Dear Sirs at Government Surplus,
Under DRMO I bought 6 trucks, some winches, and 15 trailers.
I am a collector, also I use some of this old stuff on my own land.
Some was good, some was junk.. Some was high, some cheap... Generally I
could have called Joe Young or Dave Newman and bought a much nicer truck
for the same money. The sealed bid system was a lot of fun though. I paid
750 dollars above the next highest bidder once, and I was out bid by 2
dollars once. It was fun.
Through my collecting I found this list. A source of information, spare
parts,
and some great people in the business that seem to be more than willing to
help me get this stuff up and running.
Now just a few "constructive comments" about gov-liq;
1. I can't inspect the trucks. (no personnel/access on bases)
2. You don't post photos of the trucks. (ok, sometimes right before the
sale)
3. You don't give a description of the trucks. (running, parts missing,
etc.)
4. You don't give any kind of condition. (fair, good, poor)
5. You won't load, or help load non-running trucks.
6. You set minimum bids of a "THOUSAND DOLLARS" on trucks that
you won't describe, and I am not allowed to see. Buy the way, a lot
of trucks straight from the army are not worth a thousand dollars. Only
after someone has re-installed the cannibalized parts, repaired the
motors,
and generally used two or three trucks to build one, do they become worth
the few thousand dollars that they sell for retail.
7. You change the bid opening dates at will.
8. You remove items for unexplained reasons. (Better deal to a
brother-in-law?)
9. You add other "ambiguous cost" (35.00 buyers premium) What the hell is
that?
10. You collect taxes that you are NOT authorized to collect.
11. You are collecting sales taxes. YUCK!
12. You provide worthless form 97's. (gov-liq as buyer)
I realize yours is a new business, and in so you will have a few
growing pains. In your case I hope you GROW FAST. For now I will exercise
the old faithful "BUYER BEWARE" option and "AVOID YOU LIKE THE PLAGUE".
Sincerely,
Earl Beverly
Taylor Technical Services
281-565-7400
www.taylortechnical.com
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