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VANDOO · 22nd February 2009, 01:10 AM

IT DOES CAUSE A CONFLICT ON SEVERAL LEVELS.
1. BEING COLLECTORS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT, WE ALSO WANT TO LEARN SO ITS A CONFLICT, WHICH TO DO (LEARN OR COLLECT)

2. AUCTIONS NEVER GET TO THE ITEMS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN UNTIL THE LAST OF THE AUCTION (MURPHYS LAW #347) SO ITS LIKELY YOU WILL MISS THE PRESENTATIONS EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T INTEND TO.
3. AT THE GATHERING WE ARE NOT IN COMPETICIAN WITH EACH OTHER AND ARE THERE TO SHARE AND LEARN.

4. AT THE AUCTION WE ARE THERE TO COMPETE AND OUT BID THE OTHER GUYS FOR WHAT WE WANT.

IT IS A GREAT VENUE FOR A GATHERING OF COLLECTORS BUT IT IS ALSO A GREAT VENUE FOR AN AUCTION. UNFORTUNATELY THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY AROUND ONE COMPETING WITH THE OTHER FOR THE SAME TIME SLOT AND SAME PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY ALL I CAN DO IS MAKE THESE OBSERVATIONS BUT HAVE NO SUGGESTIONS AS HOW TO GET AROUND IT UNLESS ONE CAN RUN OVER AND LOOK AT THE AUCTION ITEMS AND LEAVE A ABSENTEE BID ON WHAT HE IS INTERESTED IN AND THEN GO TO THE CONFERENCE SEE THE PRESENTATIONS, MINGLE AND MEET THE FELLOW MEMBERS THEN CHECK BACK AFTERWARDS TO SEE IF HE HAS WON ANYTHING AT THE AUCTION. 1.THIS WOULD ELIMINATE GETTING IN A BIDDING WAR AND PAYING TOO MUCH.
2. BUT ALSO ELIMINATES THE POSSIBILITY OF GETING A GREAT DEAL WITH A LOW BID ON SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE BIDS ON.

THE PRIMARY REASON I WENT WAS TO MEET THE OTHER MEMBERS AND TO SEE THE PRESENTATIONS AND LEARN FROM THEM AND SHARE WHAT LITTLE KNOWLEGE I COULD. THE SHOW IS A VERY GOOD ONE BUT TO ME WAS SECONDARY IN IMPORTANCE TO HANGING OUT WITH FELLOW COLLECTORS AND LEARNING IN A NON COMPEDITIVE ENVIORNMENT. OF COURSE THE FOOD IS ALSO A FACTOR TO ME ESPECIALLY IF IT INVOLVES CRAB CAKES.

THE SAD THING ABOUT IT IS THERE IS ONLY ONE CONFRENCE LIKE THIS FOR COLLECTORS LIKE US IN A YEAR AND MANY AUCTIONS. IT WILL BE A SHAME IF THE AUCTION HELPS ELIMINATE THAT ONE GATHERING AS IT IS UNIQUE IN MY EXPERIENCE.

22nd February 2009, 01:10 AM	#7
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	IT DOES CAUSE A CONFLICT ON SEVERAL LEVELS. 1. BEING COLLECTORS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT, WE ALSO WANT TO LEARN SO ITS A CONFLICT, WHICH TO DO (LEARN OR COLLECT) 2. AUCTIONS NEVER GET TO THE ITEMS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN UNTIL THE LAST OF THE AUCTION (MURPHYS LAW #347) SO ITS LIKELY YOU WILL MISS THE PRESENTATIONS EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T INTEND TO. 3. AT THE GATHERING WE ARE NOT IN COMPETICIAN WITH EACH OTHER AND ARE THERE TO SHARE AND LEARN. 4. AT THE AUCTION WE ARE THERE TO COMPETE AND OUT BID THE OTHER GUYS FOR WHAT WE WANT. IT IS A GREAT VENUE FOR A GATHERING OF COLLECTORS BUT IT IS ALSO A GREAT VENUE FOR AN AUCTION. UNFORTUNATELY THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY AROUND ONE COMPETING WITH THE OTHER FOR THE SAME TIME SLOT AND SAME PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY ALL I CAN DO IS MAKE THESE OBSERVATIONS BUT HAVE NO SUGGESTIONS AS HOW TO GET AROUND IT UNLESS ONE CAN RUN OVER AND LOOK AT THE AUCTION ITEMS AND LEAVE A ABSENTEE BID ON WHAT HE IS INTERESTED IN AND THEN GO TO THE CONFERENCE SEE THE PRESENTATIONS, MINGLE AND MEET THE FELLOW MEMBERS THEN CHECK BACK AFTERWARDS TO SEE IF HE HAS WON ANYTHING AT THE AUCTION. 1.THIS WOULD ELIMINATE GETTING IN A BIDDING WAR AND PAYING TOO MUCH. 2. BUT ALSO ELIMINATES THE POSSIBILITY OF GETING A GREAT DEAL WITH A LOW BID ON SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE BIDS ON. THE PRIMARY REASON I WENT WAS TO MEET THE OTHER MEMBERS AND TO SEE THE PRESENTATIONS AND LEARN FROM THEM AND SHARE WHAT LITTLE KNOWLEGE I COULD. THE SHOW IS A VERY GOOD ONE BUT TO ME WAS SECONDARY IN IMPORTANCE TO HANGING OUT WITH FELLOW COLLECTORS AND LEARNING IN A NON COMPEDITIVE ENVIORNMENT. OF COURSE THE FOOD IS ALSO A FACTOR TO ME ESPECIALLY IF IT INVOLVES CRAB CAKES. THE SAD THING ABOUT IT IS THERE IS ONLY ONE CONFRENCE LIKE THIS FOR COLLECTORS LIKE US IN A YEAR AND MANY AUCTIONS. IT WILL BE A SHAME IF THE AUCTION HELPS ELIMINATE THAT ONE GATHERING AS IT IS UNIQUE IN MY EXPERIENCE. Last edited by VANDOO; 22nd February 2009 at 01:20 AM.