About 10 years ago I went to a fake auction run by con men. I knew how the con works and wanted to see it in action.
I purely went with intention of watching the psychology at play, to see how they hyped up the audience to buy rubbish.
These guys were so clever at what they did. Still to this day I cannot work out how I stuck my hand up and bought a worthless cheap perfume for £15!! I could not believe it, it was so involuntary and I only went along in the same way you might watch a magician, just to work out there tricks.
I would have put money down before hand on the
fact I would not part with any cash at all.