Do we have to sell everything on the site?
No. Items you are keeping are tagged and excluded from the catalogue before it is written. It is much easier to exclude an item at the start than to withdraw it after buyers have bid. Decide what stays before the site visit, and tell us about anything that belongs to a customer, a hire company or a finance house.
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Complete site dispersal auctions
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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