What the heck is a CrankyApe auction?
AutoThe title, CrankyApe Auction, is quite amusing if you come across it while searching online for a bank repo auction for cars and other vehicles. When it first appears in search results, you can’t help but think it’s a joke of some kind. All you can imagine in your head is an angry chimpanzee in the process of being auctioned off, which is fun because the concept is so random and weird. But if you click on it out of curiosity, you’ll be taken to a pretty legit site for online auctions with bank reports and insurance repairable vehicles.
If you’re familiar with online auction sites (and who isn’t?), you’ll find the CrankyApe Auction website, crankyape.com, easy to navigate and understand. On the home page, you are presented with the “featured auction” of one of their available vehicles that is in the middle of an active bidding. There is a search box at the top so you can locate a vehicle offered by unit number. It sounds like you have to know the unit number you’re looking for because that’s all it accepts. Therefore, it is most likely a tool for repeat visitors who have looked at a particular vehicle before. And on the left side of the page is a list of links to all the different items up for auction. It’s not just automotive, either. Here is the list of categories:
•ATVs
•Motorcycles
•VR
•Snowmobiles
• Trailers
•Trucks
• Vans
•Boat
•Miscellaneous
• Lawn and garden
To participate in a CrankyApe auction, you must first register. This includes your name and address, as well as your credit card information. You are charged a $25 registration fee that is applied to the credit card you submitted. After that, the card information is used to secure your bids, pay for a winning bid, or any unfulfilled bids. The CrankyApe sulks when you miss. Each offer submitted is a binding contract, and he will bind you to it.
To make an offer, first enter your screen name and password that you created when registering. You must then initial to indicate that you have read the Terms and Conditions. You can then check a box indicating that bids can be automatically placed for you up to their maximum amount. Finally, click the Submit Bid button, but remember that each bid you make is a binding contract and you are obligated to complete the transaction if you win the auction. Items may have a reserve amount that is the minimum bid accepted. Does all this sound familiar? Thought so. Just like the big online auctions.
Now comes the hard part: picking up the item if you are the winner. The problem is that there are CrankyApe installations in only seven cities in six states: Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Depending on where you live, you could have a long haul on your hands to claim your prize. In light of that, this is why using CarAuctionInc to locate a car auction near you is to your advantage.