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Old Sep 8, 2003 | 10:43 AM
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Does anyone know how dealer auction pricing is on cars. Can you ever find lx470's or landcruisers 99-2003 at them.icing be as compared to ebay. How would I get involved in car auctions...
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No info? Where should I start to look for a nice lx470?
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Old Sep 9, 2003 | 07:25 PM
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Default Re: Anyone with auto auction experience

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Does anyone know how dealer auction pricing is on cars. .
The pricing is very good

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Can you ever find lx470's or landcruisers 99-2003 at them
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Do you have $50,000.00 ready for securing a lot / building and are you prepared to go through roughly a 6 month period of paperwork to get the dealers liscense?

I love it when they say i'm "thinking" about it. If you only knew..........
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Yeah I picked up my avalon from a dealers auction in PA. I got for a real good price and it was a clean car with pretty low mileage for it's age.
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By the way, before you say "i don't want a lot" you might need to know you don't get dealer papers without one.

I'd just try and "know" a dealer very well if i were you. it's a pricey thing to get into on your own.

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You can just have someone with a dealers permit take you. The guys with those used car lots go like once a week, they may charge you $500 to go but it's worth the savings. That's what I did.
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Originally posted by onelasttry
Do you have $50,000.00 ready for securing a lot / building and are you prepared to go through roughly a 6 month period of paperwork to get the dealers liscense?

I love it when they say i'm "thinking" about it. If you only knew..........
LOL taaaaaruuuuueee, tarue, tarue, tarue, tarue!!!! It will definitely take a lot more capital than that if he plans on keeping the lot(Dealer License) for more than a month. He then needs money for monthly OH costs, advertising & an inventory to stay in business!!!!

Originally posted by onelasttry
By the way, before you say "i don't want a lot" you might need to know you don't get dealer papers without one.

I'd just try and "know" a dealer very well if i were you. it's a pricey thing to get into on your own.
That's the best thing you can do JERS69 so PM me .
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