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<p>[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 8301259, member: 99642"]I used to buy classic cars at auction. I hated it when people jacked up the price until they thought I had reached my breaking point and then would drop out. I turned the tables on one guy by dropping out and leaving him the winner @ $1000.00 for a 1976 M-B 280C Coupe that needed repairs. The guy started stammering about how he didn't really want the car so I lit into him about " Why are you bidding then? ".</p><p>I then asked the auctioneer to start the bid over and ban that guy from bidding.</p><p>He did and I got the car for $250.00 + TTL. That guy never bid against me again, and after I repaired the car, I drove it for years, in fact, I let my daughter and her new husband drive it to San Antonio on their honeymoon, and then again on their second honeymoon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 8301259, member: 99642"]I used to buy classic cars at auction. I hated it when people jacked up the price until they thought I had reached my breaking point and then would drop out. I turned the tables on one guy by dropping out and leaving him the winner @ $1000.00 for a 1976 M-B 280C Coupe that needed repairs. The guy started stammering about how he didn't really want the car so I lit into him about " Why are you bidding then? ". I then asked the auctioneer to start the bid over and ban that guy from bidding. He did and I got the car for $250.00 + TTL. That guy never bid against me again, and after I repaired the car, I drove it for years, in fact, I let my daughter and her new husband drive it to San Antonio on their honeymoon, and then again on their second honeymoon.[/QUOTE]
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