VIDEO https://youtu.be/zk_xpfNOKoE
Posted on 03/16/2023 6:09:25 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
This is a story that makes us believe in humanity. If it weren’t for the kindness of these farmers, a young man wouldn’t have been able to win back his family farm. This is a story which took place in Nebraska, and features a family that has lost their farm several years ago.
It was not their fault, which is why all the farmers present at the auction, let them win that land back. All the farmers decided to remain silent, so that the auctioneer would have to give this family the farm they came to bid on.
-Why did they lose the farm?
The story goes back several years ago, when this family lost their farm because one of their ancestors decided to sell it to a relative who didn’t have much interest in farming. The entire family felt devastated because they were taking good care of the farm.
All of them were extraordinary farmers and they knew what they were doing around there. Anyways, knowing the business well, they were certain that the relative who got the farm wouldn’t last long.
So they started collection money so as to be prepared for the day when they farm would go on sale, probably on an auction. They knew that for several years they would be given the chance to win their farm back.
-The surprising event that happened at the auction
Eventually that day has come, but they didn’t have so much money. So their only hope was that there will not be so many people interested in their family farm. However, when they got there, they knew that they didn’t have much chance to win their farm because there were 200 farmers present there.
They were aware of the way auctions work. The man who offers the highest amount of money for anything people are bidding on, wins. Anyway, David and his father were looking forward to the moment when their farm will be presented. So when the moment came, they made their bid and were waiting for the other to try to outbid them.
But on the contrary, there were no voices whatsoever. No one tried to win their farm. 200 farmers remained silent. Not because the farm was not worth the money, but it was because they wanted to let David and his father own their farm again and start working on it.
-How did it all happen?
So it turned out that all the farmers present had made a deal beforehand. They decided not to stand in the way of this family and to let them win their farm again.
David and his father didn’t ask them to do it. It was just that all of them were willing to help their fellow farmers. The auctioneer tried to praise the land and gave them some time to think about it, but no one accepted that challenge. At the end, the auctioneer had to sell the farm to David’s family, so the land returned back to the place where it belonged.
After the auction, David said that he will never forget that day! It was amazing!
VIDEO https://youtu.be/zk_xpfNOKoE
These stories circulated during the Great Depression. Some of them might even be true.
That’s bid rigging.
No matter how many times I see this story it never mentions David’s surname or a more accurate location than “Nebraska”
This is a nice story, but the full names and locations are nowhere to be found—even with other sites.
In other words, this is likely made-up.
No it’s not....And it happens all the time to keep it in the family.
It’s no surprise that you would post a story that isn’t true.
On who's part? You can't force someone to bid, and the family didn't ask the farmers for anything.
undated article ...
based on a youtube video posted two years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk_xpfNOKoE
not a single youtube comment was from someone who was at this supposed auction ... i suspect the whole thing is a fake ...
I have seen this story before...................somewhere........................
The story is phony from the beginning. His father sold the 80 acre farm. What did he do with the money??
I did further research on artice. I found this:
LINK https://www.faithpot.com/nebraska-farmers-helps-young-man-buy-farm/
Every bit of this tall tale could be confirmed via Public Records. Where are they? I suspect you just took an offer from your paymasters to get a little extra shift work in before the weekend. Do Ukes celebrate St. Patties day? Do your paymasters? With you, it’s all propaganda all the time, so there is no reason to believe this ever happened.
“That’s bid rigging.”
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Prove it!
It’s still a fake story. You don’t know how to tell if something is a lie, do you. No wonder you post so much propaganda.
Examples from this story:
“So it turned out that all the farmers present had made a deal beforehand. They decided not to stand in the way of this family and to let them win their farm again.”
“David and his father didn’t ask them to do it. It was just that all of them were willing to help their fellow farmers.”
“The auctioneer tried to praise the land and gave them some time to think about it, but no one accepted that challenge.”
“At the end, the auctioneer had to sell the farm to David’s family, so the land returned back to the place where it belonged.”
“After the auction, David said that he will never forget that day! It was amazing!”
And if you've never been to an auction, here's how they work: if an item doesn't receive reasonable bids, the auctioneer can remove the item from the offerings, it doesn't necessarily have to sell. If there is only one bidder, for example, the bidder can't just take it for whatever ridiculously low bid he makes.
ADDENDUM COMMENT # 12:
Farmers Stay Silent During Auction So Young Man Can Win the Bid on His Long-Lost Family Farm
By
Lauri Gwilthttps://archive.is/Gq4q2
(Lauri Gwilt has centered her career on assisting people from across North America to discover the connection between how they’re thinking, and how their lives go. She is co-author and co-host of The Habit of Celebration, an e-course from the Celebrate What’s Right initiative developed with former National Geographic Photographer, Dewitt Jones.)
Just stop
If you don’t like the story don’t bother with it
“That’s bid rigging.”
I wish you had been there to explain to the farmer’s all about bid rigging. :)
Are you a distant cousin of Vindman?
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