How about riding about an hour to an estate sale where they had a nice gas pump in jacks book worth about 1200 unrestored. Said they were taking silent bids and at 3:30 that afternoon high bidder gets pump. Gave a bid and a phone number and left . Got a call about an hour before it ended and lady says you are still high bidder but we have had so much interest we will hold a live auction at 3:30. I said ok withdraw my bid she of course says what if you are still high bidder , I said withdraw mine and hung up . Greed , they were going to do that all along even had it in newspaper as silent bid.
