Southern Sales Services sells building materials at auction.

I wanted to have more “s” words in that title, but it just got too silly. If you type in the domain name from memory like I did, you might make the mistake of skipping the double “s” for the end of “Sales” and the beginning of “Services”. That just takes you to an advertising squatter page. The domain address is www.SouthernSalesServices.com.

So what is Southern Sales Services? It is an auction held 10 times a year for new and damaged new building materials. There are plenty of high end items for sale, but it is an auction. At auction you are not always going to get a deal. Still, I think a lot of people are getting a deal here. The inventory changes, but I have seen Pella windows, Viking stoves, Kohler fixtures, 3/4″ cherry flooring, fancy European front loading washers, tile, doors, kitchen cabinets, and more.  There are multiple auctions going on at the same time, so it can be a little confusing. You sometimes feel like you have to be in two places at once. The crowd can get a little overwhelming too. Around the appliances space can get pretty cramped.

If you want to bid, you have to preregister for a bidder number. It is a lot easier to preregister the day before the auction which is the preview day. Don’t get caught up in the excitement of an auction and bid more than you planned. And, if you want to bid on a Sub Zero refrigerator or other appliance, “camp out” ahead of the crowd in front of the item you want, or be prepared to push your way to a spot where the auctioneer will notice you. If you are bidding on an item, and don’t win, the auctioneer will usually let you have second choice after the winner has chosen the items they want. If you don’t bid, and the winning bid is low, sometimes the auctioneer won’t let anyone else have the deal. He is trying to make sure the crowd doesn’t adopt the strategy of not bidding in hopes of keeping the prices down. I thought the prices were pretty good, but there are some better deals out there. In a future post I’ll tell you about some other auctions.

Maggie and Peter Baumbach are Realtors with Long & Foster Real Estate Inc.  If you are in the market to buy or sell a home, then hire us to guide and represent you. We are client focused. We are here to help you make good decisions.

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