Stop in for a cup of coffee

Someone to bid to drive the price up

Someone to bid that's not buying. Common practice.

Oh, that wasn’t the problem. Weather was a huge factor but all the big dollar items went for above appraised value. The problem was I tried to buy two of the tractors back but there was only one guy bidding on them. A dealer. He drove them up to way above even retail high end values before I finally said screw it.