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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 2610264, member: 1262"]I think this happens a lot. The seller is opening themselves up to breach of contract though if they do this although it is unlikely it would ever escalate to legal proceedings if there isn't $$$$ involved.</p><p><br /></p><p>Occasionally I'll even go to an auction or estate sale and some of the better items advertised to be present are not there. When I ask a staff member or the auctioneer usually says something along the lines that the family wanted to keep the item but occasionally they have said that the family got a big offer from someone that tracked them down off the web. Usually the auction or estate sale company is often quite pissed since they didn't get a cut despite being under contract and if too much of the good stuff is gone, customers will be upset, leave, and all the remaining lower end stuff won't sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 2610264, member: 1262"]I think this happens a lot. The seller is opening themselves up to breach of contract though if they do this although it is unlikely it would ever escalate to legal proceedings if there isn't $$$$ involved. Occasionally I'll even go to an auction or estate sale and some of the better items advertised to be present are not there. When I ask a staff member or the auctioneer usually says something along the lines that the family wanted to keep the item but occasionally they have said that the family got a big offer from someone that tracked them down off the web. Usually the auction or estate sale company is often quite pissed since they didn't get a cut despite being under contract and if too much of the good stuff is gone, customers will be upset, leave, and all the remaining lower end stuff won't sell.[/QUOTE]
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