Sam, I agree with so many of your comments about BaT. As both a buyer an seller on BaT, I have stepped up a few times to answer a commentor when it was not advantageous of helpful for the seller to answer. When I sold one of my cars, I had to bite my lip not to tell the commentor how off base he was. So I sympathize with the seller and try to tactfully explain to the commentor why he is inaccurate. So often the negative comments are by people who know little or nothing about the vehicle and regurgitate what they have heard. With our 400's you always know someone will bring up the question of how awful it is to have an automatic and most likely have never been in a 400. Or how often someone quotes how expensive it will be to fix this or that aimply because its a Ferrari. If I comment on BaT, I try to be as constructive as possible to educate potential buyers. I have often hit the "not constructive" button when I feel someone's comments are offbase or negative. If you notice, very rarely does a prospective bidder, add a comment in BaT. The smarter bidders send a private message to the seller with their specific concerns.
