Mike Kelley

Review of Biddergy

A buddy told me about Biddergy so I checked it out...

A buddy told me about Biddergy so I checked it out. My son and I occasionally flip a few vehicles so I took a look. I found a few cars that looks decent. The Biddergy website described them as ( runs & drives nice clean title ). The pictures provided by Biddergy looked nice. I started bidding near close and kept getting outbid, and I noticed that the time of the auction kept getting extended. They extend the auction 5 minutes every time a bid is made so it s not really on a time constraint like advertised. Anyway I won 2 cars at what I thought was a decent price. The pictures looked nice so I thought I got a good deal. I went to the Kalamazoo office to pick them up. They have a single girl in glass window that handles all of the purchases , payments, consignment etc. I waited in line for 20 minutes. I also brought cash because the web site advertises a 3% savings from. 9% commission if you pay with cash. ( had to remind the window lady of this ) The 2 vehicles I bought came to $5276.00 but after commission, broker fees, admin fees, title fees, tax etc it came to $6,238.00. Or 20% over purchase price. Kind of hard to make money on a 20% commission. 1 car had a dead battery ($175.00) the trunk lid was severely faded but pics hid that and it needs a power steering pump. The front bumper was dislocated and it has little dings on doors and rear fenders. No pics or note of this on Biddergy. The other car started ok, but it has a bad CV joint on front drive axle that clicks super bad when you drive or turn. None of the speakers work except the 2 base in window area. It has check engine light on, it s missing the back wiper, just stuff. Also not noted on Biddergy web site. Now I should say they advise you to inspect the vehicle prior to bidding but the pics seemed like it gave me a good idea of the quality. The blue book advertised on Biddergy web site for each car said roughly $5,900 on each vehicle I bought but after I won I started looking online at car guru , Craigslist etc to see what they are going for and I will be lucky to get what I paid for them after repairs and all of the BS fees they charge. I m assuming the BB price they use is in excellent condition. They are not.... I hope the titles show up as advertised, I see some of the reviews on here say they have had problems. I m a little afraid because after I paid, the lady told me they are still waiting for the title to one of my cars from SEC. before they can even apply to SEC again for my title. Why would they sell a car without a title in hand when it s advertised as clean title on auction. They don t even have the title so how do they know it s clean. apparently they transfer title just like a car lot does, so you have to wait for the titles in the mail. Make sure you pay attention at the window if you pay with cash, the lady seemed like she was not sure of the fees to charge, the other lady in the back kept talking to her about fees, etc. she kept coming back at me saying the total was wrong and I owed her another $138.00 so I went outside and luckily my son had the extra cash on him, when I went in to pay her the balance she told me it was wrong again and I owed her another $68.00 so back out I went. I brought $6,000.00 in cash thinking that would be plenty based on the final invoice they provided after I won the auction. With a 3% deduction for paying in cash my math said I owed $5870.00 + or - , I was wrong. I would not bid on here again unless I got a great deal and I inspected the vehicles in person. Expect to pay 20% above the wining bid, and expect at least an hour at the window picking it up. It s an auction so you never know what your getting when it comes to vehicles, I m not sure if they will let you have the keys to see if the car runs or what but I would recommend it. Make sure you read all of the fine print regarding purchases and payment. It s a little deceptive. I ll repost if I have title problems. Good luck........