One thing I do miss about the DRMO sales and inspections is the people you
became friends with through the years,the ones that you bid against and the
Civil Serpents that worked there.
Ed Morgan
-----Original Message-----
From: Earl Beverly <e.beverly@taylortechnical.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:03 PM
Subject: [MV] government liquidation
>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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