Koz wrote:
A guy showed up at the shop door today with a pick-up load of new
equipment to sell. It probably wasn't a scam as the truck was painted
with the same logo/brand as the equipment. Anyway, the story was that
the items were left from the trade show and they wanted to sell them
rather than return them to the head office or sit on them. Can't
remember the exact brand but it was familiar but not major label.

2 generators on rolling carts..didn't get the exact specs but one was
diesel and rated at 18 amps, 240 the other at 30 amps 240

1 gas powered air compressor. Twin "hot dog" tanks that appeared to add
up to about 15 gallons. I would guess it was about 6 HP

1 pressure washer...probably about 6 horse

1 trash pump which I couldn't see well due to the amount of shrink wrap.

All items were new and still in shrink wrap with warranties that were
also transferable.

book list was $18,000 which probably means that retail was about $ 8000-$
10000 (guess)

He wanted $ 4600 for the lot. I said all I could go was $ 2500 which he
passed on. Didn't need it and didn't have time to try and sell on e-bay.

What would you have done (and I know you can't see the stuff)? One
generator would have been nice but the rest was a little too much to take
on a whim.

That's the same guy and same truck that wanders around our area about twice
a year. (well... same scam, anyway).

They tout the goods as being 100% US-made and fully warranted by a company
out of North Carolina. But if you peek under certain edges, you see "made
in Taiwan" on a few items.

What they mean by "made in the USA" is, they buy the equipment _almost_
fully assembled. Then they drive in a few screws, put on castors, etc., and
post-lable the materials with their logo. Ta-DA! Made in the USA!

Yup.

(BTW... that same scam is used for much US-made clothing. They buy it from
the sweat-shop countries, sew on a button or logo, and call it US goods)

LLoyd