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Unread 02-18-2019, 02:36 PM   #1
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I was watching it sell . Via the net of course but I didn’t bid . I got one of “The Beaters” . But then beater or not I’m going to shoot them .
I’m picking up two shooters (a.k.a. Beaters) from the auction today. Doves, look out come September!!
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I did the phone bid thing Saturday and Sunday . I dunno what kinda pace they were doing Thursday and Friday but Saturday they were doing about 120 lots an hour and Sunday they found another gear and were doing about 150 an hour
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I did the phone bid thing Saturday and Sunday . I dunno what kinda pace they were doing Thursday and Friday but Saturday they were doing about 120 lots an hour and Sunday they found another gear and were doing about 150 an hour
One cannot linger when they get going, that's for sure...and they have slowed down some to accommodate their Rock Island Live on-line bidding software.
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One cannot linger when they get going, that's for sure...and they have slowed down some to accommodate their Rock Island Live on-line bidding software.
I can still remember going to local auctions thinking they were going well if they could hammer an item a minute . These guys opened a whole new realm for me !
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I can still remember going to local auctions thinking they were going well if they could hammer an item a minute . These guys opened a whole new realm for me !
Not like the car autions I watch on TV
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