Auction Item -- Not Auctioned
On Tuesday, I emailed a service package to the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, worth about $2,000 in services from my company.The winner would receive a detailed, written analysis of their company, with particular emphasis on technology and marketing functionality of their company. Once the analysis was done, we would donate ten (10) hours of our time towards whatever we found in the analysis. That could, in theory be custom software development, branding, new marketing campaigns, an infrastructure move, or any combination of those (or others).
Lastly, on top of everything else, if they wanted to purchase any kind of an advertising package with us, the first $100 of the advertising campaign is free.
All-in-all, we thought it was a great package to offer up for the usage of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. And that's what we were told by the Chamber, so they decided to put our item up for the live auction. We showed up at the live auction (5:00 - 7:00 pm), and waited to see who might buy our package.
The first item that went up for auction was a gift basket, which sold for $10. Only one person bid on it. This appeared to annoy the auctioneer. So, he auctioned off a two night stay at a local hotel, which went for $100. Again, only one person bid on it. The auctioneer took a 20 minute break. When he got back, he decided to play a few small games with the audience, and gave away a few a few door prizes (like an iPod, and a few others).
However, no one was listening, and this upset him quite a bit, so they decided to not auction off anything else except their Continental Airline Tickets. And after that, the party was over. Nothing else was auctioned off after the tickets (we didn't stick around to see what they sold for).
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