Bring a Trailer Reviews

I purchased a vehicle through BaT from Collectible Classics based in PA. The vehicle arrived with extreme engine issues putting it out of commission while undergoing diagnostics and repairs being made. Multiple attempts to contact BaT and the Seller via email and phone messages resulted in merely being ghosted/ignored. There was response provided from BaT stating they would contact the seller and that was the last time I heard from them. The seller must have heard from them because I did receive a phone call from them stating my emails went to their "junk email", they apologized and said they'd be back in touch. Two months later and I'm still awaiting a response,,, and yes, I've reached out them multiple times.

Please, please, stay away! World's worse. Liars. Deceivers. Poor business practices. You will for sure be sorry. They are presently being investigated. Run, run. Please stay away.

BAT used to be awesome. I have bought and sold several cars there. Recently I bought a "fully restored, nut and bolt, frame off" 1982 GMC for $42,000. It was completely misrepresented by the seller. Seller continues to list and sell cars on that site, however, any negative posts or cautions I have submitted gets immediately erased by BAT. This is an auction site that, at one time, thrived based on user feedback, no more. Corrupt, buyer beware!

THE WORST OF THE WORST, SOMEONE INTERNALLY WANTED MY CAR SO THEY SABOTAGED TEH AUCTION. I AM PURSUING LAWSUIT.

I can't warn people enough. Do not buy a car through this website. Bought a car a month ago and I still can't drive it. Been in the shop for three weeks. The seller was fill of you know what. And apparently Bring A Trailer will let any lying POS sell their cars here. I could go on and on but please don't waste your hard earned money on any car on here. I'm 69 years old. Can't remember how many cars I've bought over the years but never had a worst experience.

Very unprofessional and terrible communication. They don’t answer the phone and only want to communicate via email. Awful customer support.

Don't bother unless you are willing to pay waaaay more than an in person private party sale. This site has become basically the Ebay of car auction sites where listings get bid up thousands of dollars in the last minutes and are then won by, what a little research will tell you, are basically people with deep pockets who flip cars. You may do all right as a seller, if you enjoy fees, but buyers are going to be disappointed unless money is no object.

As a Pontiac lover and a lover of muscle cars in general I enjoy this site but cannot understand how they cannot list the Correct HP for 2002 Ws6 trans ams collector 2002 trans ams etc. They have been corrected on many occasions by myself & others but continue to list 345 HP instead of 325. 2002 firehawks 345 HP. MPG also sometimes incorrect 6speed vs. auto.

Horrible service, don't waste your time!!! Poor service, long waiting time and very stupid responses. Been a car dealer for 40 years, and these people are crazy and at helpful at all. It's obvious they need some help... Hire some car people that care!!!!

I have bought two cars from BAT (Bring a Trailer), both were classic Morgan Plus 4 Dropped Coupes. The first sale in December 2025 went well enough except the the Packys who attempted to scam me on transporting the car from Louisiana to California ... They tried to hold the car hostage unless I Zelled a third party money mule an extra $300! They even emailed a photo of the car sitting on a flatbed saying the the car would not move until their ransom was paid! Their money mule ended up being a girlfriend who was a rear estate agent in California and I had to threaten to write the Board of Realtors about her acting as a money mule to get my money refunded ...

I had mixed experience with BaT, making two purchases across three years, amid many unsuccessful bids. The first car was almost entirely honestly presented - except for a string of door dings not mentioned or visible in any photos of restoration quality paint. The owner (not the dealer) opted to reimburse me after some pressure from Bat. In the end, a very good purchase.

Bring A Trailer I'm extremely disappointed in your customer service. You have some nerve telling me how much to set my reserve price on for my vehicle. I know the value of my vehicle. Just because there are other ones like it does not mean my truck is worth what you think it is, it is a much more higher dollar truck than the basic entry level vehicle and the fact that you did not let me choose my reserve is why I'm giving you a poor review. Not all trucks are the same.

