Why not have a digital picture of each item, or lot (just a common sense
shot showing what it is) then a brief description of the item (better than
the current ones) NSN, and location of item in an ebay type environment with
a database that is searchable by location, item category, or description,
this would seem to be easy enough done, the programming end of it is not
that hard and I know that people create ebay listings who can barely read,
so GL should be able to have one person responsible for each site that could
populate the actions. It seems that all the surplus that GL has would be
easily sold in this manner. You know how it is on ebay you could list a dog
turd on there and some fool would buy it. I know there are probably problems
with this idea (it would be online only for one) but it surely would be
better than the current system. Just my 2 cents worth.
Flame away,
G.R.Baker
MVPA 23220
M114A1 (and Various other M series)
http://tired-iron.mounet.com
Kingsport, TN
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of J. Forster
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:44 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Government Liquidation (longish)
DDoyle9570@aol.com wrote:
I think the suggestion that hobbyists inspect and catalog the property is an
outstanding one...I volunteer to take care of nearby Ft. Campbell.
IMO, this is full of problems and totally unworkable. What is to prevent
someone
from describing a vehicle as total junk, and quietly tellng a buddy it's NIB
si
it goes at a fire sale price? Absolutely nothing. If this is done on a
personal
basis (Hey Fred, please checkout this item for me since it's near you),
that's OK
and a good way to screen things, but having hobbyists do official screening
and
cataloging is improper as far as I am concerned.
Furthermore, there are problems with the standards the screeners might
employ.
One guy might well classify a vehicle with a bad radiator hose as junk,
whereas
another screener might only consider a vehicle as junk if it had taken a
direct
hit from a Hellfire.
Just my $.02. Flame away. I have a delete key.
-John
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