Enough of the buying of school supplies. How much can a little child write in the first days of school. Anyway there is always the internet to order from and have delivered to your door within a day. We have already begun to select from the childrens' magazines of which ones to subscribe to. As for the weekend it was a glorious time for internet auctions that allow auctions to continue for days, months even if they auction items to a store!
Unlike live auctions you can take your time deciding whether to bid, how much to bid, and when to get in the bidding. Those types of internet auctions are not nearly as exciting or nearly as good as teaching quick decision making. However, there are live internet auction sites that allow you to experience the excitement of a being at a real live auction and still enjoy the comfort of sitting in your home, having your favorite foods within arm reach, the telephone in another, and be able to keep up with what is going on at home as well as with the auction. That's what I am looking forward to this week. One of my favorite auction houses from the West is having a huge antique and collectible auction. Sure there are some things I don't want or need right now, like a tractor but the listings of household items hold a great deal of interest for me.
Before the auction I will look through the categories of items of interest. It's a good idea to write down the number of the item, called a lot number, and a title of the item, for example Mission Oak Chair. During the week I will look at the pics I am most interested in a few times, maybe even email the auction house with any questions I have. Auctioneers would rather have you ask questions before time than to be unsatisfied with an item you won and then did not like I am comfortable with this auction house having done business with them before. This time I am not looking for anything in particular, but that's the fun of auctions, one never knows the treasures that lurk in the next lot called.
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