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Enquiries that become transactions are kept for as long as the transaction records are required. Enquiries that do not become transactions are kept for a short period and then deleted.

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A site visit answers in twenty minutes what a week of messages cannot. An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest.

A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early. A buyer who works the whole state can move a unit to whichever plant needs it, which is why the coverage matters.

The paperwork at the end is short, and it is the part that keeps everybody out of trouble. The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes.

A site manager who has already cleared the pad has done most of the work that matters. A seller should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before.

A desk that buys for its own account answers with a figure rather than a promise to find one. A plant engineer who knows the fault history is worth more than a file of invoices.

A buyer who quotes without asking anything has quoted for a different transformer. A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time.

A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal. A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one.

A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.

Every county in Ohio has a slightly different way of doing things, and a buyer who works statewide learns them all. A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why.

A transformer that is still connected belongs to the plant's electrician until it is isolated, and that is the first call. A unit that was replaced during an upgrade is almost always a better buy than one that failed on a Tuesday.

A number is only as good as the description behind it, which is why the questions are short and specific. A seller who mentions the deadline in the first sentence gets a schedule rather than a queue.