I still have not heard a compelling reason for the Sale Order before the auction? Other than some other company did it.
There are many auction companies that use computers for clerking and cashiers. They have to use Lot Numbers before hand to make sure everything is entered into the computer before the auction even begins. Each item has to have a lot number to match up with their excel sheets at the end of the day. They can not deviate from their lot numbers.
When we have only one Selling Client (like we have had in both of these auctions) we can go faster by hand. I have found a Great Cashier and an Excellent Clerk than can keep the process faster than the computer. If they make a mistake, I am the one who pays the owner the difference. I once paid $ 3250.00 to a Selling client for a $ 3,217.50 mistake by my clerk. That clerk does not work for me anymore.
Pre Auction Lot Numbers (like the other auction companies use), may inhibit the auction. I can’t change course or switch up on the go depending on where the crowd is. If everyone is standing looking at one group of machines, why would I foolishly follow lot numbers and do those machines at the end of the auction, just because some staff member lotted them that way 3 days before? Does not sound good to me.
People come to me all the time at auctions and ask “Where are you going to start?”.
If just one person asked me to start at a specific spot I might change my mind and do so.
And finally, why do some people complain that I do not give them enough time to preview, 2 hours was not enough for some people, the auction only took 2 hours. The same people in the same post, same breath, feel they can’t wait too long and want to know when the machine they want will sell. They felt that a Sale Order would help them to decide what? What is the value of a Sale Order to the Buyer? Someone give me a solid answer, please. Again, We Sold 160 machines in Feb in 3.5 hours, one machine every 79 seconds. Now in Wichita, we sold a machine every 90 seconds.
You should not listen to the naysayers and the people who have not attended our auctions. They may be leading you astray because they don’t want you to attend, less competition. I have watched for years as people bad mouth items and then bid on them vigorously even when they said it was a POS minutes before.
Trust yourself. Attend one of our auctions. See for yourself. Don’t rely on what others may say.