Woman threatens me at auction!

[josekortez]

Here’s a real horror story about the dangers of video game collecting…

I went to my first and last public auction yesterday. A pawn closed down near my job and went out of business, and the owner was selling off all of its assets. The pawn happened to be across the street from my office, and there were a lot of games that I had been interested in buying there, but the prices were always too high. Everything was split up into lots for the auction, so you had a chance to look at every lot before the auction to make sure that you were interested in its contents.

I should also state, for the purposes of this story, that this is a small country town. Not all of Virginia is rural, but there are farms nearby in this particular local area.

I waited for almost 5 hours for them to call up the game items (they were all listed in the 300’s, and the total number of lots went into the 400’s). I had only written down 5 lots that I was interested in, and I won 2 of those, but I’m not even sure it was worth it.

I should also add that the woman in question had also purchased a 20 gauge shotgun at this same auction...

After I won my second lot, the lady who was sitting with her husband and son realized that she had missed the bidding for it. She must not have looked at the picture projected on the screen because she didn’t even bid against me. No one else did, either. I must also add here that she had bid against me on other lots of game stuff that I considered to be unimportant (3 yellowed SNES consoles with no cords, a lot full of loose Genesis consoles, and a box full of cords).

When she found out that she had forgotten to bid against me on the second lot I won, she became enraged. She yelled, “If I’m not getting them damn PlayStation 2 games, I’m not paying for any of this s***!” Then, she batted a few of the folding chairs around, knocking them over. The auctioneer stopped calling for a moment, and he yells, “Lady, calm down, everybody out here is trying to get good deals!” She told him to shut up and she started shrieking at the top of her lungs. Then, she walked over to her son and said, “You little s***! I’ve been out here for 4 hours because of you and them damn games!” (Maybe I should also mention that this woman and her husband were rednecks, probably the gun-rack owning, Confederate-flag loving types. It’s weird because the husband had a glazed look in his eyes, like he had just finished a Mason jar full of moonshine.) She shrieked and knocked over more chairs and then ran off.

A few minutes later, she returns and runs over to me while the bidding is still happening. She tells me that I am going to give her those PS2 games. I told her that she needed to back off or I was going to pull out my cellphone and dial 911. I reminded her about her previous behavior and all the witnesses that were standing out there who saw her lose it. She told me that she and her husband would be waiting for me after I paid for my lots.

When I went inside through the back door to pay, I told the people inside that she had threatened me and that everybody saw her go nuts after she missed her opportunity to bid. Then, I told them that they were either going to let me out the front door or I would call the police to have them escort me out safely. I told them that I hadn’t come to their auction to deal with this kind of crap and that they should have had adequate security. When I turned around, the crazy woman was coming through the back door. The pawn owner’s wife let me pay and take my boxes out the front door. The crazed redneck woman was shouting something as I ran out the door.

I quickly ran across the street with two full boxes of videogames. My car was parked in my company’s parking lot, so I dashed around the corner. I threw the boxes into the passenger seat, got in on the driver’s side and sped the hell off. I must have done 40 mph on a residential street to get out of there. I swear I heard the fast part of “Dueling Banjos” playing in the back of my head all the way down the highway…

Anyway, here are the contents of the 2 lots I risked my life for:

Lot 1 - $10
Einhander (PS1, complete) – this is why I wanted the lot since both Gamestop and EB sell this game for $29.99 used
PGA Tour 98 (PS1, complete)
Rescue Mission (Master System, complete)
Midnight Raiders (Sega CD, complete)
Cliffhanger (Sega CD, complete)
Bill Walsh College Football (Sega CD, complete)
Ground Zero Texas (Sega CD, no manual)
Double Switch (Sega CD, loose)
Sewer Shark (Sega CD, loose in case)
Sewer Shark (Sega CD, loose in case, not for resale)
Sol-Feace (Sega CD, loose in case)
NBA Action (Saturn, complete)
Striker ’96 (Saturn, complete)
Beauty & The Beast (Genesis, complete)
Jeopardy: Deluxe Edition (Genesis, complete, former rental)
Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball (Genesis, complete)
NBA Jam (Genesis, complete)
Madden 97 (Genesis, complete)
Madden 98 (Genesis, complete)
NBA Live 95 (Genesis, complete)
College Football (Genesis, complete)
Joan of Arc DVD (loose in case)
A River Made to Drown In DVD (sealed)
Sweet Dreams: The Story of Patsy Cline DVD (sealed)
Totally Rosie: The Comedy of Rosie O’Donnell DVD (sealed)
Shaft’s Big Score DVD empty box

