HOW TO BUY

 

 

 

  1. Register at the office for a Buyers Bid Card. Proper identification is required.
  2. We accept cash, personal check, credit card checks only, or money orders.
  3. You may inspect vehicles on the outside lot on sale day before they are auctioned. Please base your bid on your examination. NO TEST DRIVES ALLOWED ON SALES LOT. Mileage on the odometer may not be the actual mileage. Listen closely to the auctioneer.
  4. Listen carefully to all the announcements. The Auction lane is frequently crowded, make sure the auctioneer sees your bid.
  5. Subject to sellers approval, the last bidder is the absolute purchaser and is obligated to pay for the vehicle.
  6. Make sure you know what you are bidding on. Is it the right vehicle? Is the mileage 50,000 and not 150,000? If you are not sure, stop the auctioneer and ask, because once you win the bid, it is your vehicle.
  7. After winning the bid, proceed immediately to the clerk on the auction block to sign the agreement and receive your copy. You must have a buyers number. Check the accuracy of the agreement before you sign. If there is a dispute, what is written on the agreement will control. In addition to your bid price, a Buyers fee will be added to your vehicle cost (fees are posted in office.) Plus all required tax fees. The purchase must be paid for in the office.
  8. Vehicles can not be taken from the lot without the proper paperwork.
  9. All sales are final. LaGrange Auto Auction is neither the buyer nor the seller in any transaction. Our purpose is to act as an agent to complete the transaction between the two parties. We do not assume responsibility for omissions or the failure to make announcements on the block.
  10. It is illegal in the state of Indiana to drive without a license plate. The auction does not supply paper plates. If you intend to drive your vehicle home the day of the auction you must bring with you a license plate you intend to transfer from another vehicle along with its registration papers. Or you may leave the vehicle in our after hours lot and pick it up after you have visited the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and have a license plate to put on the vehicle.  

 

HOW TO SELL

 

  1. You must have a clear title in your name. The checks will be made out to the individual(s) whose name appears on the front of the title. Titles with the following defects will not be accepted. Documents not notarized, Open titles, Jumping signatures, Alterations, Erasures, Wrong digits, Improper reassignments, Missing forms, Mileage problems.
  2. The office will ask you for your title. We will also need your exact odometer reading, as you will be responsible for the correct mileage.
  3. There is a $20.00 registration fee. If you sell your vehicle, a Sellers fee will be deducted from your proceeds check. Fee schedules are available upon request or posted on this site.
  4. The seller is responsible to make sure all the information is accurate.
  5. When your vehicle comes up to the auction block, stand by the auctioneer and tell him the price for your vehicle. Be honest with the auctioneer, he is there to sell your vehicle.
  6. When the last bid is received, the auctioneer will confirm the highest bid with you. You have the right to accept or reject the bid. If you accept it, the vehicle is now sold and you cannot change your mind.
  7. To protect our customers, all vehicles registered here may be subject to inspection by state and local authorities. Do not bring any vehicles to auction that do not have a vehicle identification number plate, they will not be accepted for auction.
  8. If you do not sell your vehicle, you can pick up your keys and title in the office. If you decide to sell your vehicle to someone at the sale, the sale must be transacted through the office. Anyone making a ‘curb sale’ will be banned from the auction.