Author Archives: Aaron Traffas
About Aaron Traffas
Aaron Traffas is an auctioneer from Sharon, Kansas. For over two decades, he 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. Aaron now operates a farm in south central Kansas and serves as a benefit auctioneer and an occasional contract bid caller. 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.Don’t shill bid. Just don’t.
Image by duncan via Flickr If you’re an auctioneer and you’re bidding on behalf of yourself or your seller, there’s nothing illegal about it provided it’s disclosed properly and that it’s not an absolute auction. However, if you’re going to … Continue reading
2009 Kansas Auctioneers Association bid calling championship recap
The top five places for the 2009 – 2010 Kansas Auctioneers Association bid call contest are as follows. Charly Cummings, Yates Center, KS Megan McCurdy, Wichita, KS Justin Schultis, Fairbury, NE Lance Fullerton, El Dorado, KS Aaron Traffas, Sharon, KS … Continue reading
Live blogging the Kansas Auctioneers Association bid-call contest
Last year’s live blog from the Kansas State Fair worked, but we tried to go completely live using coveritlive.com last August for the regional competition. We weren’t impressed, mainly because it required Flash. This year, we’re going to try for … Continue reading
Redbeacon wins TechCrunch50
Held every year in San Fransisco, the TechCrunch50 Conference showcases the best and brightest startups. We wrote about the 2007 winner, Mint, which this week announced that it has been acquired by Intuit for $170 million. The experts panel this … Continue reading
Opera 10 module 9 error solved
Image via Wikipedia We love us some Opera. We’ve been advocating the Opera 10 web browser since the first alpha version was released last December. We even wrote about it in March. We’ve been faithfully using it through the beta … Continue reading