Lot 2 - $10
loose Durabrand portable CD player
original size Xbox controller
Boxy Boy (Turbo-Grafx 16, loose in case)
Mario Clash (Virtual Boy, loose)
Vertical Force (Virtual Boy, complete)
Hot Shots Golf 3 (PS2, GH, missing manual)
NCAA Football 2005 (PS2, loose)
Orphen (PS2, complete)
Smuggler’s Run (PS2, non-GH, complete)
SSX Tricky (PS2, GH, complete)
Super Bust-A-Move (PS2, complete)
Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero (PS2, complete)
Enter the Matrix Ultimate Codes disc for PS2
FIFA Soccer 2002 (PS1, just the case)
Madden 2002 (PS1, complete)
Namco Museum Vol. 1 (PS1, loose)
Pro-Pinball (PS1, complete)
Sim-City 2000 (PS1, GH, missing manual)
WCW/NOW Revenge (N64, loose)
Ultra Gameplayer’s June 1998 PC Demo
Madden 2002 (PC, complete)
original Game Boy (missing battery cover)
Mad Catz battery pack for original Game Boy
a group of smaller unidentifiable carts, possibly for a portable (titles are Earth Defender, Final Combat, P52 battle, Hero Hawk, Pac-Boy & Mouse, Eagle Plane, Aichi, Jaguar Bomber, Challenge Tank)

Did I get a good deal? I’m still alive…for the moment.

I’m more pissed that I missed my chance to bid on a Turbo-Grafx 16 system…

[Arakias]

Arent you in the state where there was a stampede over cheap/used Apple laptops?

I cant imagine you not getting a good deal on all that stuff for $20, whether its useful to you, thats another story.

[rodeojones903]

Its a good deal since you only paid $20, but you also got a lot of junk. :D

[The VGM]

I'd say you did, cause Einhander goes for $30+ on ebay and you got all that stuff for $20.

If you'd let any of it go I'd be interested in the Virtual Boy games and Orphen.

[Rocko]

You should've just given her one of those unidentifiable carts.

...Told her it was a PS3 game and that her son would be granted three wishes.

[Pancake Rabbit]

"Totally Rosie: The Comedy of Rosie O’Donnell DVD (sealed)"

dear....sweet....lord

you should have thrown that at the crazy lady

[oxidative]

That's the best story I've read this week. It's sad what meth does to the country folk. It's because of her I can't buy Sudafed to clear my sinuses.

[opportunity777]

That's why I never goto that type of stuff alone, and secondly nobody screws with me anyways because if they start getting loud I get even more loud or obnoxious. 99% of the time people will shut the fuck up and back down. Also a telescoping baton from ASP would have put that bitch in her place :-P

[Zakman86]

That's crazy.

Leave it to women like that to flip out over little shit. (no offense meant to any females on this board)

Good pickup, though.

[Farny]

I'm glad I live in NORTHERN Virginia. There's less scary people around here.

I would've slapped her, though.

[josekortez]

LOL...You cheapasses are the funniest people I know and I appreciate your input here. Really, I just needed to vent.

[pimpinc333]

How old are you bro? First off no one would get away threatening me. I would have let her hit me then I would have fucked her up and her red neck husband. Then after the ass whooping I would go up to their kid and say " This be a lesson to you, don't be a dick when you grow up. :)

[pimpinc333]

That's crazy.

Leave it to women like that to flip out over little shit. (no offense meant to any females on this board)

Good pickup, though.


Females on this board? Non-sense CAG doesn't have any of those in here. Well the one who said she was a porn star but turned out to be a ugly chick, but ossibly a dude.

[Zakman86]

How old are you bro? First off no one would get away threatening me. I would have let her hit me then I would have fucked her up and her red neck husband. Then after the ass whooping I would go up to their kid and say " This be a lesson to you, don't be a dick when you grow up. :)

Man, that's messed up to do at a public auction, though. Don't forget that they COULD get his information from the auctioneer possibly. (Which would be fucked up, but still.) There's some disclosure law.

[josekortez]

I'm 26, and I'm not a punk, if that's what you're trying to get at, pimpin. I am afraid of getting shot, though...

[pimpinc333]

Man, that's messed up to do at a public auction, though. Don't forget that they COULD get his information from the auctioneer possibly. (Which would be fucked up, but still.) There's some disclosure law.

