The current sale board creates the "appearance" of a feeding frenzy which the old did not. It's there now for whatever advantage seller or buyer can take as a result. I will say this about the consequences of a conscience regarding "first come." I have put off a few buyers with the statement that I had an interested party to whom I felt I was obligated to wait upon based on the right of precedence. Unfortunately, there are many LookyLous who are very good at presenting themselves as hot to trot in order to produce a layaway without reciprocal obligation. No thanks! It's an auction with a more or less fixed bid and perhaps a few negotiable sweeteners and the buyer gets to bang down the gavel. Let's be honest here. The Comes With the Cash queue is the one where precedence counts for something with both buyers and sellers.
jack
