AUCTION PURCHASE

In order to provide our clients with the most competitive price and high quality, we often buy used vehicles from the Florida Auto Auction of Orlando (FAAO) which is the largest in the world. They acution 5,000 to 6,000 vehicles each Tuesday. About 25% of all vehicles pass through an auction during its’ period of service.

It works like this: We examine carefully your preferred vehicle specifications and provide you with written cost estimates based on year, mileage, model, etc. This provides you with written value benchmarks for the remainder of the selection process.

The day before the auction sale, you are informed of those vehicles meeting your criteria registered by then. On that day or by daybreak the day of the auction, our buyer is inspecting those vehicles registered that meet your criteria. The resulting details of these inspections are provided to the buyer by phone after which you and our buyer comes to agreement on the purchase price based on his purchase price expectations. The buyer then excercises his best efforts by going to the auction lane and purchasing the vehicle for a price that can be transferred to you at a pre-arranged price. However, the order of auction may not be your order of preference.

It is then placed on a vehicle lift to be inspected underneath by an ASE certified mechanic. If there are any indications of problems, arbitration is provided by the auction for two dealers. However, this is rare.

The vehicle is then transferred to Jacksonville by truck for another thorough mechanical inspection and detail. The purcahser does not deposit any funds with us until he/she has found the vehicle inspection satifscatory. Our buyer has done this weekly for 14 years and has the expereience to bet on his ability to satisfy the customer. Buying on the recommendation of a professional is better than a selection by any non-professional.