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There's an upcoming Simmental sale that's going to be "broadcast" via internet, with the ability to bid via internet as well.

Has anyone ever participated in one of these, and what did you think of it?
 
Our Murray Grey internet sale has worked well in the past
for sellers and buyers. There's no cost to the buyers and
it works a little like ebay. It's scheduled this year from
Oct 7th through 13th. Normally no one bids until the last
couple of days. The software/auction site is at:

http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/auction.pl

Once you register and put in a bid on an auction that
has started for an animal, the system will notify you if
someone else has raised the bid. The auction closes at
the designated time, or 15 minutes after the last bid, whichever
is later.
 
TheBullLady":1ax41sue said:
There's an upcoming Simmental sale that's going to be "broadcast" via internet, with the ability to bid via internet as well.

Has anyone ever participated in one of these, and what did you think of it?
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im signed up on an internet auction site that holds beefmaster sales.on this site i can watch a vid.an hear the auctioneer.an bid on the lot an it shows the bidds.says floor when some1 bids at the sale.an the bidders bid name when they bidding on the pc.but you have to have arrangements made with the seller and or auctioneer as where to send the check hauling an things like that.
 
TheBullLady":uhdqb5eq said:
There's an upcoming Simmental sale that's going to be "broadcast" via internet, with the ability to bid via internet as well.

Has anyone ever participated in one of these, and what did you think of it?
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Is it being done by edjecast.com?

I have participated in several of these type broadcasts done by liveauctions.tv, who appear to have a similar set-up.

I'm very happy with my experience with them and have purchased several cows this way. Be sure you have a GOOD high speed Internet connection(DSL, cable, or better). I wouldn't recommend trying to bid/watch via dial-up.

Another word of advice: Always watch the computer screen for the actual dollar bid, rather than just listen to the auctioneer's audio.

The screen prices are more "real time" than the audio/video.

The audio/video part of the transmission can have a delay of up to several seconds depending on the connection. An animal that you would want might be declared "sold" before you even place your bid - if you go by the audio. Or you may bid an amount higher than you're hearing.

I hope I'm making my explanation clear. What you see on the screen (the dollar amount of the bid asked for-in print) is only slightly delayed, while the video/audio that you see/hear is actually where the bidding was at a few seconds ago.

This happened to me a couple of times, early on, before I figured out what was happening. I started watching the prices on the screen and realized that they were higher than the prices that was being asked for by the auctioneer. Then I saw the "sold" announcement appear a couple of seconds before I heard the auctioneer say "Sold!"

I have a tendency to want to wait until the bidding slows down before placing my bid and that has cost me the opportunity to bid. The auctioneers and operators of these systems are becoming more schooled in using this medium and they are doing a much better job of waiting for Internet bidders to get their bids in, once they are aware that you have an interest in the animal selling by bidding.

It's the future! The use of the medium is steadily increasing by breeders and it's getting more dependable through experience, use, and technological advances.

George
 

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