Legendary Auctions

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[E93]

You did the right thing Leon. Not that the guys at Legendary don't realize the seriousness of what is happening, but your actions may help.
Take care,
JimB

[three25hits]

Thanks Leon

[gnuche]

Thank You Leon,
You helped send an important message that Doug/Mark and Ron can't act as though the people they shafted don't matter and that they can't conduct "business as usual". They hitched there wagon to Bill Mastro, who was once,
arguably,the most powerful individual in this hobby. When that ship sank they
should have done the honorable thing and made sure all the consignors got
information on an individual basis along with honest expectations on when they will get paid. Instead, these "Captains" of the hobby jumped ship to save themselves. No mistaking these guys for samurai. I will reserve judgment on
Bill Mastro until all the facts are made public, but at least he hasn't opened
a new auction house proclaiming "consign with peace of mind" and"integrity
2nd to none"
Thanks again for the pound of flesh, as I am pretty sure I will never
see the 5400.00 they owe. Actually, I think they should skip the 10%
commission they charged me and pay the whole 6k. Leon, my respect for
you continues to grow. Nuch

[baseballart]

Thank you Leon.

Max

[Myachelydra]

Nice move. Hopefully this will help Gary and others get their money.

[calvindog]

What about restitution for the rest of us who have been defrauded by Legenda--woops--Mastro?

[AndrewJerome]

Leon,

I applaud your decision,


Andrew

[gnuche]

I was contacted by Doug Allen about 5:30 this evening and Doug Allen has told me that he will pay me the money (5400.00) that is owed me next week. He also told me that he did not read any of my posts but that a customer of his told him what was going on, and he wanted to get this straightened out. I asked him about others who are in the same situation and he told me to give
them his phone number and he will do what he can to get everyone paid off.
If you have not gotten paid for your consigned item auctioned in the last mastro auction Feb 2009 get in touch with Leon and he can give you Doug's phone number.I retract nothing that I posted and I do not think I would be getting my money if it were not for net 54, all the members who supported my position and Leon. When everyone is paid I think legendary's banner could go
back up, and each individual can deal with it as they please. When the check clears I will let everyone know. Thanks again Nuch

[daviddbreadman]

I am glad you are getting your money. These card we love often times mean more than money to all of us but unfortunately money is the only thing that comes close to substituting for our cards. Its bad enough to be swindled out of $5400 but when its cards you gave up for that nothing in return it hurts even more if you ask me.

Its good this guy Doug is doing the right thing. Its unfortunate he is most certainly only doing it because he has to protect his brand. One thing he didn't realize, as much as he tried, its not possible to cherry pick the best parts of that Mastro garbage in that inside deal because the good will or in this case "bad will" cannot be separated from the assets. He should have known and hopefully knows that perhaps its better to forgo some consignment profits from these new auctions to nullify and essentially buy back the "bad will" that came with their Mastro asset purchase. They may know cards but based on past experience and this new beginning they know nothing about business and running a successful company.

[botn]

Not sure taking down the banner ad is going to make Legendary pay any faster but it was the right thing to have done. What would help is if some of the very high profile "dealers" paid back the many (and I mean MANY) hundreds of thousands of dollars they owe them. Right now these guys look like the GAI of auction world. Next thing you know they will show up in an RV and hold an auction outside your house.

Greg