Online car auctions in Canada and USA

Salvage auto auctions broker in Canada

Vehicle Liens and salvage auctions - COPART, IAAI

Lien searches are useful. Whenever you buy a vehicle, and we do mean whenever, run one. At an average cost of less than $20, it's the best insurance money can buy. Many dealers are shocked to learn that some auctions don't do lien searches so, if you don't do a search, no one else does. Some of our Members are regular buyers at "salvage" auctions. Some of the bigger players in this area are Copart and Impact Auto Auctions now IAA Canada.

For years we have noted that when an insurance company "writes off" a total loss vehicle and sells it at one of these sales, there are often undischarged liens. Many will get discharged once the insured pays the loan with the insurance proceeds. But there have been instances where, for a number 

COPART CANADA AUCTION FEES - 2024 and 2025 With new auctions come new fees. Buyers don't like paying these fees, but auto auctions don't care; their main focus is to make money. We dealer buyers have to be aware of these fees; otherwise, we could end up paying more for cars from wholesale auctions than from AutoTrader.For Canadian buyers, Copart Canada has one more fee : CARFAX FEE : $37.60 If you want to know how much these fees add after you win vehicle, check out: COPART FEE CALULATOR LATEST AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
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This is our live bidding on Copart Auto Auction in Toronto.

Everyday we join online auctions for salvage and damaged vehicles. Our customers are on the phone while we bid and they can see live auction via their visitor accounts. It is very exciting when we win an auction. Then we email instruction to our customer how to pay and where to pickup vehicle. 

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Online live auto auctions in USA and Canada All car auctions offer online and offline live auctions. You can bid and purchase cars now from your mobile phone or laptop. Most of the auctions offer free registration and guest accounts. This way potential buyers can get addicted to online car bidding. This is a fishing. Auction is a fisherman and you are a fish. You should spend lot of time on different auctions to understand how people/dealers bid and what are prices for vehicles offered for sale. Bidding on the internet live is a pleasant part of this business. After You win vehicle, you have pay for it and remove it from auction parking as soon as possible, usually within 3-5 business days or storage charges and late payment fees will kick in. Cars on auction come from all sources: trade-in, dealer overstock some are accident repaired and some are just after accident not repaired. There are also repossesion, theft and fire vehicles. Many cars ale also off lease or financial company sell off. This last group is mostly best options for someo [...]

Cars on used dealer auctions are sold only to registered car dealers.

There is an arbitration policy for cars purchased on dealer auctions by the dealers.

For example if car mileage is 100000km or less and if car was not previously written off by insurance. Buyer can return a vehicle for a full refund if engine wont start or transmission wont shift or there is a hidden damage which was not disclosed by the seller at the time of sale.

In this case buyer has 7 days since the date of purchase to apply for such refund.

Any newer vehicles still have remaining manufacturer warranties usually 3 years / 60000km or more. That depends of the car manufacturer.

None of auction cars come with SAFETY CERTIFICATES unfortunately. Safety certificate is valid only for 36 days since inspection date.  

Usually cars on used auctions do need extra work to be certified: worn tires, brakes, ball [...]

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