The Christmas auction up in Mesquite was a real mixed bag, both in terms of the selection available and the pricing.
KatanaJoe, Mrs. KatanaJoe, myself and Mrs. Yellowdog got up before the crack of sanity, drove up to the auction and spent the day playing games, talking with friends and oh yeah, buying games.
The prices were abnormally high in the beginning. Apparently the auction promoters managed to make the local news and so a bunch of civilians showed up to drive the prices up, at least in the beginning. I felt really sorry for this one young lady, she was bidding against the owner for a Williams Getaway pin and she wouldn't back down. That was an extra $500 dollars out of the Christmas kitty
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Towards the middle of the auction the prices started to go more to the liking of the KLOV Price Police, including a few outright steals.
My scores:
I missed the auction for the Stargate cocktail that was there. It was beautiful and seemed to be working 100%. Then by coincidence, I heard the number of the seller that bought the Stargate get called and I knew that guy. Joe and I started to talk to him and later he offered me a deal I couldn't pass up. Even though it meant digging into the "Yellowdog wants a pin fund".
KatanaJoe's steal of the week:
That is two linked VirtualOn units (a master & a slave unit) for one low, low price.
Overall, it was a pretty decent auction, with some of the "name brand" items going pretty high (especially at the beginning) and the big items going very low.
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KatanaJoe, Mrs. KatanaJoe, myself and Mrs. Yellowdog got up before the crack of sanity, drove up to the auction and spent the day playing games, talking with friends and oh yeah, buying games.
The prices were abnormally high in the beginning. Apparently the auction promoters managed to make the local news and so a bunch of civilians showed up to drive the prices up, at least in the beginning. I felt really sorry for this one young lady, she was bidding against the owner for a Williams Getaway pin and she wouldn't back down. That was an extra $500 dollars out of the Christmas kitty
Towards the middle of the auction the prices started to go more to the liking of the KLOV Price Police, including a few outright steals.
My scores:
I missed the auction for the Stargate cocktail that was there. It was beautiful and seemed to be working 100%. Then by coincidence, I heard the number of the seller that bought the Stargate get called and I knew that guy. Joe and I started to talk to him and later he offered me a deal I couldn't pass up. Even though it meant digging into the "Yellowdog wants a pin fund".
KatanaJoe's steal of the week:
That is two linked VirtualOn units (a master & a slave unit) for one low, low price.
Overall, it was a pretty decent auction, with some of the "name brand" items going pretty high (especially at the beginning) and the big items going very low.
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