Government Auctions

savings4me

Hi,
I've heard that going to one of these is a sure fire way of getting a good deal on somehting but finding one is harder than finding rocking horse poo.
If anyone knows how to get this info (companies found on google tend to be a con)orknow where one might be happening?
Thanks

heymylastnameislewis

ring ur local police station?

savings4me

____ Really???____

davet_3

I've always wondered about this too. There must be someone on this board who knows something about it?

keithscott1

heymylastnameislewis wrote:

ring ur local police station?

To my knowledge, my local Force supplies an auction house with the goods that haven't been claimed that were previously treated as found property.

Blagalot

Have a read of Government Auction News:

http://www.ganews.co.uk/

Lists auctions coming up and also has examples of prices paid at previous auctions.

MTM_2

i do know that a scottish police force advertise in the paper and the website when they are placing things in an auction, not sure about english forces though.

savings4me

Thanks blagalot but I'm a bit loathed to pay up front for info unless I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. hAVE YOU USED THEM?
I read somewhere that all you get is something like a photocopy of a telephone listing (sorry about the caps!)

Ken68

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GEUA,GEUA:2005-36,GEUA:en&q=government+auctions

savings4me

Thanks Ken68 more specifically
http://www.direct.gov.uk/Hl1/Help/YourQuestions/YourQuestionsArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=10014697&chk=HhEmlG

davet_3

But you have to pay

Blagalot wrote:

Have a read of Government Auction News:

http://www.ganews.co.uk/

Lists auctions coming up and also has examples of prices paid at previous auctions.