[MRCA] Where do you find gear?

[Peter Gottlieb]

 I concur on Government Liquidation.  They have a place, you can once in a great while find things there that are really hard to find elsewhere.  Be VERY careful, read the fine print, there are many ways they can screw you.  They can "lose" parts of the lot you bought, the items can be damaged (such as when they literally threw a 485 scope to the ground in front of me and shattered the CRT and told me "tough luck, the broom is over there, you are responsible for cleanup."  Inside boards can be removed, the list goes on, I'm sure many others could chime in with horror stories.  Oh, yes, you have to arrange with an outside company to pick up, pack and ship.  And they can come back to you years later and DEMAND things back.

 
 
On 01/31/12, Ray Fantini<RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:
 
Don't think I can add anything beyond what Al already posted except to maybe beat the drum for Hamfest and Military vehicle rallies. Been doing this stuff for a while now and find EBay has been great for finding special or unique items but you pay for them with dealers like Fair or Murphy being a close second with reasonable prices then Hamfest being lower prices but way less selection unless you go somewhere like Dayton but for the last couple years have found the best prices and surprisingly good selection at vehicle rallies like Aberdeen and Gilbert. Things like $200 R-390A and R-1051G receivers along with $400.00 GRC-106 are good examples of purchases at Aberdeen and Gilbert and I would think maybe the worst place to buy is from Government Liquidators or GSA Auctions the two online government auction sites being that in almost ten years now I think I may have bought three lots with everything going for two to three times what I can buy the same stuff for from other source
 s for half the price. Let's see what others have to say.
RF

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