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Selling Your Salvage: The information provided will explain the selling process.
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Overview:
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| There are many advantages to selling your heavy equipment and cargo salvage through Big Truck Salvage. We auction more than 10,000 pieces of salvage every year. We have thousands of buyers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We average a 28 percent return of the actual cash value of your salvage. We charge a flat fee with no hidden charges. Most of all, we enjoy what we do and would like to help you get the most out of your salvage. |
| The process is easy and only takes about 10 minutes. First, create a sellers account. Then, let our submission wizard walk you through the submission process. Once your submission is complete, your salvage will list on our site for up to 30 days. After the salvage closes, we will e-mail or fax the results to you. It’s as simple as that. |
| For insurance companies who are interested in finding one outlet to sell all of their total loss salvage and cargo, Big Truck Salvage offers a wide range of features. From tracking your adjuster’s submissions to running statistical reports on your salvage, Big Truck Salvage is a complete salvage disposal solution. |
| For more information about selling your salvage, contact 770-474-4007 ext 112. |
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Listing Prices:
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Individual Accounts (Less than 25 listings per month)
Rates: Normal fees / Minimum 5 days **/Zero Bids Free Listing / One Bid $50.00.
- Seal Bid Auction - $200.00
- Live Auction - $200.00
- 1 Day Deal Auction - $400.00
- Parts Submission - 10% of High Bid not to exceed $200.00 and a minimum of $40.00.
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| **To receive the listing discounts shown above, your salvage must be listed for a minimum of 5 days. The first day the salvage is listed is considered one whole day. |
| Note: If you are an adjuster or a company seller, and your salvage is being billed to a company that has a corporate account with us, our Corporate Rate would then apply. |
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Corporate Accounts (+ 25 listings per month)
Rates: Normal fees / Minimum 5 days **/Zero Bids Free Listing / One Bid $50.00.
- Seal Bid Auction - $175.00
- Live Auction - $175.00
- 1 Day Deal Auction - $400.00
- Parts Submission - 10% of High Bid not to exceed $200.00 and a minimum of $40.00.
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| **To receive the listing discounts shown above, your salvage must be listed for a minimum of 5 days. The first day the salvage is listed is considered one whole day. |
| If you have any questions on pricing or would like to set up a corporate account, please contact (770) 474-4007, extension 112. |
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Add-on Features (Additional marketing tools to help drive buyers to your salvage)
Package Rates:
- Featured Listing Package - $25.00 (Include A, C & D)
- Enhanced Listing Package - $10.00 (Include B & C)
Individual Options: (Mouse over each for an example)
- Featured Listing Section Layout - $15.00 (3 image & salvage desc layout on home page)
- Enhanced Listing Section Layout - $10.00 (1 image & salvage desc Layout on home page)
- Enhanced Row Listing Layout - $5.00 (1 image, salvage desc & colored row on listing page)
- Email Broadcast - $15.00 (Notify all buyers of your salvage by email or cell phone text message)
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Type of Auctions:
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| Big Truck Salvage now offers 3 different auction styles you can use to sell your salvage. You will pick the auction style you prefer during the salvage submission process. List below are the three styles and a description of each. |
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Seal Bids Auction: BTS’s Normal Auction Style
Each buyer does not know the amount of the other buyer’s bids. The high bid is only shown when the salvage’s status is posted.
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Live Auctions:
All buyers see the current high bid until the salvage closes.
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1-Day Deals:
This is a sealed bid auction which only lasts for 24 hours. BTS uses all its resources to drive buyers to your salvage.
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Submitting Salvage:
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- From the home page, locate the tab at the top of the page called "Sell Your Salvage" and click the link.
- This will take you to the “Salvage Submission” sign in page. If you are new to selling salvage at Big Truck Salvage, click the “Create a Seller's Account” link to create your account. Once your account has been created, you will be returned to the sign in page. On the sign in page, you will enter your User ID (your e-mail can also be used) and your password to start the submission process.
- You will be taken to the “Type Of Submission” page. From this page you will select the type of salvage and auction type for your submission.
- The next page will be the “Submission Information” page. You will notice that your name, company name and e-mail address are already listed for you. Make sure the contact information is correct. If it is not, please sign into the “Your Account” section and update your contact information after your submission.
- Fill out the “Submission Information” page. You will select the amount of time you want your salvage to be listed and the closing date. In addition, you will enter tracking information about your salvage so that we can use your information when reporting the results of your listing.
