| You want to make the most of your earnings | | | | difficult to resell a car worth $20,000 that you just |
| especially when times are tough. To get the best | | | | purchased $2,000 - $5,000! |
| values when buying merchandise you must be aware | | | | To be able to know where to get very affordable |
| of unique places to buy items that are inexpensive | | | | items, you should visit government surplus auction |
| and of high quality. One place you probably haven't | | | | sites online. You can find the schedules and venues |
| considered is government surplus auctions. These can | | | | of these government auctions, and even check out |
| be either on-line (so you can bid from home) or | | | | the items on their inventory. These sites will list down |
| on-location auctions. Interestingly enough they have a | | | | events you can attend in your town, city, or county. |
| wider range of items then you'd expect including | | | | But before you enlist in a membership, as mentioned |
| things such as cars and trucks, furniture and fixtures, | | | | earlier, you need to be extra careful. There are sites |
| jewellery, electronics, exercise equipment, machinery, | | | | that are out to scam their members, asking them for |
| etc. | | | | a joining fee, but only to provide outdated and |
| These auctions happen often both locally and | | | | useless information on their membership websites. |
| federally all over the country (US and Canada). | | | | What you can do is to check out a government |
| Where do these items come from? The government | | | | auction review site. They can provide the criteria of |
| purchases almost everything you can imagine, but | | | | what to look for with government surpluses and |
| priorities and projects are constantly in flux. Many | | | | what to look out for so you won't be scammed or |
| items never get used or the projects have finished | | | | mislead. They do the ground work and research so |
| and the items are still in near new condition. The | | | | you don't have to. |
| government is not permitted to maintain inventory | | | | A government auction review site will also provide |
| purchased by your tax dollars so they are mandated | | | | ratings and information about government auction |
| to be auction it back to the public. | | | | sites for each of the different government selling |
| What makes government surplus events and | | | | categories, and explain if they are considered valuable |
| government auctions smart investment options is | | | | enough for interested members to join. Thanks to |
| that the prices are so low, that they can be resold | | | | their useful insight, you no longer have to worry |
| by you for a nice profit. You can expect to have a | | | | about getting scammed by sites making promises |
| price reduction of as much as 70-90%. It wouldn't be | | | | they can't keep. |