Auctions in general

[PeteLeathersac]

I was gonna' stay out of any more of this whole auction thing as to be honest, I'm totally disgusted w/ the blatant 'auction realitites' some of us have come to grips with after reading these recent postings...feels like when I found out Santa wasn't real?.

I PERSONALLY feel a lot of sellers who allow and take part in these kinds of trickery at auction are the same groups who've created and/or brought bogus cars to offer and could care less how anything goes or turns out as long as they get $$ in the end?.
These same types are already there as they need the quick decisions that must be made by buyers under the gun of time and cameras...perhaps even prefer the BS to go on so as to help further cloud the waters thus having a better chance that nobody will ever want to make available and examine any specifics of these kinds of sales?.

After reading all the threads (existing and deleted) also the above observations and comments, I can't help but feel there's still many genuine guys out here/there who have the REAL cars and nothing to hide that could support an auction company who doesn't operate in these clandestine ways...perhaps much like Rick suggests above?.

Also, regardless of what name you call it, isn't shill bidding a felony in many if not most States...I believe it is here in most Canadian Provinces?.

Or maybe I'm wrong w/ all of this...yes, yet again?.

~ Pete


PS - Amy=.

[Xplantdad]

Whaddya mean Santa's not real?

I agree with Tom...If it's a reserve auction...then start the auction at the reserve amount!

[southernfriedcj]

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Whaddya mean Santa's not real?

I agree with Tom...If it's a reserve auction...then start the auction at the reserve amount!

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I no expert by any means, but I think that starting the bidding low (well below the reserve) gets the excitment going and may get some folks to bid higher than they would have otherwise(auction fever if you will). I have seen people pay higher than retail at bankrupcy auctions for some items(no automotive, just general stuff).
I have paid past my self imposed limit on a few things. I didn't want to miss out on a <font color="orange">GoManGo </font> Challenger T/A over a couple thousand bucks.