carbot,auctions in greater manchester

Cpu2007

hello everyone
I would like to ask you expert if someone know good places where is possible to buy cheap electronics(such as mobile phones,laptops etc)
and also good auction places too.

The electronics doesnt have to be necessarily working,but cheap.

Feel free to post as many places as you know :P

macfly

Have a look at Simon Charles website. They do an electrical and tech auction most Thursdays. Their general auctions sometimes include a small number of these too.
There are others, but a quick google will throw them up.
Your problem is the cheap bit. A couple of years ago maybe. Now more and more people see this as a cheap shopping gambit, with little knowledge of how they work. Most also accept bids from the internet.

StaffsSW

Copied from a recent post of mine....

Having been to two of these types of auctions in the last few days, LCD TV's typically sell anywhere from £50 to £200!

However, they are sold as seen, you very rarely get the opportunity to see them working, and if they come with any remotes, manuals or cables it is a real bonus. They are often in tatty cosmetic condition after being forcibly removed from households, either by bailiffs or burglars, and then left sitting around in police compounds or bailiff warehouses for a few weeks prior to going to the auction house, so do not get your expectations up too high. Any decent ones do attract bidders attention, and in the last few days I have seen many hammer drops at higher than Richer Sounds or Ebuyer prices, and that is before the 10% buyers fee and 17.5% VAT.

If you are in the North West area, keep an eye out for http://www.charlestaylor.co.uk/ in Salford, and http://www.simoncharles-auctioneers.co.uk/index.php in Ashton Under Lyne.

If you do go to any it is worthwhile getting hold of an internet enabled phone or wireless netbook to check prices there and then.

macfly

I agree it can be a steep and expensive learning curve. Some do allow you to give them a thorough check, though Simon Charles isn't one of them. It's rare for them to be bailiff seizures, they are mostly from electrical wholesalers - hence damaged. The key with auctions is to know your product.
My take on this is to buy items that are listed in bulk. The best are in January - Feb, when large shops get rid of what they see as Christmas stock. One auction was selling hundreds of Christmas trees, brand new, last week. If you have storage facilities this is the time to buy - 50p each.
Electrical goods are rarely listed this way. There is always something wrong with them.

StaffsSW

I agree - Charles Taylor tends to have mainly repo stuff, but earlier this year there was a lot of end of season stock that was being auctioned off. I'm currently sat on a van load of Disney branded christmas gifts that I bought for the price of a decent meal in a restaurant. The gamble is more the space it takes up for the next few months than the potential loss of money!

Cpu2007

thank you very much for your information.
Yes this is true, one of the thing i hate is the premium we have to pay over the item we bought which makes it very expensive. I will look at those website and see if they have something worthy

Cpu2007

do you guys also know any place in greater manchester where I can sell printers and also faulty printers?

StaffsSW

I bought a load of satnav returns last year, built up a few fully operational units to sell myself, then put the rest of the duffers into Charles Taylor. Even after fees, I still made a tidy profit due to people getting bidding fever and not knowing what they were buying.

You could easily do the same with printers and any other electronics.

Cpu2007

stevew8975 wrote: »

I bought a load of satnav returns last year, built up a few fully operational units to sell myself, then put the rest of the duffers into Charles Taylor. Even after fees, I still made a tidy profit due to people getting bidding fever and not knowing what they were buying.

You could easily do the same with printers and any other electronics.

you bought the sat nav from charles taylor?