How long should it take?

[sportscardpete]

Sounds pretty quick... What auction house takes paypal?!

[D. Bergin]

Yeah, sounds pretty quick to me.

Most I've won have taken weeks, and most don't take credit cards and Paypal because it cuts down on their bottom line and they end up waiting for checks to clear.

I even had one auction house call me a month after I won an auction and ask where payment was. I had to dig through my bank records to show them they cashed my check and it had cleared weeks ago.

They apologized and sent the items immediately, but it annoyed me they didn't even know they already had my money.

Seems people these days want stuff yesterday. All I really care about is if my item is authentic, is it what it was described as in the auction, did they hide things from me in the description, and was it packed safely when if was sent to me.

Everything else is extraneous to me...........but I'm probably more patient then others.

[smtjoy]

I would say thats a very fast turnaround, my normal time to receive winnings is around 3-4 weeks, anything 2 weeks or less is awesome.

[rainier2004]

I am shocked to read the answers to this question. First, it does seem most auction houses do not accept payppal/cc, so there is additional waiting time for the check to be received. But Huggins and Scott sends cards immedicately once receiving the check. I get upset on ebay when i pay immediately and recieve cards 10 days later...why? I started a post on auction houses and there were tons of responses to the effect "I am willing to pay more to guarantee authenticity and a quip ship"....tell my it takes an additional 6 business day = 2 weeks until delivery? Yes, i am impatient but I pay immediately and fail to understand why it takes so long to send stuff....rant, rant....I as a seller have NEVER shipped more than 24hrs after payment received...jus my opinion though.

[YankeeCollector]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

I am shocked to read the answers to this question. First, it does seem most auction houses do not accept payppal/cc, so there is additional waiting time for the check to be received. But Huggins and Scott sends cards immedicately once receiving the check. I get upset on ebay when i pay immediately and recieve cards 10 days later...why? I started a post on auction houses and there were tons of responses to the effect "I am willing to pay more to guarantee authenticity and a quip ship"....tell my it takes an additional 6 business day = 2 weeks until delivery? Yes, i am impatient but I pay immediately and fail to understand why it takes so long to send stuff....rant, rant....I as a seller have NEVER shipped more than 24hrs after payment received...jus my opinion though.

I'd give 24-48 hours as being reasonable.

[D. Bergin]

Sterling is in Poughkeepsie. Northeast got hit with a devastating snowstorm the day after their auction. I've still got people around me without power.

I'd be inclined to cut them some slack.

It's still laser fast compared to most auction houses.

[deadballera]

love Sterling Auctions

takes Paypal, great opening bids, and shipping time was very reasonable

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Sterling is in Poughkeepsie. Northeast got hit with a devastating snowstorm the day after their auction. I've still got people around me without power.

I'd be inclined to cut them some slack.

It's still laser fast compared to most auction houses.

I didn't think of the snow storm.
I'll re-iterate that I have no problems with them. In retrospect I didn't interpret "immediate" correctly. I normally associate immediate with "I'll do it right now" (not next week).

I was just curious about the normal process and it sounds like they are one of the better performers.

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

Sounds pretty quick... What auction house takes paypal?!

Sterling takes paypal.

This from their Auction Terms and Conditions:
"Payments made via Paypal or money order will result in immediate shipment. Payments via check may have items held until funds clear at the discretion of Sterling Sports Auctions"

I'm still very pleased with them, just that the word "immediate" threw me off. Didn't really know what to expect since I hadn't dealt with an auction house before.


Thanks for the replies!

[alanu]

[QUOTE=tonyo;938284]Sterling takes paypal.
QUOTE]

Baggers does too, I've found that both ship very quickly.