Giant Auction March 4, 2012

[Nerine]

I sold more than I brought home too I came home with 2 things of duckweed!! and that's it!! How crazy is that!?!?! The turtle and woodcats thank the cultivators of the duckweed They were thrilled and it will probably be gone by the end of the week  crazy how much they consume

Also - I second the pulled pork recipe!! it was so delish!

Thank you again everyone for making this auction amazing

[washefuzzy]

It was awesome having so many dedicated OVAS members donate their time and energy to the auction.

[charlie]

It was awesome having so many dedicated OVAS members donate their time time and energy to the auction.

Agreed - very refreshing to get away from the key board community & meet, share hobby talk , put faces to names & actually find out about each other 

[Anja]

It was fantastic. Thanks for everyone who volunteered and participated in making it so. I came home with everything I'd been looking for and then some. What a day.

[exv152]

I also came home with the eheim 2217 I had my eyes on, and considering I got it for a steal/fraction of the price of a new one, my 125g SA community, and me, are very pleased. Not sure if I volunteer next time I'll be able to take advantage of some of these great deals.

[Brine]

Not sure if I volunteer next time I'll be able to take advantage of some of these great deals.

I was one of the volunteer auctioneers and when an item came up that I wanted to bid on I passed it to one of the other auctioneers and then stepped forward to bid on it.
 

Wayne was behind the food counter most of the time but he just waved his bidding card vigorously to get our attention when he was bidding.

Even Peter who was frantically typing and trying to keep up with the fast paced action managed to get his card in the air a few times.

[pm]

I also came home with the eheim 2217 I had my eyes on,...

I had my eye on that too.  I must have missed it (been talking??   ), because I don't remember it even comming up.

[exv152]

I was one of the volunteer auctioneers and when an item came up that I wanted to bid on I passed it to one of the other auctioneers and then stepped forward to bid on it.  ...

I'll keep it in mind.

I had my eye on that too.  I must have missed it (been talking??   ), because I don't remember it even comming up.

It was probably the third or fourth item that went up for bid, and I was lucky enough to snag it for $80.  Now my 125g has two 2217s running, one from each end. Many thanks to the seller who put this item up for auction, it was in mint condition, and they even gave my son the original receipt, with warranty still on it, when he went to pay for it.

[touchofsky]

Wow, now that is a really great seller.  I didn't get to the auction until about 1:00, so I missed some of the early stuff.

[rockgarden]

I volunteer to sell raffle tickets so that I don't have time to put my hand up!!!!

Getting lots of views on my photo blog of the day's event.  Hopefully all of that attention will translate into ticket sales for the OVAS Earth Day Event. I've paid my $5 for a ticket.  A steal of a deal!!! Let's make the Earth Day event another memorable OVAS moment!

Photo blog here: http://www.megapixeltravel.com/2012/03/ovas-giant-auction-today-march-4th-2012/

OVAS Earth Day info here: http://ovas.ca/forum/index.php?topic=52277.0

Ron

[charlie]

I was one of the volunteer auctioneers and when an item came up that I wanted to bid on I passed it to one of the other auctioneers and then stepped forward to bid on it.
 

Wayne was behind the food counter most of the time but he just waved his bidding card vigorously to get our attention when he was bidding.

Even Peter who was frantically typing and trying to keep up with the fast paced action managed to get his card in the air a few times.

I was in on the action too, managed to snarl 30 cardinals, power bar,potassium sulphate, assain snails & plants while helping out.

[touchofsky]

You did pretty well, Errol 

[exv152]

Wow, now that is a really great seller.  I didn't get to the auction until about 1:00, so I missed some of the early stuff.

Yeah, I almost missed out because I spent about a half hour searching for a parking spot. When I finally walked in they were just getting ready to begin the auction.  Everything else was great, my only complaint of the day was the lack of parking.

[touchofsky]

Even though I was a bit late, I managed to spend all of my money 

[Nerine]

It's downtown!! I got there at 8:30 to get a decent parking spot!!!

[charlie]

Yeah, I almost missed out because I spent about a half hour searching for a parking spot. When I finally walked in they were just getting ready to begin the auction.  Everything else was great, my only complaint of the day was the lack of parking.

Parking is one of the cons with that location, maybe we can keep an eye out for a location that has the pros of Jack Purcell with good parking & suggest them to the club
The pros i think are space & cost, city facilities are way less than other similar facilities.
Errol

[exv152]

It's downtown!! I got there at 8:30 to get a decent parking spot!!!

8:30am? I was still wearing pj's and out cold at that time, but if I knew it was gonna be that busy I woulda done the same. Good excuse to grab some breakfast locally.

[Brine]

Parking is one of the cons with that location, maybe we can keep an eye out for a location that has the pros of Jack Purcell with good parking & suggest them to the club
The pros i think are space & cost, city facilities are way less than other similar facilities.
Errol

McNabb Community Centre has tons of parking, is central and is city run...no idea what the cost/availability is like though.