From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Mar 24 2005 - 18:55:36 PST
Oregon does the same thing. Going this way would be
too simple and probably there would be requirements
for bookkeeping and documentation that Ebay may not
want to handle if it had a government contract.
Rick
--- Joe Foley <redmenaced@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is how the State of NY does it.
>
> Tell me there is ANY reason the DRMS couldn't do it
> this way, too.
>
>
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZnyssurplusQ2dalbany
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> --- m35products <m35prod@optonline.net> wrote:
> > Of course they are bidding the prices up. One
> would
> > have to be a complete
> > idiot to think otherwise. They are criminals, just
> > like some other
> > departments of our extended government. (Would you
> > buy a used truck from the
> > IRS or the INS?)
> >
> > What the feds ought to do is hire GL to put the
> > stuff on Ebay, with no
> > reserve, and see what happens. In that way, there
> > would be (relatively) open
> > disclosure of the bidding process.
> >
> > As far as the recent comments about who is buying
> at
> > inflated prices, etc,
> > the answer is: there are many people out there who
> > still are thinking in the
> > "$50 Jeep" mind set. They do not have the benefit
> of
> > this forum, and are
> > probably ignorant of the vast wealth of info in
> the
> > magazines to which we
> > all subscribe.
> >
> > A Google search for "military surplus trucks"
> yields
> > 160,000 websites.
> > Military Vehicles Magazine is not on the first
> three
> > pages of hits. Nor is
> > the MVPA. The GL is mentioned as the fourth hit on
> > the first page.
> >
> > It's a case of marketing, and selling to rubes,
> that
> > is the reason for GL's
> > success.
> >
> > APB
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "JEFF HAIN-MATSON" <flmv@flmv.net>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> > <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] No bargains at auctions like
> G/L's
> > - I don't get it...
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > MV wrote:
> > >
> > > > There are some things going on in this GL
> market
> > that I really don't
> > > > understand.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Can GL bid up their own auctions???
> > >
> > > Well you have just hit a very interesting point.
> > They (GL) claim they
> > don't do
> > > this....... But since they have always refused
> to
> > make bidder info public,
> > (DRMS
> > > had no problems making bidder info public, and
> > anybody who bid knew that
> > the info
> > > was public, and as a "partner" of the Government
> > you would think that the
> > freedom
> > > if information act would help, but it doesn't)
> one
> > can only imagine that
> > they do
> > > in fact "run up" items they sell. At least at a
> > live auction you can see
> > the shill
> > > bidders!! GL can claim they don't electronically
> > shill bid till they are
> > blue in
> > > the face, but since they will never make bidder
> > info public they will
> > never be
> > > able to prove that they don't do it. One can
> only
> > hope they loose the
> > contract in
> > > a few years, but since congress didn't want to
> > hear about it when lots of
> > us
> > > complained originally I doubt it will change in
> > the future.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I haven't read their fine print
> > > > sufficiently to know whether that is possible
> or
> > not according to their
> > > > terms. Something simply doesn't smell right.
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > JEFF HAIN-MATSON
> > > FRONT LINE MILITARY VEHICLES WEB SITE:
> > http://www.flmv.net/
> > > WRIGHTSVILLE PA
> > > 717-252-4489 VOICE
> > > 717-252-4499 FAX
> > > flmv@flmv.net E-MAIL
> > > MVPA #1833
> > > IMPS #1726
> > > MVT #9362
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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