After a month of living in your new apartment, you may notice it's looking a little sparse.
In need of a rug, a table, a refrigerator and a Hewlett Packard printer, you could spend your whole weekend traveling between Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Lowes.
Or you could check out the auction block at the University's Surplus Property Depot.
Rain or shine, the auction begins at 9 a.m. today and ends when the gavel falls on the last bid.
The event takes place on Millhouse Street, behind the Barracks Road shopping center and parking is available at the nearby Marriott Residence Inn and at Barracks Road between McDonald's and the Texaco gas station.
According to Bobby Carfoot, Surplus Warehouse Manager, bidders can begin receiving numbers at 8 a.m., and each bidder must have a number before they bid on an item.
"We have a lot of regulars at these auctions," Carfoot said. "We get students, University employees, furniture dealers and computer dealers."
Various departments at the University can drop off their old equipment, furniture and technology to sell at auction. The department then receives 100 percent of the proceeds on its items.
But don't think the auction is limited merely to old microscopes and squeaking swivel chairs.
This high-tech auction list includes a Nokia cell phone, a Dell Latitude Laptop and a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet III printer.
For students looking to update not only their technology but also spruce up their apartment, the auction also features area rugs, Venetian blinds and wooden barstools.
Of course, some items are more popular than others.
"We expect our biggest sellers to be the Dell Laptop computers, a Crown Reach truck, a motorcycle and the desktop PCs," Carfoot said. "We sell everything as is, but bidders can plug in electronics and try them out before they buy them."
Don't worry if you can't make it to today's auction. The Surplus Warehouse holds nine auctions each year. They will hold two more in 2002 -- one Nov. 9 and another Dec. 11.
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