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

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

I wish I could do some kind of videoconference or webex to show how it all 
works.  Maybe I will.

But suffice it to say, by "the end" people are getting pretty burned out 
and don't rush the cashier like they do with club auctions.  I suspect 
we'll see more of a trickle.  And the process is like... Scan their bidder 
card.  Page comes up.  You click on a pull-down.  "$258 please."  They 
write out a check.  You click "Go".  Receipt comes out of the printer. 
You give them a receipt and their driver's license.

At our local club, when 20-30 people are all trying to get out at the end, 
we can process 3-4 at a time and have everyone cleared out in 5 minutes. 
And that's with all the items sitting in the back in bags.  We won't have 
that!

   - Erik


On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, S. Hieber wrote:

> Whatever you and Karen think is best.
>
> I'm just trying to understand how it will work. I'm not trying to change any 
> experienced minds.
>
> sh
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 3:46:31 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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