At a designated time the bidding will stop and the item goes to the bidder of the highest amount on your sheet. The silent auction approach has proven to be the best system as it will bring the fairest market value for your items, and at the same time it will free you up to investigate what other members have for sale or trade. To make this a successful evening, there must be lots of material. Gather up all of your old unused software, any circuit cards you removed during an update, and how about those books and manuals you haven't used in a while. And don't forget that extra monitor or printer that you put in the closet when you bought a new one.
Nothing is too big or too small.
What you don't want may be just what another member has been trying to find. Computer retailers are not allowed to participate as dealers, only as individual members and this should be limited in general to used or older items, not brand-new goods. Members bringing goods in from a dealer source should notify an officer or director of the group for permission. In previous years we have experienced problems with having enough table space to accommodate all of the sellers, it would be helpful if some of you could bring along a card table or other folding table to help provide enough space. Don't forget to bring some form of payment, like cash or check so you won't miss out on a deal or have to make special arrangements with the seller.