[Milsurplus] Equipment for sale

[J. Forster]

> Odd to hear such a strong opinion since I assume you'll neither  attend in
> person nor bid by mail under any circumstances and regardless of terms of
> sale?

Under fair terms, I would certainly look to see if there is anything
interesting.

What you are proposing, guarantees unfair treatment to anyone not
physically present.

> Not so ridiculous since nearly all "serious" auctions are conducted this
> way
> (art, coins, guns, land, other rare items and high $$ items).  Most
> auctions
> allow mail bidders to place an upper limit and will execute your bids
> exactly as if you were there, so no method "screws" anyone.

That's NOT what you said. You said the HIGHEST mail in bid would be the
OPENING bid for the physical auction.

-John

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> As I clearly stated I offered my suggestion based on the assumption of
> maximizing the sale proceeds.  If his goal is just to get rid of
> everything,
> then maybe a garage sale is the best way?
>
> 73 de don ad6pb
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of J. Forster
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 6:32 AM
> To: don davis
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Equipment for sale
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> Ridiculous.
>
> Your suggested method will essentially screws anybody who is not
> personally
> at the auction. The playing field is a mountainside.
>
> If I saw an auction with those terms, I'd hit DELETE at once and not even
> bother with the list of items.
>
> -John
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>> The problem with a garage sale is that it won't properly determine the
>> true market value.  This stuff is fairly rare and there isn't a
>> well-defined market (Mike Murphy might want to weigh-in).  The way to
>> optimize return (assuming that's your goal) is to carefully catalog
>> the equipment with a view of usefulness / collectability, hold a mail
>> bid auction open for ~2 weeks culminating in a live auction on-site
>> with opening bids set to the mail-in bids.  It's a lot of work which
>> may not be justified unless the auction is worth a lot.  I assume
>> there would be interest also from the avionics / aircraft surplus
>> guys?
>>
>> A good local auctioneer is the guy the does the yearly SCARS (Southern
>> California Antique Radio Society) old radio auctions.  Knows a lot
>> about radio / radio guys, is entertaining and aggressive.  Name is Mike
> Sherman.
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>> 73 de don ad6pb
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