Anyone Familiar with COPART?

[ChallengerHK]

Guess it would not hurt to throw in a low ball bid & hope for the best.

As a guy I used to know said, "Statistically, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Good luck if you go for it, Wade.

[Bluemonster71RT]

If the car is something that you really want then throw a bid at it. Just don't go over what you want to spend. There are cars that we loose alot because some exporters will pay 4 or 5 times what it's worth just to ship it over seas and rake in the cash.  Just last Friday a 2010 Camaro that was imo nothing but 1/4 back went for 10k. We wrote it for $1900 I guess they were banking on a good drive line but from seeing it in person it'd be iffy at best but a home run if the 6.2 6speed made it.
The car I really wanted for myself was a 2010 SRT8 Challenger in NJ. I don't know why it was wrote off as it was a hit at the rf post. Looked fixable to me as the pics showed.
I guessed a pillar-rocker, hood and fender.   

[Bullitt-]

I'm just gonna have to take a cold shower & get over it.....or drive up to Louisville & see it for myself......
Crap Crap Crap     why do I get myself into this kind of thinking?!?!?   

[ChallengerHK]

How far are you from Louisville?

[Bullitt-]

Just under 300-miles, if I could do this on a weekend it would not be bad but the auction is Thurs the 29th...no easy way to do it with my work schedule. 

[ChallengerHK]

Didn't we have a member in Louisville at some point?

[Bullitt-]

Didn't we have a member in Louisville at some point?

I know there have been some from western & central KY but not Louisville.

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Wade, technically...... nobody is at the auction... its live (atuomated) on the internet.. thats it! That is the major diff between Copart and IAA. You can attend the IAA auction as it has a "human " auctioneer, that is simlcast at the same time on the internet. AND they do not let just ANYBODY on to take a look at the cars. So a member being in Louisville would do little good.

[Bullitt-]

Sounds like BS to me...Wish someone would go ahead & outbid the number I have in mind so I could just move on...I don't need the frustration. 

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Wade, current prebid....$21,600....

[Bullitt-]

Wade, current prebid....$21,600....

whadaya think it will take?   

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Wade this morning pre-bid right now is $22100. I just noticed this car is "on approval" which means the seller has set a reserve..... so it may NOT sell. That car can be bought new here at just over dealer cost cause they are NOT moving right now. This is right from a contact at Dodge City. Anyway I doubt if it would get released for anything under 32-34K. But this is a guess' and markets elsewere could be different. Prices on EVERYTHING around here latley are through the roof!

[Bullitt-]

Low-Mid 30's is what most 09's are being offered for... "on approval"=reserve,  why don't they just say "reserve not met"? ..Coparts sure is wasting a lot of advertising money just to make it difficult for the average joe to deal with them. 

  Thanks for the input & all the trouble you guys have gone to for me... I'm gonna forget this one, & try to learn a bit more before getting excited about a "deal".   

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Current pre-bid............... $26250

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Well here's the news... 2 guys battled it out one in iowa one in florida...

$32000 was final bid.......................... on approval........