ATS Auksjon

ATS Auksjon is the auction arm of a Norwegian group that specialises in moving used construction and transport equipment on an international market. The group's other sites — ATSNorway.no, ATSSweden.se, ATSPolska.pl, ATSDeutschland.de and the agricultural Landbrukssalg.no — are classifieds and brokerage; atsauksjon.no is the one that actually runs auctions, with live bidding rounds followed on the site. The company operates from Os, south of Bergen, and offers sellers a no-sale-no-fee guarantee, which tends to mean a catalogue that turns over rather than one that sits.

What you can buy

• Construction machinery: excavators, loaders and site plant, the core of the business.
• Transport: trucks, buses and commercial vehicles.
• Material handling: forklifts, lifts and warehouse equipment.
• Forestry equipment: a distinct Norwegian specialism.
• Agricultural machinery: tractors and implements, shared with the group's farm-sales site.

How the bidding works

Bidding rounds run online and can be followed directly on the site, with concluded auctions kept visible afterwards — useful for calibrating what things actually fetch here. Registration covers both buying and selling, and the interface runs in Norwegian, English and German. Terms and conditions for the online auction are published separately from the classifieds side of the group, so make sure you are reading the auction ones.

What to check before you bid

Distinguish the auction from the group's classifieds before you commit: an item on ATSNorway.no is a listing to negotiate, while an item here is a binding bid. For anything leaving Norway, remember that Norway is outside the EU customs union — import duty, destination VAT and paperwork all apply, and on heavy plant the transport from western Norway is a serious line in the budget. Machinery is sold as it stands, so the hours, wear and attachments are established at the viewing, not from the photographs.