Canadian Government surplus auctions suck....

Have been wanting to get into auctions for a while. Have had good luck buying tools and stuff but can never find scrap auctions up here. The ones i do find are way over priced. 5 Sysco switches are at 1000 bucks. Now i dont know alot about e waste yet but that to me sounds outragious. Everything else is a single item auction.


www.gcsurplus.ca is the only site i can find. Have tried lookin for city or county auctions with no luck. Even tried lookin at private auctions. No e waste. Anyone know of any up here or are there just none around yet?

Iv been there too. Just doesnt seem like theres much up here. Kinda sucks! And ya alberta is a bit far LOL would be one bad@ss road trip though.

All kinds come up when you google them, I just don't know if their the right area for you.
Let Google be your friend, use the big city close to you along with 'SCHOOL AUCTION' in the listing.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

All kinds come up when you google them, I just don't know if their the right area for you.
Let Google be your friend, use the big city close to you along with 'SCHOOL AUCTION' in the listing.

Everything that i did find is across the country or a few hrs away. Nothing close enough.

The big city (Toronto) has moved all its auctions to a private company. Their website has no info and no auctions lined up. Just gonna keep doin what i do and keep my eyes open.

Originally Posted by jord0690

Everything that i did find is across the country or a few hrs away. Nothing close enough.

The big city (Toronto) has moved all its auctions to a private company. Their website has no info and no auctions lined up. Just gonna keep doin what i do and keep my eyes open.

Toronto City School District | Basinger Auction Services

Government Surplus Online Auction :: Auction Results

this one you might check a few of the websites for the goodies;
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That first link is for Toronto OH lol

All other links where very useful. Thanks!

Originally Posted by cummins

North Toronto Auctions always has some good stuff, little bit of everything and the out door power sports and RV auction is next month north of barrie..and the swap meet but almost every guy at the swap meet is a scrapper

The rv auction is at the 10th line and i work off the 11th lol only issue is i work whenever those auctions are goin on. Gonna try and see how the north toronto auction is.

Burls creek is awesome once everyones packin up. Stuff left everywhere. But Good luck buying any scrap there. Everythings waaaaay over priced. Iv never found a deal on anything. Like a Beat to rat crap 80s 3 wheeler. 3 G's! Ya right! He musta been piss drunk when he prices his stuff.

Its shifting from an automotive flea market to something like the 400 market if not worse. More guys selling china plastic toys to silk screen paintings than guys selling car stuff.. Not quite that bad YET but Its getting bad none the less. Sign up sheet says 80% of your stuff MUST be automotive related. Never is. I used to go for the full 4 days. Now i go for a few hrs on the weekend. Really dissapointing. Only reason me ans dad still go are to talk to the guys about our Model A.

Tried sellin some car parts and tires last summer. What a joke. Basically just paid to get drunk and camp at a really expensive camp site. Live and learn!