Has anyone here gone to any of these Government auctions ?

On several occasions a company has sent 'junk mail' to me about
a newsletter about UK government auctions and how to get surplus ,
police confiscated goods etc etc very cheaply .

Just wondered if anyone has tried this out .

Who'd want to buy a government?

I have heard of such things, but I've never been myself. I'm told they are usually full of people who run auction hosues themselves and have the financial clout to scoop up entire lots en masse.

Not sure why anyone would junk mail you unless thay were one of those middle men as described. The information would be freely available, ask your local plod to point you in the right direction.

You could this URL:

I went to a police auction many years ago, when I was student. Most of the lots were booze, and it was full of restaurant owners buying cheap wine!

We bought 2 case of mixed booze, half of it was cak (but hey, we were students so we drunk it anyway), half was good stuff. Can't remember what we paid for it, but I know we thought we'd done pretty well.

There was other stuff as well, obviously you should be able to get a catalogue and see what's there.

Loads of fun though...

Cheers

Simon

PS Now I remember, there was a Rolex which I bid £50 for, it went for about £200 in the end, even then that was cheap for a Rolex, but sadly I was a student so couldn't keep up http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/frown.gif


[This message has been edited by simes (edited 21 September 2000).]

Loadsa stuff on that auction web site - even for the discerning pervert

"101V FIVE PAIRS OF CALVIN KLEIN LADIES KNICKERS

102V FIVE PAIRS OF CALVIN KLEIN LADIES KNICKERS"

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Well worth a read!

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<B>Well worth a read![/quote]


But only if you are not paying the phone bill !!

I know that there are some places that claim that they have 'guides' on how to get cheap stuff from auctions and places like that. I used to get junk mail like that from one place until I asked them to remove me from their mailing list. About 10 phonecalls later they finally removed me from their list.

I remember Quentin Wilson doing a piece on buying cars at auctions and about getting ex-police cars at auctions. He said that it was a ood way to get cheap cars.

a 'good' way to get cheap cars even.

Sorry - fat-fingered typing again.

DOH!!

I like that auction site. anyone know what to do with a car that doesn't have keys or documents, can the old owner legally use their kes and documents to take the car off you?

When you say documents do you mean the DVLA documentation?

I would have thought that whoever the DVLA have down as the legal owner would still own the vehicle. So as long as you have your name down on that document, even if the old owner has keys he/she wouldn't be allowed to do anything with your car.

Anyone know whether this is true. Seems it should be according to common sense, but then again that may mean that it isn't.

Bit of a grey area this one. The V5 states who is the 'registered keeper' but not who is the legal owner.

I suppose if you had proof of purchase it may prove you are the legal owner.........having said that, if you inadvertantly purchase a stolen car and have handed over your dosh, and the car is recovered, you lose your money !

Not very much help am I !

I would have thought that any decent auction site would have both the DVLA documentation (V5) and the keys. If they don't - it's not worth the risk of buying the car.

IMHO