Auctions and the search for a porcelain bus

Last weekend we decided to go to Grays Auction house to see if we couldn't bag ourselves a couple of great deals. It was going to be a stinking hot day (and in hindsight one of the most disastrous days in Australia's history) so we went early and took the kids with us. The kids were great (even though they were hot and BORED), and we learned a lot about how the auction system works. There were some fantastic bargains to be had, if you knew your prices and could get in and be the highest bidder. We went with the hope of buying a toilet, and also had our eyes on some frameless shower screens. There were 3 auctions being run at the same time, one for furniture, one for whitegoods, ovens and electrical, and another for everything else (tiles, kitchens, bathroom stuff, etc etc). Toilets weren't what we hoped for, weren't that many available and went for way higher than we were willing to pay. Turns out, from further investigation today that they are a little more expensive than we thought so perhaps they weren't such a high price after all! Frameless shower screen we missed out on, they went for $500 which was what we were willing to pay (and a bargain!) but we were busy watching an auction in another area and missed out. So we'll be back again in a few weeks, once we know what number of tiles and floorboards we need, to have another crack. Unfortunately it will be too late for the porcelain bus, we have to have one bought (or at least decided upon) by Monday for the plumber to do the roughing in. So the search is on!!!