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Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Posts: 303
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Listen to Zeke .... set a max price you are willing to pay and then walk away.
Shill bidding happens and apparently is deemed acceptable or at least knowingly tolerated in many auctions.
As an example, I was at a dealer only auction with a friend down in Orange County, CA, (he got me a sales person licence under his dealership which enabled me to bid), and I was bidding on an old Mercedes. I set myself a max price and ended up bidding against one other man. When I reached my max, I stopped, the other guy bid higher and the auction ended... but then to my amazement, the auctioneer actually leaned down to the high bidder and asked him if he wanted to sell the car to me at my last bid price! He agreed and I agreeded and I bought the car... I was bidding against the owner nearly the entire time... I did get a deal on the car because I set a maximum and quit.
Caveat Emptor
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