[Bushbasher]

Todays' gripe is about useless country auctioneers. You know the ones, there's 2 or 3 all working in rotation, all over 60 and all with NFI about what they are selling. A big tent and poles in 2 separate packs ona pallet is a tarp and some pipes , some fabricated HD steel racking is a pile of scrap steel , antique cupboards and a gentlemans robe etc. are just some cabinets and an old wardrobe, etc, etc.... you get the idea..

On top of that, they ignore your bids because the sprukers are barking out the bids from people at the back of the crowd and ignoring the bloke standing right beside them . Then they have a complete disregard for packaging and the protective packing contained there-in and just rip and tear at boxes and cartons to get a look at what's in there instead of taking half a second and using BOTH HANDS to open a box or pack, instantly devaluing some items in the blink of an eye or trashing the protective packing so the buyer now has a much harder job getting the item home in one piece undamaged..
Imagine finding a mint Biante twin mirror HO in it's mint box and then watching the spruker rip the box open and yank the car out to wave it at a bunch of middle aged cockies, fishermen, retired types and CWA women. It's enough to make a collector cry. You should have seen his face when I told him he'd just devalued the whole item by half because of his ham fisted ignorance.
I had to walk away in the end and get out of there lest I launch into them for their incompetence.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.......