I've run into that as well. The problem with noting things on the gate pass is that some auctions print their gate passes on slips of paper not much bigger than a receipt you'd get from a convenience store (Adessa in Phoenix, I'm looking at you jackholes...)
That's why I use everything at my disposal to document damage: I'll write it up on the gate receipt (at least, as much as I can fit); I've gone from doing photos to taking detailed, geotagged videos (I find that, sometimes, a good video will catch stuff I actually missed - even though I was looking straight at it); I use an app which can use your cellphone's camera as a "scanner" to image the gate pass into a PDF format before I turn in said gate pass; and I fill out our own condition reports and have them signed whenever possible, even if the broker has their own. I figure, the more documentation I possess which all point at the exact same thing, the likely someone's going to want to hang a bogus damage claim on me.
How many of you guys are writing damage on gate passes?
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And where was all that damage you recorded at the time of pickup?
Of course - it's on the gate pass which is now "lost". And now you have one less piece of evidence to prove that you didn't put that dent in the car.
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