While Chris was looking through the local paper during the week he spotted an advert for an auction... so we decided to go along and see if there were any good deals.
They had 32, 37, 40 and 46 inch tv's, Persian rugs, limited edition paintings and also lots of little bits and pieces. Let's just say that we didn't break the bank with any of our purchases... we limited it to some pieces for Christmas presents. We certainly didn't spend as much as a couple of girls in front of us whose bill reached just under £3000 or a guy who seemed to buy so many of the items, in pairs!! (I lost count at £15,000)!!! The bidders who wanted either the tv's of bags etc.. didn't seem to realise that as there were quite a few of the same lot number, they didn't need to outbid each other as they would all get the option to buy something at a decent price. Others just didn't know when they were paying too much for an item they could buy for less in the high street stores.
Despite everything, it was good fun seeing how the auctioneer was working the room and although the items were bargains for some people, it would have been easy to get caught in the whole excitement of the event, bidding for a signed Pele shirt, or signed images of Kurt Douglas etc... but unless it's something you would want, it's not a bargain. And to be fair, I like the signed underpants we have of Matt Lucas and David Walliams which we got in a Children in Need auction, at least that money went to charity.
It would be good to go to another auction at some point, but next time we'll be better prepared, and I'll bring out my knitting!!!
