Date:         Wed, 6 Jul 2005 18:04:53 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: This is the real deal-----US Government surplus auction---NVC
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No joke on the big lots.  I once needed some equipment that came in a pallet
of 120 or so items.  I had to drive to from denver albuqueque to pick up the
entire pallet on a trailer at a very specific time and then figure out what
to do with the 116 units I didnšt need.

Shipping can be very expensive to very reasonable depending on the transport
company and how much of the paperwork you clear first.

Not for the faint hearted not familiar with military DRMO operations.
jimt

On 7/6/05 4:56 PM, "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote:

> In a message dated 7/6/05 5:16:24 PM, rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM writes:
> 
> << Shippers are avaliable to pack and transport at your whim. >>
> 
> I would hope.  The big problem with these government auctions is that once
> you've bought it, you have to remove it.  I once saw a beautiful Cincinnati
> universal mill which looked like it had never been used, complete with tooling
> (and tooling can easily end up costing as much as a machine), go for less than
> 2
> yards.  To give a sense of scale to the thing, it had a 10 HP main motor.  At
> the same auction, I saw a 5' X 10' granite surface plate which was all of a
> foot thick go for less than 5 bills.  If I could have hauled that thing, I
> would
> have now been sipping my evening cocktail from a patio lounge chair parked on
> it.  Yeah, the bargains are there, but you gotta think BIG and MANY.
> 
> George
> 
> George
> 
>