A method and apparatus for the resale of vehicles includes a server
communicating over the Internet to a dealer computer and an auction
computer. The server stores data corresponding to a schedule of auctions
for resale of vehicles. The server provides access to itself by the
dealer computer by way of a web site and allows the dealer to access the
server to consign a vehicle to the auction. The server notifies the
auction computer of the vehicle consigned to the auction at the web site.
The server receives information about the vehicle from the dealer
computer and determines an adjusted floor value for the vehicle and
transmits the adjusted floor value to the auction computer.