Ridesafely.com allows the general… Ridesafely.com is a Broker that allows the general public to bid for crashed vehicles at auctions where only Dealerships, Salvage Yards, etc. can normally bid. The final price I paid was about $1000 more than my bid (excluding tax, title, and transportation which I would have had to pay no matter what). Of that $1000 about $300 went to Ridesafely so it is reasonably priced. The only downside is that all brokers (Ridesafely too) use unsecured funds to pay the auction company. This means that the Auction Company's fee gets bumped up 200-300 dollars. I researched and there is no easy way to bid at private auctions though so the extra cost is worth it.

I have won two auctions from this site… I have won two auctions from this site only to be contacted and made to either up my bid or offer a counter offer. Which is usually close to what you would pay for the vehicle in an open market through actual car dealer. If the vehicle has a reserve it should be disclosed at the time of bidding by the auction. If not it's a waste of your time and a hold on your credit card which means you can't bid on anything else for the entire back and forth process and until your deposit is credited back to your account. Total waste of time use copart instead. Funny enough the car was listed there too(verified via vin) which has the auctions reserve

Great company Great company. Easy to work with . Great customer service.

Didn't let my bid go through UPDATE TO REPLY: I already purchased a trailer from RideSafety the prior year and there were no such rules that I had to contact them first for oversize items, and that item was in Florida, hundreds of miles from me. So if you change your policy, you should of advised members with an email. Since there was no kind of issue on my last purchase or bidding, why would I assume anything from a text box on top of the auction box? ______________________________________ I tried to bid on a vehicle that is literally 20 minutes from me so I did not contact them for an oversize vehicle because it didn't concern me and they would not let me bid. So I got screwed out of my auction. They were more than happy to charge a deposit on my card but not let my bid go through. Lots of other services to use than them!

Only complaint was that I wish the… Only complaint was that I wish the whole process would be told to me right after I bought it or before I went to pick it up. I had to go to the one place to pick up paperwork then one place to pick up the car.