Now if it was a bud palmer auction then I would say run, run far away...
I had a Lincoln Pipeliner bought for 40 bucks at auction..(30 years ago) he rambled and rambled.. then stated he was stopping the auction if no one was going to bid... he stood there for at least 20 minutes... then some one bid.. it ended up around 500 bucks.... I was peod... after that I left the several hundred dollars of items I bought laying on the ground.... got a call the next saying I didn't pay... I told him I don't buy from thieves... And you stated nothing to be remove until paid... nothing removed nothing paid.... I went back it was still setting there with tons of other junk that didn't sale...
I went to a auction to bid on a dozer that I had my eye on. It came up and was sold to a guy overseas. Now no big deal right? Well I ended up going to there next auction and found the exact dozer. Same serial number. I was kinda mad but I figured the overseas guy never paid Ect. Acouple of months later a Lowboy driver applied with us. I later found out that he worked for the aution company that had the dozer I wanted to buy. He told me that the company has bidders online that bid for them if the price is not where they want it. If it did not get bought, it went to another auction far away to be sold so no one would know. What a bunch of BS. The company was RB.
We have an auctioneer here that actually tells you at the start, that he will be bidding on some items... for himself or some one else...
Having done the auction thing over the years I've found:
Many buyers expect low prices because it is a auction ( RE fire sale ), a auction is just a means of advertizing product and selling it. Sure there wil be a couple of deals out there but expect to pay market value for stuff.
Some auctoneers do push bids around, I've seen ghost bids that don't get responded to ( raised ) and the auction comes to a grinding halt reverting to the last known bid.
A 3% charge for a credit card pretty much covers what the credit card co charges the auction. If you were selling someting at auction I doubt you would freely loose 3% of the sale because someone wanted to pay with a CC.
I'm not sure about the state of KS but most states that is illegal. Most auctioneers still do it anyhow though. Next time he announces that ask him if its legal in KS for the auctioneer to bid?
I'm surprised to hear some say that RB is not honest. They do have a good reputation and I've bought from them more than once.
The main thing I don't like about RB is that they are too successful. Too many people go to the sales and bid on line, driving up the prices. I guess that's good for sellers but not so good for the buyers.
Another thing that I don't like is their policy (unless they changed it lately) of charging an additional percentage premium (10%??) for items that sell for under $2500.00. To them, $2500 may be small change, but to have to pay a couple of hundred extra for a two thousand dollar attachment hurts.
RB also charges a percentage fee for online winning bidders (2% if I remember correctly). I'm not sure why they feel that they need to do that, but it may deter some bidders.
I'm surprised to hear some say that RB is not honest. They do have a good reputation and I've bought from them more than once.
The main thing I don't like about RB is that they are too successful. Too many people go to the sales and bid on line, driving up the prices. I guess that's good for sellers but not so good for the buyers.
Another thing that I don't like is their policy (unless they changed it lately) of charging an additional percentage premium (10%??) for items that sell for under $2500.00. To them, $2500 may be small change, but to have to pay a couple of hundred extra for a two thousand dollar attachment hurts.
RB also charges a percentage fee for online winning bidders (2% if I remember correctly). I'm not sure why they feel that they need to do that, but it may deter some bidders.