(08-27-2015 07:17 AM)Arwen Swordthain Wrote: (08-26-2015 05:11 AM)SaddasLB Resident Wrote: (08-26-2015 04:47 AM)Lana Mathilde Wrote: I accidently sold a 9+1 scotty for 500 at my store the other day. That would have been a good auction cat, and i think the buyer has already left to the bahamas. 
and don't exist 9+1 traits..
The 9+1 that Lana was refering to references size, its common practice to add a +1 to a cats description if its any size other than normal as many breeders regard size as an unofficial 10th trait. So yes for many breeders 9+1 DOES exist.
Exactly!! I was about to say the same thing.
On the issue of buying and setting up your panel in advance:
I was at an auction the other day where the auctioneer and SIM owner said she wanted people to start setting up 24 hours in advance! Beyond the fact that there are some daily auctions where you couldn't set up that far in advance, in my experience, that would increase the likelihood of people not being there when it was time for their panel to be called. I used to set up the night before, but was going through issues in RL that caused me to miss auctions where I was already set up! Which also meant that the panel couldn't be released to someone else and the auctioneer - and everyone else - was left wondering where I was. I also find that if I do grab a panel too soon for an elite auction, I might not have anything for it, and wind up IMing the auctioneer in advance to release it. So, I'm finding it best for me to go to auctions where I can buy a panel and set it up 1 1/2 to 3 or so hours beforehand - basically when I have a better idea of how my health and RL schedule are going that day, as well as knowing what I plan to go on it.
I know that a lot of KC auctions have boards to select your panel days or even a week in advance. Why not go the other way: Don't allow anyone to buy the panel until they are open and reset from the previous auction - or, for those that only happen a few times a week, not until 24 hours before the auction. Also, only allow one regular panel, and one special panel if you have them, per person at this time. That way people still have a chance of getting one once they have a good idea that they will be there. Yes, RL issues still come up - they always will - but you're a lot less likely to forget that you have a panel if you just went to get it.
Then, if the panel isn't set up, and any required notecard submitted, by an hour before the auction, release the empty panels, without refund, to whomever is there and wants one.
This has the effect of bringing people in just before the auction to set up their panel and then to grab another one if they want it. That gets their mind in auction-mode even if they have to leave, or go afk, for a bit to take care of last minute things before the auction.
Another idea is to have things like trivia or word unscrambler games during the hour before the auction, to get people there, chatting and excited. It does cost lindens, but if it brings people in, it can be worth it.
More Cancellations .... what's going on breeders ??
