Frequently Asked Questions

(FAQ's)

Your questions are important to the management and staff at GO Surplus.  These FAQs are here to help you get the answers you need.  If you cannot find an answer to your question, please contact us for a personal response.

 

General Questions

How to Contact a Real Person

 

Q Do you accept Credit Card Payments?
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  Yes, we currently accept Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal payments for purchase made through our web store, Ebay auctions, and retail store.  We will soon be able to process Discover, and American Express Cards.

 

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Q How are your shipping and handling rates determined?
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  Our shipping and handling rates are determined by calculating:  The fee we are charged for shipping your package, the labor necessary to pack the item, and the Instapak® Foam Packaging System we use to package most of the items we ship.

 

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Q What is the Instapak® Foam Packaging System you use?
A   The Instapak® Foam Packaging material helps us to provide the best protection for your product.  Even though this system may be more expensive than conventional bubble wrap and "packing peanuts," the superior protection is well worth the extra cost.

 

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Q Can I return an item that I do not want?
A   We only accept returns on Ebay items that are not as they were described (i.e. wrong item shipped, or defective items).  See our Guarantee Information for more information on returning defective products.  For our retail customers, we accept returns for exchange.

 

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Q Where do you get the items you sell?
A   GO Surplus is a "for commission" surplus inventory liquidation facility.  Most of the items we process inventory are from Government and Corporate Surplus, as well as for Asset Management Companies . 

 

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Q Do you only sell on commission, or do you ever buy any of the items you sell?
A   Yes, in addition to our commissioned surplus inventory sales services, we often purchase used computer/electronics equipment for refurbishing or recycling.

 

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Q Will you buy my used computer equipment?
A   We process bulk quantities of used equipment and do not normally purchase small quantities of equipment.  However, we occasionally accept an individual's components and equipment, which we will apply as a deduction to an order in our retail store.  We will liquidate larger quantities of items for a commission.  Please use our Contact Form to get a quote.

 

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Q Where are you located?
A We are located in North Eastern Ohio, about half way between Youngstown and Akron/Canton.  Which means that we are about 1½ hours Southeast of Cleveland, OH and about 1 hour west of Pittsburgh PA.  We are on the State Route 45 South By-Pass, in Salem, Ohio.  You can use our Contact Form for our address, and other information

 

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Q What type of equipment do you deal with?
A We primarily process computers and telecom equipment like:
 PCs Laptops SUN SGI Apple/Macintosh
Cisco 3COM  Meridian/Nortel Laser Printers Plotters
Servers Hubs/Switches Routers Modem Arrays etc.
However, we also process a wide variety of Test, Medical, Industrial and Scientific Equipment like:
Oscilloscopes Freq Generators Microscopes Motors Generators
Eye Exam Equip IV Equip Pumps etc

 

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Q What do you mean "process"?
A When we receive equipment, our technicians test and research most items.  Some items are repaired, or built (like computers and laptops), some are sold on Ebay, others are sold in our stores (web and retail), large quantities/lots of one type item (i.e. printers and monitors) are grouped and sold to other companies, and yet other items are dismantled; separating the metals, plastics and circuit boards so that the "scrap" material can be recycled.

 

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Q Do you only sell used equipment?
A No, we also sell NEW equipment.  Although we deal primarily in used equipment, we have several suppliers for NEW and Remanufactured computers, test/medical equipment, industrial equipment, and software.

 

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Q Do you sell any "Name Brand" New equipment?
A Yes.  We sell all major name brand computers and consumer electronics.  With new computers and laptops, we primarily sell ULTRA-PC® brand computers, but we also deal with Toshiba, Acer, DELL, Compaq/HP, GE/RCA, SONY, Pioneer, and many others.

 

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