Office cost-per-unit trend

Each point is the monthly median cost-per-unit across priced office lots — the middle value, not an average, so one outlier truckload can’t drag the line. A live lot counts in the month it first appeared in the feed; an ended lot counts in the month it closed. Lots match the category by their title — the same category match the live feed uses — and cost per unit is the lot’s price divided by its listed unit count, where the source publishes one.

Months with fewer than 30 priced lots render as insufficient data and stay off the chart — a median over a handful of lots isn’t trustworthy. That floor gates the chart, the “Months with data” stat, and the month table above alike.

The lots behind the series come from the nine marketplaces BStalker scans: Liquidation.com, B-Stock, DirectLiquidation, 888 Lots, Via Trading, BlueLots, GovDeals, Musick, and QuickBidz. Sitewide medians, discount-vs-retail, and closing-time patterns are on the statistics page.

Office lots cover printers, shredders, chairs, standing desks, and supplies — a mix of retail returns and, on GovDeals, retired agency and school-district assets. Office chairs and desks are bulky and freight-sensitive; electronics like printers carry a returns-defect rate. Manifests and photos tell you condition on the higher-value pieces.

Office per-unit is freight-sensitive on the furniture and condition-sensitive on the electronics. BStalker shows landed per-unit where a quote exists; confirm working condition on printers and shredders via the manifest.

What goes into a per-unit number — bids, buyer premiums, freight — is covered in liquidation pallet costs explained, and the live lots themselves are on the office lots page.