Dr.1963 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 So...I loved the silent auction from LFCC Spring, an ingenius idea and better than a normal auction but there are some flaws: One woman on Sat was holding the only pen closest to me until it was 3pm (over.) There needs to be more crowd control or a longer table to give everyone a fair chance. One of the women on the table was incredibly rude to me and my carer with a very rude attitude. You need to space out the pages so that at 14:59, you're not flicking through pages with ten seconds left. You need more staff there ro check that nobody's cheating, which most were.... And.... PENS!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastandloud Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) Would the old method be better where at 3pm they go through all the items and anyone who is at the auction can verbally bid if they want to pay more than the bid as per the sheet? Edited July 29, 2019 by fastandloud Expansion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.1963 Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, fastandloud said: Would the old method be better where at 3pm they go through all the items and anyone who is at the auction can verbally bid if they want to pay more than the bid as per the sheet? Yes, at the last five minutes, it should then change to a normal auction to give everyone a fair chance. Edited July 29, 2019 by Dr.1963 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Beaker Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 13 hours ago, Dr.1963 said: So...I loved the silent auction from LFCC Spring, an ingenius idea and better than a normal auction but there are some flaws: One woman on Sat was holding the only pen closest to me until it was 3pm (over.) There needs to be more crowd control or a longer table to give everyone a fair chance. One of the women on the table was incredibly rude to me and my carer with a very rude attitude. You need to space out the pages so that at 14:59, you're not flicking through pages with ten seconds left. You need more staff there ro check that nobody's cheating, which most were.... And.... PENS!!!!!!! Having seen dysfunctional behaviour such as tthe above in previous years, my vote would be to move to a sealed bid type of auction. Post your bid on a folded piece of paper into a sealed box. Bids are opened at close of auction, highest bid wins. No pen stealing, no sheet hogging, no opportunity for people to start hitting each other over the head with clipboards like a fish-slapping dance. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.1963 Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Tom Beaker said: Having seen dysfunctional behaviour such as tthe above in previous years, my vote would be to move to a sealed bid type of auction. Post your bid on a folded piece of paper into a sealed box. Bids are opened at close of auction, highest bid wins. No pen stealing, no sheet hogging, no opportunity for people to start hitting each other over the head with clipboards like a fish-slapping dance. That sounds like a brilliant idea! (acknowledge this, Showmasters!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StuartG2198 Posted July 29, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 29, 2019 The organisers will have a read through feedback on the forum so This will be fed back in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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