2deuce said:
I Thought I'd ask a question about Gov't Liquidation since alot of you guys here have dealt with them. Are they in the habit of pulling auctions that are posted but the bidding hasn't begun. I thought I'd watch a few things that looked interesting that were to start soon but when I came back a week or 2 later it wasn't there. Is this common? Thanks, Greg
I know they used to monitor the MV list, so I'd imagine they watch some of these sites too, just to see what people are interested in. A while back, they listed an XM410E1 8x8 in a regular sale. The bidding got up to over $7K and they pulled it before the bidding ended in order to relist it in a sale of it's own with better advertising and hype (and inflated tires and better pictures).
I have also seen them relist an item earlier in the sale list so that it comes up on the first page if you browse by sale. I'm pretty sure they monitor if an item has a lot of "watchers" before the bidding and then they move them to another item number that will come up on the first page. Example: There was a nice M813 at Meade that I was watching 3 weeks before it opened. It was a clean winch truck and I'm sure plenty of others were watching it too. Anyway, let's say it was item 3246 in the sale. One day, about a week before the sale, it disappeared from my watch list. I browsed by location and, low and behold, there it was with an item number of 3. This has happened on more than one occassion. Funny thing is that I wouldn't think it would work as well as they hope, since the item essentially disappears from your watch list...
I guess the watch list is a convenience, but it's also their way to know what people think is worth watching.... Might be better off just writing them down....
