One machine, or a few
A line was replaced, a product was discontinued, or a machine has been idle for 2 years and is standing in a bay you want back. Tell us what it is and we will tell you whether we can sell it.
The consignment desk
Consign your idle machinery. We sell it for you.
Ship it to our warehouse in Roebuck, South Carolina. We inspect it, photograph it, list it, market it to buyers and handle every inquiry. When it sells, you are paid the agreed share.
- Asking costs nothing
- Terms in writing before anything ships
- Nothing you send is published
After you send the list
What you get back
- A person reads itA written answer from a person, not an automated estimate.
- A straight answerWhether we can sell it, and what kind of buyer we would be selling it to.
- The terms, in writingWhat the consignment agreement would cover, before anything ships.
If an auction or scrap beats consignment for what you have, we tell you that too.
- 1975 Founded. Trading industrial machinery ever since.
- Roebuck, SC Our own warehouse and shop, where your machine goes.
- 18 Industries we work in, from textiles to power generation.
- 97,000 Roughly that many machines listed with us today.
How consignment works
From your floor to a buyer, with one point of contact
You ship the machine to our warehouse. We receive it, photograph it, write it up, list it and market it to buyers worldwide. When it sells, you are paid the agreed share. None of it needs a project team on your side.
- You
Tell us what you have
Send the list, however rough. We say plainly whether it is something we can sell.
- Together
Terms agreed in writing
Commission, payment timing, storage and the rest, in writing before anything moves.
- You ship, we help
Ship it to Roebuck
The machine comes to our own warehouse in South Carolina. We help arrange rigging and freight.
- Our work
We sell it, you are paid
We inspect, photograph, list and market it, and handle every buyer. When it sells, you are paid the agreed share.
Before anything moves
The terms are in writing
The first question every consignor asks is what they are agreeing to, so we put it in front of you first. The agreement covers all 8 of these, and you have it before the machine leaves your floor.
- The commission, and the share you are paid
- When you are paid after the machine sells
- The storage arrangement while it is with us
- The minimum period the machine stays with us
- What happens if it does not sell
- Who pays inbound freight and rigging
- How the machine is insured while it is in our care
- What preparation and cleaning we do at our end
Start where you are
Surplus machines, a closing plant, or slow stock
3 situations, 3 different conversations. Pick the one that matches yours and we will keep the questions short.
A whole line, or a whole plant
A site is closing or a line is stopping, and there is a lease date on it. We work to your dates and we tell you plainly which machines are worth consigning and which are not.
A dealer with slow stock
A machine outside your own market, or one that has sat for 2 seasons. You do not need consignment explained. You need reach and terms.
What we accept
Production machinery in 18 industries
Single machines, small lots and complete lines. If your machine sounds obscure, that is usually a good sign rather than a bad one.
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More industries we accept
Why consign with us
A machinery dealer since 1975, with a warehouse of its own
Consignment works when the seller has somewhere real to put a machine and buyers who already come to them. That is the whole of our case.
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In the trade since 1975
The same work ever since: take production machinery a plant no longer needs and put it in front of a plant that does.
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Our own warehouse in Roebuck
Your machine goes somewhere real: indoors, on the ground and near a dock, where it is inspected, photographed and shown.
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We do the selling work
Photographs, the written specification, the listing, every inquiry, inspection request and negotiation. One point of contact.
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It stays yours until it sells
This is consignment, not a sale to us. You are paid the agreed share when the machine sells to a buyer.
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Every term in writing first
Commission, payment timing, storage and the rest are agreed in writing before the machine ships.
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A straight answer
If an auction or scrap is the better route for what you have, we say so before you pay for freight.
The one thing consignment does not give you
A date. A consigned machine sells when its buyer appears. If you need a date more than you need the price, an auction is the honest answer and we will say so.
Consignment, auction, listing site or scrap
Plant closures and surplus
Closing a plant, or stopping a line?
Consign the good machines with us. They ship to our warehouse in Roebuck, we sell them to users, and you are paid the agreed share. We work to your lease date and tell you plainly which machines are worth consigning and which are not.
- We work to your lease date and your utilities date.
- We tell you which machines are worth consigning and which are not.
- We do not publish your site, your address or your list.
- If an auction is the better route for the bulk of it, we say so.
Guides
Guides for people with machinery to move
Written for the decision in front of you. No prices, no sales pitch in the middle of a sentence.
Deciding what to do
Auction, consignment, or scrap: how idle machinery actually leaves a plant
3 routes, 4 things that actually differ between them, and the honest case for each.
Deciding what to do
How a consigned machine is priced, and what actually moves the number
A machine is worth what a buyer pays for it. Everything before that is an estimate, and this is what the estimate is built from.
Deciding what to do
Redeploy, consign, or scrap: triaging a floor of idle machines
Most floors sort into 3 piles faster than anybody expects, once somebody is allowed to make the call.
Start a consignment
Send us the list
A rough list is enough. We tell you whether we can sell it, what kind of buyer we would be selling it to, and what the agreement would look like. Asking costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
- Confidential by default. We do not publish your name or your site.
- Every commercial term agreed in writing before the machine ships.
- If we think it is a hard sell, we say so before you pay for freight.
- If an auction is the better route for what you have, we tell you that too.
Send the list, however rough it is. I will tell you whether we can sell it, what kind of buyer we would be selling it to, and the cases where the honest answer is that you do not need us.
(864) 574-0404 sales@americanplantandequipment.com 4200 South Church Street Extension, Roebuck, SC 29376