How The Auction Clock Works
Buying On The Clock
The basics of the clock Operation are described below.
If you wish to become a buyer please contact Multiflora for an on site demonstration.
The price on the clock is set by the auctioneer on a high price which rotates lower. The buyer who presses his button first, stops the clock on the price he intends to pay and communicates with the auctioneer on the quantity of containers he wishes to purchase.
The following details are shown on the clock:
- On the top right:
- The number of containers still available of the same party.
- The quantity of stems or bunches per container.
- The grading of the flowers.
- Below the clock right:
- The number of containers that the previous buyer bought.
- Below the clock left:
- The trolley number.
- In the middle of the clock:
- The price the current buyer is paying.
- The current buyer's number.
The information screen below the clock is in two sections and shows the following:
- On the first Line:
- The flower type currently being auctioned and an indication whether the flowers are sold per bunch or stem.
- The grading of the flowers.
- The colour and Variety abbreviation.
- Stem lengths (Only on certain flower types).
- The quantity of well developed buds per stem (Asiatics, Asiflorum, Longiflorum, Orientals and Protea Bouquets).
- The letter "I" after the variety indicates that the flowers are imported.
- On the second line:
- The name of the grower.