[Deptheads] Auction

[Dean Taylor]

Thanks, Eric.  Working board game HQ this weekend was a marathon, but no one
was overworked, thanks to decent scheduling, and everyone had fun.  There
were cleanup issues, but nothing we couldn't deal with.  All in all, a good
experience for me, I'll be back for Gamex 2011.  Thanks for everyone who
helped me overcome the hurdles of my first Strategicon convention!

-Dean Taylor

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Eric M. Aldrich I <ealdrich at penguinlust.org
> wrote:

> I've added Dean Taylor to the mailing list. Dean is a veteran of the
> PolyCon mailing list, so nothing here will shock him :-)
>
> Our goal is to finish the auction by 1 pm. This time that did not happen.
> Slips are available starting Friday! And we started on time, sorta -- blame
> Karl for bringing his lots up at 11:05 or so (thankfully he only had 7 lots)
> ;-)
>
> I don't know if this was an aberration or not. The place was packed, so we
> might have to move (though I think Gamex won't be as bad, so we should be
> fine then).
>
> It also hurt that reg had to close down early due to Tracy having to leave
> -- that hosed Chris and myself at the end and made Tanya stuck with Keith
> which meant she couldn't do some of the stuff she does at the end to help
> clean up.
>
> The two combined affected the dealer room, payouts of all sorts, and then
> teardown. We made it out of our room at 6 pm. Thankfully a couple of people
> stepped up and worked their tails off at the end (that'd be Neil, Dean, Eric
> N, whom despite his being under doctors orders to take it easy dealt with
> the truck on both ends, and Mark who had a kid in the hospital and still
> came out to help us unload at the storage unit) so we got the truck loaded
> and to the storage unit before it closed.
>
> Starting earlier might need to happen. I can take this up with Alfonzo. I
> guess we're just getting old -- I remember these things going on for 4 hours
> or more for several years before ebay -- and we were fine then.
>
> Eric
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 04:44:59PM -0800, XH - RJ Held wrote:
> > Or could it be moved earlier?   Slips available Sunday, drop off 8-9:30am
> > Monday  Starts at 9:30 over by noon?
> >
> > No matter what the limiting lots would help. If the auction runs long, it
> effects dealer room, reimbursement, dealer dollar payouts, etc.
> >
> > RJ
> >
> > On Feb 23, 2011, at 16:33, Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe it is time for multiple auctions again. Or perhaps another type
> of auction for some games? Perhaps a silent auction for mini sets? Perhaps a
> blind-bid auction for some board games? These could be fun events.
> > >
> > > On Feb 23, 2011, at 4:21 PM, "Eric M. Aldrich I" <
> ealdrich at penguinlust.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I should add, the whole reason the auction was moved to Sunday night
> was that it was dying. It's not dying at all now, and is in fact alive and
> well. It's an anchor event, and we need to have one on Monday. Mega board
> games do not appeal to everyone.
> > >>
> > >> What we do need to do is limit the lots. 200 is about all we can take.
> Paul Tevis sucked up 51 this last time and Alfonzo 46. While I don't think
> it will be as ugly at Gamex (Paul swears that's the last big pile for a long
> while), we had a 3-hour marathon this last time and it was tough on all of
> us who sat through the whole thing. We did try to break it up by game type
> this time just to see how that worked.
> > >>
> > >> Eric
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 04:07:00PM -0800, Eric Burgess wrote:
> > >>> Big fan of it going back to a nighttime event. Let Monday be MEGA
> events and a big shopping day.
> > >>>
> > >>> On Feb 23, 2011, at 3:24 PM, XH nday- RJ Held <
> strategicon at the1ring.net> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> And for my next can of worms:
> > >>>> I also had comments about the auction going back to a late night
> auction.  I can think of several NO reasons, but there are some yes,
> including not losing all those people during XH hours, and eliminating the
> dealer dollar hold that happens until after the auction. People would have
> no reason not to shop right away Monday.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thoughts?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> RJ
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