February Frag Auction

fkshiu · #1 03-01-2009, 12:19 AM

Thanks for the Reef Network for hosting this. It's a shame that turn out wasn't good.

Where was everyone?

Chowder · #2 03-01-2009, 12:25 AM

Thanks to The Reef Network for putting this on. Was great to see everybody.

Chris

tang daddy · #3 03-01-2009, 12:55 AM

thanks to reef network for putting on another auction!!

It was nice meeting everone that showed up and for those that couldn't make it maybe next time......

I am happy tho leaving with some choice sps for pennies

Ron99 · #4 03-01-2009, 01:12 AM

I want to say thanks as well. As somebody fairly new to the hobby it was nice to meet a few of the Canreef folks. It was also great to score some fantastic deals to help fill out the tanks. The low turn out was probably a disappointment for the sellers who most likely did not get as much as they wanted for their frags and all the effort they made to bring them out. It was definitely a buyer's auction. But I hope that doesn't stop the Reef Network from organizing more of these as I am sure that was the exception rather than the norm. I don't keep SPS but if I did I would have been thrilled as there was such a great selection of frags that went for a song.

Tom R · #5 03-01-2009, 01:55 AM

I would like to thank everyone who came out to today's auction. As always it was a great event. It is always fun to see our great friends that come out to these events. I had a great time and look forward to the next event.

Tom R

FBNitro · #6 03-01-2009, 02:09 AM

I'm sick and couldn't make it. Said I was a maybe because of that. =(

Wish I could have gone.

JakartaOrBust · #7 03-01-2009, 03:23 AM

Thanks again to the network. I was shocked to see the low turnout. I'm almost disappointed that more did not make the effort. The amount of time and attention the network puts out there to make these events happen was greatly appreciated, especially from us out of towners.

But there loss meant I took more home. So thank you to that. I still feel a bit guilty for the prices I came home with. (Overtime I'll get over it

). I hope that in the fall I will actually come back as a seller with some of my LPS pieces. And since it seems some of the West Coasters do not want to be part of not just a good place to get some well worth pieces, but the overall social experience, I will bring more of the interior hobbyists with me as well.

Thanks again everyone. Awesome stuff I brought back. I must now glue them down before they go missing.

untamed · #8 03-01-2009, 03:24 AM

I had fun...and my thanks to the organizers. I think that room is really great for events, Tom. (too bad it's so far from everywhere, eh?)

I came back with more coral than I brought with me...and left some money behind as well.

As my feedback, I think that the silent auction was very successful and much more efficient than the live auction. The photos are a great idea. (I would suggest smaller photos since we needed more space) Next time, maybe we only need 2 hours. Limit to two frags per type per person. That way, there could be 1 close in 1 hour, then the other close in the 2nd hour.

That's just my feedback for consideration. It was certainly a fun and well run event as is.

fkshiu · #9 03-01-2009, 03:34 AM

Some good points, Brad.

I would also suggest perhaps cycling a sale every half hour or so to keep things moving and fast paced. It was basically sitting around for most of the time and then two minutes of frantic bidding and then repeat.

That room is awesome for this type of event. Special thanks to TomR.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #10 03-01-2009, 03:44 AM

It would be interesting to hear why people decided not to go.

I was with a friend from the forum and we had planned to go but in the end just spent most of our money in the morning at a tank shut down. To be honest we figured it would be super busy. Still figured the deals would be amazing but just never made it.