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went to a Sheriff auction!

waggy

waggy

No Lifer
Today was the county sheriff's auction of seized goods. They had like 15 computers (fastest was a 400mhz) for $20 each. All different sizes of monitors for $20 (they were out of 17+ when i got there).

BUT they had laser printers. they had ONE color laser printer sell for $20. But they had a HP laserjet 5si for $15 and a HP laserjet 4 for $10!

Plus radios, DVD players etc. I grabbed the 5si and some tools. man it was a good deal.

Now i just need to see if it works. Hope it does. My wife was not happy that i bought it. heh so we are not sure if we are even going to keep it =( bummer.

Its rather large and heavy. so i don't think we can sale it on ebay. bah!
 
wee! i just played with it. I now have a working laserjet 5Si

Now i have to figure out what to do with it and how to set it up. heh
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Today was the county sheriff's auction of seized goods. They had like 15 computers (fastest was a 400mhz) for $20 each. All different sizes of monitors for $20 (they were out of 17+ when i got there).

BUT they had laser printers. they had ONE color laser printer sell for $20. But they had a HP laserjet 5si for $15 and a HP laserjet 4 for $10!

Plus radios, DVD players etc. I grabbed the 5si and some tools. man it was a good deal.

Now i just need to see if it works. Hope it does. My wife was not happy that i bought it. heh so we are not sure if we are even going to keep it =( bummer.

Its rather large and heavy. so i don't think we can sale it on ebay. bah!
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Your wife's giving you crap over spending $15 on a laser printer?

/whip crack


😛
 
Originally posted by: Rallispec
ha.

were they just selling tech type stuff? what about all the cars and boats?
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well considering where i live there is not much use for a boat. but nope no cars. mainly tech stuff. there was some hand tools (i grabed all the Craftsman stuff they had. it was $1 for each part. but some was 5 for $1 or so). some power tools (didnt get any of those. but some nice milwuakee stuff) desk and a bunch of computers and monitors.

IF i wanted to go back at 4:30 everything that is still there is FREE. heh

 
heh now to decide if i want to use it or my Samsung ML-4500 =)

i just don't think i could get this up on my desk. it is just a little heavy.
 
Originally posted by: SampSon
I like police auctions.
I've picked up some furniture for like $10 bucks.
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they only had beds. yeah like i am going to buy a used bed at a POLICE auction! that was just nasty.

Oh one neat thing they had. It looked like a mail box but on the side it said "for child supoort only" and it was huge! heh it was kind of neat.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: SampSon
I like police auctions.
I've picked up some furniture for like $10 bucks.
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they only had beds. yeah like i am going to buy a used bed at a POLICE auction! that was just nasty.

Oh one neat thing they had. It looked like a mail box but on the side it said "for child supoort only" and it was huge! heh it was kind of neat.
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haha ewh a bed, I'll pass on that.

I got some end tables and this huge 4 inch thick oak dining room table.
 
Originally posted by: PanzerIV
I never, ever have this kind of luck. Nothing cool like that happens around here.
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Are you sure? Most universities have periodic surplus auctions with similar deals...
 
We've had a 5si at work for a long time, and it's run over 1.1 million pages, with not one service call. But the "maintenance kit" you have to put in every so often is over $100.

Great printer if you have high volume.
 
Originally posted by: SafariX
your wife was upset about 10$?
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naa about me buying something we really didnt need. NOT to mention a computer part heh.

she was wondering where we are going to put it.
 
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