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| - So this place does have some good deals, but is absolutely shady. There are obviously planted people to
1). Drive up the price
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2). To "win" the auction, to allow them to auction it again at a later auction.
For the record, I do not have that from an inside source rather just what I've witnessed. I saw an absolutely beautiful and unique bedroom set get sold for $900, I could not believe someone got such a price. . . Well, lo and behold it was up for auction again the very next week. (Where it sold for quite a bit more.)
Another time there was an item that I had seen and was interested in but I had to leave the auction. Well, I heard from someone who was there that they tried to auction off the item after I left and literally no one bid on it.
I contacted the auction and was told they would be willing to sell it for a reasonable price that we both agreed upon. The next Saturday I go to pay for the item and am being told that they have to try and auction it off. I'm not at all happy but I really wanted it. So they start the bidding and I'm bid right up to $50 over where we agreed by a bidder I couldn't find in the crowd. I'm okay with it because I still feel I got the deal of a lifetime on it, but just the practice really turned me off.
I did get nearly an entire house full of new furniture for under $2,000 the first time I went there, furniture I still have, use and get compliments on regularly.
I'll keep going to the auction, but I definitely feel like it you vs. the other bidders vs. the auction itself.
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