HiBid review: Auction occurring on 4/17/2025

I am writing to formally request a thorough review and investigation into the bidding practices observed during the 4/17/25 HiBid Interstate Auction and Realty Furnishings Auction. I specifically request investigation into the authenticity of the bidder’s account, pattern of bidding history, and specific activity on 4/17/25 for the lot numbers listed. Please refer to the details below that provide a pattern and proof of unethical and fraudulent activities.

Early in the week, it became apparent there was an error with the lots listed for the 4/17/25 auctions; and subsequently the 4/19/25 auction as well. Most items only permitted bidders to bid the posted amount, resulting in 90% of the items closing with zero bidders. However, for a brief period, a few items were posted without the retail or auction house's cost listed, allowing me to place bids. Shortly after, these items switched to requiring bids at the retail or actual cost, except for a few items that switched after additional bids were placed.

Despite notifying the auctioneer, by email on Tuesday about this issue, no corrective action was taken before live bidding commenced on Thursday and Saturday. The failure to address the problem proactively rather than using greater software access or an obvious company bidder plant has compromised the integrity of the auction process.

I have photographic evidence showing I was winning several items until the final moments when I can only assume a party involved in the auction began entering retail or cost bids on all of my items. This bidder targeted only the items I was bidding on, never the exact posting with no bidders, which is suspicious. Furthermore, the “company plant” was able to bid an amount less than the posted next required bid to "win" an item. Again, I have photographic proof that average bidders were not permitted by the software to do this as when attempting the lesser amount was rejected by the system. This discrepancy is a clear indicator of fraudulent activity.

I have documented and provided the winning “bidder” of the items I bid on, revealing a pattern of the same bidder repeatedly outbidding me and not other exact item listings. The mismanagement and underhanded methods used to handle a program error have called the validity of the auction process into question.

According to the Kentucky Revised Statutes, Chapter 330, auction houses in Kentucky are required to adhere to strict regulations and ethical standards to ensure fair and transparent practices. Auctioneers must conduct their business with integrity and fairness which obviously was not what occurred with the auction on 4/17/25