OT: How often do you check your consignments?

[ocjack]

Ok, so I have my first consignment with an AH. The auction is a 3-week auction. As a newbie, I find myself wanting to check the auction a few times a day. I know, in all liklihood, that most of the bidding will take place nearer the close of the auction.

So my question to you consigment-pro's is: how often do you check items you have up for auction? Am I the only one who checks in to the auction site frequently? Or is that just "normal?"

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ocjack

Ok, so I have my first consignment with an AH. The auction is a 3-week auction. As a newbie, I find myself wanting to check the auction a few times a day. I know, in all liklihood, that most of the bidding will take place nearer the close of the auction.

So my question to you consigment-pro's is: how often do you check items you have up for auction? Am I the only one who checks in to the auction site frequently? Or is that just "normal?"

Check on it like it owes me money so no you are not alone.

[Snapolit1]

Remember asking on the board in the past few years whether AHs could set something up where a consignor gets a text every time he gets a new bid. I think the response was that it wouldn't be impossible to do, but I can't think of an AH that provides that service. Would be awesome and a great time saver.

Based on my recent experience I'd say 75% or more of your bids are going to come in the first 48 hours and the last 48 hours. Unless it's an incredibly hot auction.

[ValKehl]

Reading Steve's post got me thinking. I suggest that auction houses send each consignor an email either daily or frequently showing the current bids for all of his/her consignments. Several auction houses currently send daily or frequent emails to each bidder, showing the current bids for all the items bid on and items being watched. For these auction houses, it would seem relatively easy to create something similar for consignors.

[Snapolit1]

Would he entirely automated. Really couldn’t be difficult to do n

[mrreality68]

Have not consigned in a while but when I did I checked daily and then on the final day it seemed every hour and in extended time I often just kept hitting refresh.

Like others says ideally it would be automatically sent to you just like when you are the bidders you get update emails, outbid emails and outbid text notifications

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Reading Steve's post got me thinking. I suggest that auction houses send each consignor an email either daily or frequently showing the current bids for all of his/her consignments. Several auction houses currently send daily or frequent emails to each bidder, showing the current bids for all the items bid on and items being watched. For these auction houses, it would seem relatively easy to create something similar for consignors.

Yes more emails for the AHs is what we need.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Yes more emails for the AHs is what we need.

Ben, I assumed that auction houses that implement this should give its consignors the option of not receiving these email updates re their consignments.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Reading Steve's post got me thinking. I suggest that auction houses send each consignor an email either daily or frequently showing the current bids for all of his/her consignments. Several auction houses currently send daily or frequent emails to each bidder, showing the current bids for all the items bid on and items being watched. For these auction houses, it would seem relatively easy to create something similar for consignors.

But it would be inaccurate pretty quickly. Isn't it easier to just log into your account and click "consignments" and view in real time?

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

But it would be inaccurate pretty quickly. Isn't it easier to just log into your account and click "consignments" and view in real time?

I would expect the email from an auction house to contain a link to enable the consignor to check the bids on his consignments in real time, if the consignor so desires.