Auctions with a high volume of negative feedback indicate a public perception problem that affects its value. This is valuable information to a prospective buyer. If they still really want it, they at least know it may not resell easily.

There are always people who want to denigrate every thing they see. I don’t know why but it seems to make them happy. So we just have to flag them for what they are and move forward.

As a seller, which I have been, the non-constructive comments still expect a response, or it can escalate even more. There is nothing worse than trying to respond to a non-constuctive comment politely before it spins out of control. And it does nothing to help sell the car, it's just noise. BaT knows who the bidders are, who the sellers are. Filter the rest of the riff raft out of the comments.

I think most people see non-constructive commenters for what they are, trolls.

This has always been an issue in open forums. Understanding this, I always find the comments interesting and take the information shared with a grain of salt. It often the noisiest that gets the most attention, that said I research that individual to see if they have an agenda and why. Usually that solves the issue and allows me to move on informed.

They have caused me to wonder about listing my F355.

I think the comments are constructive on excellent condition cars and helpful on less than good cars. One can easily pass the chaff and read only the informative comments. My BaT "agent" has done a admirable job of selling for me on BaT. The cars were excellent examples and he got top dollar and the comments section really helped sell those cars.

All it takes is one listing of a good car, one "nay-sayer" who in turn brings more "nay-sayers", one "Know it all" (who brings other know it alls competing for who is the "Best" Know it all) and one Seller kindly worded rebuttal equals ONE BIG WASTED OPPORTUNITY to sell a good car.... with comments and poor results that never go away.

I have sold several car on Bat and the most recent car I sold from my collection I sold on Hemmings regular online ad and it sold for what I wanted in 24 hours. On Bat you get the guy in his mothers basement that has posted 3,000 comments, that has never sold, bid or bought anything on Bat ,posting negative comments on your car .I will no longer sell on Bat. I have collected Porsche and Mercedes for the past 45 years and as a hobby feel that I am somewhat knowledgeable on these cars. I was going to sell a 1956 356A and contacted Pcar to try their auction,I was pushed to lower reserve and then they sent a photographer{as they will only list with professional photos.]They charged $375.00 for photos and upon talking to photographer he was being paid $150.00. Needless to say if they were trying to make $225.00 on photos I decided I would not deal with them as I had no faith in the way they conducted their business and would not list the 356 with them and I paid photographer myself for his time and travel.I sold the car myself and the gentleman and his wife flew from Virginia to Denver he inspected the car and test drove and we made the agreement and he wired the funds the following day and arranged transport and car was delivered.

Ever since car forums started there has always jerks, even psychos, that don't have a construction bone in their body. They also don't have many friends or something else to do. It makes them fell important and unless BaT closes who can chat, there will always be jerks that don't care about anything else but themselves.

While I personally have seen comments, that should be omitted. I have found ways to deter such. BaT in turn is GUILTY. I have written, as many others have, and their comment section of particulsr cars several times as well as BaT's facebook/X platform asking, that they describe vehicles correctly, ref REFURBISHMENT/RESTORATION. Two complete different operations. BaT REFUSES to use, literally, the word Restoration, and has said as much. This shows a total disregard/disservice to potential buyers. Maybe BaT should flag themselves every time, which is always describing a total frame off restoration as a two or more years refurbishment.

I once went to a local meetup for people from The Gear Page, which focuses on guitars, amps, and other gear. The revelation I came away with was that the most prolific commentators on the forum actually owned none of the gear of which they spoke so authoritatively. They, in fact, were terrible guitar players. They were only in it for the debate and to get some sense of self worth out of having the most quoted, liked, or controversial comment. Soured me for good on online communities.

As a seller, I find BAT to be a lot more trouble than other auction sites due to the sheer volume of comments that need to be responded to as well as the need to "politely" respond to the a-holes in order to keep the auction on track.