 times and nothing My car is not special or a specific vehicle. Cars and bids post a range of different cars including BMW i3 so why not my car?

Suspended for posting hidden info about vehicles. So I have been suspended for the site for commenting info that cars and bids is hiding. If they don’t know this information they should maybe fire the people managing the listings. But I’d put $1000 on the spot right now that a court order would show they had it from day one. They have many flagged posts that show hidden. That’s understandable and you can view the hidden post. But anything that is to help the bidders that is purposely hidden from the public is completely deleted. It’s like they don’t realize that cached pages on the internet exist even if the original pages are gone. Even eBay listings that still exists from the seller show cars and bids hiding relevant information. At one point I thought of his website as fair and based on some of the videos Doug has posted about different things I figured what he said on how things operate was true. But apparently it’s all just a huge show to make it look better.

Heavy Handed Censorship As a long time bidder AND buyer on car auction sites like C&B, I've found the input and comments from others both entertaining and valuable. However, C&B's ad hoc deletion of some comments makes my opinion of this site dim considerably. In addition to the bidding process, the banter of car enthusiasts is what makes sites like C&B and BAT exciting, fun, and educational. C&B, however, seems to have an unreasonably heavy handed censorship bent on their site. When I questioned their deletion of others benign comments, they then censored my comments, deleted them, and froze my account! Wow, as a mature and seasoned enthusiast, I find their behavior surprisingly immature in this area.