CrossblockMotor Auction Co.
Run list

Four departments

An auction house is mostly not the auction

The hammer takes ninety seconds. Everything that makes those ninety seconds trustworthy happens in the four departments below — and each page says plainly what that department does not do.

A vehicle raised on a two-post lift in a workshop while a technician inspects underneath
amber light territory

Condition reporting

Every vehicle that crosses gets the same inspection, in the same order, by someone who did not consign it and does not sell it.

Inspector: Not the consignor, not the auctioneerTime on a lift: 40–90 minutes per vehicleGrade scale: 1.0 to 5.0, one decimal
Condition reporting
A classic van parked inside a large industrial warehouse space
green light territory

Consignment

You bring a car, we inspect it, we agree a reserve, and it runs in a numbered lane on a published date.

Entry fee: $195 per vehicle, charged whether or not it sellsSeller commission: 6% of hammer, $600 minimumNo-sale fee: $150 if the reserve is not met
Consignment
A car carrier truck loaded with vehicles on a road
blue light territory

Transport and title

Two separate problems that people treat as one. The car can move before the title clears, or after, and which one applies is set at the sale.

Payment window: 2 business daysFree storage: To the Monday after the saleStorage after that: $18 per day
Transport and title
A technician working on a vehicle in a service bay
red light territory

Arbitration

Arbitration is not a refund policy. It is a narrow, time-bound route to dispute a specific thing the sale said about a vehicle.

Green light: Arbitrable on material misdescriptionAmber light: Arbitrable on the announcements onlyRed light: Not arbitrable. Nothing is.
Arbitration

Either side of the block

Buying, or selling

Register to bid Consign a car

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