When the auction finally gets around to picking up your vehicle they will charge you an expensive "transportation fee", try to convince you to pay a high "reconditioning fee", charge you a vehicle "detail fee", and then charge you a "sell fee".

When selling at the auction, there is always the issue of "low buyer demand".  Will the vehicle sell this week or this month? Were there any buyers in the lane when your vehicle ran? Did you take a lower price just to finally get rid of it?

The purchasing dealer pays a substantial "buy fee" to the auction - money that could be paid to the corporate client as a higher vehicle purchase price.

After you subtract out all of the auction fees, the net price that you received for your vehicle is sub-wholesale.  Your fleet residuals suffer the consequences.

Many dealers are routinely able to buy vehicles at auction and resell them wholesale to other dealers for a profit.  If that happens with one of your vehicles, do you think you were paid the price your vehicle deserved?