Thierry, this is your forum to run as you wish. If you like it this way, I can accept that, and certainly I am free to leave at any time if it ceases to be worthwhile for me to remain.
As to this thread, I did at one time have an hour of labor in every auction. But that was many years ago, and I have vastly improved the system. On the other hand, I also have much higher non-employee expenses.
I have revised the wording on my "consign page" (where the quotes stats came from) to better reflect the current state of my expenses, for those obsessive-compulsive types who hang on every word and stat.
I am generally far too busy to engage in these kinds of discussions. The ONLY reason I took the other guy to task was because he grossly misstated the facts in his first post, and then when I called him on it, he apologized nicely privately, but took a completely different tone publicly, and that caused me to make more than one post.
Thanks to all of you who have supported me and my business. I think you will find that our March Major Auction is one of our very best ever, with something for almost every collector and dealer!