hasn't this been researched before and the result was that they had to be cut
into pieces before removal from the site so they could not be reconstructed or
even recognized as towers??? I seem to remember this same lot or one almost
exactly like it a year or two ago... maybe it never sold or the buyer defaulted.
Aug 15, 2013 10:06:22 AM, fishflorida@gmail.com wrote:
Click on the link provided.
Click on the "Lot Details" tab.
This is where I think it gets fuzzy, where it says that there are "198000
LB" under "Units" leading me to believe that acquisition costs are 198000x
the bid amount.
I have requested clarification and am on my way to Huntsville.
Description:198,000 lbs (approx) galvanized steel extendable multipurpose
towers with nonferrous attachments.
...
Item Manifest
FSC NSN1Units Cond2Description1 1
198000 LB Unprepared Heavy Melting Iron
DTID:E1IB
*Total*198000 lbs.
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Charles Tifft wrote:
>
>
> Charles Tifft wrote:
>
>> It says 1 lot of about 198,000 lbs. I don't see where the price is per
>> pound. Bid is at $145. Doubt anyone is paying that per pound for scrap.
>> W6RD
>>
>>
>> Jon Pearl - W4ABC wrote:
>>
>>> I saw this ad, earlier this month.
>>>
>>> I sent a letter to my Congressman asking how it was this didn't somehow
>>> qualify as waste, fraud or abuse of our wallets?
>>>
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>>
>>> Jon Pearl - W4ABC
>>> www.w4abc.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/14/2013 6:50 PM, Mickey Baker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Careful - this appears to be 198,000 pounds of scrap, now selling at $45
>>>> per pound, about $9M dollars, probably close to what the government paid
>>>> for it.
>>>>
>>>> It looks like a better deal... but that's the way I read it.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> Mickey N4MB
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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