its not buzz it the auction house
and it has nothing to do with the fees
go and see up here they are pretty bad
Michael, the auctioneer is an asshole. I know Buzz and have several deals with him. But Michael is one that you are best not even admitting that you know. If you bid 350 on a game and he wants 400, he will put you down for that amount. If ou bitch, then he will tell you to leave the auction. He is the shadiest auctioneer i have ever dealt with, and i know alot of them. My partner drove to Michaels house and bought a machine from him. When we were at an auction a few years later, my partner went up and started talking to him, and Michael flat out lied to him that he was not the one that my partner went to to buy the game, Even when my partner had the address of where he went, which was Michaels address, he still said that it wasnt true.
Also, gabesdad, you apparently have not been to one of there auctions. There is never a no-reserve type auction with him. Games like artic thunder, he will start the bidding at say 700.00, if he dont get a bid, he will pass the game. Where is the no-reserve in that . A true no reserve auction will never have a pass on it. Also, if he gets mad, which he has several times, he just says that the games are not bringing enough and quits. So if you have you mind set on getting a game towards the end of the auction. There is a chance that he wont even sell it, even if you tell him that the game you came for hasnt been auctioned yet. It happened here in Illinois with him on more than one occasion. I even was standing nect to him when he quit halfway through the auction. A buyer went up and said that he wanted this game in the last row, Michaels response was "you should have bought some of the games that i was auctioning if you want me to stick around for the last row. WTF, i have to buy 20 games early on to keep his interest up enough to do his job,
Also, i went to one of his sales that was a store closing all items will be sold to the highest bidder. They had a carnival ride that i was interested in. When he went to start auctioning it, he was asking for 15k, i told him that i would open the bid at 5k. He said, "do i look that stupid, this thing is worth the 15k, if i dont get a opening bid of that, then we just wont sell it" Some no-reserve auction that all items will be sold