Who owns auction times?

[Navaar Morningstar]

Tad -

While I am an auctioneer, I'm not currently auctioning by choice. Part of why I'm asking this is because someone recently moved their auction and is now being told they stole the auction time from the old location.

So, while your advice is valid on some points, it also comes across as rude and accusatory. I have not mentioned anyone or anyplace... in fact I'm purposely avoiding doing so. Because what I know this isn't the first time something like above has happened.

Auctioneers have always chosen to not to overlap out of a sense of community rather than competing with one another.

As far as how auctions are run... yes, auctioneers should be able to perv a cat and know its hidden in order to sell it... and sometimes that includes advising their patron that a certain trait cannot be hidden and why. Auctioneers may be aware of prices but the general rule of thumb for most auctions is don't ask the auctioneer for pricing suggestions because if the auctioneer under or over prices the seller's cat then the seller is blaming the auctioneer for the bad price. A good auctioneer will, however, direct the seller to resources such as Torgon's site for researching current market prices.

Thanks for your input though...