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.

The folly of the artificial bidding window

Creating an artificial bidding window violates the trust of our sellers, depresses bidding activity and is deleterious to a passionate buying community that we should all be trying to build for our companies and the auction profession. Continue reading

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New Moto X is smartest of current smart phones

Moto Display on the Moto X

The new Moto X features the best current software experience on Verizon. Continue reading

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Kyocera Brigadier is a tough phone

Verizon recently let me spend a few weeks with the Kyocera Brigadier. It’s a ruggedized phone that features a sapphire display that I couldn’t scratch with a brand new knife. If you’re hard on your phones, or you want a … Continue reading

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Iowa State Fair

I had a great time at the Iowa State Fair. Here’s my game film for anyone interested.

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HTC One M8 review

I just posted my review of the Verizon HTC One M8 over on my personal blog, where I’ll be publishing the majority of my future hardware reviews. It’s a great phone, and you can read more of my review at aarontraffas.com.

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