Yellow Iron Lease Inspections
March 6th, 2007 → 11:10 pm @ terry
I had some nice conversations today. Three callers to talk to while out doing my route. (50•6.50) and one equipment lease inspection on some yellow iron (1•55). We had to make some last minute changes early this morning and shift me away from the south end. There was a problem with the server in our office and I needed to have some time to work on it today. If I had gone to the south end, I would have been gone all day.
I have the server back running the program we need, but it is still not accessible on the network. We completed the downloads and printing of new work orders by using the server but that is inconvenient and I will talk with the company’s technical support department tomorrow to see if they can tell me what my problem is.
You know by now that I usually have several things going on at one time. I do not wait for one project to end before starting another. Some of my projects take a long time and require resources beyond my control. So, while waiting, I will accomplish what I can on another task.
A new task that I am working on is to gather more information about “asset liquidation” as it pertains to you and I. I have made several phone calls and have come up with some good information but there is more yet to be done.
I thought I would give you a glimpse of a portion of the information I am preparing for the manual. Here is an excerpt:
I am sure that this manual will eventually find its way into the hands of someone that recognizes the tremendous possibility presented by the asset liquidation industry’s lack of a central reservoir of independent contractors. If you are that person, I would like a little piece of the action. Give me a call any time!
You may get a call to perform some type of service for an asset liquidation company but your chances of that happening are getting smaller and smaller. Due to the value of some assets to be liquidated, most independent contractors are hired by referral or word of mouth only – the asset liquidation company must have total confidence in the honesty and integrity of the field rep assigned any duties for an asset liquidation.
Let me see if I can give you an overview of what is going on and why there appears to be an opportunity here. There are many events that lead up to the need for asset liquidation:
- a company acquires new computers for their workers – all 1,123 of them! A donation to charity of 1,123 computer systems may not be the best route. Maybe the CFO or shareholders encourage an auction or liquidation sale.
- a leasing company files bankruptcy and has an inventory of 1,645 heavy equipment accessories and 70 pieces of heavy equipment. The building the leasing company used was leased and the lease is expiring in twenty days.
- a company has been in business since 1899. The company never sells the equipment needed to perform a certain function . The equipment is leased as part of a service package. Most of the time when a company goes out of business or files bankruptcy, this small but very expensive piece of equipment is overlooked or ignored.
Can you see where asset liquidators come into the picture? Most have to send independent contractors to these sites to catalog, guard, store or transport; whatever the case may be.
That should give you an idea of how I feel about this small portion of our business and you can be guaranteed that this time next month I will know a lot more about “asset liquidation” and there’s a good chance you will too!
I said yesterday that I would have pictures for you today. Here’s a couple.
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A fella just ain’t supposed to work all day so Pakak and I took a little time out to walk along the beach on Mobile Bay. Fort Gaines is in the background – location of the last battle of the Civil War and Admiral Farragut’s “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead”.
Our beagle is named after Farragut – Bentley Farragut Platt.
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I can’t say that yellow iron accounts for very much of the lease inspections I do, but it is often enough. I understand that the Miami area is busy with lease inspections – something to do with all the condo construction.
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Excused Absence
March 1st, 2007 → 10:47 pm @ terry
I do not know what you may accept as an excused absence from the blog for the last several days but I have had several higher priorities to work on.
I have spent very little time in the field the last few days as work has slowed enough that the girls can handle the work load. I have spent most of my time the last few days assisting new reps around the country with their field service business start-up endeavors.
I also have some business to take care of starting tomorrow and I will be unavailable until March 5th. Please hold your phone calls until then. You may e-mail me but I will not be able to respond until the 5th. See you then.