On an online auction there's-
Assorted computers and accessories
(18) computer towers
(17) monitors
Printers
Cables
Printer ink
The current bid is $10 but the auction ends April 30th, how high is to high?
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On an online auction there's-
Assorted computers and accessories
(18) computer towers
(17) monitors
Printers
Cables
Printer ink
The current bid is $10 but the auction ends April 30th, how high is to high?
i try to pay no more than $5-6 per tower including fuel. A lot of it depends on what prices you get from your buyers for ferrous, non ferrous, and e-scrap.
What i would do is figure the highest price you can pay witch in my opinion if you are scraping them would be $125.00 do not forget most auction lots are always not complete systems,the ram is missing or the hard drives are gone ok so put in a proxy bid and see what happens if you can"t buy them right its makes no sence to buy them a proxy bib keeps me out of the lots where you get caught up in the bidding and bid to high good luck .
Bookmark the auction, mark your calendar for the day it closes, then check it. Not really enough info to make a completely informed decision...how far away is it? What kind of monitors(LCD or CRT)? How many printers? How many & what model#s are the printer ink? What kind & what weight in cables (power or data cables, huge difference to a wire stripper)?
Anyway, my rule of thumb is no more than $5 per tower... $0 for CRT monitors, $0.50 for LCD... printers I frickin' hate, but chalk them $0.50... ink's an unknown, and $0.50 per pound on the cables.
So, S.W.A.G. if you bid $100 you oughta do alright in the off chance you actually win it. Don't be surprised, though, if you check the auction that morning & see it bid up to $300-$400-or more. If it is, close that window & shrug.
(Yeah, I don't win too many computer auctions! :& )
Don't forget to factor in the Buyers Premium and Sale Tax if it applies.
I wouldn't bid more than 100.00. I don't like monitors, I don't like Printers, I don't like ink, I'd just bid on the computers and if you win everything else is just a throw in, I'm not really interested in paying for the other stuff. I agree that the auction could go for $$$ but you really don't know. I won an auction of ten computers and a second for 7 computers for a total of 55.00 in one day. On the same site the next day a lot of 18 computers went for 200.00. Who knows....Quote:
Originally Posted by caleb7210
Then name of the game is volume. Just like scrap, you need to be bidding on a bunch of auctions, not just one. I may bid on 40 auctions ending in a week and win 5-10, but the ones I win I'm in it the right way.
This is what I do but it's just the way I do things and sometimes I do things diffrant than most. I would set a price that I am willing to pay for the lot, lets say for that lot 100.00-125.00. Then I wait till the very end of the auction about 15min. before the auction closes and if the bids are not over the amount that I had set then place my bid. I just won one today off of gove-deals 4 large office copiers about 6 printers/copiers 2 servers and 2computer towers all for 40.00. Alot of those computer auctions do go for way to much if your looking for scrap computers so be carefull.
If they are P4s or higher forget winning the auction for scrap profit price. I've watched a number of these auctions go for 25-75 per computer. Many companies buy them and ship the stuff overseas it seems. Good luck to you...I do hope you win.