Clearing Sales
February 22nd 2007 09:58
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Clearing sales are like big garage sales and are usually conducted when a farmer is selling his property. Most sales are held during the summer months – usually the hottest time of the year – in February - many after the kids have gone back to school. Everything from machinery, tools, pieces of iron and wood, furniture, household bits and pieces and at times sheep and farm dogs are sold, using the auction method. Farm agents advertise and conduct the sales. Outside vendors – such as neighbours who want to sell something are usually permitted.
“A clearing sale is where one farmer gets rid of all his junk to another farmer, who will later have a clearing sale and get rid of it himself.” That is how one farmer described it and I think it is pretty accurate. Hopefully most of it gets used along the way!
Intending to go to a clearing sale? Expect the following:
1. It will be either hot or windy and dusty or all three.
2. There is never enough shade.
3. They always run out of water to drink and the shed is a good three hundred metres from the action.
4. Someone will want to talk to you just when you want to bid so you have to be either rude or miss it.
5. The item you came to buy will be too expensive or won’t go.
6. Just when you want to sit down, they will sell the chairs from under you.
7. The one thing worth getting comes with fifty other things you don’t want – but it is the right thing to do to take home all you bought.
8.If you go to the sale just to look at one thing – it is probably number 253 on the list, and you have a three hour wait.
9. On the day the farmer decides he is going to wear his “good” jeans to the sale instead of the old farm ones, - that’s the day he decides to buy that grease-ridden tractor.
10.If he brings the ute, he needs the truck or if he brings the truck he buys nothing.
9. The further you drive the more likely you will be bidding against your neighbour.
10. Most farmers don’t go to buy (much) - they go to talk.
Useful Junk
Clearing sales are like big garage sales and are usually conducted when a farmer is selling his property. Most sales are held during the summer months – usually the hottest time of the year – in February - many after the kids have gone back to school. Everything from machinery, tools, pieces of iron and wood, furniture, household bits and pieces and at times sheep and farm dogs are sold, using the auction method. Farm agents advertise and conduct the sales. Outside vendors – such as neighbours who want to sell something are usually permitted.
"But does it go???"
Intending to go to a clearing sale? Expect the following:
2. There is never enough shade.
3. They always run out of water to drink and the shed is a good three hundred metres from the action.
4. Someone will want to talk to you just when you want to bid so you have to be either rude or miss it.
5. The item you came to buy will be too expensive or won’t go.
6. Just when you want to sit down, they will sell the chairs from under you.
7. The one thing worth getting comes with fifty other things you don’t want – but it is the right thing to do to take home all you bought.
8.If you go to the sale just to look at one thing – it is probably number 253 on the list, and you have a three hour wait.
9. On the day the farmer decides he is going to wear his “good” jeans to the sale instead of the old farm ones, - that’s the day he decides to buy that grease-ridden tractor.
10.If he brings the ute, he needs the truck or if he brings the truck he buys nothing.
9. The further you drive the more likely you will be bidding against your neighbour.
10. Most farmers don’t go to buy (much) - they go to talk.
You bought it, you take it home.
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