posted on May 17, 2001 02:40:35 PM
OK... I'm looking ahead to Memorial Day Weekend. What is everyone's feelings related to closings on that weekend? Avoid Saturday, Sunday, Monday? List as usual? I haven't made up my mind and (must be getting old) don't remember what I did last year and if it worked.
posted on May 17, 2001 02:51:35 PM
I'm going to be virtually closed for the week leading UP to Memorial Day, so I plan on using it for a massive listing to get me back open and going again.
posted on May 17, 2001 03:15:52 PM
I had auctions end last Memorial day weekend and it was a disaster. If I list at all, it will be tonight. Otherwise, I will wait until after MD....
posted on May 18, 2001 03:34:51 AM
Well this is my first MD, but I've been looking in the papers for auctions and around here there are a ton on Memorial Day. Seems to me they must know something! One is going to be a two estate auction that lasts all day long. Not everyone goes out of town for the holidays I guess.
posted on May 18, 2001 05:31:00 AM
Guess I'll buck the trend. I've usually had auctions running on holidays & had pretty good success. My Easter day sales were among my best sales this year.
I figure, by late in the afternoon, everyone's sick of the family, bored with whatever's been going on or hiding out from relatives & had enough food to last a month so maybe they head to the computer to check out what's going on.
edited to add:
Not everyone has Memorial Day off. My daughter's school is open that day, so to some, it's not a holiday.
It's a private school. Unfortunately, we had some nasty weather earlier in the school year, the school was closed unexpectedly for almost a week, so they've been making up the missed days.
They only recently started observing Memorial Day at this school, then this happens.
