Have you ever had someone so pissed at you for winning a lot at a public auction?

Maxcrusha

Have you ever had someone so pissed at you for winning a lot at a public auction?

I mean when you never spoke to the person about the note - not a single time. In fact you hadn't spoken to them in weeks about anything at all. You never had a gentleman's agreement to not run each other up. In fact, you never even discussed it. They simply were mad you won it, and that you outbid them.

And, you didnt even win it! You simply were sitting next to the person who did (in the auction room)!

Ever happen to you?

numbersman

Greg,you need to sit next to someone else!

Tookybandit

That's pretty rough!! Sounds like the guy is way too high strung.

Maxcrusha

i didnt think he was, but i guess so. A shame.

Beantown

Maybe they were the consignor? More probable would be they liked it, but could not keep up with the bidding. I'm sure coffee or maybe a Dr Pepper was involved too!

HoleEbuckets

Greg,



That's a weird situation? As a bidder in an auction, it's all about how much money someone is willing to pay. It's basically a put up, or shut up proposition. Maybe the other bidder was upset at themselves for not bidding enough money??? If that's the case, this person may try to contact you in an attempt to buy that note.



just a thought

luckybucks

That person sounds rather thin skinned.



I have outbid people, and have been outbid many times by other people. As disappointing of an experience as being out bid can be, we never got mad at anyone either way it went.

DepressionscripGuy

I never got mad at someone else for outbidding me. I'm always mad at myself for not bidding enough. The "should of bid one more time" scenario.

Andres

No, never

sounds like a really nutty person, would never say a word to him ever again.

Maxcrusha

i tried to send a few messages via facebook and email... but to no avail

techwriter

Sure have and she wasn't even bidding. Go figure?

TennisCoach

Well you can't read someone's mind to know it was something they wanted. Did you have any idea this other someone was interested in the note? I don't see why someone would be pissed, upset sure, but pissed? It sounds like from your posts that you knew this person. (I didn't think he was, but I guess so. A shame. And....I tried to send a few messages via facebook and email, but to no avail



Why do you care that this someone is pissed? Did you find out this someone's bid ahead of time and relay it to the person sitting next to you? Do you know the person sitting next to you? Were you bidding against your friend or someone you know from the show. I don't understand why you are trying to contact this someone unless it was a friend or someone you do business with on a regular basis. I just find this story interesting because of how everyone is reacting. Someone is pissed because the person you're sitting next to won the auction? You knew this someone, but they didn't?



I have never had someone pissed at me for winning a lot at public auction or for a person I didn't even know winning sitting next to me.



In tennis we are trained to watch a players' body language and see how our opponents react after each point during a match. The reactions happening here are not what I would expect and that is interesting.

Maxcrusha

I was friends with this person. Now i dont know.

The person next to me was Billy Baeder, a real shocker for those who know me (not!). i care because i dont like getting people upset at me when i did nothing wrong AND when it is a PUBLIC AUCTION... where anyone is allowed to bid.

I could have guessed this person was going after the note, but it is one of kind - wasnt much effort or thought needed to come to that conclusion.

i was initially trying to contact the person because i asked them how much they needed for someone they are selling on ebay... it was $40.

they i received a curt email saying "No discount for you". Thats when i emailed back and forth to find out that he was/is pissed.

then after hearing back a single time about him losing the note, the ebay item was raised to $95.

USARARE

Sorry Greg, I'll wear a costume next time I bid?

Maxcrusha

Billy, I think we have gotten to that point apparently

Tookybandit

One thing that has been proven time and time again ...people are nuts!



Some of us are still okay though

Maxcrusha

All: to confirm, Billy wasnt the cause of it... he was simply the guy sitting next to me who won the note. Billy is not the person who got mad.

JIMfromDC

all I can about this subject is that I really hope the note in question isn't for inventory.



And while yes, it it is a public auction and people are of course free to do what they want, there is something called business ethics. And I believe that the two of you are now business partners? So that makes you one and the same if it the note was for inventory as far as im concerned.



If it was your personal collection, then all bets are off and game on

Maxcrusha

it was a personal collection note

JIMfromDC

then case closed in my book.



But maybe this should have been expressed in one of the emails you sent and not brought up in a public forum.



just my 2 cents.

Maxcrusha

i sent 3 regular emails and 3 facebook emails, basically asking whats up, and then if we're OK... and no response beyond that he's upset... when clearly i did nothing wrong

and the item is still on ebay at $95

I was hoping for either an apology or "we're good"

but i got nothing

and considering the rudeness of his initial response... and the crass move of taking the ebay item from $40 to $95... well, I dont care if its in a public forum.

i feel completely blindsided by it and i went from being shocked and hurt to now be angry

iccurrency

That's what you get for sitting next to Billy.

USARARE

Hmm. Would of it been different if I bidded online.? Rather than in person. This is a waste of a thread. Who cares! Time to move on.


Issie, how about posting a one of a kind radar?

iccurrency

Billy, you know I'm just kidding, right? Here's your radar...

Maxcrusha

WOW Issie! I have their cousin:

Tookybandit