posted on April 1, 2001 07:07:31 AM
Wouldn't do it! Have an agreement with friends: No direct competition in selling and no bidding against each other.
posted on April 1, 2001 07:14:00 AM
It has happend to me. Woudn't do it again. Friend and I happend to be bidding on the same type of clothing item. Both our daughters REALLY wanted it. I outbid her with a snipe. I got what I wanted, but felt terrible afterward, and she was VERY upset. Now, if I see she's bidding on something that I'm also interested in I try like heck to pass it by. Unless you REALLY have to have it, its NOT worth it.
posted on April 1, 2001 07:19:07 AM
I had an instance where my sister found a beautiful plate at a great price and told me about it. I put it on my watch list as I thought it would go fairly high. She never bid on it, and neither did anyone else (wasn't listed to best advantage). Well I figured she didn't bid she didn't want it. So when it was relisted I sniped it at the last minute, she had a total of 20 bidding days to bid and didn't. Do you know every time she comes to my house she comments that there's the plate I outbid her on??
I don't knowingly compete with anyone I know BUT if it went down as above, I would do it again.
posted on April 1, 2001 09:21:52 AM
Well, as my husband, the auctioneer, frequently says (during auctions), "There are NO friends at an auction."
Teresa [email protected]
posted on April 1, 2001 05:32:56 PM
I'm not really experienced in B&M auction houses, but I've been told that it's a violation of law to conspire with a friend to keep the bidding price low. Well, I'm sure I mis-quoted that... But in reality, the auction should go to the one who is willing to pay the most. My group of friends has a standing rule that anything we want to bid on is fair game -- so friends may bid against friends and nobody is upset if they lose (well, they might be, but they are good sports about it). In practicality, if someone says they're interested in a certain auction, others may refrain from bidding against them, out of deference to them -- but only if it's not something that they "HAVE to have".
Violetta
(Not known by this nickname anywhere but here.)
posted on April 1, 2001 08:34:22 PM
I was at a B&M auction bidding on a rug against someone who wanted it as much as I, after it was bid up the auctioneer stated Ii was bidding against my brother. We were so surprised we both lost the rug. LOL
