Inspection covered by Used-car dealers

Most used car dealers acquire their stocks from wholesalers, trade-ins and auctions, and usually they make their purchase decisions based heavily on the looks alone. There are a few financial motives why the dealers do not always have their newly obtained used cars thoroughly inspected before they are put back into the market for sale again.(1) Having a highly experienced mechanics pulled away from performing the normal profit making repair tasks to inspect the vehicle for free is not very rational as it is usually not revenue generating for the company. (2) If any faults/problems are found at the end of the inspection, the dealer is obligated to make these problems known to the future potential buyers. (3) The more faults/problems that need to be repaired prior to putting the used cars back into the market for sale, the fewer profit margins there will be for the dealer. All the above mentioned reasons are sufficient to explain why it is not at the dealer’s best interests to have each and everyone of their used vehicle properly inspected prior to putting them back into the market for sale again