Salvage Auctions

Pickles Salvage encompasses everything deemed “uneconomical to repair” by major insurance companies or below the standard of what is sold in general sales (usually due to damage from an accident). From damaged vehicles to recreational items, we have a wide catalogue that may be repairable or can be used for spare parts.

E-Salvage is a sale category where we sell items directly from one of our E-Salvage partners sites across Australia, offering ease through location.

In order to facilitate collection of your personal effects please contact our customer contact centre on 1300 052 392 to make an appointment. This allows us to have the vehicle ready and accessible for you to retrieve your items.

Please note: personal items do not apply to bolted parts of cars such as alloys, bull bars, tow bars etc. These items must be removed at an off-site location with written approval from your Insurance company.

Please ensure you wear fully enclosed shoes and bring a copy of your ID. Please note: children under 16 years are not permitted onsite.

Yes, we absolutely can! Please call our customer contact centre on 1300 052 392 to arrange this or email info@pickles.com.au with your full name, contact number, registration and claim number, postal address and the items you are wanting returned back to you.

WOVR N/A stands for Written Off Vehicle Register Not Applicable - This means the VIN of the asset is still registerable (as long as it passes state law registration requirements etc) as it is not listed as a statutory write off.

When an insurer concludes that it is economically unfeasible to repair a vehicle within its repairer network, it designates the vehicle as a "Repairable Write-off". Members are then permitted to repair and re-register such salvaged vehicles, provided they adhere to the requirements of the respective States/Territories where re-registration is sought.

Check with your local road transport authority on how they treat these cars before purchasing a repairable write-off.

A salvage item is deemed a “Statutory Write-off” when an insurer determines that it is uneconomical to repair and/or meet the respective States/Territories legislation. Once a salvage has been deemed a SWO it can no longer be road registered in Australia.

An inspection passed repairable write-off refers to a vehicle that was previously recorded as a repairable write-off and subsequently passed the applicable inspection requirements under the written-off vehicle register framework, allowing it to be re-registered at that time. The vehicle will nevertheless currently be unregistered or will be deregistered and members are responsible for satisfying any current registration and roadworthiness requirements before the vehicle can lawfully be operated on public roads.

Our images depict what the salvage asset comes with. If there are no images of the key(s) or books, it should be assumed that these items do not exist.

Salvage items must be collected (lifted, towed and transported as applicable) in accordance with Pickles Driver Induction, all relevant and applicable State and Federal legislative instruments, Acts, Regulations, Standards and Codes of Practice including, but not limited to, the Heavy Vehicle National Law, Chain of Responsibility, and Workplace Health and Safety laws.

Temporary movements permits and unregistered vehicles permits will NOT be accepted for collection of the item.

Any form of self-loading of the item by winching, pushing, dragging etc is NOT permitted.

Onsite dismantling of the item or onsite hot works are NOT permitted whatsoever.

In accordance with updated transport guidelines, we will not load salvage assets onto car trailers (excludes motorbike collections).

You can view salvage items via the high-quality photos on our website.

We also recommend running your own PPSR report using the Personal Property Security Register online, so you can see the damage codes recorded of the Written-Off vehicle Register (WOVR) which resulted in the vehicle being written off.

Certainly! Here are the links to the WOVR legislations for each state and territory:

• Queensland (QLD)
• New South Wales (NSW)
• Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
• Victoria (VIC)
• South Australia (SA)
• Western Australia (WA)
• Northern Territory (NT)