Ritchie Brothers Auctions the Wall

[Tomtint]

Many of us have been to their auctions and many of us have purchased from them in the past. They have the ability to decide if they will or will not, accept auction items and bring them to market. IMO, by accepting and agreeing to sell the border wall material, They are betraying the US taxpayer. I for one won't set foot at another one of their sales.

 

[gstrom99]

There will be a court fight about this, and an injunction filed very soon.

 

[Tomtint]

There will be a court fight about this, and an injunction filed very soon.

Maybe so.. But the main thing is that RB agreed to auction the material in the first place.. Its a slap in the face to the people who buy from them on a regular basis.

 

[oldnslo]

What is the other option? Throw all those materials away…. Did Ritchie Bros go looking for this or was the same type of deal where the item was offered to them to be put on an auction. I fail to see how this is a betrayal by Ritchie vs our politicians..

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

I dont get the hate pointed at RB Auctions.
Maybe someone can change my mind as its open.

if the Gov't decided to sell the stuff on Amazon / FB Marketplace / E-Bay or ship it to local scrap yard or whatever are we supposed to hate those businesses for taking the business? I understand the Gov't hate of the decision but not the hate pointed at the middleman.

I hope people don't hate me cause the last tractor I bought was from a Japanese company and car from German company (ie: WWII)

 

[Tomtint]

What is the other option? Throw all those materials away…. Did Ritchie Bros go looking for this or was the same type of deal where the item was offered to them to be put on an auction. I fail to see how this is a betrayal by Ritchie vs our politicians..

The other option is to tell the sellers ( the gubment )they are not interested in brokering the sale. They would not throw them away.. They would be getting erected in 3 months like they were intended. Its not like Ritchie docent know what they are or what the selling party is trying to do.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Some politician or one of their family members has probably already came up with a plan to buy the panels cheap and sell them back to the government at a much inflated price, adding to their already highly inflated bank accounts.

 

[BlueKnife]

I'd like to have some of that material. Looks handy to have around. The border wall is a bandaid fix. It's not gonna solve anything long term.

 

[jyoutz]

I'd like to have some of that material. Looks handy to have around. The border wall is a bandaid fix. It's not gonna solve anything long term.

The current sections of border fence have “gates” cut in them everywhere. A battery operated reciprocating saw seems to be the gatemaker of choice. The only place a fence works is along urban areas where people can’t make gates undetected.

 

[BlueKnife]

The current sections of border fence have “gates” cut in them everywhere. A battery operated reciprocating saw seems to be the gatemaker of choice. The only place a fence works is along urban areas where people can’t make gates undetected.

Yup. Easy to go under, over or around and it's being done regularly.

 

[zoedog2012]

Yup. Easy to go under, over or around and it's being done regularly.

That's going to end Jan.20

 

[Bearsixty7]

From reports I have seen here from Texas sources as well as the attached article, The wall is helping, is it perfect, no, but it is better than nothing.

Walls Work

Securing America's Borders

www.cbp.gov

 

[BlueKnife]

That's going to end Jan.20

No it isn't. It'll probably slow down some, maybe quite a bit even, but not because of a wall.

 

[MossRoad]

Many of us have been to their auctions and many of us have purchased from them in the past. They have the ability to decide if they will or will not, accept auction items and bring them to market. IMO, by accepting and agreeing to sell the border wall material, They are betraying the US taxpayer. I for one won't set foot at another one of their sales.

In a nutshell, US Custom and border protection and all eligible border states didn't want all of it. They took 60% of it and that's that. The 40% left went up for sale.

Now how would you handle it? Read on....

Trump tells Biden to stop selling border wall parts. Why the material is being auctioned

The materials were intended for projects along the U.S.-Mexico border and appeared for sale on GovPlanet, a government surplus auction marketplace.

tinyurl.com

Texas Governor Abbott had requested the Texas Facilities Commission look into what material was being sold.

"The Texas Facilities Commission told us today that the material for sale was mostly junk, with most panels covered in concrete and rust. There were a few panels that might be usable but not worth the cost of shipping to Texas from Arizona," Lt. Governor Patrick posted.

