The previous review from 2015 is basically right on the money. The building itself is pretty dirty and has a lot of people that make this auction their Saturday night out. Nothing wrong with that, but if it's your first time here, prepare yourself to be talked about by those around you, and at a level that you can easily hear.
I didn't try the food and most of the people seem friendly (albeit a little judgmental, but who isn't I guess), but purely from a buyer's perspective, the auction itself is confusing and if you are a buyer, you need to pay very close attention. I go to a lot of auctions and I would need to go here at least 3 or 4 times to get comfortable with their style of selling. I sat back and watched for the first few minutes and what I thought were good deals turned out to be not so great.
For example, I purchased some comic books and instead of selling them all (about 20 total) in one stack (as they were displayed on the table), the person up front randomly broke them up into 3 stacks and they were auctioned off as "choice, per stack." So the winning bid got to pick 1 stack, or pay 3 times the money for all of them.
Most other items were auctioned off the same way. A person up front would hold up a box of items or handful of items and the bidding would just start. Then at the end they'd ask you how many items you wanted and charge you multiple times the final bid.
So to wrap it up, just be careful if/when you start bidding. Not a bad way to kill some time, but I won't be going back anytime soon. For a buyer and re-seller, they make it difficult to get a good deal.
As of this writing, they also charge a 10% buyer's premium. They don't say anything about this on AuctionZip, so be aware of this if it's your first time. read more