The big countdown was for the Ebay auction??

First bid $30,100.

Get approved to bid:

http://cgi3.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-c...mid=1852747075

 

It is sad that you have to be approved to bid or even view the damn auction. Why would they do that? They send out an e-mail about this auction for charity to everyone who has already pre-ordered a z. What is the point? Only for the rich folk who can use it as a tax write off.

whatever just my 2 cents.
adam

 

I may be wrong, but I think that tax write off is only good if you do not recieve goods or services in return for your donation. In this case you would be getting a car so it might not be a write off unless you can deduct the amount above the retail price.

 

Thanks for the correction I did not know about how tax write offs work. I was just venting because I just wanted to look at the auction not bid.
Thanks,
Adam

 

I think it's because when BMW did the same thing, they got jerked around by a few people (probably a bunch of spoiled 16-year-olds ) who put in bids they never intended to follow through with.

It's a little embarassing to have the car's bid up to $120,000, find out that the high bidder has no money, and then need to take a lesser bid (with a little egg on the face at the same time).

I think it's smart of Nissan to pre-approve any bidders. After all, they did the same thing with each of the pre-order candidates, right? (At least that's the word I heard -- all pre-order folks were credit screened prior to their orders going in.)

 

FYI:

I just clicked the link above. That's only applicable if you want to BID on the car. If you want to view it, click here.