Andrew Cornelius Used Me As A Reference and Reneged at an Auction House

[Leon]

Originally Posted by BRoberts

Can’t imagine how violated you must feel. Is there any type of legal action that can be taken?

I don't feel violated, that sounds kind of dramatic. Just not happy someone used me as a reference and didn't pay for their winnings. Not the end of the world

I received a PM from another longtime member, today. that he reneged on a deal with him too. But since he wasn't out anything he didn't say anything.

Life goes on. Come on stock market! LOL.....

[oldjudge]

I agree with Robert. If you don't check references what is the point of asking for them? If auction houses don't vet their bidders they are inviting trouble which, unfortunately, will impact the consignors more than them.
The auction house should do what Steve Verkman used to do--publish the names of any reneging bidders at the start of the next catalog. I always thought that was very smart.
Leon--LOL, hoping is not a trading strategy.

[Vintagedeputy]

I follow an online sale “buy it now” guy who does live sales on Facebook. He routinely names buyers and amounts owed when they don’t follow through on their commitments to purchase items. It’s sad for him, but fucking hysterical to hear that he’s outting these bad buyers.

[Apple_Robert]

I think it is one thing to say you are a member of Net54. It is quite another to specifically list Leon as a reference thus giving the impression that there is a solid known history he (Leon) can vouch for. I think the member in question should be banned. No excuse for what he did.

[sacentaur]

Coming from 45 years of experience in the comic book hobby, the only two individuals who ever reneged on me were heavy hitting, top of the totem collectors. In one case we worked it out over time, in the other case not.

Some people just can’t help themselves and thus get overextended, but it doesn’t matter to me if it’s some big shot attorney or just a regular Joe, if they renege on a deal AND use a reference that they were not qualified to use, then we’re done. Period.