Poor Consignment Experience

[sb1]

I have been wondering about the net as well. There are a myriad of auction companies that would have charged you ZERO sellers fee and depending on the grading, which most get a discount on, might have passed on some of that savings to you as well.

[cjedmonton]

Gents, I am trying to recover from this experience as quickly as possible. Your revelation isn't helping matters!

Sigh...a day late and a dollar short, as the saying goes.

Evidently, I was charged a reduced rate for the JSA thumbs up. If I never see the names Hahn, Tannehill, Wiltse, Nehf, Ruether, et al... again, it'll be too soon.

[travrosty]

did you have a choice of having them authenticated or auctioning them off the way they were? did the auction house offer free authentication, if not why not? they were to benefit from the authentication too.

[cjedmonton]

Free authentication was not an option for my lot.

Listing them w/o TPA was also not an option.

[Big Dave]

What a crock.....

[HRBAKER]

Wow

[chaddurbin]

starting to regret putting h&s on the recommended list to a few newbies on the other forum. luckily they went with other places.

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by cjedmonton

Free authentication was not an option for my lot.

Listing them w/o TPA was also not an option.

why not, ask them to do it, or take it somewhere else? the authentication fees were ridiculous, you paid and the auction house benefited.

[cjedmonton]

I had a positive experience last year with a larger lot I consigned, and agree that Bill seems like a very nice guy.

Unfortunately, this particular lot went off the rails and I took a bath.

Therefore, I will not consign with them anytime soon. I'm sure that's understandable, given how things played out.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by cjedmonton

I had a positive experience last year with a larger lot I consigned, and agree that Bill seems like a very nice guy.

Unfortunately, this particular lot went off the rails and I took a bath.

Therefore, I will not consign with them anytime soon. I'm sure that's understandable, given how things played out.

Bill and Josh are 2 of my favorite guys in the hobby (even if they didn't advertise here). Sometimes things don't go perfectly in auctions and it's unfortunate. I would trust them with anything and always enjoy my time chatting and carousing with them. I happily bid in almost all of their auctions too and have won many nice items for my collection and for resale.