BaT was a great resource for individual car enthusiasts to buy and sell their cars. What has been a growing trend over the years is the dealers are now using BaT as their primary on line marketing source. Many of these dealers have bad customer reviews stemming from misrepresentations to extremely slow delivery of legal documents necessary to title the car. Bidders need to look at the name of the dealer and do a google review search on these dealers as part of their due diligence. Bat assumes NO RESPONSIBILITY.

Don't count on help after the fact from BaT customer care. I bought a car at auction and found serious issues with the TPMS and tires. James at customer care responded after some cajoling. He seemed polite, concerned and willing to help. In the end he took the smoke, the car dealer was blowing up his ** and left hanging out to dry without a clothespin. Stay away from BaT, go to car shows, see the cars in person and don't trust the shady characters or BaT customer care.

Very difficult to contact. Their new verification process requires a cell phone in hand in order to review or bid. Not ideal for bidders looking to make a purchase with a cell not in reach or accessible when attempting to use the system. Plus they make it difficult to submit a review as I am encountering now.

Bring-A-Trailer is terrible. I have been involved in multiple auctions, and the seller has had multiple accounts and bid on the car to drive up the purchase price. I contacted BaT, and they confirmed that the bidding was coming from the same IP address, but they never did a thing about it. They do zero validation on sellers. So if a seller does a bad job with an auction, misrepresents the car or something, and gets called out on it. If they want to list another car, they just open a new account, so you won't see their past auctions.

Bought a Moto Guzzi Griso on 9/4/25 from the dealer ultramotorsource. I drove 24 hrs round trip to Wisconsin to pick up bike. When I returned home, I took bike for a ride. In the the first five minutes the rear tire came off causing me to violently wreck. Due to injuries from wreck, I'm out of work for 3 months. Between hospital bills, loss of work, costs of bike It's going to be close to 30k. I contacted the seller Miles, he told me it was my problem now and the bike was sold as is where is. After contacting BaT they did refund my $560 buyer's fee. You can look at seller's Google Maps reviews and my profile on BaT. If I would have read this dealer's google reviews I would not have bought bike. If you buy from a dealer on BaT research them as much as possible.

Did not properly vet the seller. Allow a non owner to list a car. Won a 145k bid on a car and after a big push to wire money learned the person listing the car did not own it. BAT did not properly vet the listing.

Let me start by saying I have bought and sold about a dozen vehicles with BAT and possibly will not do it again. Plagued with non-existing customer service paired to a myriad of undisclosed issues in cars I have bought have soured it for me. And then the fact that I have had better luck selling vehicles on my own, for much higher than their mandatory reserves.... Do not need BAT anymore.

My experience with BAT was outstanding. They assisted me with auction prep and notified me immediately of my auction results. BUT, my car was sold on September 12, 2025 and it is not September 24, 2025 and I have not yet been paid for the car. According to emails I received the sellers funds were deposited September 16, 2025. My experience with Caramel, the company BAT uses to handle payment has been one star at best. If BAT cannot find a better way to handle closing I would advise not using BAT to sell your car. BAT does not allow any other way to close the sale so Caramel reflects badly on the entire process.

Bring-A-Trailer is corrupt!!! They knowingly and intentionally allow blatant and very serious false advertising simply to garner a commission. In September of 2025, in listing #210966, the seller, Mr. Doug ** of Vintage Museum Restoration in Indianapolis, Indiana posted, directly, that the vehicle being sold "IS" legal for Vintage Kart Racing which affects the value greatly. Yet about a month earlier, on August 13, 2025 the seller Mr. ** directly posted on a Facebook post on Texas Karting Network (and I quote) "WARNING this kart is NOT legal in VKA". VKA is the Vintage Karting Association! This blatant misrepresentation, with the proof thereof, was brought to the attention of Bring-A-Trailer numerous times and ignored.

Sold a jeep that I had bought a year prior, made some improvements and put about 3k to it and wanted to move on to a different project, so I listed it back on BAT, the weeks before, they only had two other jeeps of the same model listed. The week my went for sale, they had 6 and flooded the market. They say they don’t do that. My jeep went for 2k less than when I bought it a year prior due to their manipulation. Also I had no say in the end date of the auction. The middle of the week on a Wednesday at 1:30, is not a great end time. Then we used the BAT check out a week later, I still have not been funded my full payment, the buyer has the jeep and BAT has the title and I am left with shortchanged. Broken system, they had do it recommend selling with them.

