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Im having trouble posting here for some reason but here goes again. About how much should I expect to find a well worn example for? Which ones should I be on the lookout for ? Any specific options ?
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Did you lose that other thread we were all posting replies in?
I got my 60" tall box for $25 per drawer. $75 per drawer might be a more common "deal" price.
Options? If it's the size and color you want, that's it. Oh, and on tall boxes it is better if they have some kind of locking system for the drawers.
I got my 60" tall box for $25 per drawer. $75 per drawer might be a more common "deal" price.
Options? If it's the size and color you want, that's it. Oh, and on tall boxes it is better if they have some kind of locking system for the drawers.
Toxictom
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Check on Govliquidation.com. The sell surplus items for the US Department of Defense and you may find some reasonably close to you. I bought 4 for $150.
Steevo
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There is an 11 drawer one on that site now, located in Utah, with a current price of $340, or about $31/drawer.
I stopped watching it at $25/drawer.
Spudland_Dave
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What I want to know is what you guy search for (CL and such)..I cant find a single example for sale within any reasonable driving distance...Looks like new will be my ONLY Option.
same for me..
whenever i have a road trip on the schedule i search for CL deals between here and there.
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Chandos
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A cargo of 4 Vidmar cabinets on the trailer and a long-bed full of drawers as of this AM. I brought them home last night.
I'd never heard of Lista or Vidmar before I joined this site, but was intrigued by what I read. I bid on a set of 9 drawer Listas at a local military base (through Government Liquidators), but didn't get them. I put a WTB in the local CL, nothing; but then they started popping up. I located three 9 drawers that looked attractive, but the seller was a flake so I blew them off. Visited a couple of sellers, but the cabinets were too physically battered to be of interest to me; the final group, which I bought, are cosmetically challenged but are structurally sound and square. They will refinish nicely. In the end, I sank a little north of $2K into 4 Vidmars and a Lista 6 drawer workbench with a maple top. In the end, it comes out to about $50 a drawer (I'm not sure how to count cabinet shelves), which according to advice I got here is a fair price.
A few observations: do not buy without inspecting. These things are heavy beyond belief and a lot of well-intentioned folk beat the hell out of them by moving/transporting them incorrectly. I looked at two "new" units (still in wrap), that had been so badly damaged in shipping that they were effectively scrap. Unfortunately this latter fact somehow eluded the seller, who kept referring to their retail cost. Check the working of each drawer. On another example two of bottom drawers did not fully close. Upon closer inspection, they'd obviously been damaged somehow, probably while outside the case (dropped on a corner). This defect was not visible in the photos the seller provided and required that I get down on one knee fully to see what was going on.
In short, they periodically show up around here (as they may in your region) but that doesn't mean you want to take home what's advertised. As to govt auctions, caveat emptor. I would not now bid without photographs taken specifically at my request or physical inspection. The first ain't never going to happen in an on-line govt auction, and the second simply may not be feasible.
All this said, these things are incredible. Even at the price I paid, it would be impossible to come close to duplicating this amount of storage and quality of storage space.
Good luck!
Chandos
A couple of photos:
I'd never heard of Lista or Vidmar before I joined this site, but was intrigued by what I read. I bid on a set of 9 drawer Listas at a local military base (through Government Liquidators), but didn't get them. I put a WTB in the local CL, nothing; but then they started popping up. I located three 9 drawers that looked attractive, but the seller was a flake so I blew them off. Visited a couple of sellers, but the cabinets were too physically battered to be of interest to me; the final group, which I bought, are cosmetically challenged but are structurally sound and square. They will refinish nicely. In the end, I sank a little north of $2K into 4 Vidmars and a Lista 6 drawer workbench with a maple top. In the end, it comes out to about $50 a drawer (I'm not sure how to count cabinet shelves), which according to advice I got here is a fair price.
A few observations: do not buy without inspecting. These things are heavy beyond belief and a lot of well-intentioned folk beat the hell out of them by moving/transporting them incorrectly. I looked at two "new" units (still in wrap), that had been so badly damaged in shipping that they were effectively scrap. Unfortunately this latter fact somehow eluded the seller, who kept referring to their retail cost. Check the working of each drawer. On another example two of bottom drawers did not fully close. Upon closer inspection, they'd obviously been damaged somehow, probably while outside the case (dropped on a corner). This defect was not visible in the photos the seller provided and required that I get down on one knee fully to see what was going on.
In short, they periodically show up around here (as they may in your region) but that doesn't mean you want to take home what's advertised. As to govt auctions, caveat emptor. I would not now bid without photographs taken specifically at my request or physical inspection. The first ain't never going to happen in an on-line govt auction, and the second simply may not be feasible.
All this said, these things are incredible. Even at the price I paid, it would be impossible to come close to duplicating this amount of storage and quality of storage space.
Good luck!
Chandos
A couple of photos:
Chandos
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Yeah, the truck's my "arn" hauler and the fruit of too many years on the OWWM. If you can't bring it home, then you can't take it apart and (ideally) put it back together again.
I love to think about how much these boards sustain the recycle/repurposed community. Little goes to waste and we get to play with the coolest things.
CHeers!
Chandos
I love to think about how much these boards sustain the recycle/repurposed community. Little goes to waste and we get to play with the coolest things.
CHeers!
Chandos