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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:     Friday, November 9, 2007

Contact:       Helen Emry, Central Services Department, 360-786-5497 Ext. 6960-ask for Helen

Thurston County Surplus Items On Sale on the Web

Olympia -- Thurston County will be holding an on-line auction of surplus IBM Mainframe equipment. Items will be available for purchase starting on Tuesday November 13^th, 2007 starting at 9:00 AM, and bidding will close on Monday November 19^th at 9:00 AM.  

Items for sale are Rack Enclosure, IBM Magnetic Tape subsystem, Front end processor and IBM eServer along with connection cables, and manuals. The items have been under IBM maintenance contracts for several years, so the equipment is in working order.  Those interested in viewing the items or bidding should go to www.publicsurplus.com to register as a buyer. There is no cost to register. Condition of the items varies and they are sold on an as-is basis.

Payment for items may be made using cash, cashiers check or money order. Cash payments must be exact change. Sorry no personal checks or credit cards. There is 8.4% sales tax and 8% surcharge added to the cost of the items. Items must be removed within 10 days after payment has been made.

For questions please feel free to call Thurston County Central Services at 754-3355 Ext. 6960