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Frank finds himself alone at the auction in this last episode of The Auction. His “friends” have deserted him for greener pastures--in other words, more effective, efficient, and profitable ways to...

The Auction: Don’t Choose the Wrong ‘Dating App’

Imagine acquiring private party vehicles similar to how you would choose a lifetime soulmate. Joe Webb, co-founder of DealerKnows and Writer and...

Everyone’s heard of particularly unsavory vehicles being called ‘lemons.’ But, leave it to 'Frank and the Gang' to compare the fleet of auction vehicles to other fruits. In The Auction Episode 9,...

The new video series, 'The Auction' which sheds a humorous light on dealers at the auto auction is basically the brainchild of VAN Co-Founder Bill Anderson, who also plays ‘Frank’ in the series.

Everyone plays.

Whether it’s the game of golf, the game of life...or the auction game, people play games whether they mean to or not. 

"People come to the auction for different reasons, says Frank in...

Do you ever find yourself bidding on cars at the auction to avoid returning to the store? And when you do, how often do you find you bought a 'goose egg?'

In this fifth episode of The Auction, Frank...

The sights. The smells. The sounds. An auto auction is a dizzying array of sensory overload for those who attend...and there’s good reason for that.

If you've ever participated in a dealer auction, you understand the way business is run from an insider's point of view. You also know that no one necessarily fights fair to get what they want. If...

Synopsis: Frank takes “the kid” to her first auction where they run into Stephanie, a UCM from up north who uses math to decide which cars to buy and has a better way to source used cars without...