Equipment Auction Fail

I wonder if Jim has any updates with "the rest of the story" as Paul Harvey would say, since this thread is now 3 years old, maybe he knows who bought the stuff and where it ended up?

Brad Ott, post: 389736, member: 197 wrote: I wonder if Jim has any updates with "the rest of the story" as Paul Harvey would say, since this thread is now 3 years old, maybe he knows who bought the stuff and where it ended up?

Lol I didn't notice that the OP was from 3 years ago.
It might have been Jim's last auction dance.

I don't have much of a followup. I did see some of the gear go on eBay for what I thought were insanely high prices, so I have no doubt that the buyer made money on the deal. But he did have to work for it; managing that many eBay deals -- and having to pay the eBay fees on top of it -- takes time.

I don't pay much attention to state auction notices anymore. The time required to sift through the item lists just to see if there are any survey-related items worth investigating, plus the time required to personally inspect the items and attend the auction, isn't worth the chance that I'll be able to buy something at a good enough price.

I bought an old Geodimeter 444 from Oregon State auctions several years ago. I had it calibrated and updated and it was a wonderful 1" instrument. The batteries (onboard and brick) were recelled at Batteries Plus and would last over 2 days when they were all charged. I should have kept it even if just as a display piece. It was Army green instead of the usual orange.