Date:         Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:43:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Frank Goodrick <video.image@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Goodrick <video.image@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Vanagon/Bus Selling Price Database?/Auctions
Comments: To: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
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At an auction you seldom have any idea of the history, you can't generally
test drive.
All used vehicle purchases are caveat emptor, but an auction - & the prices
obtained - are in a  class of their own.

Most vehicles in dealer's auctions are placed there by other dealers who
don't want to deal with the vehicle on their lot - i.e. they don't want to
stand behind it & usually couldn't unload it on another dealer, so they send
it to the auction as a last resort.

Auction prices have no relevance here.

Frank.

91 Westy
95 Winnie

-----Original Message-----


>The best guide I've seen, is a little known one called the Black Book.  Its
>a wholesale guide that dealers use and contains prices that are real for
>vehicles sold at auction.   With the internet, why would anyone pay more
>than a true auction price?   Good Luck
>
>