PWCC t206 set break auction frustration (AITA???)

[Paulcurlee1]

Originally Posted by Bobbycee

Paul, I know your frustration because dealing with their answers (or lack of) from past questions of mine, is bewildering. They seem to want to offer as little info as possible. I'm not sending them bank statements to bid in their auction, as much as I want to place bids on the T206 set break. Checking references: fine

The company also does not have a phone # to call either. Great customer service.

This is part of an email they just sent me today:

"If you are applying to participate in our special T-206 auctions please reply letting us know that specifically". Maybe they are lightening up a bit after all the complaints they've received lately. The new operators have a mess to clean up.

I didn’t even get that sent to me. What day did you try to register?

[Bobbycee]

Originally Posted by Paulcurlee1

I didn’t even get that sent to me. What day did you try to register?

I tried to register (by submitting 3 references), the day it opened, which I think was Thursday 7/20. I received the email from them on Sunday at 3:23 PM

[brianp-beme]

Us collectors should ban together and form our own Trust team to challenge their Trust team to a no holds barred Pickleball tournament at a neutral location to resolve any registration issues.

As a reminder folks - these are T206 cards that we are talking about, and they will show up soon enough, and in the condition you are seeking, even most of the ones with tougher backs.

The longer that you collect, the more likely it is that you will at some point realize that collecting is just one extended test of your ability to be patient.


Brian (my collecting patience is wearing thick)

[mrreality68]

I believe this is a left over effect of the prior regime. New Ownership just took over and would not have had time to make any changes of meaning to their process. They would let business go as usual until they got in and started their work.

Hopefully it all works out for you.

If it means anything the Net54 Team Trusts you

[JustinD]

I would provide my bank details for a mortgage application, not to a website operation. Let alone one that is a possible 6 months from boarding up the windows. That is a huge no on bidding in their items in the future or likely ever.

Thanks for the insight, I know now I am on the right track.

[raulus]

Pretty much every auction house does some due diligence on their customers to make sure that they can pay, and don't just have some jokers running around and bidding obscene amounts that they'll never be able to actually pay. eBay being the exception, of course.

Obviously for most shops, it's merely a matter of getting references.

I think with PWCC and their premier auctions, they usually target a price point well into 5 figures, and often even into 6 or 7 figures. So they want some additional confidence in a bidder's ability to honor that bid. Obviously there are more (and less) invasive methods of getting there.

Not sure why the T206 auction is on their premier platform, but maybe they didn't have another box where it fit nicely, so this was sort of the closest thing they could come up with. Obviously for the seller, it's a problem if a large number of potential bidders are frozen out. But I suppose most around here would suggest that's what they get for working with this AH to begin with.

[sonnyu2]

Originally Posted by raulus

Not sure why the T206 auction is on their premier platform, but maybe they didn't have another box where it fit nicely, so this was sort of the closest thing they could come up with. Obviously for the seller, it's a problem if a large number of potential bidders are frozen out. But I suppose most around here would suggest that's what they get for working with this AH to begin with.

Unless something changed recently, the minimum commission charge for any lot in the Premier auction was $2,000. So, definitely does not make any sense why the T206 selection is in the Premier. Maybe they waived that minimum fee for a consignor in this scenario? But, would have made much more sense to list them in their weekly auctions to allow more bidders access to bid.