Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Are Government Auction Web Sites Scams?

Who doesn't want to make money or save money? Most of us have heard about government auctions and police auctions – stories of people buying cars for $100, houses for $10,000 – most sounding too good to be true.

So can you actually get these kind of bargains from government auctions?

The good news is, you can! You can make (or save) a LOT of money buying houses, property, cars, trucks, homes, electronics, and jewelry this way. However, if you’ve ever done a search on terms such as “government surplus auctions”, “how to buy seized cars”, “seized and surplus property”, or any similar terms, you quickly realize two things. First, there are literally thousands of these auctions held by every imaginable federal and state agency, municipal police departments, and local government agencies. The second thing you realize is that with so many listings, it becomes almost impossible to find what you are looking for, and even if you did, the chances of finding the best, cheapest, or closest listing is about zero.

Fortunately, there are websites now that will show you all of these listings in one place, as well as how to actually go about buying government surplus, bank foreclosures, Preforeclosures, seized cars, abandoned property, and more up to 90% off - yes, up to 90% off!

Now the bad news: there are even more websites that will simply take your money and not do a darn thing for you. So, how do you know where to go so you don't get scammed?

Your best bet is to read reviews. There are many blogs and web sites that rate membership sites for accuracy, completeness, currency of information, etc. One such site for government auctions is “Government auction site reviews”. This site examines a number of the Government Auction and Police Auction sites, and can be a good starting point.

So when you are ready to check out the best little-known resource on the internet, read the reviews and join one of the membership web sites!
Michael Ullman
Government Auction Site Reviews

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