ADOT's hosts its version of a garage sale this Saturday

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These new snowplows are NOT the ones being
auctioned on Saturday, but there are some older,
used models headed to the block. The complete
item list shows what's for sale.

If you’re in the market for a snowplow, Saturday might justend up being your lucky day...
That’s when Equipment Services will hold a public auction(basically ADOT’s version of a garage sale) and there’s a long list of items upfor purchase, including that snowplow.
Also on the block: assorted sedans, a few dozen trucks, someshop manuals, warning lights, a diode tester, an attenuator truck, messageboards, front end loaders, dozers and even a highway debris pickup machine! Youcan check out the complete item list online. 
These auctions serve as a way for ADOT to dispose of itssurplus vehicles and equipment, but before one is scheduled, surplus items are offeredfor sale at fair market value to other state agencies, local governmentagencies, school districts and eligible nonprofit institutions.
All items not sold to other agencies are then rolled over tothe general public auction.
How does the auction work?Items are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.on Thursday (3/29) and Friday (3/30) at ADOT’s Equipment Services yard, 2350 S.22nd Ave. in Phoenix.
Bidders can head to that same location for the auction onSaturday, March 31 – registration starts at 8 a.m. and the auction kicks off at10 a.m. So beat the crowds ... come early to register and look around!  
There is no cost to register, simply come in and fill out abidder registration card. As the auction progresses, you’ll flash your biddercard at the auctioneer to indicate your bid on a particular item.
A few things to keep in mind …

• Accepted payment forms include cash, money order,certified check or cashier’s check. Money orders and checks should be madepayable to ADOT. Personal checks and company checks will NOT be accepted.
• A 7.3 percent sales tax will be added to the selling priceof each item. Exception allowed only upon presentation of a state privilege(sales) license or state use license. Bidders claiming tax exempt status willneed to bring the original tax exemption license with them at time of bidderregistration.
• Vehicles sold at ADOT’s public auction are not licensed.However, one-trip permits can be purchased at a cost of $1 each. The one-trippermit will allow a person to operate an unregistered vehicle from a specifiedorigin to a specified destination. The one-trip permit will be valid for aperiod of not greater than three days, excluding weekends and holidays.
• All items are sold “As Is – Where Is.” Deficiencies, whenknown, will be indicated. However, absence of any indication does not mean theitem may not have deficiencies. All items should be inspected by a qualifiedtechnician prior to operation. Neither the state of Arizona, nor any of itsdepartments or institutions, nor the auctioneer, make any guarantee or warrantyof any kind, expressed or implied, as to the condition of the articles offeredfor sale.
• Pursuant to state law, any motor vehicle, painted yellow,owned or operated by the state, shall, if sold or transferred to a privateowner, be repainted a different color by such private owner before it may bedriven on the public highways of the state.

Visit ADOT’s Equipment Services website for more auctioninformation.
Important Notice:  Arizona Administrative Code isR2-15-303, Section E-5.An employee of the owning or disposing agency shall not directlyor indirectly purchase or agree with another person to purchase State surplus propertyif said employee is or has been, directly or indirectly involved in the purchase,maintenance,  preparation for sale, or disposal of the surplus material.