NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/misc/consumer/19398

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From: [e-mail] (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Government Auctions
Date: 23 Nov 1992 14:41:11 GMT
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Government auctions are free and open to any US citizen (you paid for
the stuff they are auctioning off, you know).  The companies that
charge for information about the auctions monitor all (?) federal
agencies and simply compile the auction info.

Walk into your local office of any federal agency and look around.
That 20 year old junk that is being used as office equipment will be
used for another 10 years, and will then be auctioned off.  The
one-time fluke of somebody getting a jeep for $55 ain't going to happen
to you, you probably have better odds playing the lottery.

If you are the flea market and yard sale type, you will find the
auctions entertaining.  If you are looking for exceptional value,
forget it.  The federal government is broke, people.  Companies use
equipment then sell it, federal agencies *use up* equipment, then
auction it off.

---
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  [e-mail]   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  [phone]  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...