28 Mar
1999
28 Mar
'99
3:23 p.m.
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