Beware of Beckett!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Leon:

I think I implied that 19 months was too long. Yes no argument from me on that. Just pointing out the danger of not charging a card or getting payment in advance. I think I even said, the payment should be closer to, you know, when the card gets graded. I think in today's world a good time frame is about6 months out and that should by the end of the year be a normal time frame.

Holding someone's money for 6 months is wrong too. They should have to pay interest on it! How about 60 days? And to me that is being very lenient.
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[55koufax]

Holding someone's money for 6 months is wrong too. They should have to pay interest on it! How about 60 days? And to me that is being very lenient.

Bingo! When I submitted, I was told that they were soon to be no longer accepting any bulk rate subs, and they would need about 12 months to complete. At no time was it disclosed they would charge me in full six months in advance of completion. 6 months is soon to be 7 months.

Prepaying for their services 30 days in advance of completion is reasonable. If I owned a service oriented business, I would never expect payment any sooner than that.

My guess is if I contacted AMEX and advised that Beckett charged my card $7,500 6.5 months ago for services still not performed and delivered, they would contact Beckett and reverse the charges.