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<p>[QUOTE="Blissskr, post: 2702067, member: 34882"]My experience with live auctions were similar to what Ebay is like in general. Once in a while a good or great deal could be had but often the place was just filled with idiots driving up the price of items way past the point where purchasing made any sense. I think the psychological factor of being the 'loser or winner' involved in auctions is something many people cannot handle and they end up bidding for pride or bragging rights versus logical valuation of items. I'm told by people I know older than me that things used to be somewhat better and reasonable. Of course that was before reality TV shows centering around auctions, etc drove the unwashed and uninformed masses into the fold begging auctioneers to take their money. Everybody is hoping to land the big score and strike it rich, ironically the only ones getting rich are the auctioneers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blissskr, post: 2702067, member: 34882"]My experience with live auctions were similar to what Ebay is like in general. Once in a while a good or great deal could be had but often the place was just filled with idiots driving up the price of items way past the point where purchasing made any sense. I think the psychological factor of being the 'loser or winner' involved in auctions is something many people cannot handle and they end up bidding for pride or bragging rights versus logical valuation of items. I'm told by people I know older than me that things used to be somewhat better and reasonable. Of course that was before reality TV shows centering around auctions, etc drove the unwashed and uninformed masses into the fold begging auctioneers to take their money. Everybody is hoping to land the big score and strike it rich, ironically the only ones getting rich are the auctioneers.[/QUOTE]
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