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Reply: 1.1.1.1.1.2.1 From: Michael Croft Hi Michael, I don't know why people avoid the auctioneer, just seems to be so. I don't think it affects bidding either. Simply that when I see someone talking to an auctioneer in a 'non banter' way before an auction my radar is switched on. I...

Reply: 1.1.1.1.1 From: Michael Croft Not that obvious I guess but he wasn't moving and bids were happening and being attributed to him. Actually he was moving after the bid, a bit like those old badly dubbed movies slightly out of sync. I also saw him talking in an 'out of character' way to...

Reply: 1.1.1 From: Michael Croft Sorry, I forgot to add that early on there was one dummy bidder who pulled out at about $440k (the guy standing in the carport with the dark wrap around sunnies on), so the agent told a big fib! I was watching the exchanges closely trying to pick where the...

Reply: 1.1 From: Michael Croft Hi Geoff, It was a bit unusual, it used to be that the auctioneer reserved the right to accept bids on behalf of the vendor, aka dummy bids. I suppose this was an overt way of indicating the vendors desired $ amount without actually placing the property "on...

From: Michael Croft Hi, Someone asked about the auction I was going to bid at on the week end but I can't find the original post. It is a block of 4 unapproved units, well 2 are approved the other two are not. Address is 84 Dryandra Street, O'Connor. My pre auction estimate was $430 -...