Auction Opinions?

[nemo1981]

So what did we all think of the auction.
Anyone pick up a real bargain?

I know a breeding pair of 7cm ish albino bn went for like $53? crazy!

Some very nice fish came up, good variety, lots and lots of plants.
I think everyone was sick of the duckweed by the end of the night.

Was quite a big one too, just after midnight!

So, how did you do?

[ndoboi]

I didnt make it down for this one  :(  Was at the MONSTER TRUCKS in Charlton instead... :?  Not worth the $25 entry, but hey.

So yeah - make me jealous and envious of your bargain purchases and record prices!!
Were there many L#s or shellies??

Cheers
Steve

[davez104]

Everyone still probably unpacking and settling in thier bargains :D  Would be good to find out what did come up. Interested to know what Tanganyikans went through. Will be down in May for sure so come on guys, tell us what ya got, make us drool!!

Dave.

[nemo1981]

there was quite a few shellies, different varieties too.
i think they were fetching quite good $$.
can't remember specifics.

[savage]

went really well lot's of cheep fish but i think things need to go faster with how many fish are up f.s but the night went really well ended at about 12.10am and did not get to go thur the pass in's

thanks colin

[nemo1981]

[quote:629c8db1db]ended at about 12.10am and did not get to go thur the pass in's [/quote:629c8db1db]

yeh i know, my lot was the second in, waited around because they thought they might get through them again, but there was a serious amount of gear to sell, so in the end, yeh they didn't get to go through again.

shame, I coulda left at 7.... instead of almost 1am. lol :lol:

but anyway i can't complain, it was a good night. :wink:

and i'd like to give a big shoutout to all of the auctioneers and runners, I think they did a fantastic job. well done :D

i was the guy getting around in a light blue polo shirt and beige cap,  :P

[savage]

i had to take the kids home at 7 so i missed out on a bit got back at 8  so i waited around to see if i missed anything i wanted in the pass in's. sadly i missed out on the big ship they had hehehe got to 71$ oh well maybe next time and yes the guys did a grate job with out them we would not have events like this


thanks guys

[GTR73]

Yeah I could only stay for a couple of hours, but just enough time to catch up with a few guys and meet some new people.
Would've liked to stay however - even if I sit there for a few hours and not buy a thing I always learn a thing or two as the auctioneers go thru  their speil.
They certainly do a great job. ))o

[braddo]

That was my first auction in 8 years glad to see some old familar faces are still there and greg still trying to work out how to get fish pictures on the overhead.  But still 12.10 is an early finish the last one I went to finished at 4am and after an hour drive it was daylight when I started to unpack fish. I heard though someone had a dummy spit afte I left at 11.45pm. but you always get one.

[Neptunes Nursery]

It was a good night to catch up with some old and new faces!!!!
I brought lots of fishes and even some plants this time.
Was dissapponted that some plant stuff i brought was expired.
I also brought 4 bags of mollies and 3 bags of guppies which all had fungi and white spot. Which i might ad were all dead today :evil:
Also there were many bags that had holes  and  were poorly tied so no air at all in the bags or not enough water. (sorry to grumble)
Glad i brought spare bags and will bring extra water next time.
Overall a great night thanks to the organisers :D
Sarah

[Ulysses048]

We enjoyed our first auction immensely - got some bargains - great to be able to put faces to usernames - and we too would like to thank the organisers, auctioneers, runners and behind the scenes voluntary help who did a great job .....
On a personal note, we would like to give special thanks to someone (he knows why) and braddo (he also knows why)  Special thank you also to mudskipper and the guys from the North who travel such distances to support events such as this.........
We were so enthused by the event, we went out and bought a 7 ft tank today to extend our hobby/obsession further.
Soooooo nice to enjoy the company of such nice people with similar interests - we will be back !!!!
Many thanks - Carole and Graham

[Savage_roo]

Hey people Had a great time picked up more fish Than i was supost to but I still had fun
Ya put a few names to facers
And only lost 1 fish but that was just a mishap lol
A few people where having trouble with there bages
Throught no falt of there own falty bags don't help
But all in all they tryed there hardest do to fix the problem
And thanks to all the people that put these things on
It was hot but you pulled it off

[wrk21]

OK well one thing we did learn about the auction was that no gravel will be auctioned off unless you have a stat dec from some bloody govt body saying that your soil/gravel is fire ant free or is from a fire ant free area????

how many fire ants have you found in your tanks??

anyway.....

[GTR73]

Regards the problems people have with bags, I think it pays to always organise taking a few buckets with lids, and a hole drilled in each lid with one of those cheap battery-operated air pumps attached that come with the airline and air rock (see the ones AOA sell)
A mate and I brought four large fish between us and two of the bags had problems where there's no way the fish would have lasted. So lucky I had the buckets ready to go.

Do tell what the dummy spit was about?  :?

[Spider1980]

Very Very happy.
20cm fronnie $50
2 alto comps $18
9 peppermint bristlenose $90
8cm fronnie $14
breeding pairs bristlenose $17

way to many plants

cant wait for the march auction down the coast
sweet sweet airconditioning.

Cheers Dale