Desktop Appraisals
Equipment Appraisals: What about Desktop Appraisals?
Like most equipment appraisers, I generally discourage equipment desktop appraisals. Most folks who ask for one are making an assumption that a desktop appraisal, since it wouldn’t include a physical inspection of the equipment, would be less expensive, or at least quicker, and usually, it’s not.
That’s not to say that I never do a desktop equipment appraisal. Some situations are fine for desktop appraisals and I have some examples of these in my records:
- Bankruptcy appraisal for a small pizza kitchen with limited, standard-issue restaurant equipment
- Amiable divorce appraisal for small farm with a small inventory of standard, well-maintained equipment

