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Originally Posted by Kevszr1
We aren't talking about ebay or an online auction here. Like Marty said, I'm sure there are auction houses that may not allow this. But many do. No one is going to go in planning on buying there own car, but if they misjudged the audience it is a better prospect than losing your a**.
If I'm the owner of the car, the price stalls, and I don't want it to go for a fraction of what it's worth, I'm not bidding to artificially inflate the price, I'm bidding to buy it so I only lose 20% instead of 40%. Some states have laws about shill bidding, but to prove that the intent was to artificially inflate the price vs. the intent of buying it to avoid a loss would be nearly impossible to prove.
The auction house isn't going to care because they are getting their cut no matter what. By definition, the owner can't be a "shill" because the auction house has already vetted them and know that he is the owner. This isn't like an online auction where anonymity could be used to more easily hide the identity of a bidder.
In short, it may not be allowed at every auction...but it isn't shill bidding by definition.
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Clearly I’m not talking about eBay or any other online auction site and I don’t know where you got that idea. As I wrote prior, I’m talking about the big auction houses. Ie..Barrett Jackson or Mecum for example. Raise your own bid and you’re a fraud....a cheat and these auctions have been sued in the past for this and I can tell you it is NOT tolerated in any way. You can type till your fingers are numb and nothing will change. Go ahead and believe what you want. I’ve sold at auctions and I can tell you I wouldn’t get caught dead bidding on my own car under any circumstance because it not allowed and you will get caught. But go right ahead..... you’ll be tossed. And I don’t care if you say “my friend did it”. That’s BS ok! At BJ you’ll also immediately forfeit your $9000 bidder hold among other leagal perils and punitive measures. These places will not tollerate a cheap *** looser cheater putting a stain on their business because they dont need to. And those are the facts my friend.