Re: [AGA-sc] [AGA-conheads] Staffing

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Right.  What Kathy and Karen said.  Let us not do pay-as-you-go.  That 
added a bit of time in 2004.  Maybe it was spread amonst the runners, but 
it still added time, involved the runners handling ccash, and probably 
made some folks not buy things because they were worried about their cash 
level.  That was only done because it was an emergency in 2004.

Our system is set up so that when there is a "run", we can open up more 
cashiers on other computers to speed up the checkout.  It shouldn't be a 
problem.  And by integrating the silent auction to the system, it will 
make things even smoother.

   - Erik

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Kathy Olson wrote:

> I have seen several auctions that you don't pay til you are done bidding.
> If that is 1/2 way through the auction fine.  Then you TURN IN YOUR BIDDER
> number, (ie so you can't keep bidding on stuff after you have paid)
>
> K
>
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Karen Randall wrote:
>
>> I think having them pay as they go would get MIGHTY confusing.  If they are
>> only buying a couple of things, they can always check out as soon as they
>> have purchased those items.  They don't have to wait until the end.  Pay as
>> you go also means having to deal with large amounts of cash... and everyone
>> needs to be forewarned that they need to bring cash.
>>
>> I saw one big auction handled this way, and it was a nightmare.  Runners
>> didn't know how much cash they needed to collect from bidders, so just took
>> whatever was handed to them.  Heaven help the person if they needed change.
>>
>> Karen
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] [AGA-conheads] Staffing
>>
>>
>>> Nope, by tab I meant drink now while you're sitting at the bar, pay one
>>> time before you're ready to leave the bar. If we do all the cashiering at
>>> the end -- everyone on tabs -- that's going to be a rush hour backlog,
>>> isn't it? I'm thinking back to 2002 when everyone picked up their stuff
>>> and paid at the end. If folks want to pay as they go, should we do that? I
>>> was excpecting that was how we were going to do it -- take your stuff and
>>> pay as you go -- and maybe allow tabs too, at least for the many-purchase
>>> buyers. But you have much more experience with diff auction processes than
>>> I.
>>>
>>> As for the list -- the thought was that diff members of the group might
>>> think up some specific "and don't forget . . ." tasks the other hadn't
>>> thought of.
>>>
>>>
>>> sh
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
>>> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 2:17:06 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] [AGA-conheads] Staffing
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure what you mean by "tabs"?  Each bidder will be in the system.
>>> They pay when they check out.  Do you mean letting them check out without
>>> paying and then pay later?
>>>
>>> I thought I had all the tasks you listed in the spreadsheet.  Oh yeah, I
>>> did update it from the form you sent it in.  Let me see if I can post it
>>> (even if I can't read it from here)...this might be the original; it might
>>> be the modified version.
>>>
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