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Originally Posted by cobrarob
Sounds like BJ needs to do one or more of the things noted below to make things more fair
1) shorter auction days to ensure that the bidders are present
2) amortize the auction over more days depending on the volume of cars
3) Have auctions more frequently and stay with a cap on the amount of cars at each auction so everyone gets a fair price or at least a fair opporutunity to get a fair price
Greed supersedes all of the above
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Did you somehow get the idea that this is a charity event for the car hobby and not a commercial enterprise? Have you not looked at the guys on the podium to see what sort of people they are? More fair?
I have been to that auction a number of times and I must say that it is the lowest class , most crass event I have ever been to. You have a pile of blue collar heroes who have money but not sophistication being suckered by a bunch of carnies with all the niceties of a loan shark transaction. It is funny if nothing else and somewhat boring overall to watch but the tempo is pretty cool. I would not go to a dealer to buy a car with my sister because I find it tedious, to watch an infomercial on TV for 4 days or worse - to be there as a non bidder - has all of the excitement of watching someone else play a video game.
I will give them their due. B-J are the best I have ever seen at parting the rubes from their money for sure and they are the undisputed champs at turning what should be a business transaction into an emotional impulse buy for huge money. I myself wish I was so good at selling high ticket items in the IT world. They do in seconds what takes me months. They are the masters of timing and process flow and I take my hat off to them.
Fair? That was a good one