The Daily Lunch Box #02

Jun 21, 2007

eBay is not the only fun auction site on the Internet:

(1) PropertyRoom.com – A property room is where the police store all the recovered stolen goods. This website auctions the items that the police couldn’t find its owner.

(2) USA.gov/shopping/shopping.shtml – This is the governments official site for surplus and seized property sales and auctions (both local and federal).

(3) LastMinute-Auction.com/index.php – A site that shows all eBay auctions that have one hour left and are beneath a dollar.

(4) BidWarsLive.com/main.php – This site is really hard to explain, but I am a huge fan of it. Warning: bidding becomes addictive.

(5) AuctionZip.com – Helps you find auctions in your neighborhood. Sandy has four auctions this month.

(6) DellAuction.com – A great site for getting good deals on Dell computers.

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