PARK has an annual club auction where club members can bring their unused ham radio related items.
There will be three sets of tables where you can:
A – Donate it to the club.
The club auctions it. The proceeds benefit the club. Everything needs your call sign on it, because of no one bids, you still take it home.
B – Keep ownership. Put a starting price on the item. Let the club try to auction it. If it sells, 10% of the sale price goes to the club. If it does not sell, you take it home.
C- GIve it away free to any interested ham to take put it back into use. A box of tubes, spool of wire, antenna pieces, radio interfaces, etc. This can be snapped up at any time so come early to get a shot at all the freebees. Everything needs your call sign on it, because of no one bids, you still take it home.
Because we had SO much gear come in last year,
1 — We will be prioritizing what we auction – which means picking and choosing, not everything may be called for auction.
2 — Label ALL ITEMS with your call sign. If it doesn’t sell, you take it back home with you.
3 — Only ham-related gear please, not computers, not audio gear, not racks, etc.
4 — Let our VP know know if you have a noteworthy item you will bring to the auction so we can publicize it. That helps draw bidders.
5 — Anything not auctioned or given away is open to a person-to-person sale at the end of the night.
Remember — ANY item you bring that does not sell, or freebee not taken, you must take it home.
Write out an index card for each of your items, with some information about them, like what it does, operational condition, how it’s used, or if the transceiver has additional filters installed, etc. This saves us time, provides more information to the bidder, and can increase the winning price.
THE PROCESS:
Every bider comes in and signs a log to be assigned a bidder number / Index Card. This makes it easier to call out what the winning bidder number is for an item, and keep track of completed items.
Every item is given or has a Card with the item model number / description.
The Auctioneer will use these Item Cards for any description or specifics about the item being auctioned.
When won, the Auctioneer’s Assistant writes the winning bidder’s number and price on the Item Card.
When an item is bid on and won, it is moved to a “Completed” table.
Our “Runner” takes the Item Card to the club treasurer for payment.
Bidders can keep bidding on various items, and make a single payment at the end.
Payments can be made with cash or PayPal.
When paid for, the Item Card(s) are stamped as paid.
The stamped Item Cards must be presented to the Runner to pick up the item from the Completed table.
In order to get the deals, you need to be here in person.
