All Auctions Schedule

[Brunabug Nightfire]

I feel I need to speak in behalf of the All Auctions Schedule mentioned in this post. I am the updater of this schedule.

The community did not decide to make up a NEW auction list. The list you are referring to Charlette "All Auctions Schedule" was started by staff at Kitty Kottage sim 3 yrs ago. The original creator HellCat created this list and it was posted on the sim and on the google spread sheet you mentioned. Not sure if many of you older breeders remember the Kitty Kottage Sim but they were known for making KittyCats a community and not a single sim. They openly posted about other auctions that were taking place even if they were not on their own sim. I had the opportunity to continue the updates of this list when HellCat left in April 2013. Sadly Kitty Kottage sim closed last April 2014, but I asked the sim owner if I could continue updating the All Auction Schedule even though the sim closed. She agreed that was a good idea. Now remember this list has been around before I even started breeding 3 yrs ago. It is nothing new. It was just something that had been created for the members of Kitty Kottage and hopefully the whole KittyCats Community.

I have tried really hard to maintain this auction list. I take it very seriously and I try to update it as often as I can. There are times I have to log on daily to make updates. I can't speak for the other past lists you mentioned Charlette but when I started breeding 3 yrs ago the only auction list that was up to date pretty much was the one at Kitty Kottage. So when I took this project on- to continue it - I felt it was my duty to make sure it was updated and to take it seriously. I think that the fact that I have taken this list very seriously, of it being current and up to date, it has shed light on the fact that certain sims have a lot more auctions. I think in the past it was just the same...some sims had more but the community didn't know much about what the other sims were doing. They didn't see all the auctions happening other places. Maybe they did, but it was not so much in your face...or accessible to find out. The All Auctions Schedule is current so it is easy to see where the other auctions are happening.

I want to remind everyone this list was always and will always just be a list. I have no authority to deny anyone access to have their auctions at certain times. I am pretty sure I don't want that power and NO one in this community will want any "one" person to have that power. If anyone contacts me with a Notecard stating that they are an auctioneer or a sim owner and they want me to advertise their auctions on the list I will add them, even if there is another auction taking place at that same time. I have on occation mentioned that there was another auction going on at the same time, and that it might be difficult to get buyers to their auction. But I have never said I will not post it. Once again this list was and will always be only a LIST. Not a means to say a certain time slot is always for this particular auctioneer or sim. The auctions have always been a FREEMARKET.

I have been around to several auctions...and I will say (I am sure it will come across as rude and snobbish) I have seen some good auctioneers and some not so good auctioneers. Not everyone is cut out to be an auctioneer. And maybe this will seem cut throat, but I will bet that if two auctions are happening at the same time the one with the better auctioneer (more educated..and takes the time to research what is hiding and showing on a kitty they are selling for someone- instead of just tping in at the last min...to grab notecards) will be the auction that will get more buyers to it. And yes, I do know that sometimes it is a popularity contest. Some auctioneers have more friends they tp in..but I would have to state that over time, even if that auctioneer has lots of friends and does mass tp's...to get everyone there at their auction, that the only way they will get those buyers to STAY and BUY is if that auctioneer knows what they are talking about when they sell EACH and EVERYONE of those kitties on the panels.

Maybe the community needs to decide if they want someone to manage the number of auctions each sim is allowed to have and times. Make the auctions Regulated. I will not be doing that, and I am sure that the majority of the community would not like that. I see one possible and unpleasant outcome if the auctions were regulated. Uneducated Auctioneers will be allowed to continue week after week to flounder and misdirecting buyers with false or misguided information, because they themselves don't know the truth, about the kitties they are auctioning. The Free Choice of picking auctions you want to attend will not be there because you will be locked into a certain auctioneer who might not be qualified to auction kitties. Those auctioneers are just like some stranger walking up to any kitty at a store and telling the passersby that this is a great kitty. But not explaining why. I know that I would much rather have many opportunities to attend auctions with well-educated auctioneers. And again, maybe I am wrong...but I have never known auction times to be exclusive. Yes I agree we need to be respectful of other auctions already taking place, but at the same time I feel that anyone should have the opportunity to try to auction and see if they can be a great auctioneer too.

If you are a new sim...and you have an auction taking place, you pick the time that works for you and auction your heart out. Let your friends know you are having an auction, post on the forums, post in groups, network. Don't let the fact that other sims have several auctions taking place detour you from having your own at the same time. The more educated auctioneer will always win out every time. And NEVER give up if you know you are a good auctioneer. The word will get out (good or bad) if you are.

Charlette, your sim has only one auction a week (for now- does not mean you can't add more), and I know for a fact that Ragdoll brings in quite a few buyers to her auctions. I would also like to point out that Nacht has only one auction a week. They also bring in a lot of sellers and buyers to that one day a week auction. Please remember, that it is the QUALITY of the auctions taking place not the Quantity.