datadawg
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I think the gist of the feedback relates to what a monstrous waste of taxpayer money this is, and just because it's in some demil specification, it doesn't make the policy smart. I am pretty miffed, both as a taxpayer and collector, that our government pays a dollar for something and then sells the item for a penny for scrap, when it could have recovered more money and delivered more value to users, by selling the stuff for reuse.Don't get this thread locked. These parts are NOT for reuse. It's in the demil specifications.
I would really like to know whether the demil specs are written by DOD or the vendor (GL or whatever). I surely wonder if there is some kind of scheme at play, where the bidder has an inside track on the scrap and the sale is chilled because of this moronic policy. As in, you have to destroy humvees, so bid 10% of their auction value... oh and whoever thinks the rules apply to everyone, so all bidders benefit from cheaper bidding, I think not. A few years ago, my firm was going to finance a scrapping company bidding on similar GL stuff, and they didn't even look at the bid -- after we provided proof of funds.