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

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

I'm thinkin' not.<g>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] [AGA-conheads] Staffing


>I think we should do TAB ONLY.  No pay-as-go.  That's going to mess up the
> system.  Unless you want me to reprogram the system to include whether
> they paid or not on the item, and reprint all the tags to include a "paid"
> field.
>
> Would you like me to reprogram the system and reprint all the tags?
>
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, S. Hieber wrote:
>
>> Okay. But I will need someone to explain to me exactly how this is going 
>> to work. Not right now, but before we start -- maybe before we get to SF.
>>
>> Otoh you have lots of cash transactions throughout the day; otoh you have 
>> a long line at the end, no?
>>
>>
>> I didn't expect runners to collect cash although I've heard it being done 
>> that way.
>>
>> In 2003 and 2004, folks could pay on win or run a tab. So it was a mix of 
>> both.
>>
>> sh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
>> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 2:56:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] [AGA-conheads] Staffing
>>
>>
>> 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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