From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 23 2005 - 06:44:18 PST
you forgot the goal of GL is not earning the most
money for the government in the process, its earning
the most money so they make more money for GL.
Rick
--- Mike Davidsen <mike@aspirationsoftware.com> wrote:
> Sonny Heath wrote:
>
> > I just wonder what GL would say if someone called
> and asked them why
> > they are doing that? I sometimes let it make me
> raise a bid. I say
> > that they are misleading to do something like
> that, just like they
> > misled me a few weeks ago by the description
> saying that the lube and
> > service unit had a gasoline engine and a 26 CFM
> compressor on it and
> > when I picked it up it had neither and they would
> do nothing about it.
> >
> Okay, folks, the key words in buying things at
> auction are "low bid".
> Look at the pictures, figure out what the item is
> worth in parts only,
> after CAREFULLY EXAMINING the photos, then bid the
> parts value. If you
> get it, great, you got a steal. If you don't get
> it, hey another
> auction is coming up soon with a better deal. The
> few times I bought
> things from GL that weren't exactly what was listed,
> is my fault. Why?
> Because I didn't inspect the property. Buyer
> beware.
>
> I know all the bad stories from people who have
> dealt with GL and then
> again, I've heard plenty of good stories too.
> Before you go and blame
> the seller for the items you bought, ask yourself:
> why did you bid on it
> in the first place? Did you expect a steal of a
> deal on a brand new
> item? Ain't gonna happen! The reason it is
> auctioned off is because 1.
> The military didn't need the parts. 2. Couldn't
> repair it because it
> was beyond repair or too costly to repair. 3.No
> other agency wanted the
> pile o crap you bid on. Keep these 3 points in
> mind, and your auction
> bid will stay under control.
>
> One more thing about bidding on military surplus.
> This is the way it is
> set up from now on: GL is a private corporation
> given the contract by
> the government to auction the material off in the
> most cost-effective
> way, earning the most money for the government in
> the process. The
> other option that the government could do, is to
> stop selling surplus
> altogether, drop the surplus in the ocean, burn it,
> run it over with
> Abramses, melt it down, and we get NOTHING. Keep
> that fact in mind.
>
> Mike
>
>
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