A few days ago I wrote a post about a seized fireworks auction that we ran for the PA Department of General Services.  Well it all came down to working the phones and getting people excited about confiscated fireworks.  This isn’t a commodity that we see very often and we will be lucky if we run another auction for fireworks, but it just goes to show that anything can be sold at auction.  At the end of the day the results we great, the DGS was happy and the high bidder is going to have a great 4th of July!  Now fireworks aren’t exactly our specialty like machinery and rolling stock, but the fact of the mater is that PA had a problem and we provided them a solution.  My assumption is that in the past the DGS either sold these fireworks directly to a licensed firework buyer or they had a clucky bid/ask based process that I’m sure was more than a headache for someone whose job description isn’t selling fireworks.  So not only did we solve the problem of getting rid of the fireworks but we created a competitive bidding environment which always has positive results.  It will be interested to see what’s in store next from the DGS.  I thought that a church organ and pews would be the most interesting thing.  But then we were giving three trailer homes and fireworks. What’s next?

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