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General => Industry News/ Announcements/Press Releases/Product Promotion => Topic started by: Ross_S on August 18, 2019, 10:47:54 AM
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Anyone bidding or going to this? Tiger Auctions is charging an 18% buyer fee per item this is a deal breaker for me. I'm assuming most of this is going to make it's way to Mexico and South America but thought I'd check and see if anyone was going to bid.
Ross
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it's actually Tuesday. but yes i'm watching it.
In an auction like this, most of the big equipment is gonna go for around retail, cause people get caught up in the bidding frenzy.
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In an auction like this, most of the big equipment is gonna go for around retail, cause people get caught up in the bidding frenzy.
It's stupid how stuff goes for around retail. And often needs enough work, time, money to put it around 125% of new cost. Auction bidding is an addiction for some.....
I'd rather buy used direct from someone, or just get new and have the service and warranty. Learned that the hard way.
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Shame this place went down.
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It's always sad to see some of these places die out. It's even sadder to watch what people are about to pay on this equipment. I just can't get over the buyers fee. It makes me want to go into the auction business.
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It's always sad to see some of these places die out. It's even sadder to watch what people are about to pay on this equipment. I just can't get over the buyers fee. It makes me want to go into the auction business.
the buyers fee isn't bad. Especially if you can get deals on things. Last auction, because i wasn't paying attention, i missed an all bells and whistles Amscomatic folder/bagger line by $15. With the buyers fee, and my freight, it would have been under $3k.
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There are some deals to be had. I knew a guy that got a Brother GT541 for $300 at an auction. Everybody was paying attention to the embroidery equipment. This was also back when these were new, so it was worth probably $15k or so at least.
Makes me wonder what strange places printing equipment pops up for auction and goes for nothing.
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There are some deals to be had. I knew a guy that got a Brother GT541 for $300 at an auction. Everybody was paying attention to the embroidery equipment. This was also back when these were new, so it was worth probably $15k or so at least.
Makes me wonder what strange places printing equipment pops up for auction and goes for nothing.
there are TONS of print auctions. Especially in large paper printing world, now that everyone is digital. I've missed a ton of killer deals because i simply couldn't click fast enough, or was on a call.
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When people win items on the online auctions, assuming they are out of the area, how do they arrange shipping? Do they auction companies assist with this? Do you hire an independent moving company to go in, crate it up and have it ready for a truck?
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When people win items on the online auctions, assuming they are out of the area, how do they arrange shipping? Do they auction companies assist with this? Do you hire an independent moving company to go in, crate it up and have it ready for a truck?
usually the auction companies have riggers assigned to the auction, or you can hire independent techs to break it all down.
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When people win items on the online auctions, assuming they are out of the area, how do they arrange shipping? Do they auction companies assist with this? Do you hire an independent moving company to go in, crate it up and have it ready for a truck?
usually the auction companies have riggers assigned to the auction, or you can hire independent techs to break it all down.
Bill Foust is the rigger for the Castle shirt auction.
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How do you go about finding these auctions besides TSB and email alerts from other vendors or publications?
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Styrker was the only thing that caught my eye, I hear from a birdy is spoken for.
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When people win items on the online auctions, assuming they are out of the area, how do they arrange shipping? Do they auction companies assist with this? Do you hire an independent moving company to go in, crate it up and have it ready for a truck?
usually the auction companies have riggers assigned to the auction, or you can hire independent techs to break it all down.
Bill Foust is the rigger for the Castle shirt auction.
makes sense! bill is one of the good guys!
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This could be an interesting auction, I seem to remember Castle did some R&R and product testing for M&R. May very well be some one off configurations so make sure you get specs and serial numbers to register for service.
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That is all.
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Anyone know why they closed down?
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Lost Disney and Ron Jon.
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Lost Disney and Ron Jon.
Ah, I figured it had something to do with relying on major clients. Thanks for the info.
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Lost Disney and Ron Jon.
Ah, I figured it had something to do with relying on major clients. Thanks for the info.
we lost one of our largest customers about 10 years ago - the owners laid off about 40 people. its not fun to see a lot of good people leave.
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This could be an interesting auction, I seem to remember Castle did some R&R and product testing for M&R. May very well be some one off configurations so make sure you get specs and serial numbers to register for service.
Yes, When Dan Zmuda owed the company it was very successful. Dan actually started Castle in his garage printing table cloths. He sold it several years ago and now is regional manager for Naz Dar on the east coast.
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There are lots of ways a company fails. It could be price being too high or too low. Could be quality being too high or too low in relation to what you offer. Could be poor money management. Could be bad working conditions. Could be stuffing too many eggs in 1 basket. Could be a combo of all that.
Point being what works for your business better be something you have your finger on the pulse of.
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I am assuming that Alpha 8 went cheap
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There are lots of ways a company fails. It could be price being too high or too low. Could be quality being too high or too low in relation to what you offer. Could be poor money management. Could be bad working conditions. Could be stuffing too many eggs in 1 basket. Could be a combo of all that.
Point being what works for your business better be something you have your finger on the pulse of.
Agreed on all points. As I begin to relearn, I see some reasons why the big ones fail. Throw in the big boys that advertise on TV. To be sure some of the small to mids do as well. All that said, many do quite nicely and I wish all well and best of fortune. Find your eye.
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Some shops buy there way out of biz, buying new equipment that they really can do without, but Brandt touched on a lot of good reasons.
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I am assuming that Alpha 8 went cheap
i believe around $80k.
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The Alpha 8 went for $24,250 plus buyer’s premium and the Stryker for 76k plus premium. I took notes. The flashes sold for good money. They can be hard to find used.
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I thought that was a pretty sweat deal on the Stryker. The press was practically new. If I knew about the sale sooner I may have looked at it.
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I might have bought at 76k, but I do think a round press fits our shop space better. I hope to pull trigger really soon on a 18/20.
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I thought that was a pretty sweat deal on the Stryker. The press was practically new. If I knew about the sale sooner I may have looked at it.
The big thing with that Stryker is it did not have the upgrade and that will need to be done. The upgrade cost is 30k before negotiating.
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I thought that was a pretty sweat deal on the Stryker. The press was practically new. If I knew about the sale sooner I may have looked at it.
The big thing with that Stryker is it did not have the upgrade and that will need to be done. The upgrade cost is 30k before negotiating.
I'm assuming all new ones have already been switched to the upgrade as standard, correct?
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I thought that was a pretty sweat deal on the Stryker. The press was practically new. If I knew about the sale sooner I may have looked at it.
The big thing with that Stryker is it did not have the upgrade and that will need to be done. The upgrade cost is 30k before negotiating.
I'm assuming all new ones have already been switched to the upgrade as standard, correct?
Yes, couple years ago.
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Not to derail too much... but what are the main differences between the alpha 8 and Stryker? Are we talking sportsman vs g3 kind of stuff? Thinking table up action vs head up / down? Have been intrigued by the ovals lately. Has the alpha been replaced by the Stryker? Or are both in production still? Quite a big price differential in the auction.
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Not to derail too much... but what are the main differences between the alpha 8 and Stryker? Are we talking sportsman vs g3 kind of stuff? Thinking table up action vs head up / down? Have been intrigued by the ovals lately. Has the alpha been replaced by the Stryker? Or are both in production still? Quite a big price differential in the auction.
Stryker has since replaced the alpha, gen1 vs gen2 deal.
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