I'd just love to know what little BS lines the "auction elves" are whispering into the ears of the bidders to get them to go the next step. Gotta be something like used car salesmen and the old "whattul-it-take-to-getchoo-inna-dis-car-today" kind of crap.
If some foolish bozo or bozette grabbed me by the shoulder with that fake friend garbage I would have quite a bit of fun with them (hopefully on camera of course)
I'd fall down and fake a major injury (kinda like Rodney Dangerfield at the end of Caddyshack - "ogh my arm I thinks it's broken"