which auction house have the sliding BP scale?

[chaddurbin]

as the final price go up, the buyers' premium go down...i thought that was a great incentive for buyers. i remember it was huggins & scott but as i went to make a bid i double checked and it's now 17.5% straight across. maybe my memory has decided it's had enough and pack up & left

[Leon]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

as the final price go up, the buyers' premium go down...i thought that was a great incentive for buyers. i remember it was huggins & scott but as i went to make a bid i double checked and it's now 17.5% straight across. maybe my memory has decided it's had enough and pack up & left

I saw a note where they changed it back to 17.5% straight across the board recently.

[Chicago206]

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[Leon]

Originally Posted by Chicago206

So they have a 17.5% BP and a 15% SP? Wow!!! What a gig they got going!!! They are making 32.5% off of every thing they touch....seems like an awful lot to me for them having to do no buying/carrying inventory!

I am not speaking for Huggins and Scott but I feel very confident they will work with consignors on fees. They are super easy to work with and actually pick up the phone if you call them. One of the best auction houses in the business, imho. (even if they weren't an advertiser )

[hugginsandscott]

Originally Posted by Leon

I am not speaking for Huggins and Scott but I feel very confident they will work with consignors on fees. They are super easy to work with and actually pick up the phone if you call them. One of the best auction houses in the business, imho. (even if they weren't an advertiser )

Leon,
thanks so much for the kind words....your check is in the mail

[chaddurbin]

ic thx leon. i probably missed that email.

edit: no one should be paying 15% consignment fees anymore.

[Chicago206]

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[forazzurri2axz]

whether they advertise or not, they can also be unreasonable....spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $10-20,000 on one of their auctions about 5 yrs ago---at the same time they had a t206 common on ebay I won--was about $45.00--I had the same card being shipped and when I asked them if I could not take the card even though it was my mistake, I was told no , was lectured on how when one makes a mistake they "suffer the consequences" or some words close to that, and then proceeded to tell me that if it were their mistake they would , but it was MY mistake (which I admitted from the get- go). That's why not .01 of my approx $500,000 in purchases since has gone to Huggins and Scott. And I'm from Silver Spring MD too!!

bill latzko

[chaddurbin]

bill--that does sound a little harsh if the story is true, but maybe their auctions and ebay are 2 separate divisions...and they outsource the ebay side to a bunch of heartless, cold, compassionless robots.

[forazzurri2axz]

I have no reason to lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Sometimes sellers don't take the long term perspective. Many years ago I bought a PSA 8 card from a dealer who is now a leading auction house and it had a little crease in the back that was readily visible. He nonetheless refused to take it back and forced me to deal with PSA. No more business since that time.

[botn]

Peter,

That is not possible. He has never sold a card with a crease.