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Re: [GSAS-board] Plant Auctopsy 2007
Thanks for all your work Erik!
I had to leave kinda early, and appreciated being able to check out then. I think you meant just close checkout near the end of the bidding, right?
-Don
Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: I always like to report back the numbers from the computer, and put it in
perspective with previous auctions...
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
bidders 42 28 39 43 30 34 39 38
lots 244 267 242 322 264 259 231 260
gross $ 1977 1195 1299 1636 1327 1180 1624 1479
splits $ 672 146 194 453 265 150 403 413
Way to go folks! Susan posted the actual cash #'s (there are a couple
additions...see below), but it looks like the club made $900-1000 on the
event after ANW has been paid. Even if we didn't consider the $200 tank,
it would still be the highest
GROSSING plant auction in "recorded
history". But more importantly, take a look at the splits, also a record.
Lots of members sold things, the most ever since we started using the
computers! The plant auction has always been primarily a member service
(as opposed to the general auction, which has historically been the club's
big fundraiser).
The runners adapted fantastically to the new system, even our younger ones
who probably did not realize they'd be having to spell some nasty big
words! Rick and Josh kept the computers running without breaking a sweat
(except at the end). And we didn't tire out three auctioneers at the same
time.
Also, the usual bit of criticism...not much, but there are some areas we
can improve:
The items were recorded between 7:50 and 9:50, so that means about 2 items
per minute, not the fastest auctioning we've ever done (which would be
last year where we sold 267 items in 90
minutes...3 items per minute).
We might want to pick up the pace a little at the beginning next time so
we don't have to make up for it in the last 30 minutes. This will be
especially important in April where in past years there have been 300-400
items!
The computer system and the tags are backwards with respect to each other,
so the ops read the bidder # and then sale price, but have to key in sale
price, then bidder number. I noticed this at the AGA auction, but totally
forgot to fix it. I will try and do this on the tags for the general
auction.
For the computer ops, it's very important that if you get a red tag and it
brings up a generic bid (you have to enter the description), that you also
enter the seller number. Clay A showed up late, so we didn't pre-enter
his items. He just put his seller # on the red tags and they got entered
as they were bid on. Perhaps I can modify the software to require the
seller number if the tags are in a certain number range. Any rate, we
were OK becauase only one person did this. If there were two, we might
have been sunk.
I was surprised that we still had the "run on the computers" at the end.
Josh was still entering the last 10 or 15 tags, so Rick was having to
check out everyone until they were done. I have a couple remedies for
this. First, as the thing winds up (last 10 minutes), don't allow anyone
to check out, and have both guys entering tags. This will make sure that
all items are accounted for. Second, we should have that third computer
to act as "swing" at the start and end of the event.
Anyone else have any suggestions for improvement?
- Erik
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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com
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