Real auctions

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Has anyone got any experience with going to real general auctions? I'm looking into auctions for buying and reselling on eBay, but I think it's still possible to get some bargains for yourself.

I've only been to one auction near me, I can't say I was overly impressed with the prices compared to eBay, but things still went fairly cheap. An example of things that were being sold:

A "quantity" of inkjet cartridges £18
Siemens pocket PC £16
Bluetooth headset £14
Cordless phone £5
Siemens laptop £30

The disadvantage of auctions is that they're very long, I was there for 2 hours and didn't even get half way through, or you may have to wait a long time for something at the end of the list then it goes for more than you want to pay, etc.

jaffa30

Hi

I goto Genral auctions round where i live.


Ive had some excellent buys at the auction.

Imho the best thing to do is go on the viewing day have a good look round if you see anything you like you can


( the best thing about the viewing is you can go home and check prices on ebay )

Either

Return for the auction or

Leave your max bid at the office.

Have a look at http://www.thomsonlocal.com/index.htm?cobrand=pagebuilder for more local auctions.

Keep a eye out for church charity auctions you sometimes get little gems


Jaffa