On 21-10-2005 04:28, James Pacyga, jim.pacyga at earthlink.net, wrote: > Don't underestimate the key take away - large organisation selling off > capital equipment. I got my G4/500 for $300 from my old consultancy in > 2001...they just want to dump it as it is already amortised.... Yes! And that's the "secret of the smith" as I said in my mail before. For these organisations it's mostly cheaper to buy new hardware without trading in their old stuff. They will not organize a kind of "garage-sale". Be sure the rest-value in the books will be low. What they like to find: ONE buyer (the quicker, sooner and faster, the better) who is willing to pay that rest-value minus the costs of removal (they would have in case of not finding an "easy-buyer"). There are lots of these occasions, from 1 piece to container-loads! And well, you'll need a network and connections to find these but that's up to you. Jo