USED to be REA's big fan ---not any more

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by hunterdutchess

You should have gotten a refund Bill. That way you could bid on the Autograph Game used Jersey Duel super Refractor red boarder 1/1 Die Cut Strasburgh RC : )

He wouldn't have had enough money

[murcerfan]

flipper.

[ChiefBenderForever]

With all the cards REA gets it is easy to see how they missed this and didn't go through every card to double check, but in a business where every bid counts not sure why they didn't just take care of Bill right away, especially when he didn't get what was advertised. Is there that many collectors out there who drop 50k plus on a single auction to lose him as a bidder ? Who knows how many other auctions he bid on that added up to even more than the comissions he spent.

[sbfinley]

I'm confused, because you seem to be angry because you had to haggle to fix the mistake. The same mistake you admit to making afterwards.
Yet..

Originally Posted by forazzurri2axz

wether it's $60 or $60,000 spent on cardboard, it shouldn't be a risk based on incorrect information

You also never mention any remedy you offered to REA in the initial conversations. As a matter of fact the only offer you made to them they eventually accepted.

Judging by the the title of your post "Used to be REA's big fan..." I'm guessing that you have had positive experiences with them in the past. What gives? It's like dining out at a restaurant a dozen times with great meals and then finding a hair in the pasta the 13th outing. Would you go on yelp and pan them? Mistakes happen. I would go through that annoyance 10x over to own such a set. In the end, are you enjoying your set? To me that is all that matters.

[M's_Fan]

Just thought I'd mention that in the recent auction I bought a complete set of 1941 Sky Birds that was missing a #2, but instead had two #9 cards. Dean contacted the consignor and I quickly had the missing #2, and I returned the extra 9. Mistakes happen (and the fact that you committed the same mistake as REA demonstrates this) and REA was first class in handling it all.

I agree with most folks here that you have nothing to really complain about, REA gave you everything you wanted, and which I honestly believe is more than what any other auction house would have given you.

You could have got your money back but you sold many of the cards in your set before inspecting it, that is not REA's fault.

And the $63k didn't go in REA's pocket, it mostly went in the consignor's pockets.

A buyer and seller going off of book value to establish the price are bound to have a disagreement, only an open auction can establish the value of a card at any given time.

You should contact them about the other 8, but again, two people with adverse interests are not going to easily agree about the value.

[steve B]

I think the thing that bugs me with this stuff is that an auction selling pretty expensive stuff with plenty of prep time apparently can't be bothered to check to see if a set actually contains the cards it's supposed to have.

Seriously, it doesn't take all that long.

And how can they write the description if they haven't checked? is it typical for the consignor to write the description?

If they don't actually look, there's this Wagner I'm thinking of selling......

Steve B

[bobbyw8469]

The auction house writes the description, but apparently, with a set containing 300+ cards, they are just taking the consignors word for the grades, if they are all on the registry. The consignor sold a card but kept it on his registry to help maintain his lofty standing. From what I read, there were multiple mistakes involving this set that compounded on one another (with the 1st mistake being on the consignor).....

[PolarBear]

Two can play at this game. Just pay them in $100 bills and slip in a couple of ones. When they discover the mistake, offer to give them a fifty if they'll return the ones.