Machinery Pete Podcast

Machinery Pete talks fast-moving changes in the auction industry with recent notable consolidations and rapid technological advances. Pete chats with Aaron McKee, Founder/CEO of Purplewave.com, a long time leader in the online only auction space, about their big news last month (Oct. ’23) of a new partnership with Copart, Inc., a worldwide leader in the online auto auction space. [:35] - Machinery Pete’s talks consolidation  [11:06] - Interview with Aaron McKee begins [11:45] - Purple Wave and CoPart’s partnership [15:25] - Finding the right sellers to work with [20:24] - Early days of Purple Wave [26:03] - Why Purple Wave believes in no-reserve auctions [34:27] - Helping people make big decisions [47:09] - How Aaron got into the auction business [59:04] - Final words from Machinery Pete Machinery Pete was founded in 1989 and has grown from its humble beginnings to a full-fledged marketplace for farming equipment. Greg Peterson, founder and host, has also released Machinery Pete content across platforms incl