post-auction silence

[Dartful Dodger]

I was at my first auction last Saturday, and I don't know if this is an auction etiquette thing or not, but everybody was keeping their mouth shut about what they bought. On the following Sunday while we were waiting to pick up our items, nobody in line wanted to admit to what they bought.  I asked the guy in front of me and he said he bought three pins and a stand up, he avoided saying the names. Since he was in front of me, I saw what he bought, Road Blaster, and it looked like a cabinet I'd be proud to admit to buying.  Nobody else would volunteer any information about their purchases either.  They would just say the type of cabinet.  It was a little odd.  I felt like I needed to keep quiet about my purchase too.

Super Off Road Track Pak -- silence broken.

...and it feels good.

[ChadTower]

Probably because of the amount of distrust and shadiness that goes on after an auction.  You literally cannot walk away from your purchases until they are on your truck.  I've heard and read some real horror stories of loading dock shadiness.

[fredster]

I dunno.  Most people just don't talk about it.

They have cops at the doors of the ones I go to checking reciepts.

[ChadTower]

Yeah, but go to RGVAM. It's full of horror stories of things like people switching auction tags after the auction and trying to leave with a cab (same game) in much better shape than the one they bought, of people getting into cabs and taking the PCBs, of all KINDS of stuff.  Remember, the cops probably don't know what they are looking at beyond the numbers on those tags.

[Zakk]

I was at my first auction last Saturday, and I don't know if this is an auction etiquette thing or not, but everybody was keeping their mouth shut about what they bought. On the following Sunday while we were waiting to pick up our items, nobody in line wanted to admit to what they bought.

[AlanS17]

I've never actually bought anything at an auction, but I've seen stuff go wrong. Machines that were working when they were brought in just suddenly don't work when they're fired up for bidding.

You can bet money I'll be watching mine closelt. I might even bring help. After the bidding ends, though, they're on their own.

[ChadTower]

Some good advice I once received is that when bidding on an item ends, immediately wrap it in shipping plastic wrap.  It's awfully hard to get in and mess with a machine when it's wrapped in that stuff.

[DrewKaree]

I was at my first auction last Saturday, and I don't know if this is an auction etiquette thing or not, but everybody was keeping their mouth shut about what they bought. On the following Sunday while we were waiting to pick up our items, nobody in line wanted to admit to what they bought.  I asked the guy in front of me and he said he bought three pins and a stand up, he avoided saying the names. Since he was in front of me, I saw what he bought, Road Blaster, and it looked like a cabinet I'd be proud to admit to buying.  Nobody else would volunteer any information about their purchases either.  They would just say the type of cabinet.  It was a little odd.  I felt like I needed to keep quiet about my purchase too.

Super Off Road Track Pak -- silence broken.

...and it feels good.

Maybe he just thought you were a jerk

No, this was in Rockford, and MrC was all the way in another state, it COULDN'T have been that

[DarkKobold]

Heres a good example why you don't trust the auction people to protect you. Horror Story from hell
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[Dartful Dodger]

Maybe he just thought you were a jerk

No, this was in Rockford, and MrC was all the way in another state, it COULDN'T have been that

You underestimate my obnoxious skillz.

[ChadTower]

That's the exact story I was thinking about when this thread came up.