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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 8064525, member: 88"]I haven't worked at the auction house or attended any of the auctions since the end of August 2021. In the beginning, it was because of things going on in my life that just took precedence. However, not going to a weekly auction & being tempted to buy something has allowed me to sell a lot of backlogged items that have been hanging around for too long which has been a very good thing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I occasionally stop in for a visit during the week when I go somewhere where I can get some cardboard flats such as come with canned goods & soda cans. They use them to put together box lots & can go through quite a few in a single auction. I tease the auctioneer I am trying to stay in his good graces so that maybe I will still have a job in the future. <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>The last 2 times I stopped by I have been surprised at just how few things were set up for a Friday night sale only to find out the Friday night sale had been canceled because there just wasn't going to be enough stuff to do a sale. This was virtually unheard of in the past. The only time we did not have sales was over the Christmas holidays. Nine times out of ten it was an overabundance of stuff where things were piled in one of the buildings waiting for an auction to clear out enough stuff that things could be moved into place. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The auctioneer thinks it is at least partly due to a new nationwide franchise outfit called Blue Moon. You supposedly get a specific area of the state & there are 3 in South Carolina. One of the franchises is owned by a dealer who bought (mostly silver & jewelry) at the auction on a weekly basis. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bluemoonestatesales.com/franchising.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bluemoonestatesales.com/franchising.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bluemoonestatesales.com/franchising.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I never did a lot of estate sales & will likely not start up any time soon but took a look at estatesale.net & saw nothing that would change my mind. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 8064525, member: 88"]I haven't worked at the auction house or attended any of the auctions since the end of August 2021. In the beginning, it was because of things going on in my life that just took precedence. However, not going to a weekly auction & being tempted to buy something has allowed me to sell a lot of backlogged items that have been hanging around for too long which has been a very good thing. :p I occasionally stop in for a visit during the week when I go somewhere where I can get some cardboard flats such as come with canned goods & soda cans. They use them to put together box lots & can go through quite a few in a single auction. I tease the auctioneer I am trying to stay in his good graces so that maybe I will still have a job in the future. :happy::happy: The last 2 times I stopped by I have been surprised at just how few things were set up for a Friday night sale only to find out the Friday night sale had been canceled because there just wasn't going to be enough stuff to do a sale. This was virtually unheard of in the past. The only time we did not have sales was over the Christmas holidays. Nine times out of ten it was an overabundance of stuff where things were piled in one of the buildings waiting for an auction to clear out enough stuff that things could be moved into place. :rolleyes::rolleyes: The auctioneer thinks it is at least partly due to a new nationwide franchise outfit called Blue Moon. You supposedly get a specific area of the state & there are 3 in South Carolina. One of the franchises is owned by a dealer who bought (mostly silver & jewelry) at the auction on a weekly basis. [URL]https://www.bluemoonestatesales.com/franchising.html[/URL] I never did a lot of estate sales & will likely not start up any time soon but took a look at estatesale.net & saw nothing that would change my mind. :p:p:p[/QUOTE]
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