Very strange site. They refuse listings that are much better than some of the junk they DO list. I have never had so many complaints with a company. They are rude, terrible communication and execution of deals. RUN AWAY!

Seller beware! There is a clause in the seller’s agreement that permits BaT to accept a high bid less than the reserve, that BaT would make up the difference. Which is okay, provided that BaT actually follows through and does make up the difference. My vehicle sold for $53,000 but reserve was $55,000. BaT accepted the high bid and promised me a check for the $2,000 difference. Vehicle sold July 4; it is now August 17 and still no check. Bat has stopped responding to my requests for payment and it looks like I will need to file a legal action against them. Very frustrating situation…

Ass company. Pick and choose what they want to sell. 0/10. Stay far away and sell elsewhere. Almost discrimination honestly. Never sell your vehicle here and if you do throw a bag of shit in the drivers seat.

I just got off the phone for the last time with BaT as I was attempting to sell one of my collector vehicles. I had posted this same vehicle with a reserve six months ago during the winter months, obviously not prime market time. I attempted to repost the same vehicle, which is forty five years old, highly optioned, unmolested in original showroom condition with extremely low miles. I even invested 5K to replace all wear items since they were old and dry rotted, everything from brakes, cooling, fuel, ignition, tires, to give the buyer a reliable vehicle for years to come. Nothing like buying someone's POS money pit.

Bought a Jeep on Bring A Trailer May 20 2025. Seller was a total scam. Bring a trailer did no vetting of the seller or refused to look into them. I followed there instructions exactly. The seller was not in the USA. They where skipping titles. The seller was running a fake dealership from Illinois. I Paid for the vehicle in full. I did eventually get the vehicle, not at all as described. It does not even go down the road. The main problem is that it is now June 20th and I have no title. I can not sue or go after the seller because I don't even know who they are and the name supplied by bring a trailer is in a different country. I am shocked that a big site like this does not even get the ID from the seller. So now I am out $13,500 and Bring a Trailer says there is nothing they can do.

This was a decent Place to buy but Not Now, They also Should let the Bidding Public know if there Is a Reserve on a Vehicle that is listed, Of Course not the Reserve Price but let the Public Know there is a Reserve. Also They leave Auctions up that were 4-5 Years ago, Here is the Problem with That, I Bought a Vehicle for a Certain price and then I put over 10k In the car and when I decided to sell it people go right back to the Auction price I Paid for it, Even Though I did and Put Up Receipt’s for what was SPENT to make the Vehicle MUCH Better and Needed Work most people still come back and say “You only Paid 7k for it, now your asking almost Double for it”.

Caution Beware... My Son purchased a Toyota 4Runner that blew up 90 miles. The seller said on a long post about the vehicle had no Temperature issues.. His comments were solid about the vehicle and so my Son bid and won it.. He flew from Utah to Peoria AZ to pickup.. When my Son arrived at the House to pick up the Seller advised him he should put on a trailer and drive home.. My Son explained that after speaking to him several times on the phone why are you telling me this now..

Bidder beware. Even if the seller misrepresents the product, Bringatrailer.com keeps their commission! They do not stand behind anything posted on their site, nor do they offer any customer reviews on sellers. They are a total scam.

I recently won (May 2025) a 1974 Alfa Romeo Spider on Bring-A-Trailer. The car was presented by the selling dealer as a very well preserved Example of this make he had gotten from a collector in Arizona and Illinois. The comments from prospective bidders on the car asked if everything was functional on the car which the selling dealer indicated they were except for the horn. I took this on face value of the dealer. Big mistake. After I received the car and went thru it I found numerous issues not indicated: 1. Completely dry steering box ( No Gear Oil and seal leak) 2. Inoperative heater blower motor. 3. Washer fluid tank would not hold water nor does fluid pump operate. 3. Suspension rattles due to bad shocks and bushings. 4. Air filters for Fuel Injection plugged due to lack of maintenance. 5. Manual Throttle Cable broke and inoperative.

