Peter H. writes:
Stumbled across this website by Public Works and Government Services Canada, Crown Assets. They auction surplus electronics, vehicles, appliances, cameras, military gear, computers. Heck everybody needs an Ultra-Violet Visible Spectrophotometer. God save the Queen!
Thumbing through government seizure auction catalogs is always a fun way to kill a little time before the mounties come to take away your stuff. I think I’ll take the darkroom revolving door for my auction fantasy this morning.
Sadly, if there was a UV-Vis Spectrophotometer on that auction site, there doesn’t seem to be one anymore. I’ve actually sort of wanted one for a while.
I had one of those revolving darkroom doors lingering around my office forever, but could never find either a use or buyer/taker for it. A couple of years ago in LA, it was like analog photography equipment was falling from the sky.
I could have had a baggage x-ray machine for 201.21 (I assume) wierd canadian moneys?
Too bad it’s in Canuckistan, shipping would be crazy.
Just to clarify, these goods are not seized, they are surplus. Now back to searching for that elusive Federal fur!
Some are from siezures. i.e. “Siezed Assets” category.
Hmm, I don’t know if $220,000 is a deal for 49939kg of empty 5.56 and 7.62 ball casings.
More than 8000 vacuum tubes for less than $10k? Interesting…
172kg of mixed, used rubber boots! woohoo!
It’s like the Sam’s Club of government surplus.
“Her majesty does not guarentee quality, performance or dependability of the materiel listed in this offer to purchase.”
The Queen should at least offer a 30 day satisfaction guarantee.
The seized stuff is mostly trashy lamps and occasional tables from China, but there’s a east coast fishing boat that sold last year for $10. It looks like a Cape Islander; probably seized from a drug-runner.