Is this an auction sticker?
 

Hi,

I was out shopping cars with a friend that's looking to get a BRZ and in one we discovered this sticker with a price on it. The sticker is on the owners manual folder. This is at a dealership and I'm wondering if this is an auction price sticker? Think this is what the dealer paid for the car? Thanks for any input!

Use it to bargain a cheap price.

If it is, ask why the car was at auction at all.

I agree. You should ask about that sticker and see if it was sold at auction because it could've been involved in an accident and what not.

Just be sure before you buy it!

The dealer dun goofed! lol

A lot of used car dealerships buy their cars at auctions.

Yea I think the dealer messed up too! I'm just trying to find out what exactly it is for not bargaining power!

don't lie you wish you got a brz for 14k

Oh hell yea I do. This pic was taken at a dealership and the car is still there. If this is what the dealer paid for it they still won't sell it for $14k but it's a good bargaining tool to get it for cheaper than the $22k they're asking.

Do not pay $22k for a used FRS.

Dealer auctions often involve buying a "basket" of cars . The name of the game is figuring out if the mix can be profitable or not.

A dealer might buy 5 bundles and remix the ones he does not want sending them right back to auction.

It also may be their inventory sticker and what they paid for it on trade-in.

If that is an auction sticker it is most likely the car is a salvage title or was in a major accident.

Get the VIN, run a Car-Fax on it............

BUT DON'T TRUST THE CARFAX TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you suspect it was in an accident, take it to a trustworthy body shop and have them inspect the car. i'm completely serious on this.. my previous car, an 01 eclipse, i bought all the lies and made sure that it had a clean carfax when i bought it--because i thought that carfax tells you everything...

after i got t-boned in the front corner, i had to take it in for some work, and my body guy was immediately able to see that the both doors, as well as the rear end had been worked on at some point, and then showed me where there was overspray where there shouldn't have been. i learned more about the condition of the car in that 15 minutes it was up on his lift then i ever learned pouring over that waste of paper/carfax report.


here's just another couple reasons to not entirely trust the carfax report
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/trust...8#.UbOr4_nrxyU

True

Not all cars sold at auction are junk...

They get sold at auction for various reasons. I've seen plenty of cars sold at auction w/ clean titles and clean carfaxes http://john-perry.com/myicons/2cents.gif

such as loan foreclosure?