Located a cool website that sells recovered stolen property....

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bayoubrut

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The site is www.propertyroom.com I couldn't help but notice all the scanners and how cheap they are selling for.

From the site.."The vast majority of items auctioned by PropertyRoom.com derive from law enforcement agencies and other public municipalities. With few exceptions, we physically pick-up the goods and transport them into our facilities. We then inspect the goods and make them ready for auction. Lastly, we tightly control the listing content, auction process and fulfillment of each item."

" PropertyRoom.com, founded in 1999 by former police officers, combines expertise in law enforcement procedure, inventory tracking, logistics, merchandising, marketing and customer service to provide an effective auction solution for law enforcement and municipal surplus agencies.

With distribution and service centers nationwide, PropertyRoom.com specializes in the auction of stolen, seized, found and surplus goods and vehicles. Serving over 1,100 law enforcement agencies nationwide, we offer a fraud-free marketplace with superior customer support.

Police Auctions

Before PropertyRoom.com, law enforcement agencies were responsible for tracking and storing auction inventory as well as coordinating, promoting and conducting live auctions. PropertyRoom.com acts as a service business for agencies by taking over the process, freeing-up space in crowded law enforcement property rooms. As importantly, we eliminate the time and effort wasted in the old-fashioned auction process while vastly increasing revenues, reducing costs and increasing public access to these public goods.
A selection of PropertyRoom.com municipal partnerships includes:

# NYPD (New York City Police Department)
# Seattle Police Department
# King County (WA) Police Department
# LAPD (City of Los Angeles Police Department)
# Pinellas County (FL) Police Department
# Cincinnati Police Department
# Sacramento County Sheriff
# Indianapolis Police Department
# Broward County Sheriff (Fort Lauderdale)
# Albuquerque Police Department
# Lexington, KY PD
 

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First, who says they are cheap? There's a Pro-97 already at $60 with three days to go on bidding. Second, you have no idea what you're getting since the descriptions don't even include what's included and most haven't even been tested. Third, many of the items are being sold by merchancts recruited by PropertyRoom and are not seized merchandise at all. I'd trust e-bay for a used scanner any day over these guys.
 

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I agree that the descriptions are lacking information. The items that are new are obviously not recovered property but it doesn't take long to figure out which is by other merchants. There are some cool stuff on there out of police cars and their lots of assorted tools.
 
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I've been a member of that site for almost two years now, bought a few things off of it, mainly computer stuff back before it got too popular and the prices got drove up.
 
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