I do not know any of you personally so I have no basis for respect.
Well let me introduce myself then:
CW2 Dale Campbell, still active duty with 17 years active service, three deployments with a 4th coming up. Many guys here on this site are former servicemen/vets, while some are still serving like myself......there is your basis for respect.
Now that I have vented here is my two cents, Dealers and resellers do not want to buy high anymore than you do. If a dealer/reseller does buy high it really cuts into any possibility of making a profit. This happens on all auctions even E-bay. At a certain point a dealer will stop bidding because a line has been crossed where they no longer have a profit margin. Did they drive the price up? Most likely. But if you bid and won a vehicle you probably got it for just over what they were willing to pay (their opinion of the equivalent wholesale cost)
Which means that you still saved money as you most likely bought it for less than they would attempt to resell said vehicle for. As an example I won a M1008 CUCV for $1900 my competition stopped bidding at $1830 because if they kept going they would have to much $$$$ tied up in the vehicle to make a profit. I still came out ok since these things can sell for 3-4k on average.
I just met a guy who bought a nice looking Deuce for $800 and then drove across the country from Alabama to Washington. To echo all the others watch and wait, when you see a truck decide for yourself what the maximum you would pay for it is and then bid that amount. You will get what you are looking for eventually.