| Everyone wants to get a good deal on their next | | | | of automobiles. Dealers often auction their cars off |
| vehicle (who wouldn't...right?). When buying a vehicle | | | | beginning at wholesale price. This is a good place to |
| from a dealer, the least you'll pay for a vehicle is the | | | | get a decent deal, but most cars will end up being sold |
| dealer's wholesale price (unless he's flipped his lid of | | | | (if sold at all) at or above wholesale prices. |
| course!). How do many of the used car dealers get | | | | The third and final type of auction that I am going to |
| their vehicles? They buy them from auctions. This | | | | talk about is that of 'Police Auctions and Government |
| article is about the auto auctions that the general public | | | | Auctions'. There are typically two different types of |
| are allowed to participate in. For someone living in | | | | vehicles up for auction here. First is the seized vehicle. |
| Wisconsin, there are three common types of Auto | | | | These could be any automobiles either owned by or |
| Auctions that the public is typically allowed to | | | | involved with someone who is participating in illegal |
| participate in. | | | | activities. The second type of vehicle is that of the |
| The first of three that I'll mention is the 'online auto | | | | decommisioned vehicle. A good example of this would |
| auction'. Two examples are eBay Motors and Yahoo | | | | be that of a police car that had been used for five |
| Auctions. There are many aspects of online auctions | | | | years and was replaced...the government would then |
| that are very similar to auctions that occur in public. | | | | auction the police car off. After attending a police or |
| The people involve bid on a specific vehicle, and when | | | | government auction, you'll realize that the |
| a time limit expires, the top bidder takes the vehicle. | | | | decommissioned vehicles often sell for much less than |
| Sounds pretty simple huh? Well there are a few things | | | | the seized vehicles. |
| you are going to need to watch out for. First, you | | | | Regardless of which auction you choose to buy your |
| won't see the vehicle until after you've bought it. This is | | | | car from, you need to be very careful. I'd like to offer |
| probably the biggest drawback for obvious reasons. | | | | two tips. |
| Second,it's often the case that the seller won't list the | | | | 1) Don't buy a lemon |
| VIN#, so it's impossible to locate the car's history throu | | | | 2) Never pay over blue book value for any of these |
| CARFAX. Third, you may have to drive quite a ways | | | | cars |
| to pick the car up (or have it delivered to you which | | | | If you'd like to locate an Auto Auction near you, visit |
| can be quite expensive). | | | | Wisconsin Auctions for a complete listing of the many |
| The second of the three auctions I'm going to discuss | | | | public auctions going on throughout the wonderful |
| here is the 'public auto auction'. The public auto auction | | | | State of Wisconsin! See you at the Auto Auction! |
| is very much what it sounds like. It is the public auction | | | | |