OMG The Prices! CRAZY!

[EastCoastCB]

George Gideon Auctioneers

I'm sick looking at these prices from our local auction.
Shits gettin redddiculous!

The first one on the list went for 11 grand! Has 14 thousand + hours and nearly 300,000 miles.
One with "excessive blowby" went for 5 grand!
Then another with "weak transmission" for 8k.

[slaughridge85]

Those prices are outrageous! I wouldn't spit on 'em for those prices...

[EastCoastCB]

These prices are why I went nearly a thousand miles north for my bus.

[dgorila1]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

George Gideon Auctioneers

I'm sick looking at these prices from our local auction.
Shits gettin redddiculous!

The first one on the list went for 11 grand! Has 14 thousand + hours and nearly 300,000 miles.
One with "excessive blowby" went for 5 grand!
Then another with "weak transmission" for 8k.

Any idea why people are willing to pay so much for them there?

[cadillackid]

that makes dealer busses look CHEAP..
-Christopher

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by dgorila1

Any idea why people are willing to pay so much for them there?

Exporters, mostly, and I'm sure some dealers, too. Some of the Gideon's buses have ended up in DeLand at a crappy lil buy here pay here lot.

Speaking of which- theres a crusty mid-80's Thomas gasser at a lot in Umatilla and they're asking $7500. Its UGLY.

[Tango]

Well...at least now we all know who to call when we decide to unload our skoolies.

[slaughridge85]

almost makes me want to drive my $3000 bus down to Florida and ask 15k for it...

[cadillackid]

exporters are the biggest... i know the folks at BGA say they drive busses down to the port in lauderdale all the time for export... so BGA buys a bus at auction, exporter calls them.. BGA marks it up and does nothing but drives it to lauderdale.. and makes good coin on it..

I never realized how many busses are exported..

-Christopher

[sdwarf36]

This explains alot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jetMcD9h1cg

[Mark_In_MA]

Originally Posted by sdwarf36

This explains alot.

Well, figure at even $20K after their re-built, you've still got a better, safer bus then something you could buy new at 4 or 5x the price.

Except those guys only buy dognoses, cause you can work on em on the side of the road. . .

[cadillackid]

what a cool idea!! Neat to see them get rebuilt and re-used and not just crushed like america seems to do with everything old.
-Christopher

[EastCoastCB]

Even more crazy prices although not as bad as Gideon's.
2001 with Cat, 545, 200k+ miles.
Public Surplus: Auction #1609932
Nearly 7 grand!

[Arvik]

either the skoolie trend is catching on or perhaps uptick in need for buses headed south to mexico and central america??
whatever it is that ridiculous!!

[cadillackid]

farm season down south... I have been told by several people though that the Tiny-house movement.. and skoolies being featured in a few episodes of the TV show has driven the used Bus market in general up.. for school busses and coaches alike...

it also seems like the trend in recent last couple years is for school levies to fail... even in richer districts.. so perhaps busses are being run till they are ready to fall apart or in fact fail inspection.. so either they arent worth selling, or go to the scrapyard.. and not as many new purchases..

in the midwest here, IC definitely has the market cornered.. and from what I understand the newer IC's have a lot of body issues.. and of course we know of the many engine issues from the mid - late 2000s..(VT-365, Maxxforce 7) those busses are hitting the used market pretty heavily now but often need lots of body and mechanical repairs..
-Christopher

[dgorila1]

Originally Posted by sdwarf36

This explains alot.

With the price they're paying for the bus in the U.S., then the shipping cost to S. America, then the refurb/customization cost, I wonder where these people in a typically poor country are getting the $$$$$$ needed to buy these? Maybe they have a local "dealer" that leases or loans them the money. The finished buses look like the Jeepneys used in the Philippines. Elaborate decorations, bright colors, lots of chrome, etc.

[turf]

there was a transit bus auction here this week...... i thought the prices were very low. odd to see such a difference.

Roller and Associates, Inc.

[dgorila1]

Originally Posted by turf

there was a transit bus auction here this week...... i thought the prices were very low. odd to see such a difference.

Roller and Associates, Inc.

Those seem like great prices if they ran good.

[Sk8r_Cowgirl]

Yeah you have to keep in mind what the buses start from. Try to buy a brand new bus, zero miles on it. You can replace the entire drivetrain for less than the original asking price. They're just throwing them away at anything less than $5k.

[EastCoastCB]

This is just sick-
Public Surplus: Auction #1609474

I wouldn't pay even $3k for this bus. its up to what, 9 grand?