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Re: Farm Auctions and how they are run?
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Posted by fixerupper on January 29, 2007 at 17:18:21 from (206.72.37.202):
In Reply to: Farm Auctions and how they are run? posted by B. Abseck on January 29, 2007 at 16:23:35:
At the farm auctions around here you register for a bidding number. The clerk could be in a little camper set up on the grounds or she/he could be in the garage or some other building. There is usually a 'clerk' or 'register' sign by the door but not always. Sometimes you have to hunt around to find the clerk. At some sales with more high dollar stuff they want you to have a letter from your bank to show the clerk but I think that's primarily for people who live a long way away from the sale. I've never been asked for one. At one sale I was at they were fingerprinting all of the bidders. Seems the auctioneer had previously been bit by someone who bought an expensive combine on a sale and then disappeared from sight with the combine without paying for it. Jim
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