This is my 5th vehicle purchase using SalvageBid. The online portal is comprehensive, the staff are extremely helpful and responsive and the fees are a good value. As an IAAI US Buyer, I am limited to "Public" auction sites which provide access to roughly 40-45% of the auction inventory. Having a SalvageBid membership provides 100% inventory access and often fewer competitive buyers. Also, coupled with a Carfax, a consumer reporting reference ( e.g., Consumer Reports Magazine, Edmunds.com, Youtube videos, etc...) and an inexpensive pre auction onsite inspection (completed by a local mechanic and results in a comprehensive report), SalvageBid has made my car buying experience complete. Currently, this is the best way I know to buy a good quality used vehicle and save thousands($$$$) in the process. Highly recommended. read more

Yes! Anyone can be a victim of fraud by Salvagebid inc.I have been a customer with ********************** for almost a decade. I have purchased all types of vehicles through this company.A fraudulent vehicle was sold to me on 7/17/2025. stock # ********. This vehicle was labeled Stationary. However the seller of the vehicle deliberately and literally dumped an engine and transmission inside this fraudulent cars engine bay. Neither are mounted to the vehicles frame and there is 1 single bolt holding the engine and transmission together inside the engine bay.This is a clear example of fraud.Salvagebid refuses to take any responsibility and accountability for this fraud. It is now confirmed by Salvagebid customer service that any customer can be a victim of this type of fraud and Salvagedbid will not hold anyone accountable. Salvagebid has decided that it is okay for its customers to be victims of fraud.Sellers now know that they can use Salvagebid to sell fraudulent vehicles.This type of fraud goes above the Terms and conditions and the description of Stationary. You could be buying a 2025 model vehicle labeled Stationary and it could literally have a random engine and transmission dumped in the engine bay and Salvagedbid will facilitate the sell of such fraudulent vehicles.I have a loss of $2,200 and there is a seller out there that is happy that Salvagebid is now facilitating the sale of fraudulent vehicles.There are no protections from Fraud and any customer can be taken advantage of with the help of Salvagebid inc. Salvagebid is facilitating Fraud and Scams and Salvagedbid just decided that hiding behind their terms and conditions is enough to avoid taking any type of responsibility. Salvagebid to this day has not mentioned to me or BBB on what steps they are taking to protect their customers from scams such as this type of fraud. Salvagedbid has decided that while Fraud has been brought to their attention, their customer of over 10 years is just unlucky. Now there is a seller entity that knows they can get away with this type of Fraud because Salvagedbid will do absolutely nothing to protect their customer. As a customer I am at a loss of $2200. ********************** did not offer ANY type of resolution. I gave Salvagebid many options. 1. Take the car back. 2. Ill drop off the car to the nearest aution site which is less than 15 mins from my house. 3. Resell the car. 4. Give me a full refund. Salvagebid could have taken steps to remediate this Fraud such as full or partial refund or taking the car back. Salvagebid is literally saying that its unfortunate that I am a victim of fraud through their website and that they are doing absolutely nothing about. Therefore, anyone can be a victim of fraud if they do business with Salvagebid and at the end of the day Salvagebid **** **** behind the terms and conditions. Why not take the money away from the seller? Why not look into who the seller is and block him from future fraud? Salvagebid is clearly choosing to side with the scammer. Salvagebid will continue to facilitate fraud through their website. I can provide hours and hours of footage from when this car was dropped off, when it was inspected and it being sitting in the driveway since it was dropped off. If Salvagebid does not provide a positive resolution then I will make it my weekly routine to post my experience to all available venues of how Salvagebid facilitates fraud through their website as to warn any and all customers. This is a very unfortunate situation, but Salvagebid and the person comitting Fraud are the only winners here. The customer, whether its a customer of 10 years or future customers can be victims of fraud and there is nothing they can do about it and Salvagedbid will just call the situation unlucky. read more

Wanted to bid live on a vehicle but wouldn't let me because they "couldn't find the vehicle". Website has a lot of issues. Waste of money.

Great team, service, and prices! They are always happy to help with any question you might have, are very knowledgeable, friendly, and communicative. We have used SalvageBid for several salvage vehicle purchases and each time the service was great! Would recommend! read more

they do not return deposits! they upgrade your membership without permission! their run & drive cars don't work i'm taking a legal action. join me to file a joint complaint if you want your money back. our facebook group is salvagebid victims read more

This place is a disappointment. I purchased a vehicle that was advertised as "run and drive" but a week after being at the auction I purchased it and now the vehicle won't even start. Just a waste of money and time. read more

STAY AWAY!!!! BEWARE!!! I wish I could give a giant 0 stars. Very deceptive information on cars, purposely leave out important mechanical information about the car. Cars listed as "run and drive" and "normal wear and tear" but have engine damage. They upgrade your membership without consent pay close attention, they are scum. read more

