Dealer Auction Buying Service

Greetings everyone. I recently obtained my dealers license and am able to take anyone to auction for a small fee. If anyone would like a specific Prius or vehicle I can look them up in the run lists and save you at least a couple thousand on the car.

You can typically buy a return warranty at the auction as well, so if theres something you don't like about the car it can be returned for a refund. If anyone is interested, please respond or send message with the vehicle model, year(s), your regional market (nearest major city) and any other specific requests or requirements if any. I will respond with the current available listings, recent sales prices and condition reports.

This works well primarily for the newer models that are predominately trouble free. The older models tend to be more seasoned and are generally sold as is only, not necessarily something you want to deal with for a car that you can't test drive before buying. There is an option of reselling the car at auction to recover money spent if the vehicle does not suit your specific needs.

I am in the northeast Florida region, however I am registered to bid at auctions across the United States. This is helpful because if you buy a car in Florida under my Florida dealers license, I am legally required to assign title, register the vehicle in your name and collect and remit sales taxes. If anyone buys a car outside of the state of Florida, I am not required to complete any additional paperwork on your behalf, so that you receive the title without having to pay sales taxes or file any additional paperwork in advance.

Good luck to all of you in your pursuit of a Prius, and happy shopping!

 

It depends on what you're looking for and where you're located. I specialize in hybrids so I'm already aware of what is coming up for sale. From a dealers perspective, its much easier to arrange a sale than it is to buy a car that will sit on the lot for weeks and wait for a buyer. Its more profitable to me to charge $200 for one days work buying a car, than to buy it for 2-3 thousand less than the value of the car and wait around for someone to buy it.

Obviously not every deal is a good deal, which is why it wouldn't be worth it if an auction car approaches the price of a local car. Typically however, there are plenty of newer Priuses available at auction, and yes even nearly new ones. These easily go for $3,000 under market value.

I've always bought cars based on value, and I've always purchased my personal cars undervalued, and sold them for what I paid or more. Same concept here. A value based strategy for the value minded consumer.

 

That is subjective, would you like to own a vehicle that has never seen snow? Pretty much anything from NY is going to be rusted out within 10 years, but here are your local auction prices (NJ auction)

2010 Prius Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) GREY 109,448 $2,700 JTDKN3DU7A Consignment Sale

2010 Prius BASE Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) 178,824 $3,700 JTDKN3DU1A Consignment Sale BASE

2012 Prius V Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR WGN (NATL) SILVER 72,303 $8,800 JTDZN3EU8C Consignment Sale

2012 Prius V FIVE Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR WGN (NATL) SILVER 58,563 $9,800 JTDZN3EU9C Consignment Sale FIVE

2012 Prius V FIVE Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR WGN (NATL) SILVER 65,415 $10,300 JTDZN3EU1C Consignment Sale FIVE

2012 Prius V HYBRID Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR WGN (NATL) BLACK 81,404 $9,100 JTDZN3EUXC Consignment Sale HYBRID

2012 Prius V THREE Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR WGN (NATL) SILVER 67,872 $9,400

 

Orlando:

2010 Prius HYBRID Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) SILVER 67,543 $7,400 JTDKN3DU1A Consignment Sale HYBRID

2011 Prius HYBRID Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) RED 62,579 $7,400 JTDKN3DU4B Consignment Sale HYBRID Page 214 of 231 Yr Model Series Trans Engine Body Color Key Options VIN (1st 10 digits) Odom Price Sale Type Trim

2011 Prius hybrid Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) SILVER 48,002 $8,600 JTDKN3DU8B Consignment Sale HYBRID

2013 Prius HYBRID Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) BLACK 70,250 $6,800 JTDKN3DU3D Consignment Sale HYBRID

2014 Prius Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) BLACK 27,824 $12,700 JTDKN3DU8E Consignment Sale

2014 Prius HYBRID Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) BLUE 50,557 $11,400 JTDKN3DU1E Consignment Sale HYBRID

2015 Prius HYBRID Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) BLUE 20,052 $14,600 JTDKN3DU2F Consignment Sale HYBRID

2015 Prius C 1.5L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) RED 2,869 $12,100 JTDKDTB3XF Consignment Sale

2016 Prius C HYBRID Automatic 1.5L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR HB (NATL) ORANGE 6,283 $12,800 JTDKDTB39G Consignment Sale HYBRID

2012 Prius V HYBRID Automatic 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR WGN (NATL) WHITE 68,672 $11,500 JTDZN3EU3C Consignment Sale HYBRID

2014 Prius V 1.8L 4CYL GAS/ELECT RIC HY 5DR WGN (NATL) BLUE 44,359 $14,300 JTDZN3EU1E Consignment Sale

 

From FL:

CarsArrive Transport Info
Standard Transport: $853
Estimated Delivery: 5 - 9 days

If you wanted to pay the transport for a southern car, I could deliver it personally for $600.

 

That is hard to say really, the larger markets offer the greatest selection, so theoretically better prices; however a much rougher environment, potholes, salted roads, big cities with alot of short cold drives etc. The southern markets such as orlando and miami aren't subjected to such a typically harsh environment and may go for less or more depending on the availability and current demand. Right now demand is pretty high in florida as it is tourist season, tax return season, spring break coming up etc, everyone is pretty flush here going into the spring.

 

September-October are the biggest dip months. Summer stays fairly elevated price wise.

 

Most of the dealer information is pretty shielded, you can't get into any of the professional websites without having obtained licensing and passwords.

Every auction house is a little bit different, but typically a car less than 10 years old with under 100k that has a clean history will be sold as a "green light" vehicle, implying that it its sold without defect and may be returned. This is automatically included on the newer cars.

I currently have 2 native florida priuses, an 08 and an 09, both with 200,000 miles. Neither one has ever had any battery issues. I've seen the northern cars of similar years, and I'd take a rust free southern car over a northern car anyday.