Here’s some quick statistics :
| Number of Items in the Auction | 14,054 |
| Number of Items Sold | 10,591 |
| Value of Items Sold | $178,731 |
| Number of Items Auctioned (non-Consignment Store) | 4,865 |
| Number of Items Sold from the Consignment Store | 5,726 |
| Percent items Registered in the last week | 48% |
| Amount Raised for Charity (Child Advocates) | $20,100 |
This was the second year that there were no on-site registrations. We had a few frustrated would-be sellers who still hadn’t gotten the word, but overall the sellers seem to appreciate it because of the advantages I spelled out last year:
1) Faster setup for us on Wednesday (no need to setup 4+ extra computers and printer)
2) Faster drop-off for sellers (since we had everything setup and ready to roll, and we didn’t have to spare anyone to help those entering items) !
3) Less congestion in the room of people waiting with stacks of games to get to the on-site computers.
I think that all the sellers who pre-registered would agree that check-in went VERY smoothly this year.
In addition we added another credit card machine – this allowed us to keep one over by item intake during the busiest times (Wednesday and Thursday morning). This minor change saved many a seller the extra steps needed if the only credit card machine was over by the registers.
