At this sort of auction you are unlikely to get any mega-bargains on =
stuff like test gear - if
you're lucky you can get stuff for a little below used equipment dealer =
prices (that's where they
get it from before they add their margin...)  but remember there's no =
warranty etc. At company
liquidations like this, little details like calibration sticker dates can=
 tell you a lot. The only
real bargains are 'in the weeds' - things like boxes of assorted oddments=
 that the dealers aren't
interested in, custom-built test boxes containing interesting things, or =
stuff that's so obscure
that no-one knows what it is.=20
I suspect the drills are in sufficiently large lots that the dealers will=
 be interested & drive up
prices, but you never know.... now that many of these auctions are online=
 as well as live, it can
only drive prices up.

On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:53:34 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi.
>Well, you might checkout yourself.
>
>Find my first post in this thread.
>
>There was an URL to the auction company that runs
>th auction, and some instructions on how to list
>the lots. Note that half of the lots are different
>kinds of office furniture, but there are also a lot of
>things like stereo microscopes, large PCB drilling machines
>an some Zanussi fridges :-) They are more or less selling
>*everything* that isn't part of the building itself...
>
>Personaly I found a couple of HP and Tek scopes that I'll
>take a closer look at.
>
>
>/Jan-Erik.
>
>Chris Loiacono :
>
>> Does the auction list any other tools that you are
>> not so interested in, but that we might be?

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