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.Kansas Auctioneers Association convention fun, educational
2009 Hall of Fame Inductees Marvin Knopp John Shoemaker2009 President Dave Webb 2009 President Elect Andy Conser, CAGA, AARE 2009 Vice President Jack Newcom New Directors starting 2009 Megan McCurdy Byron Bina Eric Blomquist Presidential Award of Distinction Richard Garvin … Continue reading
Dataopedia lists public information about websites
Have you ever wanted a quick way to learn all you can about a website? A new web services called dataopedia.com makes it easy to view data like web stats, registrar information and links and stories from social networks. Note … Continue reading
Auction Listing Specialist Certification not for auctioneers
We’ve received some search traffic from users searching for the phrase Auction Listing Specialist. As involved as we are with the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and not ever hearing of such a course or designation, we decided to search it … Continue reading
Windows 7 is a faster Vista
We got our hands on a copy of the public beta of Microsoft Windows 7, the planned successor to Windows Vista. From what we can see so far, it’s very fast on our test system, though we haven’t tested it … Continue reading
Auction Podcast Episode 14 – Interview with Scott Musser
AuctioneerTech – My name is Aaron Traffas and joining me today for the third in the Auctioneer Interview Series is my friend Scott Musser, BAS. Scott is an auctioneer for Musser Bros. from Kennewick, Washington, and is currently the president-elect … Continue reading