Purchased last week from the Dishonest Auction Company of Bucks County, PA.
'Huh?' you say. 'Is it really called that?'
Um, no. But those who go there or have gone in the past are generally well aware that the owner instructs the auctioneers to take bids from bidders who don't actually exist. This is the kind of thing that could make him lose his license, but so far he's gotten away with it.
So why do I even go there?
Because as long as you have in mind what you want to spend, and not a penny more, you CAN get good deals there.
Plus not every item involves a non-existent bidder in the process. And even when it does, sometimes the real live bidder gives up, and then the item goes to the non-existent bidder. When that happens, the item will reappear in the next week's auction (and the next week and the next week and the next week, if that's how long it takes to sell it to an actual person). With each successive re-appearance, the price of the item goes down.
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