Thanks for the info. I heard that a lot of the machines up for auction were purchased in the last two years, so there may be some good boxes in there. But, I agree, you can find machines much cheaper. I'd rather buy a couple of new parts and cobble together a box from what I have already.
jh --- Jeff Crosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I went to one of the state auctions about three > months ago. The upper > echelon computers were pentium 90 and 100's. Mostly > Gateways. A lot of old > IBM dual floppy's were in the lot too. The > computers were packaged four to > a pallet. You couldn't just buy one machine. Also, > there was a guy there > from Ponchatoula who bought most of the stuff and he > said that between the > four you usally can get one or two together working. > The pallets were going > for $250-300. On top of that the auctioneer gets a > markup of about 10%. > > I thought about buying stuff over there a few times > but just seeing that > stuff made me think I was going to waste money. You > can usually find a > working pentium in the classifieds for $150-200. > For not much more you can > get a new machine at wal-mart or one of those > emachines at bestbuy. > > If the state starts auctioning off pentium II's and > higher then that might > be the time to go to the auction. Until then, just > a lot of junk to me. > Also, you can go preview the stuff on Wed-Fri the > week of the auction. Only > certain times of the day, so check before you go. > Just in case you don't > want to ruin a Saturday. Just my $.02. > > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Bendily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 10:03 AM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] LA state auction > selling loads of hardware > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
