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Pickup and getting paid

Can the buyer pay me less than their bid?

When a buyer is expected to pay the full bid, what to do if they offer less, and how to avoid it.

If your car is as you described it, your buyer is expected to pay you the full bid. You don’t have to accept less, and you can keep your title until you are paid.

If they offer you less

Say no if you don’t want to accept it. Then tell us: once your pickup is booked, your board has a line for being offered less than your bid at pickup, with a Tell BeaterBoss button. It opens a message to our team about a buyer who wants to pay less, which reaches us at once, marked urgent. You can also reply to any of our texts about the car.

If the car is still there after the pickup time, answer No when your board asks whether they picked it up, and say what happened. That holds the sale, tells your buyer and our team, and lets you pick a new time.

When a buyer can change their bid

Bids are for the car as you described it. If a buyer finds something different at pickup, such as a car that doesn’t run when you said it did, they can change or take back their bid, and you are free to say no to the new amount.

How to avoid it

  • Answer the listing questions honestly, and add photos if you can.
  • If something changes after you list, tell your buyer in a message before they come.
  • After the sale, tell us whether you got the full amount. If you didn’t, our team is told at once, and your review of the buyer can say what happened.