- For adjustors and examiners only: You will be given the ability to either bill the submission to your account or to an insurance company. If you select an insurance company’s account to bill the submission, you will be taken to a page where you will select an examiner. Examiners submitting salvage will select their own name from this list. If the examiner doesn’t appear in the list, select the “Examiner Is Not In This List” from the drop down box. You will be taken to a page to fill out the new examiners contact information.
- Next, you will be taken to the “Salvage Survey” page. Here you will fill out information regarding your salvage. Please remember the salvage buyers need very clear and descriptive information about the condition of the salvage. They will use your description and pictures to make their bid. Be sure to include a complete list of all the specifications, a complete description of the damage, and any additional features your salvage may possess. Remember, too much information is always better than not enough!
- The next section is the “Picture Submission” page. You have four options for sending us the images of your salvage. Read the descriptions of the four options below.
- Option 1 (uploading your images to us): This option is used for submitting your pictures to us over the Internet. You must have digital images of your salvage on your hard drive or a floppy disk to be able to submit them to us using this option. To upload your pictures, click on “Option 1” at the top of the “Send Your Pictures” page. Click on the “Browse” Button and a dialog box will appear. From this dialog box, you will need to find the drive/directory in which your images are located. One at a time, find and select your images using all of the text boxes listed on this page. If you need to add additional images text boxes, click the "Add" button at the bottom of the screen. A directory path to your images will be displayed in the text box after a selection is made. Make sure you don’t select the same image twice. After you have selected all of the images, click on the “Upload >>” button at the bottom of Option 1. A progress meter will appear informing you of the status of the upload.
- **Please reduce the size of the images you are transferring to BTS. Each image should be no larger then 500KB.
- Option 2 (uploading your PDF or DOC files with images to us): This option is used for submitting your PDF or DOC files containing your images. You must have the PDF or DOC files, with images included, of your salvage on your hard drive or a floppy disk to be able to submit them to us using this option. To upload your PDF or DOC files, click on “Option 2” at the top of the “Send Your Pictures” page. Click on the “Browse” Button and a dialog box will appear. From this dialog box, you will need to find the drive/directory in which your PDF or DOC files are located. One at a time, find and select your PDF or DOC files using all of the text boxes listed on this page. If you need to add additional document text boxes, click the "Add" button at the bottom of the screen. A directory path to your PDF or DOC files will be displayed in the text box after a selection is made. Make sure you don’t select the same PDF or DOC files twice. After you have selected all of the PDF or DOC files, click on the “Upload >>” button at the bottom of Option 2. A progress meter will appear informing you of the status of the upload.
- Option 3 (sending your images to us using E-mail): Simply click on “Option 3” at the top of the “Send Your Pictures” page. Click on the “Click here to send your images using E-mail” link. Your e-mail program, if properly installed and configured, will open a new e-mail message. Please include the claim number, company name, or other identification in the subject line of your e-mail. Insert your images as an attachment to the e-mail message and send. After sending the e-mail, click on the “Next” button at the bottom of this section to continue.
- **If you are e-mailing large photos (500KB or more), please e-mail them to us in separate or multiple e-mails.
- Option 4 (By-pass the image section): Clicking this option allows you to by-pass the images selection process and go straight to the Submission Confirmation page.
- The next section will be the “Add-on Feature” page. From this screen you can choose add-on features that will enhance your salvage to attract more buyer interest.
- The “Submission Confirmation” page will allow you to review the information you have entered. To correct any submission information, use the “Back” button at the top or bottom of the page. If the information is correct, click the “Submit My Salvage to BTS” button to complete your submission. At the bottom of the page you will see a link called “Printable Confirmation”. This link will display a print friendly confirmation page. Please print this for you records.
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Photographs:
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| Most digital cameras and scanners create images in a very large size. Some images can be over 1.4 mg. BTS likes to size pictures using 410 X 300 pixels. This is 4.167” in width by 3.13” in height with 72 resolution or screen resolution. Most likely, the software you use to produce these images can reduce the size of your original image by converting it to a smaller size. You then can save the smaller images to a different file name without altering your original photos. Sending us larger images greatly slows the upload process. Any help in reduction of image size would be greatly appreciated and will save you time during the salvage submission process. |
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Getting your Results:
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| All salvage on Big Truck Salvage is closed at midnight EST on the Closing Date. The next business day, BTS will e-mail or fax contact information for the highest bid, a list of all bids and a fee bill for services to the person submitting the salvage, as well as, the examiner, if listed. |
| Once the seller receives his/her results, he/she is responsible for contacting the high bidder to award the salvage, preferably within 14 days. The seller must make arrangements with the buyer for payment, transfer of title and salvage pick-up within 30 days. After 30 days, the buyer has the right to reject the salvage or re-negotiate the bid. |
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