Auction discussion 2011

[ms01814]

I found the 2011 page earlier in the week saying the auction would begin yesterday (Friday). If you search for the page (keyword is auction) it comes back as a hit, but the page doesn't come up and I can find no reference to it in the forum.

What's up? I got photos from the lead truck the last two years, looking to do a third.

[swiftsam]

I'm glad you brought it up. We will be running the lead truck auction again this year, we're just a bit behind on publicizing it.

We thought that it would start on Friday, but the heat selection meeting this year is not taking place until Monday. Of course, we can't auction off the heats until we know what they are. Our plan right now is that the auction will run from 9am Tuesday morning until 9pm Wednesday evening.

We'll be getting the details out on the auction and everything else as soon as we can.

[swiftsam]

Getting a thread ready for any auction discussion that will presumably crop up. Forgive the slightly ... let's say ... utilitarian look of the auction site this year, it didn't get its fair share of the new website love.

[Carsen Kline]

It definitely has an old-timey feel to it.

I found out that I'm able to outbid myself. Not a bad thing if you're feeling lonely or extra generous, but not sure if it's a typical online auction feature.

[aitong]

It definitely has an old-timey feel to it.

I found out that I'm able to outbid myself. Not a bad thing if you're feeling lonely or extra generous, but not sure if it's a typical online auction feature.

This is a known problem. It's because you are actually allowed to outbid yourself for the finals ( since the top X bidders win in that case, and there is nothing stopping you from bidding enough to claim the top X spots - other than meeting the business end of my fist)...and since it was too much of a pain to implement different logic for the finals and the prelims, we let this one stay in....

[Jmohin]

NEGATIVE HOURS LEFT TO MAKE A BID?!
i'm not friggin euler, man

JK, it's over. Super stoked that
a.) there was so much interest
b.) I got what i bid on!

[CRStengel]

I too am pleased that I won the heats I wanted to win...I think we got a bit less money than last year though...wonder what made the difference?

[Jmohin]

I would post that it's because the auction was open for much less time this year. Still though, good stuff all around.

[rlbrowne]

I think we got a bit less money than last year though...wonder what made the difference?

Less time to bid?

[mldarm]

Dang, I don't think I won any, unless someone backs out of something, and I'm second. Didn't really have Internet access this afternoon/evening.