{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Low Information Voter wrote","author_name":"Low Information Voter (npub149…tzmp0)","author_url":"https://nostr.now/npub1494rtg3ygq4cqawymgs0q3mcj6hucvu4kmadv03s5ey2sg32df5shtzmp0","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.now","html":"I met a few times an elderly gentleman who had organised exactly this in rural Victoria and NSW during the 1989-1992 recession here in Australia.\n\nHe was Calabrian, and possessed of a certain credibility that discouraged \"squirelly\" bidders.\n\nI didn't ask, but a mutual friend told me the elderly gentleman hadn't even charged the bankrupt farmers for this \"service\". He apparently saw it as a public service, though I'm sure he wouldn't be shy about turning up a decade later to call in the favour..."}