Author Archives: Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES

About Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES

Aaron Traffas, CAI, AMM, CES, is an auctioneer from Sharon, Kansas. For the last 22 years he's worked for Purple Wave. Aaron served as president of the Kansas Auctioneers Association in 2017 and on the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute Board of Trustees from 2009 through 2013. He is a past instructor at CAI and co-wrote the original ATS and AMM designation courses from NAA. An active contract bid caller, he has advanced to the finals in multiple state auctioneer contests. During the summer, Aaron operates a farm in south central Kansas. Aaron is an active singer and songwriter and the Aaron Traffas Band's latest music can be found at aarontraffasband.com as well as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon.

Legalized gambling with penny auctions

Penny auction sites are gambling, pure and simple. Continue reading

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Uninstall Adobe Flash

An easy way to remove Adobe Flash through the control panel while still retaining the ability to view Flash content as needed with Google Chrome. Continue reading

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Fractured: Social networks should only provide interface to underlying public data

I love Google+. I’ve been on it for 24 hours now, thanks to my friend John Schultz, and I can safely say it takes the best of what Facebook stole from Twitter and wraps it up in a clean and … Continue reading

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Auction Podcast Episode 22 – Stop with the QR codes

QR codes are utilitarian tools, not marketing methods. Learn when not to use them and when they may be appropriate. Continue reading

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The standing desk

A step-by-step explanation of how I approached building a standing workspace. Continue reading

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