That sure would be a handy thing to have access to @ FRANKIE. I used to use the one at my friends cycle shop until he passed away. I couldn't stand the guy that has it now but have a great neighbour that runs a service shop next property to mine so easy to accomplish now but at a reasonable cost. I find myself doing as so many others do and that is we know in our minds where we're going with thoughts and really miss out on some major pieces in the post which leaves people scratching their heads. But we all try best we can!! JIM
Many years ago I really missed out on some great deals. There was a Sears located at the Shore Mall about a mile away on the Black Horse Pike that was relocating to the Hamilton Mall about 6 miles away, which was just finished being built. An auction company from Macon, Georgia was auctioning off everything in the store. All the merchandise was already transferred to the new store but everything else was being sold. I picked up a lot of things such as a vacuum pump, compressor for a refrigerator, coat racks, file cabinets, and many other small things. But they had a unit in the cafeteria that was stainless steel with 2 doors for refrigeration and one door for a freezer. The unit had 2 separate compressors. It was made by Gemco out of Philadelphia. A new 3 door unit like that sold for about $4000.00. I figured used it should go for at least $1800.00. It was one of the last things they were auctioning off. They had walked through the entire building auctioning things as they came upon them and now we were in the cafeteria but after a long day, instead of the 1 or 2 hundred people that started in the morning, there were only about 10 of us left. I could have used something like that in the basement for extra things I had to refrigerate or freeze. If I was lucky, I'd get it for 8 or 9 hundred. They started the bidding off at a high price but no one bid. So they finally started at $50.00 and there was one bid. The auctioneer asked for $70.00 and I raised my hand. He asked for $90.00. No one bid so he sold it to me for $70.00. It took a few minutes for it to sink in. They had to remove a section of wall to get it out of the kitchen. I had no way to get it home. I called a friend with a small pick up and took it home with that. I had a separate door on the outside for the basement and spent half the next day arriving at the conclusion that there was no way I could get it into the house. I put it into the paper and sold it for $1100.00. They had an automotive building at Sears where they auctioned off all the equipment the day before. Hardly anyone knew about it and only a handful of people showed up. They auctioned off tire changers and high speed tire balancing machines worth over $3000.00 for $95.00 to $105.00. I really missed out there. The tire balancers were the type where you placed the tire on a spindle and lowered a protective cover over the tire. You turned it on and it spun the tire at high speeds. When it finished and the tire stopped, you could slowly rotate the tire by hand. As you passed a marker on the machine, a display would light up with the amount of weight needed at that point of the rim to balance the tire. All for $105.00. Frankie
PS. After buying the 3 door refrigerator, I had noticed a large floor freezer that they missed. All the bidders had gone and I asked the auctioneer what he was going to do with the freezer. He told me if I wanted it, I could have it. When removing it, a Sears employee told me that they had just put a new compressor in it and it froze popsicles so cold that if they dropped one on the floor, it shattered. I gave it to a friend of mine who had a restaurant.
