Excellent Earl.. Now - Government Liquidators..get on the stick !! Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Beverly" <e.beverly@taylortechnical.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:59 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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