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Old 01-20-2007, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Yetiman
They mentioned last night that phone bidders were paying a 12% buyers fee, compared to the 10% fee for people there at the auction. Yikes !

That said, there seemed to be some pretty good buys last night (Friday) and they were reporting about 2/3 of the way into the evening that the total sales dollars were down considerably from 2006 (they gave actual numbers which I don't recall).
I talked two a couple of sellers who had brought three or four cars last and this year. They both said that their sales were down 20-25 percent from last year. Small sample, I know, but kind of reflects what Yetiman heard on TV.
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