Post by Wyndlily Sharphowl on Jun 30, 2009 18:50:11 GMT -5
Summer Auction Series
Auction #3 - Tuesday, July 7th @ 6PM FST
Four Star Farms: furc://wyndlilysharphowl:fourstarfarms/
Auction #3 - Tuesday, July 7th @ 6PM FST
Four Star Farms: furc://wyndlilysharphowl:fourstarfarms/
Join us at the front dressage ring this Tuesday, June 30th at 6PM FST for a horse auction! Find the pony of your dreams or sell off that old hag at one of Furcadia's premier equestrian centers.
Staff members will have $100,000 to spend. Non-staff will have $75,000. In addition, some players may have extra funds that they have won at a recent event. Minimum starting bid for a horse will be $5,000 and bids must increase by a minimum of $1,000 each time. Horses that are not sold to a player at the end of the auction may be purchased by Four Star Farms. (You will be contacted by Wyndlily if we are interested in purchasing you for the farm.)
Requirements for sale:
--Must be a minimum of one year old.
--Must be a domestic horse/pony breed. No exotics (i.e., zebra hybrids) will be allowed. Miniatures and rare breeds are fine.
--Must have a description of some sort, even if it only contains some IC information in brackets. A roleplaying description is preferred and always increases the chance of being purchased!
--Must have a roleplay post describing your character for the auction. At the end of your post, you must have your starting bid in parenthesis. Remember that $5,000 is the minimum.
--There is no pre-registration for the auction -- just show up! It starts at 6PM FST, so horses are advised to arrive at least fifteen minutes in advance.
Buyers must remain quiet and keep OOC chatter to a minimum. We will eject players that are disrupting the auction from taking place. Bidding is "live", meaning bids are shouted out for the public to hear and are not done via whisper.
Horses do not have a say in who purchases them -- that's part of the thrill of an auction. If you do not like who purchased you, bring it up politely with them in whispers when the auction is over. There will always be another chance to be sold.
Our first auction boasted ten horses for sale and four bidders, which was a pretty good turn-out considering we only gave a few hours notice. Last week's auction had ten horses for sale and ten bidders! If the auctions continue to do well, this will become a weekly event during the summer!
