I went with some friends several times a few years ago. We had the naive=20 idea that we could buy a lot of good parts cheap, put together some=20 workable computers, and either use them ourselves or resell them. We had=20 planned to pool our funds to about $200. The 2-3 times we went, we found=20 old computers, on pallets that we could not examine, worth we thought maybe= =20 $100 per pallet at best, and a lot of people bidding them up to $300-$400.= =20 We never bought anything, and gave up on the enterprise. But, stuff at=20 auctions will be different every time. It's worth going to see what's=20 there, how they run it, etc. If you want to bid, you will need to get a=20 bidder's card and establish your credit (unless you want to pay cash)=20 before they start. There may be other things, like printers, that are worth= =20 getting. And other stuff, like furniture, if you are into refinishing, that= =20 could be a good buy. Let us know what you find.
Sue At 10:37 AM 11/23/02 -0800, John Hebert wrote: >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 =AD 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 =AD Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
