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Or when you've been wanting to one up your neighbor's boat by buying a drug running speedboat with bullet holes.

One of the top reasons auction hunters hate gun control

The worst ones will try to add a few extra holes the night before the auction

You're probably kidding but I wouldn't put it past someone. Unscrupulous people bring antifreeze in gatorade bottles to the car auction and dump it under cars they want. Be careful out there.

Oh sheeesh!

By the way I had to spend at least a second trying to figure out whether that antifreeze was somehow going to offgas and damage the vehicle undercarriage :)

But it’s just straightforward dishonest fake leak. Scoundrels!

Or want to get absolutely ripped off by the non-government sellers that are somehow allowed on those platforms. The whole point of Govdeals et al is that the seller is a known-ish quantity. If I wanted to roll the dice on garbage with fresh paint I'd be on Ritchie bros.

Govdeals managed services (or whatever they call it now) is just as questionable as 3rd party sellers on any given big bog store's ecommerce "platform".

> Or want to get absolutely ripped off by the non-government sellers that are somehow allowed on those platforms

I didn't realize the government could become Amazon.

Not government, these are private auction sites that cater to the governments.

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