Van Auction Saturday

[Snowbunny]

Where? Tacoma, WA.
Here is the link. http://www.cyberauctions.com/ViewCurrentAuction - Oops - Will try to post better link below!
Alas, No High Tops and just one cargo van in this group. 
We went out and look at these a couple of weekends ago. Most looked real clean inside - Some pitting (rust?) on front hood and grille on some.:-/


Snowbunny

 

[Snowbunny]

http://www.cyberauctions.com/CurrentAuct.php.RE: White Vans http://www.cyberauctions.com/CurrentAuct.php.http://www.cyberauctions.com/CurrentAuct.php.
RE: White Vans .... :huh: Try this one.
Sorry, I'm so bad at this!
Click on "Current Auctions" if this sends to the wrong place.

Snowbunny
http://www.cyberauctions.com/CurrentAuct.php.

 

[Wanderer]

Damn.....Need to have way more money in pocket

I see that Savannah is going for 8K less than NADA....

Well, better get to work.....

 

[MK7]

Auctions are often a huge risk if you're buying something really cheap (like under $3000), b/c that's usually where people who can't sell their junk, dumps them too....including dealerships, etc.

 

[BradKW]

Auctions are often a huge risk if you're buying something really cheap (like under $3000), b/c that's usually where people who can't sell their junk, dumps them too....including dealerships, etc.

Most used car lots buy a fair bit of inventory from auction, while larger stealerships dump trade-ins to auction. I've been to several vehicle auction yards and like everything, there's good and bad. Some auctions require a dealer certification to buy though...

 

[MK7]

Most used car lots buy a fair bit of inventory from auction, while larger stealerships dump trade-ins to auction. I've been to several vehicle auction yards and like everything, there's good and bad. Some auctions require a dealer certification to buy though...

Yeah, that's where most Used Car lots   dump the cars that are so far gone that they can't sell, into auctions also. And they   send out their own people to bid on their own cars to make sure they don't lose, and I bet most times, they win.

I used to go to a local auction religiously every week. The good Auctions are where you  see lots of small, used car dealers there buying for real....AND, the auctioneer specifically states which car is a "BANK CAR"...which usually means that it was repossessed. These were usually under 5 years old and were bid on the most by the dealers. They were great deals, but they weren't under $5000. But really cheap cars, well I guess the used car lots have people to fix and clean them up. I'd rather not mess with those.....IMO, you're better off looking for really cheap stuff on Craigslist where you can really test drive and check them out.

 

[ZOFCHAK]

I make my living attending auctions and IMO they are the very best place to find a deal on a van. The trick is to go to the right kind of auctions!  My suggestion is to find government and municipal vehicles where they  are auctioned off direct.  Not secondary sales where they have already been purchased by dealers or resellers, but on location sales where the vehicle is still on the property of the school, city or other entity. Most often these sales are handled by an outside auction company and many are now online, but have preview times where the vans can be seen ahead of the sale.
 
 The very best vehicles I have seen are often from large public universities. Some of their vans hardly ever leave the campus, so they may only have 30-40k miles on them! Most of these places also perform regular scheduled maintenance and replace their vehicles on a preset schedule, not on account of their condition.

  Also, if the maintenance employees are on site, don't pass up the chance to ask questions about the histories of the vehicles. Their paychecks have nothing to do with the sale price of vans, so if you are friendly they are often willing to warn you about problems or direct you to the vehicles that have been the most trouble free.