Sunday afternoon saw us at auction again in an outer south eastern suburb of Melbourne. It was an interesting auction right off the bat to be honest as there were no fewer than 8 Agents and representatives at the auction, which had to just about be the whole agency! Sure the crowd was big enough too, with five separate bidders participating on the day. There was a disturbing tactic present that is creeping in to more and more auctions now days, being used by this agency, and they are not alone. So the auction began and while standing there with my client I had the first agent approach and ask if we were bidding today. I responded politely that I would see how things progressed. To which she retorted loudly “did you just come here to watch?” I was a little taken aback by this and said we would bid when we saw it was appropriate. It took this lovely lady all of 5 minutes to circle back for a second shot loud enough for all to hear, “still watching?”  I then asked her if it was on the market just to unsettle her a little, and she jumped back … Continue reading Bullying to bid… how about no!