Why are the materials being sold?​

Section 2890 of the National Defense Authorization Act, introduced by Republican lawmakers in the House, requires the Department of Defense to develop a plan to use, transfer or donate all “covered materials” purchased for border barrier construction between fiscal years 2017 and 2022.

The law mandated that the Department of Defense submit a plan “to use, transfer, or donate to States on the southern border of the United States all covered materials” within 75 days of the National Defense Authorization Act’s enactment and begin executing it 100 days later.

The process continued “until the date on which the Department of Defense is no longer incurring any costs to maintain, store, or protect the covered materials.” This led to the eventual sale of a portion of these materials through GovPlanet, a government surplus marketplace.

After fulfilling requests from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and eligible border states, transferring nearly 60% of the materials, the Department of Defense sold the remaining 40% through a competitive sales contract.

 

[BlueKnife]

In a nutshell, US Custom and border protection and all eligible border states didn't want all of it. They took 60% of it and that's that. The 40% left went up for sale.

Now how would you handle it? Read on....

Trump tells Biden to stop selling border wall parts. Why the material is being auctioned

The materials were intended for projects along the U.S.-Mexico border and appeared for sale on GovPlanet, a government surplus auction marketplace.

tinyurl.com

Texas Governor Abbott had requested the Texas Facilities Commission look into what material was being sold.

"The Texas Facilities Commission told us today that the material for sale was mostly junk, with most panels covered in concrete and rust. There were a few panels that might be usable but not worth the cost of shipping to Texas from Arizona," Lt. Governor Patrick posted.

Why are the materials being sold?​

Section 2890 of the National Defense Authorization Act, introduced by Republican lawmakers in the House, requires the Department of Defense to develop a plan to use, transfer or donate all “covered materials” purchased for border barrier construction between fiscal years 2017 and 2022.

The law mandated that the Department of Defense submit a plan “to use, transfer, or donate to States on the southern border of the United States all covered materials” within 75 days of the National Defense Authorization Act’s enactment and begin executing it 100 days later.

The process continued “until the date on which the Department of Defense is no longer incurring any costs to maintain, store, or protect the covered materials.” This led to the eventual sale of a portion of these materials through GovPlanet, a government surplus marketplace.

After fulfilling requests from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and eligible border states, transferring nearly 60% of the materials, the Department of Defense sold the remaining 40% through a competitive sales contract.

You're letting facts get in the way of the narrative man. Cancelled!

 

[jyoutz]

That's going to end Jan.20

Not likely. Unless they stack border patrol in the wilderness on horses. 2000 miles is a lot of ground to cover. People should come and see the southwest. There’s not much between cities and they are a long ways apart. Also few or no roads in many places .

 

[MossRoad]

You're letting facts get in the way of the narrative man. Cancelled!

Yeah. Sorry about that.

 

[5030]

Little update and I have not posted on this thread at all but..

The Texas State AG has come out and publically stated that he has a million bucks available and will bid on ALL the materials Ritchie is auctioning off and will turn around and give it back to DJT to erect as he sees fit.

He also stated that the Texas Highway Safety Department will examine the trucks hauling the materials 'very carefully' and being a retired trucker I construe that to me that the Texas DOT is going to come down on the truckers for any and all infractions, no matter how minor. The one thing you don't want to ever do is PO the DOT. They hold all the cards, all the time.

 

[MossRoad]

Little update and I have not posted on this thread at all but..

The Texas State AG has come out and publically stated that he has a million bucks available and will bid on ALL the materials Ritchie is auctioning off and will turn around and give it back to DJT to erect as he sees fit.

He also stated that the Texas Highway Safety Department will examine the trucks hauling the materials 'very carefully' and being a retired trucker I construe that to me that the Texas DOT is going to come down on the truckers for any and all infractions, no matter how minor. The one thing you don't want to ever do is PO the DOT. They hold all the cards, all the time.

So Texas's own agency says it's cement covered rust and doesn't want it while Texas's own Attorney General is willing to bid $1,000,000 to get it back? Idiocracy in action.

 

[jyoutz]

So Texas's own agency says it's cement covered rust and doesn't want it while Texas's own Attorney General is willing to bid $1,000,000 to get it back? Idiocracy in action.

Paxson is quite the character.