Extremely disappointed with Bring-A-Trailer. I have been using/bidding on the site for many years since the beginning. The website is now focused on quantity over quality which is sad as that is most definitely not the founding principles of the website in the beginning. Bring A Trailer now focuses on favoritism of certain ads. Example: an almost identical vehicle is being sold with a high reserve. When you have to list the other vehicle you get forced to make the ad with no reserve which ultimately the vehicle sells at a much lower rate. This occurred to me.

AVOID THIS SITE AT ALL COST!! This is the worst site I have ever used. All they care about is making a buck. Their customer service is just plain awful and rude. If I could leave 0 stars or negative stars I would!! Use any other car auction site besides this one!

Have commented on BAT for a while both positive and negative comments as to the cars and their presentation. Always keeping it honest and accurate. Then a 'high end' seller complains that my comments are not helping those with 'high end' cars sell them. Bat then restricts my account and no longer allows me to comment, much less ever accept one of my offerings. The notion that Bat wants transparency is nonsense. They only want to provide a safe venue for those who provide them the most income. Started out as a great venue and has evolved to just another money machine for the wealthy.

I bid on a car in late '24 and everything with the car and dealer was good however BaT not so much. They tacked on a hidden fee just to get the seller's contact info, I had another user there ask me about how everything went with the sale and I had bought that up. BaT swooped in and lied. Stated I was not charged such a fee so I posted a screenshot of the invoice they sent and they banned me. I asked them to remove my account and remove my card info from BaT but they did nothing, not even a reply to the email and it seems that they do not have any phone number to call... A few months later I get emails about bids being made on my banned account. I login and see that I was no longer banned, could not remove my credit card so I reset the password and emailed them again to close my account. Nothing, then again more bids I did not make were made.

Disappointing experience listing a car for auction with Bring a Trailer at every step from start to finish. They argued with me about the reserve I required, rejecting my auction twice before eventually coming back and agreeing to a higher number each time, eventually agreeing to the number I presented as my requirement at the start. No purpose to the argumentative responses at all as to the reserve I needed. The next step was photography. I hired the professional photographer (about $400) that they recommended and one of the first comments in the auction was that “this car would really benefit from professional photography”. Hardly a rousing endorsement and such a terrible start.

Heard so many good things until I started to deal with them. I wish I had read about them ahead of time. I would deal with one person then another. Zero experience when looking for VIN numbers on older cars. They give you no direction and you have to investigate and find the information yourself. Took hours and when I finally found it and sent it to them they disregard the information sent. I send them an official form with what is needed to confirm the VIN and that is still not enough because they DIDN'T READ THE FORM!!!! Honestly MORONS!!! I believe kids are running this and have no idea. STAY AWAY!!!!

I bought a motorcycle through BaT, and it was delivered to me with damage. The seller and their own shipper didn't have a pre-shipment inspection completed, and now there is nothing to show liability or a way for me to recoup my loss. The seller has been one of BaT's customers for many years and has made huge profits off of them. BaT should ensure that they do not allow their bikes to be shipped without any means of insuring for damage while in transport, but they do not.

I contacted BaT to list my 1972 Firebird, complete re-build with all the best parts out there. BaT didn't like my reserve that I wanted to set for my auction. First they tried to get me to go to a no reserve auction, then they wanted me to limit it to what THEY wanted it to be at, which was half my reserve price. Because I would not lose all my money by putting the reserve where THEY wanted me to, they refused to list my car. I will never buy or sell with them and I will make sure that I spread the word to the car community.

Do Not use BAT, EBAY is better, all they care about is to make a sale and charge your credit card, Most of the comments made in the comment section, when for sale, are people that have nothing better to do but degrade your car, just jealous because you have something they don't and can't afford, then you have the know it alls, and the deaders that make things up, been there 3 times, no more for me.