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Military auction in Finland

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  • 06-05-2012 10:52pm
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    acmatman
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭


    here is a link to an up coming Military auction in Finland http://www.huutokaupat.com/fi/v/18233 ,how is it that other countries can sell off there surplus equipment to the advantage of the tax payer ,whereas here its All cut up to nobodys advantage .


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    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    acmatman wrote: »
    here is a link to an up coming Military auction in Finland http://www.huutokaupat.com/fi/v/18233 ,how is it that other countries can sell off there surplus equipment to the advantage of the tax payer ,whereas here its All cut up to nobodys advantage .

    How do you explain the fact that I own an Ex 2 Cav Honda 650 Deauville then? Bought at my local Honda dealer...


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    goldie fish wrote: »
    How do you explain the fact that I own an Ex 2 Cav Honda 650 Deauville then? Bought at my local Honda dealer...

    I thought the army auctions were finished sometime in the early '90s.

    I remember the old Land Rover 109's were very popular with the farmers.

    You done well with the Deauville and you didn't get stuck with an old XS400/500 or GT550 dispatch bike which would have been in bits.


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    ex_infantry man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    some of that stuff on that auction site i would'nt exactly call military hardware in fairness and would be better off being crushed and not bought by someone


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    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    I though ex-Army vehicles got sold off in the Garda Auctions ? - tbh some of them would have huge mileage and despite regular servicing would be potential money pits - friend of my brothers bought a Land Rover to ' do up ' as a project - bloody thing was on blocks for years before he admitted it was going nowhere and scrapped it.


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