This article appears in the February 2009 issue of DOTmed Business News.

Cosmetics Bring Cash

In October of 2008 Dr. Clay Hopkins of the Hopkins Clinic located in Pinellas Park, Florida contacted DOTmed because of a slight problem. A doctor who was renting out space had recently left and he also left Dr. Hopkins with a complete cosmetic surgery set up.
Dr. Hopkins is not in the business of cosmetic surgery so he made the decision to list the lasers on DOTmed.com. After speaking with his Project Manager David Blumenthal, Dr. Hopkins agreed to have DOTmed's Florida Regional Manager, Joseph Gennaro, visit his facility and inventory everything that he would offer for sale.

With the assistance of Joe's inventorying efforts, David was able to create multiple Auctions for Dr. Hopkins.

To date, DOTmed has successfully completed five Auctions for Dr. Hopkins totaling over $50,000.

When asked about DOTmed's Managed Auctions Dr. Hopkins had the following to say, "I was exceedingly surprised with the professionalism and the follow-up not only in the home office at DOTmed, but from the staff that came on site as well. They have gone above and beyond. While there are costs involved with a managed auction, I've done some work on my own on other sites where there isn't a fee and I received no response. That being said, it's obvious that there are big benefits to working with this team. The other benefit was the fact that there was no work I had to do on my end with the DOTmed auctions. They even arranged for equipment pickup. It has been a great experience and I've been satisfied with the results."

Dr. Hopkins still has a Cynosure Smartlipo machine available for sale on
DOTmed Auction # 5749.

No Risks and Big Payoffs

In November Omni Capital Corp had a Toshiba Aquilion Quad slice CT scanner for sale. They had listed equipment for free before on DOTmed and received enough traffic to list this CT for free as well.

DOTmed Project Manager David Blumenthal noticed the CT listing and immediately called Omni Capital with a proposal. After explaining how DOTmed Auctions receive premium placement on the site, the high-profile placement on the home page, promotion through emails to potential buyers, and the fact that there are no fees to the seller if the item doesn't sell, Omni Capital was willing to give DOTmed Managed Auctions a try.

The question of condition of the system came up because the unit was already deinstalled but as it turned out Toshiba did the deinstallation and was able to provide documentation vouching for the condition of the CT.

The Auction was set up with a Starting Bid of $30,000 and a Reserve Price of $60,000. After 31 total bids, including 17 within the final 24 hours, the winning bid was $64,000.

Omni Capital was extremely happy with the DOTmed Auction and they are currently selling a DORNIER Epos Ultra ESWT on Auction # 6228.

Huge Selection of Equipment - 23 Clinics!

DOTmed.com cataloged, photographed, and deinstalled 23 clinics that were installed inside of an international retailer.

All 23 locations are currently warehoused in Waxahachie, TX and are a part of a Clinic Virtual Auction House that can be seen on the homepage of www.dotmed.com.

Items include centrifuges, urine analyzers, Midmark instrument panels, Midmark electric tables, Midmark manual tables, and Midmark cabinetry.

The sellers paid top dollar for this equipment as no expense was spared.

These items are now on auction for a fraction of the original cost. They are sure to go fast, so logon now for great deals on top-of-the-line equipment!

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