Heritage Auctions using AI for lot descriptions?

[Snapolit1]

Clearly AI. He was a professional baseball player …. No auction house would write something so obvious. Same for “played as a second baseman…”. No one would write that.

[jsfriedm]

Great! Now they can cut the Buyer's Premium since they are saving money on staff.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

AI is taking the auction industry at large by storm. I can see it making sense for household and general goods, but think it's an odd choice for auctions where certain types of information, and a description of condition, is key.

Peter, I guess we're one of the auctions you're talking about as we use almost all of those terms (don't think I've ever written "blazing colors") We don't, however, use them for every lot.

[vintagerookies51]

Definitely AI, which makes sense to use for the thousands of lower-end stuff they sell every year. I don't know who is doing the job of generating descriptions, but I can imagine it's not a bunch of baseball historians customizing every lot description. Is there a way to negotiate a custom description when you're consigning?

[conor912]

Originally Posted by vintagerookies51

Is there a way to negotiate a custom description when you're consigning?

I have no doubt in my mind that this will be an up charge service offered at some point in the future, in the vein of charging to check bags on an airplane. Take something that was once free, and just start charging for it. Screw the customers and give that CEO a fat bonus. Capitalism at its finest.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by conor912

I have no doubt in my mind that this will be an up charge service offered at some point in the future, in the vein of charging to check bags on an airplane. Take something that was once free, and just start charging for it. Screw the customers and give that CEO a fat bonus. Capitalism at its finest.

Hell yes. You'll take it, and you'll like it.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by raulus

Hell yes. You'll take it, and you'll like it.

Thank you sir, may I have another? :/

[Leon]

Originally Posted by conor912

I have no doubt in my mind that this will be an up charge service offered at some point in the future, in the vein of charging to check bags on an airplane. Take something that was once free, and just start charging for it. Screw the customers and give that CEO a fat bonus. Capitalism at its finest.

Be the CEO, problem solved.

I am not sure AI descriptions for rare, pre-war cards makes more "cents" than human ones, but good luck to those using it.
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[perezfan]

Depressing times we live in...

This lowest common denominator garbage might work for modern mass-produced items, but not for vintage cards and memorabilia. When it comes to consigning rare/expensive items, this is the kind of thing that makes it easy to choose REA, LOTG and even Hunt's over Heritage.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Leon

Be the CEO, problem solved.

I am not sure AI descriptions for rare, pre-war cards makes more "cents" than human ones, but good luck to those using it.
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I am the CEO of my company. That doesn't make being a greedy d-bag acceptable, IMO.

[D. Bergin]

Definitely an AI description.

It's depressing, honestly.

I'm the asshole who spends seemingly 1/2 an hour apiece writing my descriptions out when I list on Ebay or my Websites.

I tried the AI function a few times on some simple items on Ebay, and I just ended up hating the descriptions so badly, I spent a bunch more time re-formatting them and editing them....and then I still hated them, because they were worded so.................I can't even put my finger on the word I'm trying to find for it....souless?

I understand why a volume seller like Heritage uses whatever they can to be more efficient.

I wish I could let things go enough to do the same with my own stuff...but my undiagnosed OCD just won't allow me to let go, and let the AI take over.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

Great! Now they can cut the Buyer's Premium since they are saving money on staff.

And when winning bids are paid at the close of auction, send out the cards immediately rather than a 14 days wait for notice to ship. Heritage is in my personal dog house at the moment, but I probably will relent when they list a card on my grail list.