Can I get a good deal at a car auction?
By car-guy. Filed in Buying & Selling |Tags: Columbus Ohio, Craigslist, Money
Iamabuckeyefan asked:
In Columbus Ohio there is a car auction every Saturday. It is open to the public. I am looking for a vehicle and I have heard this is the best place to go to get my money's worth. Is it worth it to go to an auction? I live 2 hours away from Columbus. I just dont want to go and find that I can get a better deal from craigslist or something. Im basically asking if anyone has ever been to an auction open to the public.
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In Columbus Ohio there is a car auction every Saturday. It is open to the public. I am looking for a vehicle and I have heard this is the best place to go to get my money's worth. Is it worth it to go to an auction? I live 2 hours away from Columbus. I just dont want to go and find that I can get a better deal from craigslist or something. Im basically asking if anyone has ever been to an auction open to the public.
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Friday, January 2nd 2009 at 7:57 am |
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Yes I have been to a public car auction. Matter a fact we have the same senerio here only I only have to drive about thirty minutes once a month but anywho chances are you will find a better deal at the auction,even though the cars are inspected they are sold as is and the auction normally goes pretty fast so you have to be on your toes when you see what you want. We have a web site we can usually preview the auction if theres any way to do that there I would then you can justify driving 2hours,but you’d be surprised what some of those vehicles go for!
Monday, January 5th 2009 at 4:25 pm |
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we go every now and then but you need to research what you are looking for and price ranges on whhat types of vehicles cost before you go there
Tuesday, January 6th 2009 at 5:25 pm |
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You can get a good car or a lemon at an auction use your judgement listen to it run move it back and forth to see how it acts. You will have to probably put some money into it and fix a few minor things you usually do when you pick one up at an auction.
Tuesday, January 6th 2009 at 8:08 pm |
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yes you usually get good deals in car auction as some of the cars confiscated from the owners for not paying up the installment or road tax etc and you only hav eto pay the remaining balance on it. so you get cheap cars in better conditions.
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 6:32 am |
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Yes, it’s possible to get good deals at auctions, but you take a bit of a chance in that you can inspect the cars (if you get there early) and even start them up, but you can’t drive them.
Car dealers who attend these auctions buy multiple cars, and can afford to get a lemon every now and then. But when you’re only buying one car, you take your chances.
There’s one catch to auctions. That is, that there are other people there looking for bargains too. These people are bidding against you, driving prices up. So you have to know when to stop so that you don’t overpay.