Buyer guides

Plain-English explainers for buyers researching Australian vehicle auctions. Every guide is built from current source-site data and independent verification — no marketing fluff, no affiliate spin.

Title status

Repairable write-off, explained

What "Repairable WO" actually means on a registration record, whether you can re-register, and which states require WOVI inspection.

Comparison

Pickles vs Manheim: which one for what

Head-to-head. Auction formats, audience, fee structures, and which source typically wins for repairable, statutory, and clean-title buys.

Costs

Buyer fees, broken down by auction

Full GST-inclusive fee tables for Pickles, Manheim and IAAI across salvage, non-salvage and industrial categories. What you actually pay on top of the hammer.