| IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Auction Houses Being Shut Down
We already have a fix which we're currently testing. This fix will be rolled into the game as quickly as possible. In order to do this, we will try to move our next patch forward by a day and schedule it for tomorrow (time TBA). The bad news: In the meantime, we're closing the Auction Houses throughout the game. Players will not be able to post new auctions or bid on existing auctions. Here's what this means to current users of the Auction System:Any auction which was scheduled to end between the time we closed the auction houses and the time we come back up after patching, will end on schedule.If the item had a bid before the system was shut down, the item will go to the highest bidder when the auction system is re-opened..If the item did not have a bid, it will be returned to its owner when the auction system is re-opened.Any auction which was not scheduled to end until after the auction houses are re-opened will continue normally.Unfortunately, listing fees will not be automatically refunded by the system.
Louisville eclipses million-dollar milestone in surplus sales
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mayor Jerry Abramson today announced that the city has "unloaded" more than a million dollars worth of surplus government vehicles, equipment and other items through online auctions. Metro Government sells obsolete and other surplus items through its website, LouisvilleKy.gov, and GovDeals.com, an online service similar to eBay. The $3,760 sale of a Case International 585 tractor to a bidder in Cookeville, Tenn., recently brought the total funds generated through the online auctions to more than $1 million. "The online auctions are a creative way this government is operating efficiently and effectively for our citizens," Abramson said. "We're unloading items that have outlived their useful life for government, and in doing so creating a revenue stream and reducing warehouse space." Abramson said the online auctions often generate more money than traditional auction-house auctions because items are up for bids around the clock and the online auctions allow more people - virtually from anywhere - to participate.
Gorgeous pier table brings $9605 at Valley Auctions
A gorgeous pier table made in Baltimore by Edward Priestley (1778-1837) sold for $9,605 at a four-day catalog blow-out sale held April 12-15 by Valley Auctions, LLC. A pier table is a small table designed to be placed against a wall (pier) between two tall windows. The one sold was the sale's top lot.
[USPRwire, Sat Apr 21 2007] A gorgeous pier table made in Baltimore by Edward Priestley (1778-1837) sold for $9,605 at a four-day catalog blow-out sale held April 12-15 by Valley Auctions, LLC. A pier table is a small table designed to be placed against a wall (pier) between two tall windows. The one sold was the sale's top lot. Prices quoted include a 10-13% buyer's premium (20% for online buyers).
This auction was an absolute success, said Robert Smith of Valley Auctions, LLC.
New Brunswick base bids farewell to fallen soldier
A Canadian Forces base in New Brunswick paid tribute to a comrade killed in Afghanistan Saturday, marking the end of a difficult week for Canada's military. Trooper Patrick James Pentland, 23, a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons who was killed in Afghanistan on April 11, was buried with full military honours on Saturday — the last funeral for eight soldiers killed during Canada's deadliest week of combat in Afghanistan. The 800 mourners who attended the funeral service at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown near Fredericton, heard how he loved children so much he once asked about adopting an orphaned Afghan child. "He loved children," Pastor Alex Varga told the funeral service. Although the Dragoons are based at CFB Petawawa in Ontario, Pentland had served earlier at Gagetown and his family still lives near the New Brunswick base.
Hillbilly Hotdogs auction raises funds for autism
LESAGE -- The annual Autism Awareness walk, run and bicycle event at Ritter Park isn't for a couple of weeks, but who wants to think about all that exertion without a few Snuffy dogs and a Stacy's Flu-Shot under the belt?
On Sunday afternoon, the sixth annual Autism Awareness Event, which kicks off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at Ritter Park, got its usual pre-walk boost by the always-fun auction at the original Hillbilly Hotdogs on W.Va. 2 in Lesage. Under gun-metal gray skies spitting rain, folks gathered for the auction by auctioneer Larry Adkins, and for refreshments by Hillbilly Hotdogs and Cakes by June, both of which donated all of their profits. .
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