The Auction

This morning Darryl, Lucas and I went to a hardwood flooring auction. It was lots of fun and Darryl and I learnd lots. I want to turn one of the front rooms into a "play room" for Lucas the only problem is the carpet in there smells. So we wanted to put hardwood flooring down and heard about this hardwood auction. So we truck over to the "industrial" part of the city and take a look aroundat the hardwood we'd like. We decided on 3 1/4 inch gunsmoke oak (a dark stained oak in wide planks). The problem was this was our first auction and we had no idea how it was going to work and that stuff was first. So the guy explains the quality of the wood, 9 layers of veneer and veenered all the way around, not just on top. So we are thinking sounds good. So just like a typical auctionner the guy starts out 8 dollars, 8 dollars. I'm thinking 8 dollars! We came here for a deal. I was thinking more like 2-3 dollars. Then he starts to go down, 7 dollars, 7 dollars, 6 dollars 6 dollars. Whew, I was getting worried that this was all a big waste of our time. One he gets down to 2ish Darryl puts up his card, then other people start putting up there card, so it goes, 2- 2.50-2.75 Darryl bids again for 3, then someone else bid 3.50 then we bid 3.75, The auctionner is calling 4$, 4$ and no one is biding. Then he goes down 3.85 and that guy bids 3.85. Then the auctioneer is calling back at us 4$, 4$. But we decide not to go for it. We did stick around for a couple more lots of hardwood to be sold off so we could get the hang of it for next time.

It was a fun experience, one of those things everyone should do in their life. So now I can cross it off my list. At least till next time we go.....

Till Tommorrow

Jenn