AUCTION .VS. DEALERSHIP when buying a truck?

If you willing to roll the dice on a truck by all means!! There is no certain thing as a safe bet in this business a brand new engine can blow!! So if you willing to take that risk good luck!!

 

It's highly unlikely to get a vehicle from the auction at 50% less then what the dealer will sell it for.

If it's worth anything close to what the dealer would sell it for. Bidders will be bidding.

You have no idea how many people you will be bidding against. And what they're willing to bid up to.

 

Wasn't a thing wrong with that truck and yes it went there with several others .

 

It's like anything on an auction, you can get a steal or you can overpay for a pile. I think most places like Taylor-Martin out of Sioux City will let you in to look at what's there if you show up a day early or so, at least I can't imagine they wouldn't.

 

Ouch what ? Ya windbag .
Other than stunk up and trashed nothing wrong with that truck .
You tend to shoot your mouth off about matters you don't know squat about .
Stay off my side of the fence.

 

LOL, man. RELAX! Have you been laying into the sauce again?

You can always block my posts if you don't like it.

 

Done

 

Little kid gets offended and takes his toys and goes home.

 

Every truck we buy or sell has always been word of mouth. There’s probably 10 small diesel shops and all the mechanics do work on their own as well and word flies. From telling my mechanics I’m looking for a truck to buying one literally takes a week or two. I just sold my 2003 Columbia in 3 days. This is very helpful because you generally know the mechanical history from the mechanics. Of course you always tip the guy for finding a seller or buyer.

 

I’ve always bought at auction. Half off retail is unrealistic, but you can certainly buy closer to wholesale, a lot depends on the day, who is there, location, size of the auction, how good there marketing is etc, lots of variables.

I figure if I can buy the item in this instance a truck for 10-15k under what a dealer would charge it’s money in my back pocket to cover any reasonable issues that may arise when you first take ownership, again it’s unrealistic to buy a 3-10 year old mechanical item with how ever many 100’s of thousands of miles on it and not expect to do some level of repair. I’m sure you’re aware most dealers do the minimum to get the truck out the door as well.

I’d always advocate going and viewing the truck before the auction, RB is pretty reasonable with this you can go in the proceeding days and view/start the trucks, no you can’t test drive, but with a good inspection you can get a good feel for the item overall.