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Auction collection checklist after the hammer

OVM collects your car or van after release and drives it to you on our trade plates. Every vehicle needs a valid MOT and must be legal to drive. Get an instant quote at ovmtransport.com/auction-collection-checklist or call 0141 459 1302.

Registration: ______________________ Compound: ______________________

Delivery postcode: ________________ Date wanted: ____________________

Before you bid

• ☐ Lot is genuinely drivable, not just shown starting on video
• ☐ Valid MOT (checked on the registration, not assumed from the catalogue)
• ☐ Keys present, or missing keys flagged
• ☐ I know how this site releases vehicles (account, cleared funds or title check)
• ☐ I know who pays storage after the hammer and when the free period ends
• ☐ If it is salvage, has no MOT or will not run, it is a transporter job, not one for OVM

After you buy (book the driver once every box is ticked)

• ☐ Auction paid in full by you
• ☐ Release code / buyer reference in hand
• ☐ OVM office has confirmed that code with the compound
• ☐ Collector named as OVM, if the site requires a named collector
• ☐ Collection window confirmed with the site
• ☐ Named contact at delivery who knows we are coming
• ☐ Quote accepted: registration, compound, both postcodes, 0141 459 1302

Compound (circle one). We check the gate procedure with the site on the day.

• ☐ BCA
• ☐ Manheim
• ☐ Central Car Auctions
• ☐ Wilsons
• ☐ Another independent auction on the OVM auction hub

Site name: __________________________

Before the engine starts (driver)

• ☐ Every panel photographed
• ☐ Mileage recorded
• ☐ Condition notes against this registration
• ☐ Keys and travelling documents checked
• ☐ If it is not roadworthy or not as described, the driver stops and calls the office instead of driving

Keeping storage charges down

• ☐ I am not waiting for a transporter to fill up while storage runs on one roadworthy vehicle
• ☐ I have not asked OVM to collect before release is confirmed
• ☐ If the lot cannot be driven out, I am booking a transporter, not a driver

Storage charges keep running while you wait on paperwork or a transporter.

Stop. Do not send a trade plate driver if

• ☐ No valid MOT
• ☐ Non runner, will not steer or brakes you would not trust
• ☐ Salvage, category write off or unfinished repair
• ☐ Compound will not release for a driven exit
• ☐ Too tall or too heavy for a driver to take
• ☐ Northern Ireland (OVM does not cover it)

If any of these apply, we will tell you before you book.

OVM Ltd · 48 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1BP · 0141 459 1302 · ovmtransport.com

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