How would that be messed up? It would be in self defense and everyone there would be cheering you on.

[pimpinc333]

I'm 26, and I'm not a punk, if that's what you're trying to get at, pimpin. I am afraid of getting shot, though...


No no.....Myself personally wouldn't of let someone talk shit to me. Everyone is different though.

[Noodle Pirate!]

Should have asked what she intended to do to you had you not given her the stuff. Make sure it was in front of other witnesses and then called the cops. 10 bucks says she had a warrant on her and would have been taken into custody lol. People like her type always do.

[opportunity777]

I'm 26, and I'm not a punk, if that's what you're trying to get at, pimpin. I am afraid of getting shot, though...

Let them shoot you ... if you die their lives are ruined in prison anyways.

Plus, if you are religious it's a free ride into heaven :-)

[jawman311]

that is one scary woman

[josekortez]

Opportunity, tears are streaming down my face from laughing.

But again, I must stress that I'm not a punk...

[Megamibeast]

Should have just punch her in the neck.

[Ecofreak]

Man, that's an insane story. Glad you got out of there ok and no bullet holes in your car. :)

As for the deal, great find on Einhander . But the fact that you had to wait 5 hours for that and alot of games that arn't quite valuable would kill the deal in my opinion. I would have paid the extra $20 @ GS or EB and saved 5 hours to play the game, myself. :)

[GuilewasNK]

Not near my part of Virginia is it?

Collinsville, is right next to Martinsville BTW. About 45 miles south of Roanoke.

[Ecofreak]

Should have just punch her in the neck.

Or as Tycho from Penny-Arcade would suggest - stab her in the mouth. :lol:

[Broccoli Storm]

Haha, I think this should be reposted in that thread that was up a couple days ago--"When is it ok to punch a woman?"

[josekortez]

No, this was Suffolk (Western Tidewater, on the outskirts of Hampton Roads).

[GuilewasNK]

No, this was Suffolk (Western Tidewater, on the outskirts of Hampton Roads).

Ok. I think you did the right thing. No sense in fighting over that.

[Eastsidecracker]

Lmao, funny story. Funniest part, I could imagine my neighbor as the crackheaded lady thats screaming. Even funnier, she was probably going to chase you down and actually beat you for a few shitty ps2 games.

Hopefully, tommorow, she wont be camping out at your work.

[josekortez]

I don't think she saw my car. I'm just glad I didn't park near the auction itself.

[Technique]

Good story.

[SuprTnr2]

Good times man, especially on the complete games, pawn's usually don't have older stuff complete anymore.

[Brak]

L - M - F - A - O

[wubb]

Wow, what a bitch. Obviously not your fault or the auctioneers fault that she was too lazy/dumb/sleepy/bored to remember to bid. She needed to just kick herself in the ass and move on.

"She told me that she and her husband would be waiting for me after I paid for my lots."

I maybe would have called the cops right after she said that. Glad you got out of there without having to throw down over a $10 box of video games. What the fuck is wrong with this lady.

[josekortez]

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week, or at least until I run into Mr. and Mrs. Moonshine again...

[GizmoGC]

Gees! You know her TV only has a coaxil line, stupid rednecks.

[Xtreme331]

See kids? Drugs are bad!

[Stoneage]

Now she can't trade the games in to buy her crock pot and cold medicine for her home-made meth lab. Was anything mentioned to her about the "you snooze, you lose" principle? I would assume people who go to an auction would actually understand the rules, but then again.....

[K3V]

Gees! You know her TV only has a coaxil line, stupid rednecks.

ROFL :D

[2poor]

LOL. that crazy bitch. you shouldve sold it to her for like $400.

[TripleH13]

No, this was Suffolk (Western Tidewater, on the outskirts of Hampton Roads).

lmfao, Suffolk, that makes this even more funny since i'm from Virginia Beach.

[fatherofcaitlyn]

That threat is a lot more effective if you replace your cellphone with a gun. (pulls out concealed pistol)

troy

You can't dial 911 with a gun.

[Epic Wolf]

I would have pulled out the Einhander and beat her over the head with the rest, then it truly would have been a good deal :)

[Ecofreak]

See kids? Drugs are bad!

I heard in-breeding isn't healthy, either.

[evilmax17]

Very good story. I can't believe that nobody would've went higher than $10 on either lot. I should really look into going to a public auction like this, do they have videogame lots often?

[evanft]

It was worth it for Einhander alone.

