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Well,
here I am Eight year later and I am definitely here to stay!
I want to start of with a short
profile of myself. Twenty years ago I started my role as an
entrepreneur in the automotive and welding industry in South Melville,
P.E.I.. I had great success, because I treated people fair and
honestly and in no time I had built a large clientele. Today I teach
these two trades. Five years ago I started my own auctioneering
business( Moe's Auctioneering Service) at that time a good friend of mine, that
I had many business dealings with, told me I would never exist as an auctioneer
because I was to honest. This has stuck in my mind for five years
and I want to be quite clear that there is plenty of opportunity in the auction
business for honest auctioneers. The Auctioneering Association of
Canada is full of honest auctioneers and I am proud to be one of them.
Being an auctioneer on
P.E.I. is very unique. There appears to be a tremendous
pressure to outdo each other and depress the industry. It is
not my style to condemn any competition. I have always felt
that my competition was my best advertising. I maintain that
I have the best services and prices on P.E.I.. My prices are
the same as auctioneers charged in the 1960's. You be the
judge of our services.
I
Do!
- I am proud to be the only
auctioneering service in the province that belongs to the Auctioneering
Association Of Canada. This means that my auctioneering
service believes in a code of ethics when selling items through auction.
- I follow a code of ethics
that is beneficial to both the seller and buyer. It is not
good enough for me to " just get rid " of your items through
auction.
- I use a bidding card that
have the terms and conditions of my auctions spelled out in
writing. No Guess Work!
- I am committed to
providing the people of this province with sound business
ethics. This is why I am a member of the Greater
Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce and the South Shore Chamber of
Commerce. I strive to keep updated on new business trends
and modern technology and participating in life long learning to better
the people I serve.
- I have a state of the art
web-site that has many great features.
a. You can view my auction
sale items from your home.
b. You can join my large
e-mail list at no cost and have my upcoming auctions e-mailed to you
before they are posted.
c. If you are unable to join
me at an auction you can bid by absentee bid. Simple
directions to follow through our upcoming page. We do a
large volume of business across Canada.
d. People have access to my
web-site through my web-site name and also through the Auctioneering
Association of Canada's web-site which has the potential of high end
buying.
- Book your auction sale
early with me, because I will be televising your sale at all the
auctions that I do prior to yours. Pictures And All!
- I have mobile access to
Visa, MasterCard and Interac that I provide at all my auction
sales. This enhances bidding by impulse buying.
( Better Prices )
- I carry Commercial General
Liability Insurance and Tenant Legal Liability Insurance.
Why? When I invite people to partake in your auction I
am responsible for their well being, not you the seller.
This is why I carry insurance.
- I use a fully computerized
auction system. ( You get an itemized list of every item
that was sold and you get paid for all your items. )
- I guarantee prompt payment
and satisfaction from your sale. No waiting for your money
or waiting to see what you received for a particular item!
- I give written "
upfront " quotes. You know in writing exactly
what you are responsible for and what my service will do for you before
we start. No Guess Work! I give
service, results and honesty.
I use a communication system
at my auctions so that every member of my staff are aware of what is
happening at all times. I sell in a particular order
that is announced prior to the auction starting. My auctions
have flow!
- I always have and will
continue to be the leader in the auction business through technology and
service. I give our customers the treatment that they
deserve. Moe's Auctioneering Service is a leader not a
follower!
- I have always provided a
trucking service after the auction sale.
- I provide a professional
appraisal service, working with a host of qualified auctioneers and
appraisers with a great variety of web-sites to confer with.
I
Don't
- I do not jeopardize the
sellers possessions by having an auction sale in the winter months,
unless it is a pure necessity. If the necessity is
that great, I will store the goods until spring. A P.E.I.
winter would have more control of an auction success, than an
auctioneer.
These are
the reasons that I do not jeopardize your possessions!
a. Weather conditions and a
cancellation of the sale will certainly increase the potential for high
cost overruns like advertising, hall rental, labor, and
trucking. Who pays? (You Do)
b. Weather conditions and no
cancellations of the sale. ( Low Prices )
c. Dealers will not buy at
fair market value because they will have to store the product until
spring.
d. Seasonal employment ( the
ordinary person cannot afford to buy at an auction sales while they are
on unemployment. )
e. Some sellers tell me that
they don't care. They just want to get clear of their
items. ( I don't work for these people, I have a conscience.
)
- I do not use the
technique of false advertising. False advertising is
correlated with an insecure business or person. I want to
give you an example. For an auction company to advertise
that they receive the highest price for an item is false. If
they are operating above board and following the proper code of ethics
this would be impossible. I want to quote from Paul
Gardner's article in the Auctioneering Association Of Canada Newsletter
which relates to this very topic. " This
statement is impossible to qualify since there have never been two
auction sales conducted simultaneously under the same condition. "
I
am proud to provide a professional, legal auctioneering service!
Here
are five of the most recent comments made to Moe's Auctioneering
Service.
1. Thank you very much ( for
the cheque ) and the outstanding auctioneering you did for
me. ( This same person has offered me 10% more
commission for the next items that I sell for him. )
2. We have been going to
auctions on P.E.I. for twenty-five years. The auction that
you had last Labor Day was the best auction we have ever attended.
3. We are ecstatic with the
auction that you have done for us. You and your entire staff
are very professional and punctual. Best of all you have
provided us with seven thousand dollars more than we expected from the
auction, which will cover the cost of moving the rest of our belongings
to Ontario.
4. We can always tell when
we go to your auctions Moe, that there is time and effort spent properly
displaying the articles that are being sold.
5. We always enjoy when we
go to one of your sales. There is always an order of selling
and you are very professional in the manner that you conduct your
auctions. We love that there is no bickering with staff or
degrading buyers. Your auction sales are very
professional and relaxing.
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