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<p>[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 123274, member: 878"]A Scotch auction I attended was my first. It was for a special charitable cause. And just by one organization to which we all belonged. </p><p><br /></p><p>The auction was conducted exactly as any other ones. Everyone raised their hand to bid. (About 150 people, everybody new everybody, no cards needed.)</p><p>There were about 100 items, mostly nice donations and some fun things of no real value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only difference was that <u>every bid made was recorded</u> and the bidder OWED that amount. Win or not. You owed what you bid.</p><p>Example;</p><p>Tom opened the bidding at $10. Jim bid $20. Paul bid $30, Tom came back at $40. and Jim bid $50. Then Mike bid $60, Tom $70 and Paul finally won it at $80.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tom then owed $10, $40, $70. Total $120.</p><p>Jim - $20, $50. Total $70.</p><p>Paul - $30, $80. Total $110.</p><p>Mike - $60.</p><p>Three Hundred and sixty dollars was collected and paid for that one item.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just about all of us had to go to the office the next day with our check books.</p><p><br /></p><p>I won three items and complained to the lady who accompanied me that I didn't get the one I really wanted.</p><p><br /></p><p>When we got home she went back to the garage and returned with that tray behind her back. I still have and still love it. She never let me know what the hell she paid for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 123274, member: 878"]A Scotch auction I attended was my first. It was for a special charitable cause. And just by one organization to which we all belonged. The auction was conducted exactly as any other ones. Everyone raised their hand to bid. (About 150 people, everybody new everybody, no cards needed.) There were about 100 items, mostly nice donations and some fun things of no real value. Only difference was that [U]every bid made was recorded[/U] and the bidder OWED that amount. Win or not. You owed what you bid. Example; Tom opened the bidding at $10. Jim bid $20. Paul bid $30, Tom came back at $40. and Jim bid $50. Then Mike bid $60, Tom $70 and Paul finally won it at $80. Tom then owed $10, $40, $70. Total $120. Jim - $20, $50. Total $70. Paul - $30, $80. Total $110. Mike - $60. Three Hundred and sixty dollars was collected and paid for that one item. Just about all of us had to go to the office the next day with our check books. I won three items and complained to the lady who accompanied me that I didn't get the one I really wanted. When we got home she went back to the garage and returned with that tray behind her back. I still have and still love it. She never let me know what the hell she paid for it.[/QUOTE]
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