Hit an auction today, did good!

[cheese]

I went to the local county auction today. It's one they have every year where several surrounding county governments sell their surplus. It started at 9 am and I finally came in for the night at 11:15 pm. I filled up my long wheelbase dodge diesel truck (including the inside, passenger seat, and rear seats), my 20 foot flatbed trailer, and the back of my nissan pathfinder and it was crammed tight. I bought a row of office printers and ink and toner cartridges for $20. So far it looks like about $1,000 in cartridges or so. Haven't priced the printers yet, but there are probably 60-80 of them, from old cheap ones to newer laser printers and wireless ones. Got 50-100 office phones, boxes of computer cables and wires, etc.., 8 large office copy machines, battery backups, surge protectors, power strips galore, extension cords, network clients in the box, hp printers in the boxes, a makita skillsaw, 15-20 adding machines, staplers, office tables, loads of keyboards, and some other stuff. Some of the printers don't have their power cords, so I may have to either purchase cords to test them if they're worth it, or I may just sell them as is. I have several that are junk... isn't there a market for electronic scrap? I am so tired.

 

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[vpnavy]

Wow cheese - how long have you been doing this? Do you have a way to sell all that stuff?

 

[CladSpends2]

Cheese, you must be single, cuz I know my wife would shoot me if I came home with that stuff. LOL Good luck with it.

T.

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Wow, what a haul! You did good!
All those printers, made me think of one of our members threads, where he made a home made tumbler,
from an old printer, thought you might like that idea. LOL!

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/tool-shed/358466-cheap-home-made-tumbler.html

 

[cheese]

I'll ebay it and probably put a lot on craigslist. I've done this kind of thing for a while on a smaller scale, but this is the first time I picked a load this big. My wife was with me while I was bidding... she gets almost as excited about it as I do. We have an ebay store. I hope to one day be able to make a living or major portion of my living like this.

One thing I love about buying multiples of the same item is that you only have to make one listing.

 

[jerseyben]

You are gonna make some serious $$$ in scrap! Amazing!

 

[AC1955]

If you have stuff that isn't really "saleable" (is that a word?) check out the Freecycle group for your area. Basically, things are free for the taking - you cannot ask $$$ for anything on Freecycle. It beats going to the dump.

Anita

 

[Keppy]

If you have stuff that isn't really "saleable" (is that a word?) check out the Freecycle group for your area. Basically, things are free for the taking - you cannot ask $$$ for anything on Freecycle. It beats going to the dump.

Anita

I don;t think he would be going to the dump were he would have to pay to get rid of it...... And i don;t think he wants to give it away since he bought it......