police auction - poor bastard

[Guest]

Me and my girl went to a police auction about 2 hours away to look for a car for her. Anyway, I didn't know it when I went, but in addition to automobiles there was general merchandise that was seized. I was just walking around, wasting time before the auction started when I saw two palates each contained:

2 hydrofarm 400W MH (ballast, air-cooled reflector, w extra bulb)
3 hydrofarm 1000W HPS (ballast, air cooled reflector, extra bulb)

and all of it was super clean-looking; I'd say unused or w/ less than one grow on it.

My heart goes out to the poor bastard's who gear got seized and sold for $132 a palate.

 

[Grat3fulh3ad]

And the poor bastards who bought grow equipment from the police

 

[Legit_User]

propertyroom . com is a police auction site. Check out garden supplies. lolol
I have seen 4 pages of grow gear.
Stay peaceful

 

[Guest]

I know right; first of all the temptation of buying it was unbearable, but yeah I'm not a complete moron.

It was a couple of kids - I'd say maybe 20 years old. I wanted so badly to approach them and tell them "you guys are off to a bad start," but I resisted. I'll just wait and read about them in the paper in a few months...

 

[badboyg]

depends.. can you buy with cash and who's to say you don't hire a body to buy and sell it to you....?? just a thought...

 

[freedominphilly]

depends.. can you buy with cash and who's to say you don't hire a body to buy and sell it to you....?? just a thought...

I'd be afraid that the cops would put some sort of tracking device in the ballast or hood somewhere.

 

[Beetlepumpr]

I heard some ex-cops run that place, I'd stay away, it's probably a revolving door of 50 ballasts that just keep comming back, if ya catch my drift.

 

[badboyg]

you know I need to kep this in mind,, i want to have a garden shop/ herb (leagal) heath thing one day,,, I would LOVE to SUE teh shit out of them.. after I buy butt loads of equipment and they try to bust me.. hmm I see a plan./// of cousre I will have a lawyer set up in advance,, this could be "FUN" ?? hmm......

 

[marx2k]

There have been numerous cases of police busting in due to suspicion of clandestine grow ops only to find legal grow ops. Tomatoes, peppers, etc.

This is one reason why I am not so wary of buying at police auctions, though I never have. What do you think the percentage of weed growers are buying these items versus the percentage of legal growers looking for cheap gear?

 

[Habibi]

very few people buy hydro equiptment to grow tomatoes. bag of vegetable is what, 20 dollars a pound for the holy grail of vegetables?

 

[marx2k]

I'd have to disagree. Do you honestly believe that the American hydroponics business is mainly being funded by marijuana grow sales? Come on.

 

[stonedeconomist]

dude the indoor hydroponics buisness is definitly being funded by weed growers. weed is america's most valuable crop. go to a website which targets weed buyers and one that targets tomatoe growers. the weed site is filled with grow lights, odor control, and expensive weed tailored expensive liquid fertilizers. the tomatoe sight has little or no grow lights, no odor controls and the fertilser is cheapand in big bags with no mention of veg or bloom. look at this hydro vegtable supply place for example. http://www.hydro-gardens.com/

 

[Andyo]

hey stoned i think you should drop the bait before the cage door shuts marx2 is baiting you he knows full well that marijuana hydrponics is the biggest cash crop in the usa
he can probally tell you the figures dude
milk and apples man

 

[bigbluedog360]

good try marx, you almost had him!

 

[bounty29]

very few people buy hydro equiptment to grow tomatoes. bag of vegetable is what, 20 dollars a pound for the holy grail of vegetables?

Big difference between preservative/pesticide covered tasteless veggies grown by the thousands and the heirloom, loved, delicious organic veggies you can grow at home.

 

[vinevamp]

What an easy gig...sit outside the auction or hydro shop and follow people home.

 

[Lemon]

Buy grow equipment from the cops? I'd rather buy Kool-aid from the Peoples Temple.

 

[Guest]

what happens when your following guido and he has his killer pimp stop the car and blows your brains out...i bet it wont be a easy gig then being a rat scum bag huh

What an easy gig...sit outside the auction or hydro shop and follow people home.

 

[sumo]

brainthor, your sig under user name is grammatically challenged. This is any given time and yet your account is not self destructing. I think you mean your account may self destruct or will self destruct at will. Hope this helps. Oh yea, killing over weed? That is the real problem with outlawing herb. Turning who would otherwise be a stoner of below average intellect into a stoned cold killer.

 

[Guest]

i decide when given time is and its not any given time until i say..nice dissection though man..care to play..no killing over weed reread..dont misconstrue it shows your average iq

brainthor, your sig under user name is grammatically challenged. This is any given time and yet your account is not self destructing. I think you mean your account may self destruct or will self destruct at will. Hope this helps. Oh yea, killing over weed? That is the real problem with outlawing herb. Turning who would otherwise be a stoner of below average intellect into a stoned cold killer.