http://warstonefarm.com/www/keeneland-what-does-it-take-to-be-a-truly-world-class-auction-company/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:21:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://warstonefarm.com/www/keeneland-what-does-it-take-to-be-a-truly-world-class-auction-company/comment-page-1/#comment-77 rather rapid Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:25:08 +0000 http://warstonefarm.com/www/keeneland-what-does-it-take-to-be-a-truly-world-class-auction-company/#comment-77 i just bought a vision and verse yearling by phone bid at the Fasig tipton October Yearling sale. bidding stopped at $2600 OMG. Luckily he's a decent horse. I was without any problems phone bidding with FT EXCEPT the video feed is 30 seconds behind the live action, which is a severe handicap because they're well into the bidding before the horse appears on the computer screen. You make a good point. What is the fathomable reason these consignors and keenland fail to publish photos, etc. i just bought a vision and verse yearling by phone bid at the Fasig tipton October Yearling sale. bidding stopped at $2600 OMG. Luckily he’s a decent horse. I was without any problems phone bidding with FT EXCEPT the video feed is 30 seconds behind the live action, which is a severe handicap because they’re well into the bidding before the horse appears on the computer screen. You make a good point. What is the fathomable reason these consignors and keenland fail to publish photos, etc.

]]> http://warstonefarm.com/www/keeneland-what-does-it-take-to-be-a-truly-world-class-auction-company/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Quinella Queen Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:13:40 +0000 http://warstonefarm.com/www/keeneland-what-does-it-take-to-be-a-truly-world-class-auction-company/#comment-76 Thanks for the detailed discussion of auctions. It's kind of puzzling that technology is not being used more effectively in sales, as in many businesses, sales was often the first department to climb on the Internet bandwagon. It just makes sense. Historically, of course, the cost of printing catalogs was a financial barrier to providing more extensive information. (More info = more pages = more cost = less profit.) But once computer memory got relatively cheap and internet access became relatively common, websites could be utilized as sort of "super catalogs" and could even provide information a printed page can only hint at (video, for example.) It's puzzling that the thoroughbred industry should lag so. Thanks for the detailed discussion of auctions. It’s kind of puzzling that technology is not being used more effectively in sales, as in many businesses, sales was often the first department to climb on the Internet bandwagon. It just makes sense. Historically, of course, the cost of printing catalogs was a financial barrier to providing more extensive information. (More info = more pages = more cost = less profit.) But once computer memory got relatively cheap and internet access became relatively common, websites could be utilized as sort of “super catalogs” and could even provide information a printed page can only hint at (video, for example.) It’s puzzling that the thoroughbred industry should lag so.

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