I've been to that auction. It's not what you think. I've been there about 4 times. Usually the PC's at the auction are the total bottom of the barr= el. Of the 100 or so that were there each time I went, the first think i look= ed for was a CD-rom. This was few and far between. Then you have to contend = with the rest of the crowd who sells computers out of their houses. They have = much higher budget than you will i'm sure. I think you'd be better off buying = the $299 pc from walmart than spend $100 on something you can't use and you d= on't even know if it works. I haven't been to the auction in about a year so=20 things could have changed drastically. I'd be interested in hearing your = review afterwards.
The process for items going to auction is this, First an agency (Like SLU= ) sends an item to surplus. Then they sell those items to any other state agency = who might want them. So all other state agencys get a shot at anything that's= worth a crap. Then what they don't get rid of there they send to the auction. I'm not tring to talk you out of it, but I just didn't want you to think = that=20 you would find this mass collection of really great pc's.=20 Again, I haven't been in a long while, so I'm not sure of the quality or=20 quantity of items they currently are auctioning. Bring a truck when you g= o, the auction starts at 8:00.=20 Good luck. --=20 Brad Bendily - CNA On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, John Hebert wrote: > Heard a rumor that the LA CIO has ordered LA purchase > lots of new hardware, but the last purchase of > hardware just took place about 2 years ago, so the > possibility is that there will be a lot of really nice > equipment up for auction. >=20 > Auctions are supposed to take place on the 2nd > Saturday of each month by the Memorial stadium. > Where's that? Anybody interested in going? I'm > thinking of going and looking for some good deals. >=20 > John Hebert >=20 > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus =96 Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com >=20 > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >=20
