Make A Bargain At A Public Auto Auction

So you want to buy a decent car for as little money as possible?  Then you should go to a public auto auction. At a car auction - especially at a government auction - you can get a very decent car in any range at an amazingly low price. All over the country you will find a car auction running almost any time.

There are also car auctions on the internet and if you consider buying or bidding on cars online there are a couple of things you need to be aware of:

- The picture and description of the vehicle on the internet are sometimes not accurate. Unfortunately there are some dishonest people among us that cannot resist the temptation of making the actual vehicle appear better than it really is.Keep to the serious car auction sites that don't have a reputation of cheating people (for example by clicking the hyperlinks in this article). Since you cannot see the car before you make a bid on it, I think it's necessary to be a little cautious.

- Most public auto auction sites online, see a bid on a specific car as a contract between the seller and the highest bidder to end the transaction, within a certain time.


Don't Start To Bid Before You Have Done Your Homework


Before you start to bid at an auto auction, be it traditional or online, there is some legwork you have to do.


- figure out a budget or a maximum amount you can spend. This should be money you can be without.


When you have come up with this figure you will

- already have narrowed down your options with regard to which car to bid on
- Prevent the risk of bidding too high and spending more than necessary.
- you also want to acquire sufficient automotive knowledge or update the knowledge already might have.

Another option is to bring someone with the necessary knowledge with you and trust his or her abilities to judge the vehicle you consider to purchase.

- get a list of the different vehicles makes and models, their listing values as well as their general asking prices and take it with you to the public auto auction.

With this knowledge you are in a much better position to distinguish a good deal from a bad one and take advantage of it.

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by Terry Carters