I grew up attending auctions like Manheim and Adesa with my immigrant father and my two older sisters. Driving down to Pennsylvania to pickup cars for our used car lot was a weekly tradition in our household. I never imagined that I would see the decline of such great institutions in my lifetime. So even [...]
Over the last decade, many of the mega auto auction houses have negotiated deals with the larger automotive groups. Depending on the number of wholesale cars the dealer group brings to auction, the deal can include a combination of the following. They may provide a special lane just for their wholesale cars They may provide lowered [...]
Wholesale buyers using smartphones to access AuctionSimplified.com are just as likely -- if not more likely -- to engage in serious bidding behaviors then visitors shopping using a desktop, according to a recent study by Dealer Simplified, LLC from West Seneca NY Even though smartphone app users typically spend less time than office users, the company [...]
Don't Burn Through Your Data Plan. I love using my iPhone to take photo's and video of the cars we are posting to our AuctionSimplified.com dealer auction software and wholesale marketplace. The only problem is the default resolution of my phone camera is 8 megapixels. If you are on a Samsung or other Android devices, it [...]
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 the auction, usually at another dealership [...]
