going to an auction this friday....grrrr....

Wow.. I never realized how stupid some people are. Just goes to show, know the value of what you’re buying.

But hey, if they go for $5/ea, freakin woot! That’s a good price. Be sure to get in on that deal.. ;)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

It must be unversal.

I can tell in the first ten minutes how an auction is going to go and I am right more often than not.

Now I just place an absentee bid with the autioneer and if I get it fine if not I save and afternoon or more.

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

Yea….it’s an hour + drive…I’ll be there for 30 minutes and figure out what’s what.

I figure if they do go for cheap, I’ll figure out how to get them….even if I have to rent a truck.

And one thing I finally figured out about auctions…if it isn’t a deal, I stop bidding. I don’t want a discounted retail price. I want something for 10 cents on the dollar. or less. (I saw a perfectly good JD 7 row planter go for $5 last year…just because the people that were there weren’t farmers and just wanted the household crap. I couldn’t take it because I didn’t have the equipment to haul it with.)

i just luvs auctions.

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist......Zone out....(USA 5)

That was a deal, indeed.. I should start going to some auctions around here. Can always find deals. But, like you said, it needs to be a deal to be worth while.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

nothing ventured ….....................nothing gained

i’ve done very well saving $$$$ at auctions

-- Central northish Ontario

Just got back from the auction. No great deals.

The first one, 20×95, went for $1400 for the hoops with purlins and plastic and shutters. That’s not a bad deal. but not a real great deal.

I found out once I got there it was actually a nursery/business and that’s about all there was there, so everybody was there to buy them.

so I have nothing to boast about.

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist......Zone out....(USA 5)

Catspaw, there will be more coming your way now that spring has arrived. Better, bigger and bargains!

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Bummer!

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

I built my own greenhouse out of old house boards and discarded windows. The only thing I paid for was my nails, and a tube of caulking. I found the boards at a house that was being torn down, as if I could have the boards and took them home with me. The windows I found sitting next to the road side with a tag on them free. My son seen some brick that was being tossed, I used it for my floor. Mind you it isn’t fancy, but this year I started all my veggies, perinnels and some annuals from seed. On cold nights I just covered things with those silver emergency blankets. It seemed to work fine. You can see it next to my name.

-- There is always room for one more plant!!

Great use of discarded resources …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b