Hey Kris! :saludando: I'm sorry I missed you! I planned on going with my friend Elaine Rosier. When Jody told me that you may be coming, I was really looking forward to visiting with you. But alas, a family "thing" came up & I was unable to get away yesterday. Elaine did go, however, with her daughter & another friend & enjoyed themselves. It's probably better I didn't go....as I alway prod Elaine into buying something! :lol:It was a BEAUTIFUL day for a sale and if I'd had room in the barn there were several horses that I'd have brought home with me, it was all that Gail, Judy and I could do to sit on our hands and not take advantage of some great deals.
Robin thanks for a great sale and I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to speak to you today, you were busy all day long!
And John it was great to have a few moments of your time to talk to you about your research and I'm very interested in all future results.
Thanks again for a GREAT day on your farm, a lot of folks went home with wonderful horses today.
krisp
How many people showed up?? I have to say im shocked by the prices. I reallly wanted to go but couldnt stomach a long drive.
You wouldnt think it would be that hard to figure out a silent auction?? By reading what was written it seemed pretty easy. But its not fair to blame LK if people couldnt figure it out and they had to switch to a live auction. The first time you try something different you just have to wing it and see if it goes well. When it didnt they took control and switched.
IMO it wasn't that people did not KNOW How to do the silent auction, it was just
unneeded, because. Even from the beginning (first 12 horses) which bidders
did try to do the silent auction, as soon as that set of horses finished in 30 minutes, the
"auction" started on each horse, and everyone thought why did we just go through
all this, because it really didn't mean a thing. I don't think not one horse sold from the
final bid on the silent auction.
Don't get me wrong I love silent auctions, but if that's what you say it is at the appointed time
the last # on the list wins. Maybe, it would have worked better, it only bidders who had posted
bids on the silent auction by the deadline could have bid in the end, that would have ensured that
all parties interested in said horse would have participated in the silent auction.
I did enjoy the day and the weather was perfect.:![]()
Not fair to blame the buyers either!By reading what was written it seemed pretty easy. But its not fair to blame LK if people couldnt figure it out and they had to switch to a live auction.
................................................ Upon reading this info several people I talked to said they weren't going to bother writing down their bids because the auctioneer was going to ask for final bids anyway. I watched the first lot being auctioned with some people that were bidding & they said it was redundant to do so since they had been told the bidding was not final on paper so they waited for the auctioneer to determine final bidding................. Guess some buyers didn't want others to know how many were bidding on their horse so they could get a better deal since the choice was there to write it down or not.The auctioneer will ask if this is the final bid, take a final bid, and the horse will be determined sold by the auctioneer at that time