Vehicle not scrap-ready? Auto auctions set the stage for re-sale

Every donated vehicle is considered on its own merits. We do not make assumptions about your 2005 Honda Civic. Nor do we presume to know the condition of your collector car. We do rely on strong donor notes. Tell us everything you would like us to know about your four-wheeled treasure!

Rust? Let us know. Running, stalling, limping along? We want to hear about it. Still revving strong with miles left in ‘er? Tell us. Your details guide our agent assignments, so loop us in!

Whenever possible we process vehicles through re-sale via private agents, or through auto auctions.

What happens at our vehicle donation auto auctions?

Check out just two of our previous auction blogs:

“Can I get $11,500?” | What happens at a car auction?

Canadian Red Cross Classic Car Auction Update!

The auto auctions we love

Donate a Car Canada is closely connected to auction houses in major Canadian cities. These supporting auto auctions work HARD for vehicle donors! First, they give you the initial call to arrange towing. Next, they get your driveable donation picked up. Then, it’s all vehicle promo, sale day, and beyond. These agents have savvy and care in abundance!

With that in mind, we want to shine a little spotlight on our Vancouver Island auction agent. Stuart and his crews are just tops in response time, pick-up timing, caring for donated vehicles, and getting hearty sale outcomes for hundreds of charities every year.

The name of this remarkable agent? Drumroll, please…..

Jett Wholesale Public Auto Auction in Parksville, BC!

Here are just a few of the fabulous donations they’ve facilitated in the past couple of months:

Lillian’s Santa Fe earned $19,862.60 for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. The donor noted, “Everyone has been very friendly and efficient. It is nice to speak with a person on the phone instead of recordings.”

$1463.22 for the BC SPCA (Thank you for donating your Hyundai Tucson, Michel!)

$969.57 for the Victoria Cool Aid Society (A generous Nissan Versa gift, Kristina!)

Allan’s Honda Element raised $11,197.32 for Our Place Society.

Clayton donated a Pontiac Grand Prix that auctioned for a $1001.07 for his church lunch program.

BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund was gifted $6126.00 thanks to Danila’s donated ’91 Nissan Pathfinder! The donor wrote to say, “We are so happy that it sold and that it made some money for the BC Burn
Fund, a charity we are very happy to help with.”

$1098.30 for The Knowledge Network thanks to Tom donating his Honda Civic. And at that very same sale, for the same charity? Mary’s Rav4 raised a $6818.10 donation!

How do we decide?

Scrap yards? Or auto auctions? Who gets to process your donated vehicle, and why?

Donate A Car Canada has three possible sale procedures that maximize the donation outcome for our charities:

1) If your vehicle is selected for our recycle process, the donation amount for a vehicle can be between is dependent on the area in which it is donated, and what the market will pay for the year/make/model. The vehicle will be picked up by our towing agent at no cost to you.

2) Your vehicle may be considered for sale at auction. Several factors go into qualifying a vehicle for auction. These include, but are not limited to, drivability, type of mechanical problems (if any), age, damage, visual appearance, and mileage.
Vehicles sold at auction are sold ‘as is’ and ‘unreserved’. They are sold to the highest bidder, as a full and final sale. For that reason, outcome at auction varies. As such, we cannot guarantee a specific sale result.

3) Our third option applies to vehicles that may not perform well at auction, but that are not ready for recycling. Our re-sale/recycle process will see our agent pick up your vehicle for free. Once they have it on their yard they will assess it to determine if it should be re-sold or recycled. This will be based on the current market. If they see re-sale value in your vehicle, they will advertise it to their own buyer base, selling it as-is, to the highest bidder. Then, they will send us the net proceeds from the re-sale price. If they determine that they will not find interested buyers, they will recycle your car.

Your vehicle, your province, your agents

Jett Auction is our go-to on Vancouver Island, but we can serve you right in your back yard! If you’re ready to donate a vehicle, you are just a click, a call, and some emails away from helping the charity you love.

The first step: Click the red button below.

Then, fill in our online donation form (this will take just a few minutes).

After that? Just wait for your tow agent to call to set up your free tow.

And then sit back and wait for your tax receipt! It will land in your inbox in the month following the successful re-sale or recycling of your donated vehicle.

We can’t wait to serve you and the charity you care about!

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Collector car donor chooses Liver Foundation

You just never know what a donation day will bring for your charity of choice. Collector car donations are always welcome. Our process in attending to a vintage vehicle donation needs to be robust. Attention to detail is key.

When one of our Canadian Liver Foundation estate vehicle donors rolled into the system with an ’89 Rolls Royce, we got excited! Then we became attentive: An underground tow would be required. The executor noted, “It needs a new paint job – had a car cover on it that caused lots of tiny scratches to the paint.”

Our maps indicated that the car was located over three hours from our supporting auction house. Not only that, there was a sea straight in between the car and our selling agent!

We tapped the brakes a little and began the careful process of looking for the very best sale option for this treasured car. How might we best serve this Rolls Royce donor and the loved ones tending his estate?

Island auction steps on up — as they always do!

Jett Wholesale Public Auto Auction has been working alongside Donate a Car Canada for many years. They’re located out on Vancouver Island. Stuart and his crew get some of the strongest sale outcomes in all of Canada. This directly benefits donors and their charities every month.

Our Rolls Royce donor was soon to be one of those well-served donors.

Undeterred by the over-sea-and-land transport, the auction house set up a free pick-up for the collector. This is a paid-for service on our side of things. Our agents need to keep tires on the trucks and gas in the tank. They do take a transport cost from the value of our donated vehicles. But the donor doesn’t pay a penny out of pocket, and neither does the charity!

Once Stuart and his people had the car on the yard it was just a matter of time. Jett ran the ’89 Rolls Royce through auction. That car came out the other side with one of our highest-ever donation outcomes for the BC branch of Canadian Liver Foundation!

How much did you say is going to the CLF?

Donated vehicles that are run through auction are sold as-is to the highest bidder. We are not able to put minimums or reserves on those sales. They go to the buyer willing to offer the most on sale day. This is where Jett’s expertise serves charities beautifully. Buyers offer, and pay, what vehicles are worth. This means hearty gifts for heart works!

Our estate donor’s collector car sale at auction resulted in a whopping $21,531.25 for the donor’s chosen charity! You read that right: twenty-one-thousand! Dollars!

Your estate vehicle, your choice

If you ever find an unwanted or unused vehicle in the driveway, consider donating it!

You may find yourself managing an estate at some point. Vehicles are often part of that process. The recycling or re-selling of those cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, and motorcycles via donation can make that estate processing step so much easier for the executor/trix, and for the family. This can also extend the legacy of the estate that you are serving. Honoring your loved one by ensuring a charity they would have loved can help bring meaning in difficult circumstances.

Your gift may not bump the decimal places quite as dramatically as the CLF’s collector car donation did this past winter, but every donation counts. Your human kindness links with that of the donor before you — and the donor that will come after you, too!

We’re a donation form or a phone call away!

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