[Tim Hancock]

The rules are different depending on the state in regards to what type of license is required to buy salvage vehicles. Some states an individual can maybe buy say an atv but not a car. Or one could buy a boat but not a motorcycle. It is weird and frustrating. There are broker services that will bid for you but they do indeed charge money for their service. Also, there are fees that Copart charges you on every vehicle you win. I won my coach for about $12k but by the time I got it home I had about $14k in it with Copart auction fees, storage fees and wrecker fees. The Copart I bought my coach from in Dayton Ohio only allows one to look at vehicles in person on one day a week and they only let you go out with an employee to look at basically one vehicle you are interested in. Others there to do the same have to wait on that employee to return so they can then go out and look at a vehicle. It is ridiculous. I am guessing it is due to insurance reasons.

I considered at one time getting a used car selling license to allow me to more easily buy cars at these auctions but there are too many hoops to jump through at least here in Ohio.... Unfortunate as I am pretty good at fixing about anything and would enjoy buying many more vehicles but it is just too big of a pain in the ass and if using a broker, the deals often become not deals because of the extra fees. I still look once in awhile, but it is not as easy as I would like it to be. If I had a copart local to me, it would be easier. The one I bought my coach from is over 2 hours drive away so it irequired me to take off work to inspect and then return to buy it a week later.