Research dossier / release 3.0

Pickup operations

Operational hypotheses separated from measured auction activity.

Bids through Oct 18, 2026America/Toronto reporting cutoffOct 17 excluded

Scenario analysis only: Public bid data cannot show how many items were actually won, who collected them, whether large orders were batched or whether preferential pickup arrangements exist.

What a large pickup could mean

A bidder leading 100–250 items is not necessarily collecting that many items. If an account eventually wins a large group of listings, fulfillment workload depends on the number and size of items, retrieval method, batching and staffing.

Hypothetical items	30 seconds staff work per item	Regular 3-minute pickups equivalent
115	57.5 staff-minutes	19.2
244	122 staff-minutes	40.7

Staff-minutes are not customer wait times. Four staff working concurrently or a pre-staged bulk order could change the queue dramatically.

Queue-impact hypothesis

With 50 customers present and 100 more arriving, a large pickup could increase waits if staff are shared and workload exceeds available processing capacity. Conversely, separate fulfillment staff, staggered arrivals and batching could substantially reduce the impact. We have no timestamped pickup observations from which to estimate actual delay.

Published pickup arrangements

KOTN has publicly described pickup as first-come, first-served, with scheduling disabled. This does not establish whether any unpublished bulk processes exist. Verify current wording directly with the official Payment and Pickup page before making a public assertion.

October 19 data refresh

Pickup volume models remain hypothetical. The supplied dataset does not identify confirmed winners or actual pickup visits.

Full dataset export: completed-day bids · October 19 catalogue snapshot · coverage and limitations.