Earlier this week, I invited 100 professionals on LinkedIn to follow Auto Auction Review. For those unfamiliar, we’re a startup with a mission: provide a platform for dealers to review, rate auctions, and ensure fair practices.
Will Morris, Director of Sales at DealerClub, reached out and invited me for a chat.
Will told me how DealerClub differentiates itself from other platforms.
Sellers post their own condition reports—16 specific questions about a vehicle’s strengths and flaws, along with pictures.
Buyers, on the other hand, are expected to be professionals.
For example, if a car has different paint thicknesses, the buyer should know it’s had paintwork—no arbitration on that.
Wait, hold on—no arbitration department at all?
That got my attention.
Instead, disputes between buyers and sellers are resolved in DealerClub’s public forum, with members acting as judge and jury.
If there’s a disagreement, the community weighs in:
-Does the price get cut?
-Should the seller buy the car back?
It’s all transparent, out in the open.
What struck me was how much this felt like a throwback to when you’d call a buddy at 59 days to swap inventory. Both sides had integrity, and things were done with a handshake.
Compare that to today’s faceless, frustrating auction experience—where shady arbitration tactics kill deals or vague policies create bad outcomes.
I told Will it reminded me of “Bring A Trailer” for dealers, with the peanut gallery moderating behavior for a fair deal.
DealerClub takes that old-school trust to a higher level. Buyers know what they’re getting; sellers know their word matters.
I haven’t signed my dealerships up yet, but I will.
Who wouldn’t want accurately described cars with no arbitration BS?
I’m excited to watch DealerClub grow.
What do you think?
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