A cautionary note about bidding in auctions

[Paul]

For those of you who tend to get swept away in bidding frenzies at auctions (and be honest with yourself ... you know who you are ), consider the benefits of having an auction "wingman" with you to be a voice of reason. A lady I know on another forum relayed this story to me.

Her OS was having a rather substantial auction (something they do a couple times of year) with a number of very nice plants donated by various members. After the auction was over, she and the other OS members went up to collect the plants they had won. While standing by the plant table, she heard a quick intake of breath and a murmured "Oh, my. I don't believe it." The woman behind her had apparently won the bid on a rather nice plant ... unfortunately it was the same plant that woman had contributed to be auctioned off.