Thanks for the info, this helps a lot. I may go just to see what happens there, but not buy.
jh --- Brad Bendily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 barrel. > Of the 100 or so that were there each time I went, > the first think i looked > 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 don't > even know if it works. I haven't been to the auction > in about a year so > 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 > you would find this mass collection of really great > pc's. > > Again, I haven't been in a long while, so I'm not > sure of the quality or > quantity of items they currently are auctioning. > Bring a truck when you go, > the auction starts at 8:00. > > Good luck. > -- > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > John Hebert > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
