Quoted from Beaumistim:

cant say i blame them, id be pretty salty as well to go through all the trouble of setting up an auction, doing the legwork to get machines there, paying employees, running the auction, paying taxes, and probably some sort of liability insurance for someone to be using my auction to sell their goods without paying me. honestly its kinda shitty thing to do .

Quoted from freeplay3:

Auctions are a business. I have been dealing with auction game sales for a very long time. They are one of the more reasonable auctions for fees. I believe super auctions was either 15 or 20 percent on both ends. Some of the online auction houses are similar. I only did one parking lot deal and that was after the auction. I bought a piece back and someone offered to buy it at the price I wanted. Afterwards I went to Rick (who used to run the auction) and asked if he wanted his commission. He told me not to worry about it, but thanked me for the offer. Somebody mentioned liability. If you were unloading in the parking lot and someone slipped and and got crushed, the auction company is going to get sued. Also there are a lot of assumptions about the fees that are wrong. As a business owner I get different fees then a regular guy who does it as a hobby. That's the only reason you see truckloads of games getting dropped off.

Quoted from freeplay3:

When the auction rules were set up to allow buy backs, buyers premiums, and other fees, it was to encourage vendors to bring equipment and not lose their ass and never come back again. My first AGS I went to was in N C back in 99. I was doing the Indy and Columbus auctions for several years before that. The fees were the same back then, but it wasn't a big deal because most games were a few hundred bucks. I can see how with the prices in the 4,5, or even 10k range can inflate the cost to insane amounts.
Now getting back to the real topic of parking lot deals. From what I was reading the problem is guys hanging out at check in trying to buy games meant for the auction before they get submitted. In some cases guys are hanging out in the parking lot selling flea market style. Personally i have had guys ask me to sell before the auction. As for the parking lot situation, I have not seen it. My guess would be that a lot of these deals are happening and when confronted the excuse of " it's a deal we had done already and were just meeting here" is becoming the reason. So the next step will be banish all outside deals from the property.

Quoted from Dayhuff:

Make your drive to the PATZ auction, no fee's what so ever and no sales tax. Cash on the glass.
John