> but it never stop to blow my mind when I see the gov selling off something extremely expensive with nothing more than a few lines of description and a picture

> but it never stop to blow my mind when I see the gov selling off something extremely expensive with nothing more than a few lines of description and a picture of the front sign. This is typical of government auctions, large and small. I suspect part of it is to not mislead the buyer with rosy pictures/descriptions, and part of it is their basic MO: "you take everything whether you want it or not". If you've ever bid on pallets of surplus gear it is not unusual to have a few interesting items like computers or test equipment mixed in with absolutely useless crap like giant bolts. This is not an accident, nobody would bid on a bunch of giant bolts if they weren't mixed with stuff people want. You are required to take everything on the pallete with you when you win.