I "hear" you Bucky. I'm talkin' 'bout estate auctions. Even on eBay, when selling, I always have a BIN (buy it now) price. The only time I run true auctions, is when I have no clue what something is worth. I let the market establish the price in those situations. With "friends", I'll ask what they'd like to pay and if it's what I feel is a reasonable offer, I'll let it go (or at times just GIVE it to them) even if I could have made more on the open market.