Legendary Auctions

batsballsbases · #1 06-25-2009, 11:27 AM

Brian,
There is a word for you and it starts with Jack---. Who are you to worry about what I think about shipping costs or anything else for that matter. Yes people were burned with Mastro no doubt but as a buyer I have never had a problem with getting the items I have bid on. (from any auction house) I complain about shipping costs because they are way out of line. Thats it. I feel for the people who lost in their auctions maybe Caveat Emptor should have applied to all auction houses also,just like it does here on Net54. Hire a lawyer and take them to court if you need to get your money or consignments back, thats what they are there for. If you knew half of what goes on at other auction houses you would never bid with most of them either. I have consigned some major items (not with Mastro or Legendary) but I went with someone who I knew and trust. I sorry these gentlemen have decided to take the course of action that they have because it just shows still what they are all about. Read into that last statement anyway you wish.
None of us have any control over what they do and how they do it. I made a SIMPLE statement about shipping . Thats it. Worry about what you need to worry about and I will do the same.
BTW if you take 1000 lots and make lets say an extra $10 per lot thats $10,000 extra dollars. But I guess thats just a small number to a man like you.

Matt · #2 06-25-2009, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob D.

I noticed this just this morning on Legendary's Web site. Don't know exactly when or why the company announced that the marquee items from its current auction had been pulled. Anyone?

If I was cynical I'd think it might have to do with the lack of interest the plaques were receiving.

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Originally Posted by Rob D.

You know that public opinion -- in this case the "public" being this board -- of Mastro/Legendary isn't good when it's noon the day after the first half of one of M/L's auctions and no one has started a "Show your winnings" thread.

Yes - they were very considerate not to put us in a position of having to make a decision between going after an item we wanted or sticking to the moral high ground.

tbob · #3 06-25-2009, 11:43 AM

I know Gary and he has been both an incredibly nice guy and also a very fair dealer and if he is having problems with Mastro/Legendary, I will no longer participate in their auctions.

bigfish · #4 06-25-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by tbob

I know Gary and he has been both an incredibly nice guy and also a very fair dealer and if he is having problems with Mastro/Legendary, I will no longer participate in their auctions.

Bob,

I will jump on the bus and agree with you about Gary and your stance. I will not participate in the auctions as well.

White Borders · #5 06-25-2009, 12:00 PM

Final bids for items that closed last nite:

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Auc...SessionsOnly=1

iggyman · #6 06-25-2009, 12:00 PM

I'm just a bottom feeder but count me in as one of those who will not bid in the Mastro/Legendary auctions.....and I don't even know Gary... Is your last name Coleman???

Lovely Day

gnuche · #7 06-25-2009, 12:17 PM

Hello Iggyman, thanks for the support. My last name is Nuchereno and I have
been collecting vintage baseball cards since 1970. I will be at table #247 and 346 at this years national. Stop by if you get a chance
Leon, There is a huge difference between being removed from net 54 for unethical behavior and just letting there advertising contract run out. Legendary will put a spin like they wanted to spend their advertising dollars elsewhere, maybe they will say that the net 54 membership was too small for them to justify the expenditure. I doubt that I will ever see the money I am owed, so give me my pound of flesh and do the right thing. Kick them off, don't let them off the hook. They don't deserve the courtesy of a graceful exit.

daviddbreadman · #8 06-25-2009, 12:42 PM

I am not well known here nor am I an active participant. However I have heard ruminations in the past about this place being clicky. why are they being treated differently than any other scam artist out there. These guys are scammers period. I don't care if they "bought" the assets of Mastro and are now Legendary, its largely the same bunch of guys. Hey, if these guys claim to be so ethical then they should have shown it and walked away from this garbage outfit and started over FROM SCRATCH. Instead they got an "inside" deal to buy the assets of their former company under a new name.

Do the right thing and show that this place is not a click of buddies who will protect each other and ban their asses and cancel their banner advertisements because its the right thing to do, friends or not. they don't belong advertising here, they are scammers arent' they?

slidekellyslide · #9 06-25-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by daviddbreadman

I am not well known here nor am I an active participant. However I have heard ruminations in the past about this place being clicky. why are they being treated differently than any other scam artist out there.

Yep. Nobody in this "clicky" chatroom has ever said anything bad about Mastro/Legendary.

calvindog · #10 06-25-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by daviddbreadman

However I have heard ruminations in the past about this place being clicky. Do the right thing and show that this place is not a click of buddies who will protect each other...

David, you really are wrong here. As Dan pointed out, Mastro/Legendary gets the shit kicked out of it on this board probably as much if not more than anything else in the hobby this side of Scott Elkins' roosters.