primetime00000

I went to the White Star Snowmobile Auction on 0ct. 17 2009.
I visited the auctions web site to view the sleds to be auctioned off and rote down the ones I was interested in bidding on. Then I went to KBB.com (kelly blue book) I rote down the trad-in and retail value for each sled I was interested in.
When I registered at the auction they had signs up saying there is a 10% buyers fee + 6 % tax. If you buy a sled for $4,000. you pay $400. buyers fee plus the tax.
I went to view the sleds to be auctioned there were a few on nice sleds and a lot of them beet 2009's and 2008's with very high miles on them 5,000 to 8,000 mile on them cracks and scuffs. must of been a lot of rental sleds.
I was following a guy around that had a compression checker and was checking some of the sleds. There was several sleds that had low pressure in one of the headt.
I was surprised to see most of these sleds auctioned off for kelley blue book retail value or higher than retail list. WOW. Not only were they paying higher than blue book they had to pay a 10% buyers fee.
Go to White Stars price repot check out what some of these sleds sold for then go to kbb.com you can see for your self that a lot of these sleds sold higher than kbb retail value plus the buyers had to pay a 10% buyers fee and 6% tax
People at this auction bid these sleds up hirer than you would pay at a dealership

JDS

I've been to a lot of auctions, and people seem to lose their mind sometimes and bid way more than the merchandise is worth. Every now and then the idiots don't show up, and deals are good.

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BC_Dan

That's typical of ebay too... people want to WIN, no matter the cost. It's great if it's YOUR item you are selling, sucks when you are looking to buy...

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Jerrys1

I have bought a few sleds at whitestar but your not going to get a good deal this time of year when everyone is looking for a sled before the start of the season. Go to the early fall auctions or better yet the late season ones and take a compression gauge and and a note pad and get there early so you can go through all the sleds and look them over carefully.

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primetime00000

I returned to White Star snowmobile auction this time with a frien he had a skidoo grand touring to off kbb.com retail list it for $2,075 and it sold for $2,500. it ran good but the clutch was going bad. It seemed that most of the sleds there sold for over kelly blue book retail value pluss they buyer had to pay the 10% buyers fee.
Most of the sleds there seemed to be rental sleds with high a lot of miles on them.
I would never buy anything there.

kccats

I've been ther too and was pissed on top of all that they charge an additional like 6 % for using a Visa!!!