Auction Services for Consignors
Once you sign an agreement with Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers,
all the details will be taken care of for you, allowing
you to focus on your business. A team of Ritchie Bros.
professionals goes to work preparing for auction day.
Our professional auction services include:
Evaluating Your Equipment
In order to make the most appropriate selling recommendations for you, Ritchie Bros. will perform an overall evaluation of your equipment.
Having conducted more than 3,200 auctions over 40 years - and sold more than 261,000 items in 2007 alone - we have the expertise to provide accurate evaluations for anyone thinking of selling by auction.
For those major life and business decisions that require a complete valuation of your package or fleet assets, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers offers a paid appraisal service to help provide solid financial direction to your decisions. Or for more information about our unreserved auction methods, contact your local Ritchie Bros. representative.
For your refinancing, legal, estate planning, insurance or other needs, Ritchie Bros. also has a paid appraisal service.
Refurbishing and Repairs
Our experience shows that the better your equipment looks, the better it sells. To help achieve the best possible price for you, Ritchie Bros. often makes recommendations for repairs and refurbishing, which can be completed at our facilities for your convenience. Ritchie Bros.' environmentally-certified refurbishment buildings provide the following services:
- Exterior Cleaning
- Interior Cleaning
- Sandblasting to remove rust and paint
- Welding minor cracks
- Priming for paint
- Painting
- Replacement of glass
Unparalleled Marketing
Our intensive marketing program ensures that potential buyers are promptly informed about upcoming trucks and equipment for auction. For each and every auction held, tens of thousands of full-color brochures are mailed to a selection from our database of over 450,000 interested buyers.
In addition to direct brochure mailings, auction specific advertisements are placed in local and national trade magazines and newspapers, on the radio and on our high-traffic web site, rbauction.com.
The rbauction.com web site allows customers to search for equipment in upcoming auctions, find a complete and current auction calendar, review the last two years of auction results, among other convenient online services. More than 110,000 different people visit the Ritchie Bros. web site in a typical busy week!
Knowledgeable Staff
One of Ritchie Bros.' most valuable resources is our people. We can and constantly do draw on the diverse backgrounds and expertise of our staff. Whether it's industry, linguistic or cultural knowledge and whether it's related to sales, operations or administration, Ritchie Bros. utilizes the skills and knowledge close to 950 full-time employees who make up the Ritchie Bros. team.
Auction Day
Each of our auctions is designed with the comfort and convenience of the buying customer in mind. This includes providing third party services that are consistent from one location to another. Shuttle buses, catering, financing and transportation companies - and customs brokers where required - are available at all of our facilities around the world.
Selling all varieties of equipment and trucks from several industries, Ritchie Bros. plans and organizes the sale in a logical order. Upon registration, each bidder receives a catalog describing each item in sale order.
After the Auction
When you consign trucks and equipment at a Ritchie Bros. auction, we take care of all the details. We help consignors with all their equipment items - no matter the make, model, manufacturer, or age. No need to worry about collecting from multiple buyers or managing receivables. After the auction, we handle the collections, take care of sales tax issues, and pay out net proceeds.
