38 days after auction and waiting for check.

[bigfanNY]

On December 19th auction closed and I sold about $4700.00 worth of items. I emailed the auction house and asked for an update on January 18th. No reply. I emailed the auction House again on January 22nd asking for an update, NO REPLY. I called the "president of the auction house today and was told he was out to lunch and would return my call when he returned. I wait about 2 and a half hours and call back. Nice lady on the end of the phone says she talked with Auction house president and there were 2 of 11 items not paid for. I say not an issue it would be fine to send me a check and return any items that were not paid for. It says very clearly on auction house website that items must be paid for within 2 weeks of invoice. Now Auction house President gets on phone and asks how he can help I ask why he has chosen to ignore my emails for the past 10 days no reply. says according to contract he has 60 days to try and collect and to pay me. I agree but point out that it also says that bidders only have 2 weeks to pay. Here is kicker He say that a large bidder in his auction has only paid half of his bill and he has agreed to wait for the rest of his/My money. How nice of large auction house to bend rules and finance Large bidders purchase. And how nice of large auction house to keep my 5 grand and hold onto it until he works out large purchase. Needless to say I will never deal with this large auction house again. who by the way called me an idiot for not understanding. What I understand is 38 days after an auction Me and at least a few others are waiting to get paid while he dose business with my money. If he wants to bend rules and finance a large purchase he should either pay sellers and assume risk or at the very least ask sellers if it is ok to wait. IMHO not a fair and above board way to do business.

Jonathan Sterling