ENDED - A couple Fluke 5500As, HP 3245A, and more @ University of Idaho auction - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ivb
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 04:16:55 am
content: Thought I'd pop over to my local uni auctions and see if there was anything good up (I've picked up a couple pieces of tek gear in the past from them on the cheap), when much to my surprise I see they're auctioning off a few gazillion dollars worth of cal lab equipment all in one giant pile:https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=2904702. This is not the first time I've seen them sell a silly amount of gear all in one lot, for future reference.For those of you outside the country, this is in the northwest US, and unfortunately they don't ship, although I'd possibly be willing to facilitate the shipping if it meant I got to caress a 5500A for just a moment.I made an attempt to bid on it already but unfortunately the high bidder remains not meand it's out of my league at this point, but I thought some of the more hardcore folks in here (and those with the means and ability to pick it up) might be interested.edit: fixed url typo! I'm a dummy when it comes to forums.edit2: modified title to indicate auction has ended

author: RYcal
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 04:25:57 am
content: WOW.......For that kinda money if you paid for shipping etc id almost let you keep one of the 5500A's

author: guenthert
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 03:54:43 pm
content: Thanks, but I had a hard time getting that web page to render. Turns out there's a trailing dot in the URL, which doesn't belong there.https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=2904702should work.The way the instruments are haphazardly stacked on broken palettes makes me wonder about the state of the items on sale though.

author: bdunham7
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 07:19:17 pm
content: There's little chance of this auction staying under $5K, IMO. If it does, I'm likely to rent a van and zip up there. It's only 1100 miles for me!If anyone wants to play "The Price is Right", I'll start with $22,000.

author: ivb
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 11:39:50 pm
content: Quote from: guenthert on November 03, 2021, 03:54:43 pmThanks for letting me know about they typo, it's now fixed in the original post.As to the condition of the instruments, I will say I've gotten a couple things from them (tek scopes, a TM500 chassis with modules, scope carts, and a Stereozoom 4 microscope) and it was all in acceptable condition for its age. However none of that is high end precision calibration gear, and I feel it's pretty obvious that the surplus workers have no idea the value of the equipment in that lot (or the other one with the fancy spy spectrum analyzer), so ymmv.

author: ivb
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 13, 2021, 09:09:50 am
content: Just an update, the 5500As (and assorted other calibration/science equipment) went for $8,888.00.

author: bdunham7
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2021, 10:23:23 pm
content: Lower than I thought, but over the number where I couldn't say no! At that price I'd be a bit apprehensive about firing up those calibrators because if even one is junk, the deal doesn't look so good.

author: RYcal
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2021, 04:03:30 am
content: So who bought them? Are they here?

author: ivb
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 14, 2021, 08:56:44 am
content: Quote from: RYcal on November 14, 2021, 04:03:30 amNo idea if they're on here. It wasn't me if that's what you're asking as I don't have that kind of cash to burn, although I did manage to pick up, among other things, some combination of HP 70004A with a 70001A mainframe with modules. The surplus office does pickups by appointment so I won't know the exact configuration until I can get there to load it up.