How to Get the Best Deal at a Car Auction
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:38am Under Main Content
How much opportunity varies — some car auctions don’t make a car available for inspection until shortly before bidding, and often you won’t get a chance to drive. If you have access to a computer between the time you learn the car’s Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and bidding, you can run an AutoCheck or Carfax history report. Trust is something that nobody has for a car salesman. They have so many tricks that they shamelessly use year in and year out. In doing so I researched that every day thousands of cars are seized by the government. These vehicles are kept in a warehouse, and then auctioned off in a hurry.
The fact of the matter is, the information in those $29 Seized Car Information Guides are easily accessible, public information that you can obtain at your local town office. Don’t be left behind paying that high car note when you can get a FREE car now. Border Patrol is now holding regular public auctions of hundreds of seized and surplus cars and trucks at several location across the southwestern United States. Photographs of all vehicles are available on each of the auction location’s web sites, but you must attend in person in order to bid.
Payment with a major credit card (Visa, MasterCard or Discover) will include a three percent processing fee. There is no buyer’s premium charged at this auction. The vehicle history, however, can tell you if the car has a clean title, and it will contain information about the car’s ownership and service history, which can be very useful. During criminal investigations, the government routinely seizes high-end luxury cars or customized vehicles. If you are fascinated about a luxurious car or any other high end vehicle, then seized auto auctions are the best place for you to get these at the hottest rates ever.
You cannot get inside the car or look under the hood. There are no warranties or refunds. You don’t actually buy cars from sites such as seizecars.com. They provide lists and directories of auctions and you buy from the auctions.
Always be sure to check out the prices of the cars on display prior to the bidding or carry a Kelly Blue Book for an estimate of the car value. Find an experience car mechanic to accompany you as he can help you to assess the vehicle condition especially the engine. You can get cars at these sales for a fraction of the price of the kind of Japanese car auctions I was talking about, but of course there is a trade off. Because they are cars that have been seized, you do not get to find out anything about the state of the car, or what damage might have been done to it before the sale. Because of the enormous expense to store all of these vehicles, the only solution for these institutions is to auction them off quickly, at extremely discounted prices. The people who have access to these direct sources are presented with amazing deals not possible any other way.
Tags: Auction Location, Auto Auctions, Autocheck, Border Patrol, Car Auction, Car Auctions, Criminal Investigations, History Report, Public Auctions, Service History, Surplus Cars, Vehicle History, Vehicle Identification Number
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