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<p>[QUOTE="SeaGoat, post: 224113, member: 1136"]A house number means the auction house will have a "number" they will assign to no one, they will pretend this number is bidding to drive the price up. If the house number gets stuck with the item it will go on the houses number so no one knows the house was bidding. </p><p>Its extremely dishonest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Theres a company from up north that holds a once a month auction. I attended a few times and for some reason prices just seemed to go SKY HIGH and with in seconds. I could not understand it..</p><p>I couldnt even keep up with who was bidding. I quit going because I couldnt afford anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>Months later I found out they are notorious to having a house number. It was hear say but I wasnt surprised. </p><p>When they would come in town a few of them would attend our auction to buy things to reconsign to their auction. </p><p>They asked one of our floor help to help them on their floor one Saturday.</p><p>He said they were so bad with their house number they loaded over half their tractor trailer back up with items they sold to the house number.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeaGoat, post: 224113, member: 1136"]A house number means the auction house will have a "number" they will assign to no one, they will pretend this number is bidding to drive the price up. If the house number gets stuck with the item it will go on the houses number so no one knows the house was bidding. Its extremely dishonest. Theres a company from up north that holds a once a month auction. I attended a few times and for some reason prices just seemed to go SKY HIGH and with in seconds. I could not understand it.. I couldnt even keep up with who was bidding. I quit going because I couldnt afford anything. Months later I found out they are notorious to having a house number. It was hear say but I wasnt surprised. When they would come in town a few of them would attend our auction to buy things to reconsign to their auction. They asked one of our floor help to help them on their floor one Saturday. He said they were so bad with their house number they loaded over half their tractor trailer back up with items they sold to the house number.[/QUOTE]
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