🔥 FIRE SALE FAQs 🔥

*DO NOT GO TO MEDIA CENTER EMPLOYEES WITH FIRE SALE QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS*

If you have any questions, contact [email protected].

What is the SAIC Fire Sale?

  • The Fire Sale is one of the ways that we liquidate old media equipment from the school's media centers and other facilities. All of the gear listed is in used condition, and may be engraved.


How do I shop the online Fire Sale?

  • After browsing available merchandise, feel free to add an item to your cart and complete the online "check-out" process. You will notice that there is nowhere to enter payment information -- payment must be completed in person, at Maclean's Material Source location, Room 806. For now, Fire Sale items will only be available for pickup on Fridays, from 9am to 5:30pm, with a break for lunch from 11:45am to 12:15pm.


How to pick up my order?

  • Pick up is only on Fridays. If you are unable to come pick up your order please contact us ahead of time. 
  • You will sign up for an hour time slot. If you do not come during that time your order is subject to be cancelled. 
  • If you need to check your equipment before purchasing you will have a 10 min time frame to do so. 

Media vs Shop items 

  • All Media (Cameras, Tripods, Projectors etc) will be picked up at material source unless stated otherwise. 
  • If you purchase any Shop (ceramics, woodshop, metal shop etc) items you will be contacted about payment and pickup separately. Do not go to material source to pick up any shop items unless specifically told to do so.

Equipment Sale Agreement Form

  • Before any equipment can be purchased you will need to sign an equipment agreement form. This will be emailed to you prior to pick up. You can email it back to us or print it out and hand it off when buying equipment. 


How can I pay?

  • Fire Sale purchases must be made with ARTICard ONLY.


Is there tax?

  • Sales tax is included in the item's list price.


Is there an order limit?

  • YES. For now, you will only be allowed to purchase five items at a time. Orders with more than five items are subject to cancellation. If you would like to purchase more please contact [email protected] before submitting your order. 
  • You have to take your purchases when you pay for them. Material source will not hold onto purchased items and is not responsible for any lost or stolen items. 

Can Alumni of SAIC purchase from Fire Sale? 

  • For purchasing Fire Sale equipment you have to have a valid alumni card to do so as we only take ARTICard as payment.
  • Fire Sale can not guarantee building access to alumni with their alumni id
  • Please refer to the alumni benefits here https://www.saic.edu/alumni/benefits-resources. 

What if the equipment I purchased is missing something?

  • All of the equipment is sold as is. Any accessories such as batteries, cables, or memory cards will be treated as free extras. If a vital part of the actual equipment is missing, it will be reflected in the price and noted in the condition (ie. lens missing from camera).


The equipment I purchased was broken when I got home, can I return it?

  • All sales are final. The equipment has been tested, as noted in the item's description. However, as it is mostly old and heavily used, anything can happen. Returns are not permitted.
  • Do not go to the Media Center or Material Source with any issues. They do not run the sale.