Seized Property, Government Surplus, and Abandoned Property
Visit the Sites that Scored Best Now: (Reviews below)
1st Choice: GovernmentAuctions.org
& 2nd choice:
Auctions Pass
Most people don't realize that seized property, government surplus, and unclaimed or abandoned property includes cars, trucks, houses, jewelry, electronics, furniture, office equipment as well as Government tax sales, unclaimed baggage, unclaimed freight, Federal unclaimed property, and hundreds of other items sold at Government Auctions, Police Auctions and Tax Lien/Tax Deed Sales for substantially lower prices than you can get anywhere else! This is merchandise that is seized by US Customs, IRS, DEA, FBI, and police, as well as unclaimed property that is auctioned from abandoned storage facilities, seized homes & businesses, and court evidence.
What's important for seized property, government surplus, and abandoned property? The most important criteria in selecting one of these sites are 1) Legitimacy; are the sites providing these links legitimate? 2) Listings; How large and current is their database of IRS, DEA, US Customs, FBI, and police seized and surplus auctions? and 3) Contact Information; do these sites give you the information you need to register at the auction, contact the seller, etc. Our top recommendation in this category is GovernmentAuctions.org.
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Reviewed: GovernmentAuctions.org Rating: 10 of 10
Hands-down, Government Auctions had the best listings to fine abandoned, seized, and surplus property and merchandise, and tax sales. Finding any item on GovernmentAuctions.org has just gotten a whole lot easier as they have recently added a new search that can find any item you are looking from any online and live auction being held across US and Canada. Examples of items to expect range from various vehicle types, to office and farm equipment, to electronics and jewelry, just to name a few. The government does not want to store these items and makes it available for pennies on the dollar.
Legitimacy - Just looking at their home page we see they've been featured on CNBC, CBS News, Barrons, and others. There was even a video posted of their CNBC feature. We watched the video - it was NOT a commercial. The company CEO was interviewed on a business show as an expert on buying real estate at auction.
Listings - More seized, surplus and abandoned property than we were able to sort through all with a new search engine to find any auction item anywhere in North America (nobody else is tapped into all the auctions like these guys) ! Afterall, you're trying to make or save money, you want the largest number of choices.
Contact info - Too many of the auction sites don't provide contact info; again, these guys get it right. Almost every listing has direct contact info: name address, phone number, etc.
Bonus - With purchase using any link on this page they are also providing a voucher worth more $400 for a 3 day stay in one of any 60 Resorts in the US, Mexico and Hawaii (not a time share promotion or anything like that), and a free 'Save Money on Gas Report'. We grabbed ours and had a great Resort mini-vacation. This alone paid for our membership many times over.
PRICE:
FREE GovernmentAuctions.org Limited Time Membership
Even if you cancel your membership, and pay nothing, keep the $400 Resort Voucher, Save Gas Report and these included
Bonuses worth over $100.
Government Auctions did not engage in any of the shady or questionable practices we've seen on many of the sites. No automatic re-billing, and no "hidden" charges.
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Reviewed: Auctions Pass Rating: 9 of 10
Listings - Though not quite as many as Government Auctions, we counted many thousands of listings in all the important areas.
Auctions Pass is one of the very few sites that also scored high in all areas. The only reason they did not get a full 10 rating is that they focus on is that they didn't have all the extra "value-add" information that made Government Auctions such a great site - otherwise we are very comfortable with the recommendation
Legitimacy - AuctionsPass is one of the few other sites that has been around a long time. The site provides all they say it does.
Contact info - Good contact info on most listings
Bonus - AuctionsPass is giving away a very well-written ebook that describes the bidding secrets to get the best items at the best price. We found it to be very informative, especially if you are new to buying at government auctions.
Price: $39.50 Lifetime Membership. Click here for a Auctions Pass 43% discount (regularly $69.50)
Auctions Pass also did not engage in any of the shady or questionable practices we've seen on many of the sites. No automatic re-billing, and no "hidden" charges.