[Haggar]

I kinda don't believe the story about the crazy lady, and even if it was real, handle your business bro.

[DuelLadyS]

Not too bad- Einhander was very much worth it.

Considering how crappy some of those PS2 games were, I would've said "oh, sure, I only want the Sega CD games." Then hide the PS2 games you want, sell her the other for $10 (or more, if you thought you'd live to bargain.) Then one box would be free! :bouncy:

At least the re-sale value will get you a nice profit.

Females on this board? Non-sense CAG doesn't have any of those in here.

You, my friend, don't pay much attention. :D

[kimsh0t]

there only some good games but good deal.

that woman is a crazy bitch;)

[assassinX]

i like how you escaped that was kool you got a nice game there

[kimsh0t]

PS: becareful she might be at ur DOOR!

[doomlv20]

You can't dial 911 with a gun.
http://ypcommando.com/images/nokia_gun.jpg
Nokia, connecting people.

[DealsRus]

glad I live in Norfolk, VA.......opps nvm no I dont

[Odenat]

Great story I would have paid good money to see some guy running with two boxes of video games Dukes of Hazards style into there car and peel off. I live in TN but suprisingly most of the rednecks are sorta nice(considering i'm filipino) but they think i'm mexican. Hell even the local mexican people think I am. heres an example of a conversation with a local mexican is like for me.

"Hey you speak Spanish?" me:"no sorry" them "you sure???" :roll:

[Kuros]

Great story I would have paid good money to see some guy running with two boxes of video games Dukes of Hazards style into there car and peel off. I live in TN but suprisingly most of the rednecks are sorta nice(considering i'm filipino) but they think i'm mexican. Hell even the local mexican people think I am. heres an example of a conversation with a local mexican is like for me.

"Hey you speak Spanish?" me:"no sorry" them "you sure???" :roll:

Respond with: "Hold on, let me check. Wait, nope, still don't speak spanish."

[josekortez]

Thanks for readings and opinions, guys. The woman wasn't waiting for me in the parking lot at work this morning so I'm still alive to game another day...

[slidecage]

well if anything did happen to you , you could of probally sued the place holding the auction

[ZForce]

The saddest part of the story is that in both lots you had, there were like 3 of "Them damn Playstation 2 games"

[Xtreme331]

I heard in-breeding isn't healthy, either.

In that part of the world, it's only inbreeding if you're cousin/sister is ugly. Otherwise it's ok.

[MadFlava]

Dude that was worth it for Einhander alone. Though the second lot wasn't very good, the one the lady threatened you for. I'm from Virginia also (Northern VA) but I graduated from VA Tech. What parts are you from so I'll be sure to avoid stopping there if I'm on a road trip.

[Nirvanaguy777]

Considering you got all that for 20 bucks you made out pretty well, being the total dick I am in these situations I would have made it my business to get that woman arrested.

[bradr]

It's a NoVA love fest here! (I'm also from). We're still rednecks, we just hide it better. (Just joking ... maybe). I'm looking to move away, though. Preferably someplace quieter and slower paced but not Cold Creek Manor-ing/Deliveranc-ing it like the OP.

Having lived in the southern outskirts of Richmond, I can totally see something like that happening in SoVA. That's a lot of stuff for $20 but didn't really seem like anything too hard to find elsewhere except, of course, Einhander.

[MadFlava]

Ha Ha, yeah, there are a lot of NoVA CAG's. I spent 4 years in south west VA when I was going to VA Tech. Although, I didn't experience anything near as weird as the OP when I was there. The strangest thing I saw was a bar brawl between locals and students spill out into the streets into an all out riot. I swear, I thought I heard the old time saloon piano playing during that incident.

[loserboy]

I know what I would have done...as a teacher in Chicago I get a lot of screaming and attitude from students...so usually I just destroy anything that they think they might be getting. For example , I brought a few bags of Dorito's for my class because we were going to watch a movie, I warned them if they kept up the loud talking the Doritos would be gone...they kept it up...I took the three bags, put them on my desk and smashed them until they were everywhere.

I would have taken the PS2 games of interest and said "Lady, I would rather do this..." and I would have broken it right in front of her pathetic face..."then let someone like you get their slimy hands on it." Then I would have proceeded to break each and every game (except Einhander and any other game of value--she wouldn't know) in front of her face, laughing.

