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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 2276623, member: 88"]There was another auction last night & it went very well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one was run pretty much like a silent auction. Each item or lot had a small sheet of paper with its lot number, a place to write your bid & your bidder number. Some stuff, mostly the furniture, had a starting bid, but for the most part I thought they were reasonable. </p><p><br /></p><p>You could start to preview this past Monday morning at 9:00 & they were open from 9:00 to 5:00 each day. Bidding ended at 5:00 PM yesterday. </p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone who came in the building had to have a mask in place. If they did not have one they had some that were available for purchase. </p><p><br /></p><p>I went over there on Tuesday afternoon to preview & there was only a few people in the building. I went back yesterday & got there at about 4:00 to place my bids. I was sort of surprised when I drove into the parking lot & saw how many cars were there. </p><p><br /></p><p>However everything worked just fine & really it was not much different than being at a grocery store. Everyone had their mask in place & for the most part everyone was going about their process of evaluating the lots they were interested in to figure out how they would bid. At 5:00 everyone was asked to leave the building so the bids could be recorded. They were told that pickup would be available at 9:00 today & again masks were mandatory. </p><p><br /></p><p>Depending on how quickly they fill up the buildings they figure the next one will be in about 2 weeks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 2276623, member: 88"]There was another auction last night & it went very well. :happy::happy: This one was run pretty much like a silent auction. Each item or lot had a small sheet of paper with its lot number, a place to write your bid & your bidder number. Some stuff, mostly the furniture, had a starting bid, but for the most part I thought they were reasonable. You could start to preview this past Monday morning at 9:00 & they were open from 9:00 to 5:00 each day. Bidding ended at 5:00 PM yesterday. Everyone who came in the building had to have a mask in place. If they did not have one they had some that were available for purchase. I went over there on Tuesday afternoon to preview & there was only a few people in the building. I went back yesterday & got there at about 4:00 to place my bids. I was sort of surprised when I drove into the parking lot & saw how many cars were there. However everything worked just fine & really it was not much different than being at a grocery store. Everyone had their mask in place & for the most part everyone was going about their process of evaluating the lots they were interested in to figure out how they would bid. At 5:00 everyone was asked to leave the building so the bids could be recorded. They were told that pickup would be available at 9:00 today & again masks were mandatory. Depending on how quickly they fill up the buildings they figure the next one will be in about 2 weeks.[/QUOTE]
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