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aspen7709 · 01-07-2008, 12:54 PM

The Barrett Jackson Auction is a SCAM!!!!!!! I have a collector car shop within 1 mile of his showroom
60% or more of the cars sold are bought back by the owners at 10% in + lane fee+ 10% out OUCH!!!!
ask Jeff Lee about his experiences,I get alot of the cars that didnot sell here in my showroom after the auction. Some stuff is real and ther are some good deals but not what the TV hypes.Also his figures for sales pack on his %of commission not the sale price.
Jackson himself is a crook ask anyone in AZ and they will tell you. I am glad he is taking his circus to Vegas.It is sad to say that his rigged "reality" auction sets the market for the cars we all love but just watch closely,like we do here, and see the phony phone bidders bid a guy up 200k or watch an owner cry out after trying to run up a bidder himself and buying his car back at the drop of a gavel but puttin on his game face for TV.ther is a current law suit brought on buy a judge that paid for a certian amount of stage time for his car and got bumped bya commercial and his car got clobbered in the price so he is suing.
It is cool to see the old cars but to give hime SOOOO much money and attention is sad. If you are in town go to Russo and Steele or ICA or Kruse...less crowds ,better cars and more accurate pricing.
Also dont go and drink and bid on cars its like picking up on women in a bar they all look good with enough alcohol but you never know what you will bring home.

01-07-2008, 12:54 PM	#7
aspen7709 Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: sunny,az Posts: 165 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Internet rumors The Barrett Jackson Auction is a SCAM!!!!!!! I have a collector car shop within 1 mile of his showroom 60% or more of the cars sold are bought back by the owners at 10% in + lane fee+ 10% out OUCH!!!! ask Jeff Lee about his experiences,I get alot of the cars that didnot sell here in my showroom after the auction. Some stuff is real and ther are some good deals but not what the TV hypes.Also his figures for sales pack on his %of commission not the sale price. Jackson himself is a crook ask anyone in AZ and they will tell you. I am glad he is taking his circus to Vegas.It is sad to say that his rigged "reality" auction sets the market for the cars we all love but just watch closely,like we do here, and see the phony phone bidders bid a guy up 200k or watch an owner cry out after trying to run up a bidder himself and buying his car back at the drop of a gavel but puttin on his game face for TV.ther is a current law suit brought on buy a judge that paid for a certian amount of stage time for his car and got bumped bya commercial and his car got clobbered in the price so he is suing. It is cool to see the old cars but to give hime SOOOO much money and attention is sad. If you are in town go to Russo and Steele or ICA or Kruse...less crowds ,better cars and more accurate pricing. Also dont go and drink and bid on cars its like picking up on women in a bar they all look good with enough alcohol but you never know what you will bring home.