I aggregated 28 US Government auction sites into one search

Post by cucumber3732842 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC

83 wrote: post #14

1970-01-01 wrote: post #8

US Gov auctions are great when you want 400 of something broken or want to travel through 3 states for a $1000 mil-spec kitchen sink.

Or when you've been wanting to one up your neighbor's boat by buying a drug running speedboat with bullet holes.

Post by pwr1 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

Post by kjs3 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC

player_piano wrote: post #16

rovr138 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Curious, what are you using for notifications like this?

I am still on Vercel (yes I know, trying to migrate off...) and it gives you automated alerts when there are anomalous traffic spikes. Funnily enough, I have had about 10 scrapers from various places scraping the site in the last week.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

Post by triceratops » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC

cucumber3732842 wrote: post #21

83 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or when you've been wanting to one up your neighbor's boat by buying a drug running speedboat with bullet holes.

Or want to get absolutely ripped off by the non-government sellers that are somehow allowed on those platforms. The whole point of Govdeals et al is that the seller is a known-ish quantity. If I wanted to roll the dice on garbage with fresh paint I'd be on Ritchie bros. Govdeals managed services (or whatever they call it now) is just as questionable as 3rd party sellers on any given big bog store's ecommerce "platfor…