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St. Louis County has saved a bundle on high tech equipment - by turning to the popular online auction site eBay. Many local governments use the web to unload surplus equipment - but it’s not so often a county gets new equipment that way.
Duluth, Minn. — St. Louis County first tested e-commerce a few months ago. County purchasing director Dick Florey says the county unloaded surplus equipment through an online site instead of holding a local public auction.
“We initiated a pilot project here about four months ago with auctioning online,” says Florey. “Extremely successful - we’re seeing anywhere from a 20 to a 30 percent more return on our money than we would by doing it in an auction.”
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