We lost DRMO Duluth and DRMO Sparta so now the closest sale sites are six to
nine hours away on interstate highways from here. Now when I bid on anything
I have to be very careful, no more impulse bidding. I used to like to bid on
'' mixed automotive lots'' to see if there was any treasure in it, sometimes
there was. But no more.
Ed Morgan
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Grammont <islander@midmaine.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Government Liquidation
>I agree 100% here. I personally did NOT like the way DRMO was set up. I
>am well over 100 miles from the nearest base, and even more for ones of
>any significant size with lots that would interest me. Therefore, going
>down to see about something in person was absolutely not an option. I
>also didn't have time to learn the ins and outs of how their online
>system worked (or didn't in my opinion). I think DRMO was good for the
>people that were already familiar with how it worked, not so good for
>people in my position.
>
>On the other hand, the way eBay is set up works for me just dandy. If GL
>could take what works from that and apply it to what worked with DRMO,
>then I think we could have something here that would be MUCH better than
>anything that came before it.
>
>Having GL or DRMO selling off used military stuff makes no difference to
>me in THEORY. In theory I think GL holds out promise for being something
>much better than DRMO. Obviously this is not the case today, January 24,
>2001. But I will wait and see how things go over the coming months.
>
>Steve
>
>> Why not have a digital picture of each item, or lot (just a common sense
>>shot showing what it is) then a brief description of the item (better than
>>the current ones) NSN, and location of item in an ebay type environment
with
>>a database that is searchable by location, item category, or description,
>>this would seem to be easy enough done, the programming end of it is not
>>that hard and I know that people create ebay listings who can barely read,
>>so GL should be able to have one person responsible for each site that
could
>>populate the actions. It seems that all the surplus that GL has would be
>>easily sold in this manner. You know how it is on ebay you could list a
dog
>>turd on there and some fool would buy it. I know there are probably
problems
>>with this idea (it would be online only for one) but it surely would be
>>better than the current system. Just my 2 cents worth.
>>
>>Flame away,
>>
>>G.R.Baker
>>MVPA 23220
>>M114A1 (and Various other M series)
>>http://tired-iron.mounet.com
>>Kingsport, TN
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
>>Behalf Of J. Forster
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:44 PM
>>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [MV] Government Liquidation (longish)
>>
>>
>> DDoyle9570@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>I think the suggestion that hobbyists inspect and catalog the property is
an
>>outstanding one...I volunteer to take care of nearby Ft. Campbell.
>>
>>
>>IMO, this is full of problems and totally unworkable. What is to prevent
>>someone
>>from describing a vehicle as total junk, and quietly tellng a buddy it's
NIB
>>si
>>it goes at a fire sale price? Absolutely nothing. If this is done on a
>>personal
>>basis (Hey Fred, please checkout this item for me since it's near you),
>>that's OK
>>and a good way to screen things, but having hobbyists do official
screening
>>and
>>cataloging is improper as far as I am concerned.
>>
>>Furthermore, there are problems with the standards the screeners might
>>employ.
>>One guy might well classify a vehicle with a bad radiator hose as junk,
>>whereas
>>another screener might only consider a vehicle as junk if it had taken a
>>direct
>>hit from a Hellfire.
>>
>>Just my $.02. Flame away. I have a delete key.
>>
>>-John
>>
>>
>>
>>
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