Estate auctions you get a feel for the care the machinery got - just look at the other equipment that is selling and the buildings on location. Also you know the reason they are selling - either death or retirement. At a consignment auction all you know is that the equipment is there - you don't know why (was it a lemon, decided to sell instead of make a big repair, etc..).
bidding strategys:
Know what you want to bid and stop, I've seen a lot of people bid because they could afford it - not because their bid had anything to do with the value of what was being sold.
Bid slow if you don't know if you're up against a real bidder or a schill - even if you're well below your set price. The fake bidders tend to drop out pretty fast if they think their next bid means they own it.
If you drop out of the bidding and the auctioneer suddenly doesn't have another bidder NEVER LET THEM BACK UP TO YOUR BID!!!! I've seen it several times where the helpers suddenly don't know "who had the bid" and try to take the last real bid you gave - don't let them do it. More likely than not your last several bids were against someone that doesn't exist or an owner or a auctioneer employee. Make them start over - when you do that they generally cut the crap because they know you caught them.
Pay close attention to announcements made before bidding starts - on wagon items you need to know its by the peice and pick, by the lot, by the peice and take them all (I hate that).
On larger items know what is selling - if you don't know ask - several other bidders might be wondering the same thing - again pay attention don't be askign questions on something that was just announced 30 seconds earlier. I don't know how many times I've seen guys mad because they bought a tractor and THOUGHT the attached loader or pile of weights or the chains or the duals went with the tractor but were actually going to be sold seperately.
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