A collection of Beetles were offered up for auction and I drove through to Rustenburg to investigate this urban rumour and found that it was true.
An old gentleman had passed away and left his collection of cars to his local church.
Among the cars offered was a1965 left hand drive Sunroof Beetle - original, on the road with all papers in order.
I did not plan on buying any cars (local economic conditions and all) and I was blown away when my wife walked up to me with a completed auction registration form. "It's our 28th wedding aniversary, I am buying you a car" she said.
I was blown away......
The auction was conducted as a silent auction; you had to have your bid entered by the moderator on a board in writing - listing item, bidder and offer.
I started to bid on the 65 and had a bit if a bidding war with two other guys and eventually we ended up with an offer of R16000 against me.
At 12 Noon the auctioneers announced that after a countdown from ten the auction would close and the final offers would be accepted.
When the moderator said "two" , I entered my number, 16, my offer, R16200 next to item 5 and stood by as he said "zero".
I was confident that my offer was the last one on the board and waited for confirmation.
Imagine how pissed off I was to hear that an offer of R16250 was entered and given to the auctioneer on a piece of paper and that that offer was accepted !
I was f******n livid, but they would not budge and said offer was valid and was accepted as it was higher than mine.
Needless to say, my wife was massively dissappointed.
The buyer said he bought it on behalf of his son who was a "collector".
If the "son" is on the forum, I grudgingly congratulate him on his purchase.
To the "buyer" I say, You had home base advantage and it helps to drink with the auctioneer.
To the auctioneer I say, you useless donkey
spineless piece of 
Judge from these pictures if have a reason to be pissed
Its my wife, Benita, in the red jersey
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