METHOD OF SOLICITING BIDS FOR VEHICLE PURCHASE
First Claim
1. A method of marketing items, said method comprising:
- providing a database of contact information of potential purchasers;
receiving input of a sales location from a vendor;
receiving data regarding the item to be sold from the vendor;
submitting the data regarding the item to be sold to the potential purchasers in the sales location;
receiving purchase offers from the potential purchasers in the sales location; and
submitting some or all of the purchase offers to the vendor.
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Abstract
A method of marketing items, such as vehicles, is disclosed. The method may include providing a database of contact information of potential purchasers including vehicle dealers. The database may be accessible via a global computer network. The method may include receiving input describing desired sales locations from vendors desiring to sell vehicles. The vendors may also supply data describing the vehicles to be sold. The data regarding the vehicles to be sold may be submitted to the dealers in the sales location selected by the vendor. The dealers may be allowed to assess the data and provide purchase offers. The purchase offers may be submitted to the vendors such that the vendors can quickly sell vehicles at a fair price.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of marketing items, said method comprising:
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providing a database of contact information of potential purchasers; receiving input of a sales location from a vendor; receiving data regarding the item to be sold from the vendor; submitting the data regarding the item to be sold to the potential purchasers in the sales location; receiving purchase offers from the potential purchasers in the sales location; and submitting some or all of the purchase offers to the vendor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of marketing a vehicle to dealers over a network, said method comprising:
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providing a database of contact information of said dealers; receiving data regarding the vehicle from a vendor; submitting the data regarding the vehicle to one or more of the dealers; receiving purchase offers from one or more of the dealers; and submitting one or more of the purchase offers to the vendor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for marketing items, said system comprising:
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a first database of potential purchasers in a specified area; a second database for receiving data from vendors regarding items to be sold; a processor for selecting potential purchasers in the specified area based on data correlated from said first database and said second database; storage for storing purchase offers from the potential purchasers; and a network for submitting the purchase offers to the vendors.
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