A Better BidReviews of abetter.bid

I recently subscribed to the premium membership with A Better Bid, believing it would allow me to preview vehicles at auction yards at no extra cost. After paying $180 for the premium membership and visiting the yards, I was shocked to learn there is still an entry fee. This fee applies whether you have a membership or not, making the premium membership completely pointless. I felt misled and taken advantage of, especially since I could have opted for a free membership at Copart and just paid the entry fee. When I requested a refund after just seven days, I was informed the membership is nonrefundable. A Better Bid's practices feel deceptive and unfair. I urge others to think twice before subscribing.

I have the proof this site operates with intent to defraud. I've caught them manipulating costs from Copart and from checkout to invoice, Cost numbers presented are not equal to invoice numbers, transaction fee on invoice is 299, on checkout 199, and hidden doc fees, shipping is not from quote but a fixed number they update, add on to copart costs based on what copart told me the cost was. I will be reporting to copart corporate office and Florida AG. Never pay these guys with bank or direct debit you will loose your money, use credit card so you have recourse if you still want to buy through them.

You have to read all their requirements. I have bought 2 cars through them now and everything went as smooth as I could have asked. Questions were answered within 10 minutes of emailing. I will use them again in the future.

Transparent sale. Absolutely satisfied.

UPDATE: 3/27/24 After several calls, texts, & emails, confirmation was given for the successful delivery of the Porsche. It should have been a simple process and the original commitment should have been executed. Still awaiting paperwork...will see if is accurate or needs editing. Right now 3 stars with room to improve. I will consider bidding with this broker again. [END] At the time of this posting, the auction went fine for a 2000 Porsche, although their computer systems sent mixed emails on the "BUY IT NOW". This was rectified. They confirmed the BID, they provided a shipping amount to the destination in California and then proceeded to arrange the shipment to my home address in Yellowstone WY. Everything has been documented and committed by them twice, and the transporter. Three days later they call me and tell me it will be delivered to Yellowstone WY, not CA as was agreed. They want more $$. This is currently happening.... I will update as things progress.

This is the only company that requires you to use their shipping and their shipping costs about double what load board spot rates are. You can choose not to use their shipping but then you have to send them a lot of documentation that you will never have access to because you have no legal way to access to them outside the industry. If you're in the industry it can take days to weeks and by then you're paying $30/day for storage. Not only that. A Better Bid can never be party to the contracts and policies they require from your 3rd party shipper. They have zero legal jurisdiction to require them. They will point to their contract with CoPart but you can't read this contract and you're not party to that contract. You are not bound by it. No other broker has these requirements and if they do, their shipping is more in line with actual industry rates.

You get the car in the end. Its just they charge you 3k in fees. I won an auction for $3550 and ended up paying $5997 total. The delivery driver was nice, but I really went over budget. Just get a normal car unless you can really make good profits from flipping the car.

Upsold to a membership to save on their purchase fee for a winning bid. The seller refused my winning bid and re-listed the car for more. I asked abetterbid to contact seller and offer the old "buy now" price as the seller had raised it by $1000. They said they could not do that even though copart the auction house offers this option. I ended up having to use a competing service autobidmaster.com they successfully did what I asked and I got the car i was trying to buy. When I contacted abetterbid to ask for refund of the $200 membership as they failed to do the service i requested (only 3 hrs after I paid) they refused saying memberships were not refundable even though they failed to do the service.