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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 9617586, member: 37"]Wouldn't be surprised if your under-bidder was not after the tray and older basket on the left. You might have offered to sell them any they were interested in to cut your cost. I have employed this technique quite successfully when after something obscure in a lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>I always look at baskets at the thrift stores. 99 times out of 100, there is nothing. Every now and then I will find something worth purchasing. I would not have recognized this basket as being NA.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 9617586, member: 37"]Wouldn't be surprised if your under-bidder was not after the tray and older basket on the left. You might have offered to sell them any they were interested in to cut your cost. I have employed this technique quite successfully when after something obscure in a lot. I always look at baskets at the thrift stores. 99 times out of 100, there is nothing. Every now and then I will find something worth purchasing. I would not have recognized this basket as being NA.[/QUOTE]
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