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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 1472957, member: 20201&quot;]I like that comment, I don&#039;t think I know Detecto, but the comment was positive. :smile</p><p><br /></p><p>As an antique dealer, I stayed away from &quot;the click&quot; of other dealers who were in the back of the local estate auctions.</p><p>They would be in Cahoots with the auctioneer who saw the same dealers at every auction and bid up the collecting public and drop out when the auction lot got a high enough bid for the auctioneer.</p><p>On the other hand, if the dealers won, the split up the costs and consigned those items in local antique shops or they could keep them themselves as sell them in their own shop.</p><p>But they never bid up each other, they only bid against the non dealing public and took what was a great bargain or let the public drive up and compete against themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>They called it &quot;Pooling&quot; and it sure is against the law, whether you are a dealer or not but it is a tough job for people to prove that it goes on.</p><p>I detested the dealers who were in the pool, and I did not buy from their shops or consignment booths.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I want something, I look over the lots before the auctions start, I jot down what I want and I have a top price I will pay written next to it. </p><p>I don&#039;t dare let anyone see what I wrote down. I hold that little tablet like a poker hand. I have a total amount of money I think I will spend and most times when I hit my total, I try to say that&#039;s it, I&#039;m outta here, unless stuff is going so cheap I have to stay to the end and get all I can afford. I take what I get and forget about the rest. There is an endless supply of stuff out there. Patience is necessary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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