My Consignment Experience with Classic Auctions

[Stampsfan]

To answer some questions...
The website was a side project. I may expand it and put some of my stuff on there for sale. I have not decided yet.
Why did I wait? Looking back, not sure. I’m a pretty patient guy with things, plus I’d heard from others that sometimes they have held other items for a long time, and eventually the items have Been auctioned off. When you sign an agreement, you expect both sides to hold to it. Plus it’s not like I was waiting for the cash.
Could I have called? Yeah again looking back, sure. However I do like email as a proper Documented record. It is certainly a legitimate method of communication today. If I had done this over the phone, then Nothing is documented. I might have been asked at that point “why didn’t you email and have the communication properly documented?”. In the end I’m glad I have the documentation.
The issue for me is they held onto it for two years, and lost the LOA. My gut tells me had I not reached out, it would still be sitting in their warehouse. I posted this here and on Facebook. It’s not bitter, it’s iNformation that I think folks should know. That’s a lot of what this forum is about, and I’ve seen this type of information posted here over the years I’ve been on here.
In the few short hours this has been up, I’ve been accused of things that are out of character for me, but I’ve also heard from numerous people about their frustrations both as buyers and sellers with this auction house. IMO this is the type of information the Net54 family would want to know.

[Snapolit1]

A consignment fee. Cute idea. No thanks.

[buymycards]

Hi,
A lot of people are giving you crap about the way that you handled the situation, but 100% of the blame should go Classic Auctions. Their sloppy handling of your consignments caused the problem, and their lack of communication made the situation worse. It was up the them to contact you immediately after they discovered that they couldn't locate the COA, and it was up to them to let you know, before the first auction occurred, that one of your items was not going to be in the first auction.

This problem was not caused by you, and you were extremely patient with Classic Auctions, even though they treated you like crap.

I love the website, and sometimes the only way to get a problem solved is to out people on social media.

Rick

[bobbyw8469]

Wow!

[Kingcobb]

This is not acceptable from Classics Auction. They should have returned the Jersey immediately if they did not intend on listing the Jersey. I think they need to have the jersey authenticated and returned to you with a LOA in my opinion. Good luck. Daryl



Daryl Fraley

[hcv123]

.5% OP who could have been a bit more on top of the situation earlier
99.5% Classic - Holy crap!! How could they run a business like that?

Website - priceless!

[bnorth]

Any other experiences with this AH from other members? Sometimes stuff happens and sometimes bad businesses somehow stay open and prosper.

[Den*nis O*Brien]

---the pain of frustration you endured for so long. Th AH treated you with indifference and that is not how to stand out in a crowded AH landscape. Very nice work on the website !
Sincerely, Dennis