Cars, bikes, commercial vehicles and machinery. They are inspected before listing, and anything that was not says so on its card. Bidding is live to the second.
Not after an auction? Browse vehicles at a fixed price and buy one without bidding, no deposit and no deadline, or compare the two side by side.
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Clear all filtersPhotos, the inspection report or a clear note that there is none, and the date bidding opens.
Ask for access and pay the refundable deposit. A person checks it and approves you.
Every bid is public, and a bid in the final seconds extends the clock.
The deposit comes off the price. Lose, and it comes back in full.
Open the auction you want and ask for bidding access. You send the amount shown to one of the accounts listed on that page, mobile wallet or bank transfer, and quote the reference you get back. A member of our team checks the payment arrived and approves you. It is a person looking, so it is not instant, and you are told in the app and by email either way.
Yes, and it comes back. The amount is set per auction and is shown on the listing before you ask for access. If you do not win it is refunded in full. If you win it comes off the price. Nobody can place a bid without being approved first, which is what stops an auction being run up by people who were never going to pay.
The clock extends. If a bid lands inside the final seconds of an auction, the closing time moves out again by the amount shown on that listing, and it keeps doing that until nobody bids. It means the highest bidder wins rather than the fastest connection, and it is why a Carbid auction can close a few minutes after its published time.
The lowest price the seller will accept. Bidding can go below it, but the car only sells if the highest bid reaches it. When an auction ends under the reserve we say 'reserve not met' rather than pretending it sold. Some auctions carry a 'no reserve' badge, which means the highest bid wins whatever it is.
You are notified in the app and by email, and a member of our team contacts you to arrange payment and the transfer. Your deposit is adjusted against the price. Ownership transfer and the balance are settled with our team directly, because the platform does not take card payments yet.
Almost all of them, and the exceptions are labelled. Vehicles going to auction go through a 135-point physical inspection covering the engine, body, transmission, electricals and the papers, and the full report is on the listing. Sellers we have approved can publish directly without one, and those listings carry a clear 'not inspected by Carbid' notice on the card and on the page.
No. Carbid handles motorcycles, scooties, rickshaws, pickups, trucks, buses and vans, tractors, heavy machinery and trailers as well as cars. The details asked for follow the vehicle: a tractor is asked for engine hours rather than a distance travelled, and a container for its length.
