It was at the Ft. Meade base in Maryland.
Peter
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On 10/9/2012 6:29 PM, nielsentelecom@... wrote:
Peter,
Which site smashed your scope?? I have picked up at Lockbourne, OH so far. Seemed easy going.
If I saw one of the employees do that, I think his head would follow the scope's treatment. That is just uncalled for.
Nick
--- In TekScopes@... <mailto:TekScopes%40yahoogroups.com>, Peter Gottlieb <hpnpilot@...> wrote:
It depends what you bid on and what those items were associated with. I won
lots
in perhaps 20 auction "events" and IIRC had requests to return items from six or
seven. One item was a Tek 2230 scope. Apparently it had been used with some
weapons system and everything associated with the program was coded for grinding
up. Funny thing is that if you sell something they drop the matter but if you
restore something and keep it they will demand it back. I suppose you could lie
about it but I didn't. None of these items were coded as requiring "de-mil,"
this was all after-the-sale change of status.
If you don't pick items up on time they will keep calling you and be flexible,
but eventually will sell the stuff off as scrap or otherwise dispose of it. This
happened to me once when business travel kept me from driving to pick up a
rather large lot of exotic gyro gear which would have cost me FAR more than I
paid to have shipped.
Their photos and description usually leave a lot to be desired. If you want to
do this on a regular basis you really need to go to the place twice; first to
inspect then later to pick up and move yourself. Also beware that they pull
switches on you where what you get is not the item you bid on, and that there is
very specifically no recourse that you have against them. I've met some good,
decent people at some of the govliquidation places but some others were flat out
nasty, with one destroying a mint 485 (cracked CRT, caved in case) by slamming
it against the floor because I was an hour late for my pickup appointment (late
airline flight). Like I said, no recourse.
Peter
On 10/8/2012 6:40 PM, Steve wrote:
Ihave bought from a couple of government auctions, but it was a couple of
decades ago. A good friend of mine makes his living buying and selling
electronics from government auctions, but usually by scavaging parts. He has
won tens of thousands of bids, and he has never encountered a "buy back"
request. So I am thinking this must be extremely rare and not something I
would worry about.
Some of the items are covered under export restrictions ??? the same that would
apply to new items. These are clearly stated in the lot description before
you
bid. The more common concern is when items are required to be
"de-militarized". Originally, this meant things like guns in airplanes must
have their barrels crushed to make the weapons non-functional. However, in
some cases it means that a good item with no conceivable weapon use must be
destroyed so it can only be sold for scrap salvage. Often companies will add
the restriction when they sell expensive products to the government that they
cannot be resold surplus. This is to protect the new value of the product. I
remember showing up on an air force base once to claim the lot I won and saw
brand new professional video tape recorders (studio grade) still wrapped in
their productive plastic being crushed in a hydraulic press. I asked what
they
were doing as was told the items were being "de-militarized". In reality,
Ampex (now defunct) stipulated that the government could not resell these
VTRs. They did not want to see commercial grade VTRs flooding the market
being
sold for pennies on the dollar of new value.
Again, items which require "de-militarization" are clearly noted on the lot
description so there will be no surprises. The other common practice that is
annoying is to use a single item of value, such as a high performance
spectrum
analyzer to "salt" a lot of which the rest is useless junk. Thus a buyer who
is interested in only the item of interest must take the who lot, saving the
government the cost of disposing of the rest.
As others have mentioned, no shipping is available. You must pay for and
remove the items which you won within a perscribed time. Failure to do so
will
result is suspending your ability to bid in future auctions.
--- In TekScopes@... <mailto:TekScopes%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:TekScopes%40yahoogroups.com>, Stefan
Trethan <stefan_trethan@> wrote:
Isn't it really strange that they decide only some time after you get the
item that they shouldn't have sold it?
Seems a bit late...
I've read about destruction of sensitive equipment once, they even
accounted for the possibility of information burnt into the screen, in
which case the CRT was supposed to be smashed....
