Tandy 100 pile - could it be valuable?

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Sun Mar 28 15:23:21 1999

> Sometimes the auction house lets you take what you are interested in off
> the pallet if you're the high bidder and leave the rest. They then
> auction off what's left on the pallet at the next auction. Being a
> university auction they might look at you and laugh but its worth a shot.

The surplus people here aren't very flexible. Your approach might work but
we'll see. Anyway the auction isn't for several weeks (auctions happen just
before the beginning of the quarter; one just happened).

It's possible that Surplus is following a rule they didn't create (it could
even be a state law, since the UW is a state university). I think they're
also rather lazy. They auction off PC compatibles and Macs individually.
Even modern but exotic things like Suns seem to remain in a pile.

-- Derek
Received on Sun Mar 28 1999 - 15:23:21 BST