The more I cut dealers out of the picture, the happier I seem to be. Car dealers, equipment dealers, etc are only interested in new sales, leases, and servicing new or nearly new equipment.
It's called "disintermediation". The internet and modern communication give us the ability to cut the dealer out of the picture in many cases, even with "new" purchases, so that's what I do.
A note on auctions and auctioneers "taking" fake bids from unseen bidders. My father has, on several occasions, stopped the auctioneer and asked, "Point to the other bidder."
I remember he totally caught one auctioneer who pointed to someplace in the crowd and said "He's right there." Everyone "right there" shook their heads.
The auctioneer was totally busted and there was more than a few names yelled at him from the crowd, many starting with "son of a ..." Pa just walked up to the auctioneer and said, "Boy, you better straighten up. Best you start over on this one. Pull that again and you know what happens." And he did!
BTW, quite a number of people walked off and told the clerk to shove the item they won up his @@@, they weren't paying. Bottom line is if you suspect fake bidding, call out the auctioneer on it. Yeah, doesn't work if the internet is in play, but it's a good shot across the bow.
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