Oh well, and here I was going to buy that military hospital, better not
then.... ;-)
ST
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:01 PM, <d.seiter@> wrote:
I'm not current on the regulations, but I recall some items being flagged
"non-export" or similarly restricted, and requirements for
documentation of
any future resale. They wanted a Tek specan back from me, but it too had
been parted out... I just don't want to deal with them anymore.
-Dave
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*From: *"Gala Dragos" <gala_dragos@>
*To: *TekScopes@...
<mailto:%2ATekScopes%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:%2ATekScopes%40yahoogroups.com>
*Sent: *Monday, October 8, 2012 6:00:18 AM
*Subject: *Re: [TekScopes] Gov't Auction - Tek 'scopes
Available for non american ?
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*From:* "d.seiter@" <d.seiter@>
*To:* TekScopes@... <mailto:TekScopes%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:TekScopes%40yahoogroups.com>
*Sent:* Monday, October 8, 2012 7:24 AM
*Subject:* Re: [TekScopes] Gov't Auction - Tek 'scopes
One should be warned about government auctions- if, down the road,
someone decides that the items should not have been sold for whatever
reason, they will come asking for you to return them. Many stories have
been told here in the past. I dodged the bullet, and will no longer buy
from any of these auctions regardless of how good the deals are.
-Dave
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*From: *"druid_noibn" <druid_noibn@>
*To: *TekScopes@...
<mailto:%2ATekScopes%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:%2ATekScopes%40yahoogroups.com>
*Sent: *Sunday, October 7, 2012 7:48:25 AM
*Subject: *[TekScopes] Gov't Auction - Tek 'scopes
Hi All,
I just got this notification of gov't auction - migt be of interests to
some folks here. Go on-line (gsaauctions)and look at picture(s) and any
details offered (very few details).
Kind rgards,
DBN
Message 2
From: GSA Auctions <gsaauctions@>
Date: 10/06/2012
Subject: GSA Auctions Electrical and Electronic Equipment Update
You are subscribed to Electrical and Electronic Equipment for GSA
Auctions. This information has recently been updated, and is now
available.
OSCILLOSCOPE
10/05/2012 10:46 PM EDT
CURRENT BID: $5 STATE: ID NO. OF BIDDERS: 0 CLOSE TIME: 10-12-2012 08:46
PM CT.
OSCILLOSCOPE, MFG TEKTRONIX, MDL USM425MOD, APPROX YR 1989, 1 EA. REPAIRS
MAY BE NEEDED.***APPT REQUIRED FOR INSPECTION AND/OR REMOVAL***
(6905E7-2109-6001)*** 6905E721096001
OSCILLOSCOPE
10/05/2012 10:36 PM EDT
CURRENT BID: $15 STATE: ID NO. OF BIDDERS: 0 CLOSE TIME: 10-12-2012 08:36
PM CT.
OSCILLOSCOPE, MFG TEKTRONIX, APPROX. YR 2003, MDL 465M, 1 EA. REPAIRS MAY
BE NEEDED.***APPT REQUIRED FOR INSPECTION AND/OR REMOVAL***
(6905E7-2109-5001)*** 6905E721095001
OSCILLOSCOPE
10/05/2012 10:26 PM EDT
CURRENT BID: $15 STATE: ID NO. OF BIDDERS: 0 CLOSE TIME: 10-12-2012 08:26
PM CT.
OSCILLOSCOPE, MFG TEKTRONIX, APPROX. YR 1992, JOINT ELECTRONICS TY
AN/USM-425(V)1, 1 EA. REPAIRS MAY BE NEEDED.***APPT REQUIRED FOR
INSPECTION
AND/OR REMOVAL***(6905E7-2109-4001)*** 6905E721094001
OSCILLOSCOPE
10/05/2012 10:16 PM EDT
CURRENT BID: $15 STATE: ID NO. OF BIDDERS: 0 CLOSE TIME: 10-12-2012 08:16
PM CT.
OSCILLOSCOPE, MFG TEKTRONIX, APPROX. YR 1986, JOINT ELECTRONICS TY
ANUSM425V1, 1 EA. REPAIRS MAY BE NEEDED. ****APPT REQUIRED FOR INSPECTION
AND/OR REMOVAL****(6905E7-2109-3001)*** 6905E721093001
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