WorkingWheels.com Sells Used Commercial Vehicles by Live-Auction On the Internet

    AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--Aug. 23, 2001--The world's largest Internet-network for used commercial vehicles www.workingwheels.com starts a new activity.
    In the fourth quarter of this year WorkingWheels will be auctioning used commercial vehicles live via the Internet.
    "The auction will take place on the basis of a unique Dutch model once every two weeks," announces Jan Groeneveld, Sales Manager of WorkingWheels B.V. in Amsterdam. www.workingwheels.com presents a dynamic stock of over 4.500 vehicles from trucks to agricultural machinery and interesting features like an electronic marketplace, dozens of links and news.
    Potential buyers anywhere in the world can take part from behind their computers, if they are registered beforehand. Both buyers and sellers profit from the speed of this auction, because vehicles are shifted sooner by auction than in the usual way(s).
    Special software developed by WorkingWheels is able to register with an accuracy of one thousandth of a second where the first bid was placed and by whom. The first bidder to react to that price becomes the owner of the vehicle. The auction is headed by auctioneer Daan Bouland of Amsterdam and supervised by a notary public. WorkingWheels ensures that the purchased item is delivered to the buyer within two weeks.

    The WorkingWheels Network present every year 13.000 used vehicles including all categories, from trucks to construction equipment and from agricultural machinery to hydraulic arms. Already visitors from over eighty countries are using the site. Buyers already can make offers via e-trade, after which WorkingWheels handles the complete transaction. The used commercial vehicles on offer come from over 40 reputable European companies including Kleyn Trucks, the world-wide market leader in the used vehicles trade.