pyromaniac_guy
August 25th, 2002, 01:31 AM
<a href="http://www.dovebid.com/Auctions/AuctionDetail.asp?auctionID=1446" target="_blank">http://www.dovebid.com/Auctions/AuctionDetail.asp?auctionID=1446</a>
for those of you who dont know about dovebid, they are one of the biggest auctioneers of scientific / industrial / high dollar stuff around... The very nice thing about dove bid is that they offer online bidding, where you can see photos of the lab gear you are interested in.... they also take credit cards for payment of auction lots (for those of you who are concerned about uncle sam wanting to know why you just bought a dna synthesyzer) so if you have a cc, or one of the anonymous web cc's from another thread, this may be your ticket to fancy lab gear at a fraction of what it would cost..
a word of warning about auctions, you can buy stuff for .0000001$ on a $ or you can buy stuff for 120% of what it costs at the local walmart down the street... if you are going to be spending any signifigant amount of money for gear, find out what it really is worth before bidding! Also, FYI dovebid provides shippers that will work with you on getting your lots to you if your not local... it's best to call these guys before thw auction for a quote on a particular lot. if you wait till after the auction they think that you are in a jam and need to have someone pick up the lot quick, so they make ya bend over, and dont use ANY lube....
More and more auctions have had high prices as of late, but every once in a while you still get steals.. not to long ago I bought a half way decent fume hood, and a 60gal flamibles cabinet for 200$ plus buyers premium...
finally, to combat rampent internet fruad, dovebid has started the policy of requiring a cc to be authorized (they dont actually charge you anything) in order to get an over the internet bidders number. if you dont like this, then still check out the site from time to time, as they are (from what i have been told) planning on doing away with the requirment shortly due to customer complaints...
for those of you who dont know about dovebid, they are one of the biggest auctioneers of scientific / industrial / high dollar stuff around... The very nice thing about dove bid is that they offer online bidding, where you can see photos of the lab gear you are interested in.... they also take credit cards for payment of auction lots (for those of you who are concerned about uncle sam wanting to know why you just bought a dna synthesyzer) so if you have a cc, or one of the anonymous web cc's from another thread, this may be your ticket to fancy lab gear at a fraction of what it would cost..
a word of warning about auctions, you can buy stuff for .0000001$ on a $ or you can buy stuff for 120% of what it costs at the local walmart down the street... if you are going to be spending any signifigant amount of money for gear, find out what it really is worth before bidding! Also, FYI dovebid provides shippers that will work with you on getting your lots to you if your not local... it's best to call these guys before thw auction for a quote on a particular lot. if you wait till after the auction they think that you are in a jam and need to have someone pick up the lot quick, so they make ya bend over, and dont use ANY lube....
More and more auctions have had high prices as of late, but every once in a while you still get steals.. not to long ago I bought a half way decent fume hood, and a 60gal flamibles cabinet for 200$ plus buyers premium...
finally, to combat rampent internet fruad, dovebid has started the policy of requiring a cc to be authorized (they dont actually charge you anything) in order to get an over the internet bidders number. if you dont like this, then still check out the site from time to time, as they are (from what i have been told) planning on doing away with the requirment shortly due to customer complaints...