{"id":5141,"date":"2025-05-11T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T17:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:14:51","slug":"this-guy-went-no-reserve-on-bat-and-now-hes-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/this-guy-went-no-reserve-on-bat-and-now-hes-furious\/","title":{"rendered":"This Guy Went No Reserve On BaT And Now He\u2019s Furious"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1982_toyota_pickup_1982_toyota_pickup_725be70e-9d03-42ffrev-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Someone recently bought a 1982 Toyota Pickup SR5 on Bring A Trailer for $15,000.<\/li>\n<li>The seller originally hoped to get thousands more but agreed to No Reserve terms.<\/li>\n<li>Now he\u2019s finding out the hard way what No Reserve can really mean for sellers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the past decade, the automotive world hasn\u2019t just been changing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/05\/trump-tariffs-to-cause-global-auto-output-to-fall-2\/\">it\u2019s been completely restructured<\/a>. Now, that disruption has made its way into the classic car market. What used to be a relatively stable corner of the industry is now feeling the ripple effects. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One recent example? After a streak of Toyota trucks selling for big money at a Bring a Trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/auction\/\">auction<\/a>, a similar model suddenly fell far short of those high-dollar results. And when it did, the seller made their frustration very clear in the comment section.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/05\/someone-just-dropped-nearly-100k-on-a-chassis-with-no-body\/\">Someone Just Dropped Nearly $100K On A Chassis With No Body<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This 1982 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/toyota\/\">Toyota<\/a> truck is a survivor. It has an almost brand-new 2.4-liter 22R Stroker inline four, a five-speed manual gearbox, Old Man Emu shocks, a dual-range transfer case, a Warn grille guard and winch, and several spare parts. Other trucks not too different than it recently sold on the platform for over $40,000.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>Despite that, the folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/bring-a-trailer\/\">Bring A Trailer<\/a> must have suspected that<a href=\"https:\/\/bringatrailer.com\/listing\/1982-toyota-pickup-31\/\"> this<\/a> wouldn\u2019t really go for that kinda cash. The seller says in the comments that he requested a reserve of $17,000, but BaT said no to that request.<\/p>\n<p>When someone asked, \u201cSounds like it should have had a reserve of 30k. Why do a no-reserve auction\u2026?\u201d, the seller replied in the comments: \u201cI wanted to do a $17k reserve, and BaT said no. So for this auction, BaT would have paid me that extra $2k. Long story short, I will never be using nor advising use of BaT again.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos BaT<\/h4>\n<p>The seller learned a tough but straightforward lesson: <em>No Reserve<\/em> means exactly that. In this case, it also meant a loss of around $14,000. He claims to have bought the truck for $17,000 and invested another $12,000 into it before the sale. It sold for just $15,000. That\u2019s a tough deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/05\/what-depreciation-someone-just-flipped-this-porsche-for-63k-profit-after-2k-miles\/\">What Depreciation? Someone Just Flipped This Porsche for $63K Profit After 2K Mile<\/a>s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, such auctions lead to big-time bidding wars since everyone knows that it will lead to a sale. Other times, though, it can leave a seller stuck with a far lower bid than they hoped for. In this case, the seller could\u2019ve done things differently. He could\u2019ve rejected Bring A Trailer\u2019s advice, he could\u2019ve sold the car on another platform, or he could\u2019ve just sold it personally. Let it be a lesson to all of us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos BaT<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone recently bought a 1982 Toyota Pickup SR5 on Bring A Trailer for $15,000. 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