General Questions FAQs

A reserve price is a predetermined minimum value a vendor wish to accept for their asset.

Unless specified as unreserved, you can assume that all auctioned assets have a reserve price.

Pickles provide the vendor (asset owner) with an indication of what the asset should receive at auction, however the final reserve price is ultimately set by the vendor.

Pickles offers a range of different purchasing options to suit our diverse buyer base. Before purchasing, you will have to create a verified MyPickles account.

To verify your account, you will have to upload your driver licence and credit card details. Verification occurs within 24 business hours.

At Pickles, we have several different auction types.

Pickles Live:
An online auction service held in real-time and broadcast online. Our innovative online bidding system Pickles Live, allows you to participate online from anywhere in Australia. Hear the auctioneer’s voice, see images of the vehicles, and participate in all the bidding action with a click of a button.

Pickles Online:
Our exciting online-only auction system. These auctions run over a period of several days and at any time you may indicate your maximum bid amount. The Pickles Online system will then bid on your behalf up to your maximum, but not beyond it. This frees you up so that you don’t have to keep watching the progress of an auction.

No, as a digitally-led business we provide online descriptions and condition reports for motor vehicles and industrial assets that negate the need to view an asset. This allows our customers to bid on assets online with confidence. Check out our T&Cs and disclaimers for more information.

Yes, the great thing about Pickles Live and Pickles Online is you can bid from anywhere in Australia. Please ensure you do your research and consider interstate transport costs before bidding. All transport and freight costs are the responsibility of the successful bidder.

Please follow these links to find the auctions you are interested in:

• Motor Vehicle Auctions
• Salvage Auctions
• Trucks, Machinery & Earthmoving Auctions
• Commercial, IT & General Goods Auctions.

The quickest way is to search this website using the relevant product search: Motor Vehicle, Salvage, Trucks, Machinery & Earthmoving, Commercial, IT & General Goods. ‍

You can also create a product alert and receive a notification as soon as items become available that match your search criteria. Simply create a search and click the ‘Create Alert’ button at the top of the search results.

In a specified ‘Unreserved’ auction, one of two things will happen.

SOLD:
In this situation, the highest bid will win the asset.

PASSED IN:
This occurs when no bids were received. In this situation, the asset is held back and may be placed in another auction at a later time or, the vendor may decide to remove the asset from the auction.

In a typical auction, one of three things will happen.

SOLD:
In this situation, the highest bidder has reached or exceeded the reserve price and has won the asset.
*Please note: If you are the highest bidder and the reserve has been met, you have legally entered a contract at that stage, and are responsible for the purchase of the item.

PASSED IN:
This occurs when the highest bid did not reach the reserve price. In this situation, the asset is held back and may be placed in another auction at a later time or, the vendor may decide to remove the asset from auction.

REFERRED:
In this situation, the highest bid may have come close to, but did not reach, the reserve price. When this happens, the highest bid is referred to the vendor, who will then decide to either accept or decline the highest bid, or make a counteroffer. Contact is then made with the highest bidder to negotiate a sale. If a sale price is not agreed upon then the asset will go into another auction.

It will be mentioned in the description of the car in the details section. If you’d like to register a car, some branches can do it for you. Please check with the relevant branch.

Depending on the state in which you intend to register your vehicle, you may be required to do a road safety check. The name of this certificate varies depending on the state.

We highly recommend you contact your local government main roads department before bidding to understand the requirements.