Who grows the biggest apples in the country?
PILLOWS. Here we have a 2000 room hotel, which means 4000 beds, which means 8000 pillows, which is the best way to sell these pillows? In one lot? In lots? Or one at a time for 5 dollars each.
Economics again.
Economics again.We had so many people standing in line around the block that the police put up horse barricades and kept them in line riding their real horses, blocked off the street so people could get their trucks in and loaded. New York was just as anxious to something positive happening to their city and by not having the hotel close.
We had so many dedicated people determined to get into the hotel and buy something that we went over our 6pm closing time and at 8:30 our biggest problem was our revolving door entrance. People would force themselves into the revolving doors while we were trying to close the building which prevented us from closing as people would continuously trap themselves in the door. Finally we had to get the police to barricade the front entrance off.
Only problem was we had 1000's of people in the hotel that deserved to be served so our cashiers didn't get done working until midnight, and then 2 o'clock settling up the books. By the time we got everyone out the building it was 4am only to be up again at 8am to start the sale all over again at 9am. This went on for 10 days. Nothing is more frightening than too many people other than having too many people inside a building.
More to come...
I'm interested in writing a book on this subject matter, How interesting do you find it?
Clem D. Long Auctioneer and Hotel Liquidator Founder and former C.O.B. of National Content Liquidators Third Generation of Auctioneers
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My son Michael took his first steps during the sale of the contents of the Commodore Hotel sale while I was working there with the family for Donald Trump.
We were living upstairs and working downstairs during the day selling the hotels furnishings. It was a big deal to a small town girl from the midwest!
I will never forget meeting Donald Trump and Evana for the first time down in the lobby of the hotel. The hotel was closed and I was working in the business office with one other person and Donald was in charge of the project and came to meet us because we were the first phase of the operation to renovate the old place. At the time the Big Apple was going down hill and he was working deals with the city to get her back on her feet and the rest of the country had never heard his name. Little did we know at the time how big he would become. We should have gone to work for him when he asked but we thought our career with the family business was more secure for our new baby! Live and learn!!!
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