800.com

On April 3rd & 4th, 2002, bidders from around the country flocked to Portland, Oregon, to attend a nearly 3,000 item auction. The 2-day public auction hosted 750 bidders who frenzied over lap tops, desk top computers, 21" monitors, servers, networking equipment, warehouse handling equipment, office furniture & home & audio accessories. There was a lot of excitement & anticipation as the IBM AS/400 server sold for $140,000. While the first day of bidding featured high tech & office equipment, warehouse handling equipment & home & audio accessories brought in a different type of bidder on the second day. Forklifts, conveyor systems, heavy duty racking, scales, scanners, & packaging material began the second day while the day rounded off with big screen TV¹s, DVD players, surround sound systems, digital cameras, MP3 players, amps, speakers & more! It is safe to say there was something for everyone at 800.com.










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