Thursday, June 12, 2008

Using Government Auctions & Police Auctions Membership Sites

By Mark Allen

There are thousands of government auctions, held every day, and hundreds of websites dealing with the subject. It can be a real pain dealing with all the ins and outs and hoops and loops of these sites, so I wanted to explain the best way to navigate them, which ones are scams, and which ones you can manipulate to get what you want out of them.

Many police and government auction sites are 'membership sites'. you pay a monthly membership fee for their services, like any regular pay site. These exists because most of the police and government auction sites were sites maintained by hundreds of different independent government agencies. These membership sites make government auctions a breeze compared to their predecessors.

Just like anything else, there's the good, the bad, and the ugly. Many of these government auction membership sites will simply take your money. There or however a few ways to tell the good from the bad. Check to see if the auction listings on the site current? No sense bidding on an auction that ended yesterday! Check and make sure that all the listings on the site are up to date, and see if the listings on their site are complete.

Does the membership site give you all of the details about the particular government auction? They showed lists the product, condition, its origin, and how long it's been in state custody. Make sure you see all these things while browsing various government auction membership sites. If the listings aren't complete, it's best to avoid that site. Another thing to consider is contact information. Is there a phone number, an email, or an address listed? If you can't get in touch with them, don't bother.

Make sure their listings cover not only local police auctions and sheriff auctions, but state, and federal as well. Make sure that federal, state, and local government agencies are listed. Just like anything else you might buy, research any site before you give them your hard-earned money.

One of the best ways to find an auction membership site is to check the reviews. You can find reviews at sites like government auctions site reviews - www.governmentauctionsitereviews.com. They regularly comb through these auctioin sites, to check theircurrency, features, and listings, so you know which ones are worth the money and which should be avoided.

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