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FORGET AUCTIONS INVEST BEFOREIn Reply to: Collusion posted by Sean Wagle on March 30, 2002 at 1:29 AM : To me, this seems like an obvious thing, although I haven't seen it addressed anywhere. : Even in a crowd of 50 auction attendees, there are probably only 5 or 6 who have really deep pockets and are ready to bid on any bait that pops up. The rest are hanging back, waiting for a specific property, or just don't have the bankroll to try. : In any market, these main players will get to know each other after scrapping several times. And at some point, one of them would pull the others aside and say: "Why are we paying the 2nd and 3rd notes off, by bidding against each other? Let's come up with an informal rotation agreement to stay out of each other's way on bids... so we each have a shot at cheap deals!" : Perhaps in the affordable-housing-scarce and deep-pocketed mileiu of southern CA, this is hard to do. But surely it must happen in some places. : So, how prevalent is this? Would the trustee bar bidders who have engaged in collusion? (Or does it *not* happen-- perhaps because the players can't get their egos out of the way, and they "like" winning the bidding!) ABSOLUTELY!! Which is why we created our company. We deal in the Pre Foreclosure market. We call auctions "sucktions"... Follow Ups:
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