Glitterwolf Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 22 minutes ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? Nope... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? Yes. Been to a few over the years, won some, lost some. Not my favorite format for making purchases. Edited June 19, 2021 by Inarah 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted June 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2021 Yes, I've been to a few. Most of them were when I was a kid, so very vague memories of those. I went to one as a teenager with a friend and his father. That one was some kind of government surplus auction, and at least part of it was a 'mystery' auction where the idea was you bid on a box or pallet or whatever without any knowledge of what was in the container. Well, my friends dad bid on, and won, a fairly good sized crate that had US Army and all sorts of random letters and numbers stenciled on it. Inside the crate we found a brand new, never been issued, WW2 Harley Davidson motorcycle. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoramel Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 45 minutes ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? Yes, and how it went depends on the auction type I guess. Last livestock auction I went to was long ago and I think I came away with 3 lambs. Last live property auction I was outbid on an antique 50 gallon copper kettle, but did pick up a nice set of fancy glass plates for cheap. Last silent auction I went to I ended up with Charlie Harper print for my wife. I may have stood around the bidding table with some larger friends glaring at everyone else trying to bid on it. 4 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Dog Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 51 minutes ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? The only ones I recall were game store auctions in the early-mid 90s, in the time before eBay. Got most of my AD&D 1st edition books there, including the original Deities and Demigods cover (non-Mythos version), and the Fiend Folio. After that, excluding online auction, the only in-person ones I recall were all at ReaperCon (got my CAV rule book at my first one, several Minitaire paints with some others the second time ). 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zink Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? Farm, equipment, cattle and horse auctions once in awhile when I think I might be able to snag something I can afford. Sell my cattle through the local auction mart every year but very rarely sit in on the auction. Antiques/old junk somebody hopes will make them rich a couple times. A few times I got what I wanted for a reasonable price, more times I grabbed something small and cheap that would be useful if not entirely necessary and many times what I was interested in sold for more than I could have bought it elsewhere so went home empty handed. I'm not a big fan of auctions but they have a place. I know a few people that are obsessed/addicted to them. They'll go to any within hundreds of km whether or not there's anything they want there. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malefactus Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? That is an experience I have never had...yet. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? As a farmboy, auctions were a constant thing when I was growing up. Every Wednesday was the livestock auction at the stockyards (and still is), and farm auctions were a good place to find cheap equipment and parts for our Super 92 combines. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylverthorne Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? Once. It was interesting. Don't recall if the desired item was acquired though. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper_the_2nd Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? I've been to a couple of silent auctions for fundraisers, and at least one with actual auctioning. I don't think I bid on any of the live auction type things, but I did get a few thigs from the silent auctions. Not my preferred method of acquiring things, because, you know, interacting with people and stuff. Edited June 19, 2021 by Jasper_the_2nd 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttuckerman Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 8 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? Yes, did not buy, but was fun to watch. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 11 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? Not really. Arguably I've been around for church related ones, but was dragged there, and stayed for the food, and ignored the auction. I've delivered to auction sites in the past though. Funny where you go as a courier or the pizza guy... Willingly? None so far. I also tend to avoid such places because I find such things hard to figure out how much I've spent at... 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NebulousMissy Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 12 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 19 Have you ever been to an in person auction? How'd it go? I have. Silent auction at my local game store. It was an estate sale, all proceeds going to the guy's family. He'd had a lot of games, minis, books, the game store was the perfect place for it. It's where I got my Crate O Bones. Me and one of the store employees got into a minor bidding war. I outbid him at the last minute while he was ringing up a customer. He made me promise to paint them all. I assured him I'm a Forever GM, they would be painted and I promised him TPKs. The Crate O Bones turned out to be a 1 Of Everything pledge plus doubles of most things for Bones 2. Still sealed. Still unwrapped. Untouched. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werkrobotwerk Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 June 20, you stumble across a cool looking bottle, it has a genie inside. you get 3 wishes, what 3 do you make? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 20, you stumble across a cool looking bottle, it has a genie inside. you get 3 wishes, what 3 do you make? I make a spot for it on a shelf among my other knick-knacks and a large cup of tea to drink while I ponder the options. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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