Stay away from salvagebid.com. We have had only problems so far. Every time we buy a car, there is another kind of issue. There are way better brokers out there. read more

I tried to use their service from another website it was completely horrible. Every directed me to enter a $200 deposit onto the website and I tried to call the company the very next day and this woman Sarah was very rude. She actually knew I was calling because I went on after the call to check the website review shows it all about this company. They're bad for business so I personally want to share my experience don't buy from this company. read more

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Beware: I always turn off auto renewal after I make purchases. Salvage bids website either is messed up to where it automatically changes your selection back to auto renew even if you turned it off (I tested this by turning auto renewal off only to log back in to see it back on each time) or set to do it on purpose. Which one it is I do not know but they refuse to refund me for something that was their fault, not mine. I got charged $349 for a renewal that I did NOT consent to. Not to mention it was $199 when I actually signed up the 1st time. They want to claim that I tried to bid on something AFTER the fact...who cares? Doesn't change the fact that I did not give them permission to charge me. If Netflix is charging u against your will....might as well use it right? So that's what I did. I tried to bid on one car & didn't win & that is another reason they don't want to refund me. But either way. Their policy says their memberships are "NON REFUNDABLE" no matter what anyways. read more

TOTAL SCAM!!! Stay away!!!! Won a bid on a truck and then was told the next day the seller rejected the bid and put it up for "buy now" and someone else bought it. Not a single email or call from them to notify me...total waste of time and money. read more

SCAM!!! Watch out!!!! these guys are Scammers. They will hold you hostage once you enter your credit card information. Do not use them. I had a very bad experience with them. They have zero respect for clients and will do everything to charge you more. read more

Automatically charged me for a premium account when I purchased a vehicle. Refuses to refund the charge after contacting them and explaining how shady it is to add this "optional" item to their invoice. read more

SalvageBid is awesome! They are so helpful in helping you place bids for IAA and they respond to my emails same day. If you want to buy cars from IAA, use SalvageBid. Ask to speak to Karl or Sarah, they know everything about SalvageBid. read more

They charge you for a membership that you sometimes can not use because they have website issues. They will not make any accomodations for any lack of their service. recently purchased a vehicle with a lien on it from them that i have been waiting over 60 days for a title and had to file a complaint with the state against them. I would not deal with this company they are unhelpful and just want to collect your fees and make you wait on their terrible customer service read more

Great customer service team. I was mostly in contact with Sarah J. She responded quickly to any concerns and problems I had. The website's live auction bid feature went down one day, and she was able to put in a bid manually for me. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to bid before the auction ended, but Sarah responded quickly! Was skeptical at first, but everything went smoothly. Don't hesitate to contact them if you have any questions. The fees are quite high though, so check on that if you plan to use them. They have an estimate tool on their website which was exactly what my total came out to. read more

Initially I was dissatisfied that the customer service desk is not open during all hours for PST and EST times. However when they are open they work perfectly. Great service. No waiting time on a line. I got my vehicle from the iaai without a single problem. Even long time after I purchased the car the support answered my questions. Other providers (competitors) granting access to iaai are no so nice. I recommend this service to everybody. Now I have my car and I am happy with it. read more

This car sales company is a fraud because I won a car at the price of $ 1,025 and they made the transaction to me at $ 1,200 plus the fee they charge in Total more than $ 2,064 and then they want a mandatory one to pay sincerely it is not a good auction because they want to sell the cars at the price they decide and that is a fraud, I do not recommend them because you will lose money in everything read more

Company gave faulty paper work and when asked for new documents in order to register vehicle, it took more than a month to generate docs. Asked company to send docs to certain address in order to receive them faster and they blatantly sent it somewhere else. They gave me the run around and now I'm still waiting without a tracking number. read more

Do not buy clean title vehicles using them as Brokers from Auctions. They will come out salvage no matter what. Buyer beware! Other than that it's a OK. read more

I recently signed up for Salvage Bid last Thursday. I am very understanding of a company having policies about no refunds, however, this company is unreasonable. When we signed up, we felt dissatisfied with the type of service they provided. Within a matter of 30 minutes we contacted them for a refund. We did not bid on any auctions or even utilize the service. When I asked for the refund, we were given the run-around. Today (Feb 4), after days of run-around, I was told that they would not, could not, provide refund even though we will NEVER use their service and NEVER DID. I looked at the BBB website and saw a similar situation where they issued a refund to a person who had been a member for longer than we were. I am only able to speak to one person, Sarah, who says she is the only supervisor. If you are considering doing business with this company, beware... If they cannot handle a simple customer service situation such as the one we had, I would beware of buying vehicles through their website. read more

I bought a car a couple days ago. Very satisfied. Excellent service. Thank you SalvageBid