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Dealers ship their cars off to auction only to find that 50% go unsold. We even have a special name for this; it’s called a “No Sale” or NS for short. So what’s next for that “No Sale” car? Run it again? Ship it off to another auction at additional … Read More
Dealers have to expand their horizon to find the “right” cars to feed their inventories. This means visiting a greater number of auctions and reviewing a larger number of vehicles to find the cars that fit their local market. Because of the finite number of hours in a day and … Read More
To Sell or Not to Sell that is the Question? There’s a debate going on with managers representing cars at auction. It concerns the battle over sell rate (also known as sell through) vs wholesale profitability and its impact on buyers. It has been described by industry insiders as the … Read More
As used prices fell 2.5 percent last month, auction volume was on the way up, perhaps playing a role in the continuing depreciation being seen in the auction lanes. According to the latest Guidelines report from NADA Used Car Guide, auction volumes of used cars up to 8 years old … Read More
Auction volume was up more than 8 percent year-over-year in June, and year-to-date figures continued to hold strong, according to the latest Economic Dashboard from the National Auto Auction Association. Specifically, the tally for the month of June climbed 8.3 percent against comparable weeks of 2014. Auction volume for the first half of … Read More
There is a growing trend among dealers: “Hold in-house auctions.” This topic is somewhat controversial because it has become main stream to take your wholesale cars to auction and that it. Most dealers (more than 92%) take their cars to off site auctions, pay the fees, pay for shipping and … Read More
Title Attached/Missing/Lien a Detailed Definition Title Attached. New dealers/wholesalers are often confused about what “Title Attached” means. It actually means that the title is NOT present at the time of the sale. This means the selling dealer has the title but it is not on hand at the time of … Read More
Apply the Dale Pollak, Velocity Retail Approach to Wholesale Cars I have been a fan of the Dale Pollak (@vAuto) velocity approach to selling used cars since my days as Director at West Herr where we applied his approach vigorously to our retail used car operation. His book basically suggests … Read More
When Ben Lima went looking for used cars for his single point used car lot in Southern New York, he did what any good Millennial would do – He went online. As a 26-year-old, Lima has purchased wholesale cars hundreds of times but not in the traditional way. As the … Read More