Source Confirmed
Seller-confirmed
- Power tested 2026-07-16.
- Workable at last use; accessories and software not included.
Analysis snapshotSnapshot decision:BUY
Labomed UVD-2950 Spectrophotometer — Auction Analysis
A $25 observed bid leaves room under a $1,900 conservative resale model and $300 blind ceiling, but the seller's July power test and last-use statement are not current calibration or full performance proof.
Analysis snapshot · Historical — observed August 25, 2026. The scheduled close date of August 27, 2026 has passed. The price, evidence, economics, and recommendation remain exactly as recorded and are not current.
Decision at a glance
RecommendationBUY
- Maximum hammer bid
- $300
The auction bid ceiling supported by this analysis, if one is defensible; see costs below for buyer-premium treatment.
Why this decision
BUY below $300 if standalone operation, optics, lamp condition, and wavelength/performance tests support the conservative model.
See costs and maximum bid for the displayed assumptions and buyer-premium treatment.
- Snapshot observed bid
- $25
- Bidders
- 1
- Blind-model resale
- $1,900
Snapshot provenance and timing · observed August 25, 2026 · scheduled close August 27, 2026
GSA Auctions sale 3-1-QSC-I-26-541, lot 004 · Gunnison, Colorado
Snapshot observed August 25, 2026
Scheduled close August 27, 2026
Analysis prepared August 25, 2026
Published August 26, 2026 · page updated August 26, 2026
Prepared and published by Oleksii Udod for LotCaliper.
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Auction snapshot
At the August 25, 2026 observation, the high bid was $25 with one bidder. The seller says the unit was power tested July 16, 2026 and workable at last use, but accessories and software are not included.
Manufacturer documentation supports standalone operation, so missing PC/software is a discount rather than fatal incompleteness; it does not prove performance or calibration.
Review and correction history
Independent review not recorded for this legacy analysis. No corrections recorded.
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Independent review not recorded
Published before the current independent-review gate; no completed independent review is recorded.
How independent review worksHow evidence is classified
Seller facts, photo-derived observations, manufacturer context, unknowns, and LotCaliper assumptions remain explicitly separated.
Photo Derived
Photo-derived
- Photos show physical completeness only, not performance.
Manufacturer Context
Manufacturer context
- Manufacturer material supports standalone operation.
Lotcaliper Assumption
LotCaliper assumptions
- $1,900 conservative gross resale.
- $300 maximum hammer.
Equipment identity
Laboratory · quantity 1
Labomed UVD-2950 double-beam UV-Vis scanning spectrophotometer
Identity confidence: High
Identity evidence
Seller identifies a Labomed UVD-2950.
GSA Auctions · Source Field · observed August 25, 2026
Configuration
Accessories and software (not included)
Seller excluded · High confidence
Configuration evidence
Seller indicates no accessories or software are included.
GSA Auctions · Source Field · observed August 25, 2026
Condition
Powers On
Seller says the unit was power tested on 2026-07-16 and workable at last use; this is not a current calibration or complete performance test.
Evidence confidence: High
Condition evidence
Seller condition statement, paraphrased.
GSA Auctions · Source Field · observed August 25, 2026
Market evidence
Market evidence strength
Medium Low
Public auditability
Limited Legacy
Evidence recency
Not Recorded
No structured comparable-evidence metadata was preserved for this dated snapshot. Public auditability is limited; the numeric resale snapshot cannot be independently audited from comparable records on this page.
Legacy evidence counts were not preserved. Unknown is not reported as zero.
Sensitivity and robustness
Survives
The published decision survives the selected downside check under the stated bounded assumptions.
$1,600 resale stress
- Max hammer
- $60
- Gross resale model
- $1,600
At the $25 observed bid, the stress case models about $535 profit and 64.8% ROI.
Economics at $300 hammer
- Max hammer
- $300
- Gross resale model
- $1,900
Models about $515 profit and 46.8% ROI at the maximum hammer.
Costs and maximum bid
| Transaction / operating cost | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Selling Fees | $285 | LotCaliper assumption: 15% of modeled conservative resale proceeds. |
| Shipping | $250 | LotCaliper pickup, packing, and inbound-logistics reserve; not a GSA or carrier quote. |
| Testing Repair Reserve | $450 | LotCaliper cleaning, diagnostics, and functional-verification reserve. |
| Risk Buffer | $100 | LotCaliper reserve for pickup, packing, performance testing, lamp/basic service, and missing-accessory liquidity. |
- Buyer premium
- Not modeled
- Return requirements
- $500 minimum profit · 30% minimum ROI
- Computed bid constraints
Profit floor: $315
ROI floor: $442
Binding: Profit floor
- Snapshot blind/as-is max hammer
- $300
- Modeled result at recorded bid
- $790 profit · 95.80% modeled ROI
This is a reseller ceiling, not a prediction of the auction's closing price. Any buyer premium or other unquoted acquisition charge must be deducted before bidding.
Condition and economics
The $800 non-acquisition burden includes pickup, packing, testing, lamp/basic service, and missing-accessory liquidity reserves.
- $1,600 stress ceiling: $60.
- Do not treat seller power-on evidence as current calibration or full testing.
Recommendation and rationale
Snapshot decision
BUYBUY below $300 if standalone operation, optics, lamp condition, and wavelength/performance tests support the conservative model.
Confidence
- Identity
- High
- Configuration
- High
- Condition
- Medium High
- Market Support
- Medium Low
- Costs
- Medium High
Market support assesses how well the available evidence supports the resale assumption. Exact third-party marketplace records may be omitted when source-use rights are unclear. Each dimension uses the published methodology rubric; a confidence label measures the strength and boundedness of its evidence, not the likelihood of a profitable outcome.
Risks and unknowns
Medium · Performance Not Verified
No current calibration or complete performance verification is established.
Seller power-test and last-use statements are narrower evidence.
Sources
View cited public sources
- GSA Auctions API / Data.gov
Official provenance for the auction facts. The supplied research record did not contain a verified direct item URL, so none is invented here.
- Labomed UVD-2950 documentation
Official standalone-operation context; linked and paraphrased.