At opening time (8am) on Thursday July 30th I publicly announced that we would accept sealed bids on the car if the asking price was not metThis announcement was repeated to all interested parties throughout the saleAll bidders were aware of that requirementI announced that I would close bids at 10am on August 1st; awarding the highest bidder the sale of the car at 11am When I have had vehicles to sell this is the traditional manor of doing it, since I need the sale cleared before the end of business on thethird day We had bids, one retracted I have kept the bid sheets from those bids and have provided copies of the bids (minus the retracted one) to the daughters of the estate No where in our advertising did we state the car would be available until 3pm on the third day Since someone could have purchased it for the asking price on the first dayI did not personally know the winning bidder or any of the biddersI've done estate sale liquidations for over years; I'm well known in the industryas being fair and impartial It is my policy to never show favoritism to people I know I am sorry she missed out on the opportunity to purchase the vehicle I am unsure of the validity of her statement to having cash on hand.I saw no evidence to that effect It seems to me that if anyone was that interested in purchasing the vehicle she would have been presentat am on the first sale day Sincerely,James R***
At opening time (8am) on Thursday July 30th I publicly announced that we would accept sealed bids on the car if the asking price was not metThis announcement was repeated to all interested parties throughout the saleAll bidders were aware of that requirementI announced that I would close bids at 10am on August 1st; awarding the highest bidder the sale of the car at 11am When I have had vehicles to sell this is the traditional manor of doing it, since I need the sale cleared before the end of business on thethird day We had bids, one retracted I have kept the bid sheets from those bids and have provided copies of the bids (minus the retracted one) to the daughters of the estate No where in our advertising did we state the car would be available until 3pm on the third day Since someone could have purchased it for the asking price on the first dayI did not personally know the winning bidder or any of the biddersI've done estate sale liquidations for over years; I'm well known in the industryas being fair and impartial It is my policy to never show favoritism to people I know I am sorry she missed out on the opportunity to purchase the vehicle I am unsure of the validity of her statement to having cash on hand.I saw no evidence to that effect It seems to me that if anyone was that interested in purchasing the vehicle she would have been presentat am on the first sale day Sincerely,James R***