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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silentnviolent, post: 1471837, member: 8797&quot;]Looking at that in writing it appears as though he tried to drive up the price on me and stick me.&nbsp; Too bad for him <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That auction was something. I also saw a different man, also around 80 years old, (white hair, giant hearing aid, stiffened joints in his fingers, you know, <i>old</i>) Thoroughly inspecting a riding lawnmower. He started it and shut it off at least a dozen times. He raised its hood just as many times, giving it the once over... a dozen times over. Then he s-l-o-w-l-y gets on his hands and knees and goes prone. A minute or two go by and I start to wonder...&nbsp; (an elderly woman had tripped and fallen over some of the items up for auction and was hauled away in an ambulance a half hour before) Then &quot;FWOOOOOOOOSH&quot; you hear all the air escape the rear tire as the old codger pulled out the valve stem. He gets up and looks around all shady, then put the valve stem in his pocket in what he thought was a discreet manner and goes to his car.</p><p><br /></p><p>I reported this to the auctioneers, who were suprised and told me they knew the individual personally. They said they would call him on it. I didn&#039;t want the thing; wasn&#039;t intending to bid on it. They asked why I thought he would do it, to which I said, &quot;Well, either he really needed a valve stem or he was trying to reduce interest by making it appear more damaged than it is, thereby getting it cheaper.&quot;</p><p>I bet they had an interesting conversation when he went to pay for it... or maybe not... depends on how well they know him, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just wanted to share a funny story!</p><p>Auctions can be entertaining in other ways than buying <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: there was no buyers fee here, either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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