Government Surplus Auctions Live News
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City officials are doing what frantic penny-pinchers have done for years: They’re searching every nook and cranny for old fax machines, abandoned SUVs, unsold sports banners and other surplus property to auction online.Their efforts, per Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s do-more-with-less edict, collected $3.6 million in winning bids in 2011 — double the $1.8 million take in 2010.City officials now aim to ... Publ.Date : Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:32:00 -0800
For a starting bid of $150, buyers have their pick of 44 camouflage rucksacks, a 1970s dump truck that doesn’t start but has only 60 miles on it, an inflatable boat or 270 Air Force jackets. With more than 10,000 items pouring in every week, Government Liquidation — which runs the Web site www.govliquidation.com, or “eBay for the Pentagon” — has to move items fast. Read full article >> Publ.Date : Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:53:16 -0800
European Economics Preview: French, Spanish Bond Auctions Due Publ.Date : Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:38:45 -0800
Tobacco auctions in Andhra Pradesh are likely to commence from the first week of March and arrangements are being made to open auction floors in phases, according to Mr Kamalavardhana Rao, the Chairman of the Tobacco Board here. Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:26:26 -0800
(Updates prices, adds quotes, changes dateline previousSINGAPORE) * Euro edges lower vs dlr, holds within recent range * More rumours of imminent Greek debt deal * French, Spanish bond auctions due later ... Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:32:12 -0800
More than 100 Middle Tennessee governments, police departments, school districts and universities have migrated to GovDeals.com to auction old, broken and unwanted equipment. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:12:40 -0800
Newtown Board of Supervisors approved, 5-0, advertising for sale certain surplus equipment, Jan. 23. Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:36:30 -0800
There has been very little consistently in the performance of the greenback ahead of Friday’s non-farm payrolls report. The USD ended the North American trading session marginally higher against the EUR, ... Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:03:06 -0800
The City of Boston is auctioning their retired fireboat ‘FIREFIGHTER’ on municibid.com, a government auctions website. Publ.Date : Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:35:00 -0800
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - At a Jan. 19 meeting of the Municipal Equipment Maintenance Association (MEMA) at the historic Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, remarketing specialists discussed options for government agencies. Publ.Date : Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:16:00 -0800
Government Seized Properties Live News
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Private equity firms are jumping into distressed housing as the U.S. government plans to market 200,000 foreclosed homes as rentals to speed up the economic recovery. Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:13:25 -0800
On Jan. 29th, 2012, California-based Government Auction will host its Historic Government Seized Assets Sale, featuring rare gold coins, fine jewelry and gems; art and antique music machines, with over 2 million dollars in merchandise sold to the highest bidder and bidding for most items starting at $2. The event is structured as an absentee, phone and Internet auction, with Internet live ... Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:02:46 -0800
Private equity firms are jumping into distressed housing as the U.S. government plans to market 200,000 foreclosed homes as rentals to speed up the economic recovery. Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:25:20 -0800
Property management firms are eagerly awaiting an announcement by the nation’s top housing regulator about a plan to bring in private investors to rehabilitate and rent out the nation’s growing store of ... Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:00:46 -0800
There has been a settlement in the kickback scheme to defraud Kodak and the Town of Greece. Appraiser John Nicolo was convicted in 2008 for conspiring with a former Kodak tax official and a former Greece town assessor to get taxes lowered on Kodak properties. The federal government seized millions of dollars from Nicolo and under the new deal, Kodak will receive $7.8-million, the Town of Greece ... Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:50:46 -0800
Tax officials also searched the properties of two of Chadha's alleged aides ' Lalit Kapoor and Gurjeet Kochhar ' in Delhi and questioned them about some transactions. Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0800
BY SILAS NKALA ZAPU is compiling information about its properties seized by government during political disturbances in Matabeleland and Midlands regions with a view of instituting legal action to recover them. Publ.Date : Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:47:27 -0800
Private equity firms are jumping into distressed housing as the U.S. government plans to market 200,000 foreclosed homes as rentals to speed up the economic recovery Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:34:39 -0800
Private equity firms are jumpinginto distressed housing as the U.S. government plans to market200,000 foreclosed homes as rentals to speed up the economicrecovery. GTIS Partners will spend $1 billion by ... Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:01:27 -0800
A northwestern Pennsylvania county councilman locked in a tax-dispute with the federal government has been ordered to spend two days in jail for violating a court order to stay out of properties seized from him by the... Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:22:27 -0800
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