Challenger SRT-8 Auction Dispute Resolved: "Hitman" Gets His Car...But At What Price?

The bidder known as "Hitman" surfaced on the ChallengerTalk Forums early Sunday morning to confirm his face-to-face meeting with Glenn E. Thomas Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep ended in a drive home in his new 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8. 

"Hitman" says the dealership "honored the $29.1K auction", but other posters to the forum say they've called the dealership and were told the deal was for $35k. Follow along yourself, starting with the page where "Hitman" makes his announcement.

(photo courtesy "Hitman" and the ChallengerTalk Forums)

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Challenger SRT-8 Auction Dispute Goes Face To Face Saturday

We've been following the story of the Southern California Dodge dealer who put a 2009 SRT-8 up on eBay, found itself with a winning bid of only $29,100 and claims a computer glitch erased their $42,995 reserve, only to have eBay say that couldn't and didn't happen.

Now, Jalopnik reports the bidder and the dealer will be sitting down to talk with each other tomorrow.

The winning bidder posts to the Challenger Talk Forums under the name "Hitman". Here's a link to the most recent page of the thread about the auction gone wrong as of post time. Hit "next" if the page count is above 115 when you get there.

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eBay Denies Problem With Challenger Auction

The stalemate over a $29,100 winning eBay bid for a 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 isn't going away soon.

This morning, we linked you over to Jalopnik, which got the dealer's side of the story...that they were lowering the "But It Now" price and through some glitch, the reserve vanished.

But now, eBay weighs in and says....um...no. Full story from the guys who are in full Woodward/Bernstein mode at Jalopnik. And you can follow the outrage on the Challenger Talk Forums.

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UPDATE: eBay Error In Challenger Auction Dispute?

Yesterday, we told you about the dispute between the winning bidder of an eBay auction and a Southern California auto dealer over a 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8.

The winner says he should get the car for his winning bid of $29,100...the dealer says no way...the car's worth more than $40K.

Well, Jalopnik has uncovered the story behind the story...the part where the dealer says it actually did have a reserve of $42,995...went online to lower it...and didn't realize the reserve was deleted from the listing.

eBay's fault or the dealer's? eBay's investigating. And the Challenger Talk Forums are buzzing.

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Challenger Auction Goes Wrong: Dealer Tries To Back Out Of $29,100 Bid for SRT-8

Glenn E. Thomas Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep in Signal Hill, California had an '09 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 it wanted to sell. 500 miles on the odometer...a demonstrator, maybe?

Anyway, they went the eBay auction route. Apparently, it was their first time at the rodeo...er, auction...because they neglected to put a reserve on it. A reserve is a minimum bid. If no bidders get that high, the car doesn't change hands.

Well, the sticker was $46,425 and the winning bid was $29,100 and Glenn E. Thomas is telling the winning bidder "no sale".

Unfortunately for Glenn E. Thomas, the winning bidder is a member of the Challenger Talk Forums and knows how to use them...meaning the story and the outrage is spreading like wildfire.

Scope out the eBay posting here (ignore the "bidding has ended" notice and just scroll down)...

Meantime, Glenn E. Thomas is running a straight sale on eBay, this one for a used 2010 Challenger RT, with an "advertised price" of $39,995. They say 984 miles...the photo shows the odometer reading 986.

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