I would have finished with something like, "Maybe if you opened up those fucking ears and eyes and could count to three hundred, you would know when this fucking lot was going up for sale...so take your stupid ass, go back to the hill where the rest of your troll family live, and leave me the fuck alone before I head over to your trailer and and clutter it up with some more human waste...."

Or maybe I would have done nothing.

[GizmoGC]

I know what I would have done...as a teacher in Chicago I get a lot of screaming and attitude from students...so usually I just destroy anything that they think they might be getting. For example , I brought a few bags of Dorito's for my class because we were going to watch a movie, I warned them if they kept up the loud talking the Doritos would be gone...they kept it up...I took the three bags, put them on my desk and smashed them until they were everywhere.

I would have taken the PS2 games of interest and said "Lady, I would rather do this..." and I would have broken it right in front of her pathetic face..."then let someone like you get their slimy hands on it." Then I would have proceeded to break each and every game (except Einhander and any other game of value--she wouldn't know) in front of her face, laughing.

I would have finished with something like, "Maybe if you opened up those fucking ears and eyes and could count to three hundred, you would know when this fucking lot was going up for sale...so take your stupid ass, go back to the hill where the rest of your troll family live, and leave me the fuck alone before I head over to your trailer and and clutter it up with some more human waste...."

Or maybe I would have done nothing.

I <3 You !!!!

[electrictroy]

She tells me that I am going to give her those PS2 games. I told her that she needed to back off or I was going to pull out my cellphone and dial 911.


That threat is a lot more effective if you replace your cellphone with a gun. (pulls out concealed pistol)

troy

[fatherofcaitlyn]

http://ypcommando.com/images/nokia_gun.jpg
Nokia, connecting people.

Well, I'll be damned.

[josekortez]

This thread is almost 3 years old, but the episode still haunts me to this day. I recounted this story to someone earlier today, and I'm just bumping for no apparent reason.

[Vinny]

LOL... I hate be that one guy but that was a funny story. I'm glad you're ok OP but those rednecks sure crack me up.:lol:

[algernon]

For some reason all I can picture is Earl's ex wife Joy from "My Name Is Earl." Can't get the image out of my head now.

[Cmosfm]

I clicked on the thread title, started reading the story and said to myself "hey...I've read this before...the OP just stole this story for a good thread!". Then I checked out the post date and thought to myself...damn, 3 years ago, and I still remember it.

[slidecage]

went to an auction a few months ago,....

There was this glass bird music box well the bid went up to 40 bucks but something must of happen cause about 10 mins later they said the buyer didnt want it and went back up ...

wining bid this time 20


the lady who bid 30 on the last time walks back into the tent (someone told her it just resold at 20) she started sceaming saying it was her item

the #$#$ ripped the item out of the ladys hand and smashed in on the ground and said something like


look what you paid for $#$#$#$ (all i could make out was you paid for it #$#$# )


two of the auction dudes grab her arm , she yanks away and tries to leave.... about 20 mins later you see her being put in the back of a cop car


LOL

that was the most insane thing i ever seen at an auction

[eswat]

Thanks for raising this from the dead. Haha gave me a good laugh.

[irishsoccermbw]

WCW/NOW Revenge (N64, loose)

this was worth it, one of the games I remember best from my childhood.

[josekortez]

The sad part is that most of the crap I got in those lots is sitting in a storage unit somewhere. And I think I gave the Rosie O'Donnell DVD to a thrift store. It is presumably still there and still sealed.

[Puffa469]

This thread is almost 3 years old, but the episode still haunts me to this day. I recounted this story to someone earlier today, and I'm just bumping for no apparent reason.


Meth is a helluva drug...

[blackjaw]

Suffolk is still a crazy place. You have all the hillbilly farm people out there but then little city areas have started to pop up. I try not to stay out of that area.

[poisonedpawn45]

Wow I just read this thread, crazy stuff!

I have had some hilarious experiences dealing with people at swap meets back in the day, but nothing like this!

[drtomoe123]

I'm from extreme SWVA...Ewing, right at the tip of VA...and I can SO see this happening, lol.

[Hybrid5006]

Damn!!! All that for $20! Now a days Einhander is going for like $50 on ebay!

[thebob101]

:rofl:

[josekortez]

Oh yeah, the smaller unidentifiable carts are for a Supervision handheld system which is apparently a rare type of black & white handheld that was created to compete with the Game Boy and failed. I found that out much later.

[Panda]

This is one of the funniest stories I've read in a long time. Thanks for a good laugh. I have yet to meet crazy red-necks in less populated state.