Auction Kings TV Show
Village does some house cleaning and hopes to score some extra cash selling unwanted ‘junk’
August 10,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, In what sounds like an episode from Auction Kings ,the Village is looking to host its own online garage sale and list a some used ,unwanted and surplus items on GovDeals.com, an Internet auction site used by municipalities .
The idea is to generate some extra cash for the Village by getting rid of what the Ridgewood News called unwanted “junk” .The list runs the gamete from old phone booths , vintage autos from Ridgewood Water and kitchen accessories such as a broken freezer and refrigerator.
According to the Ridgewood News in 2010, the village cleaned up making $70,000 through auctions on the website.Ken Gabbert told the Ridgewood News he is hoping that Janet Fricke, assistant to the village manager, can use her “negotiating skills” on the website ( https://www.northjersey.com/news/165422456_Ridgewood_hopes_to_make_some_extra_cash_selling_unwanted__junk_.html ) to sell two surplus telephone booths that were recently found at the signal department and last used for Clarke Kent before he went to work for the Daily Planet .
Well as they say one mans junk is another mans treasure , lets hope so .
