On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:16:55 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:06:12 -0600, Ignoramus17007
wrote:

On 2015-12-28, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 22:09:20 -0600, Ignoramus3023
wrote:

On 2015-12-26, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:37:34 -0600, Ignoramus29630
wrote:

On 2015-12-25, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:07:24 -0600, Ignoramus7100
wrote:

On 2015-12-24, Tom Gardner wrote:
A year after selling the body of production equipment I'm still left
with presses, machine tools, welding equipment, office equipment,
forklifts and tons of other stuff. There will be a state boulevard I
would like to just hire a person to advertise, meet with buyers and sell
the stuff for a reasonable return. What would be the best way to find
somebody and what would be a good way to compensate him?

You can sell everything in an auction.

You certainly can. I've seen whole towns and girls' -virginity- sold
on eBay, for a taste of the gamut. g


Call Cincinnati Industrial Auctioneers.

That's probably not a bad idea. Auctioneers can jack up the action so
idiots are bidding against each other enough to pay for the auction
fees, and get him a better price than a "help me out" ad.

Even if not, auctioneers will help get a more or less fair price where
a reseller can buy and still make some money resellin on ebay.

Scrap metal is worth nothing nowadays and expect to get almost nothing
for scrap machinery, or even pay for removal.

Gawd, scrap iron is back down to $15/T? It's hardly worth the gas.
https://rockawayrecycling.com/scrap-metal-prices/

It is worth about 50-60/ton in chicago in a semi truck quantity.

That much? Wow, is someone remelting it near there?


Yep. The US is a great industrial giant.

Perhaps. But if so, why does Gunner make his living decommissioning
(and you hauling off) the dregs of so many failed businesses? sigh
Sad, it is.


Not sure about other people.

As for myself, I feel very good about the industrial potential and
future of the United States.

I'm deeply disturbed by too many trends, so no rose tinted glasses for
me.


The churn in businesses, bankrupting of badly managed or obsolete
companies, and competition, is what keeps America great.

I understand what you're saying, but your focus seems to be too tight.
Are you not seeing the mass exodus of business from the USA? It's
wholesale loss, not just a bit of redistribution.

You're about 15 years behind the times, Larry. There is no mass exodus
of "business." The exodus to offshoring really didn't last long. The
exodus recently was of headquarters operations and the nominal base of
the companies, not of the actual manufacturing. That was almost
entirely a paper move, for tax purposes. And much of that was stopped
with some tax-law changes about a year ago.

What Gunner is seeing is mostly the result of the segment of industry
he deals with -- the absolute bottom feeders. Mismanaged,
under-capitalized, dragging their feet technologically, they are
declining and the business they did (which is still there) is being
picked up by better, smarter companies.

You can't start a mold shop today with a Bridgeport and a Logan lathe
in a garage. Technology has moved on. And if you try to run a business
today the way you ran it 20 years ago, you're toast.

Then Gunner gets to help move the machines out and Iggy buys them for
scrap. Welcome to the 21st century -- which you'll probably catch up
with in a decade or two.

--
Ed Huntress