Question about Auction House (Old Judge) returns?

[oldjudge]

Joe---simultaneous sanity

[matty6]

Won a trimmed Allen and Ginter Buck Ewing years ago. When I asked for my money back, I got a rude response and that I should have known something when it went for cheap. I'll never buy from them again.

[bobbyw8469]

Why are you whining on here and not contacting Lew?
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I apologize. I didn't realize wanting what I paid for was considered whining.

I posted here because I wanted to get a feel for if it was worth it to me or not to "bother" Lew with a return request. Judging by the responses that I have received here and in PM, I have decided to just suck it up and take the loss. No big deal. And as far as blocking me goes, that is fine, because I doubt I will ever bid there again. Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice, shame on me. I have been burned twice now. There will not be a third time.

[bbcard1]

A return issue many years ago is why I take a pass on buying from Lew...and in all fairness, the feeling is mutual. If you want to keep working with him, sucking it up is the way to go. While I respect what he has done, I have not found a problem finding people to buy cards from and I am sure he's found folks to sell his to.

[Wymers Auction]

Robert I will say in a gentler way. Contact Lew you cannot begin to assume what they will or will not do if you do not give them the chance to make it right. I am also an auctioneer and most times I am able to make good on any problem that exists, but if I am being tried in a public courtroom where I am not present there is nothing that I can do about that. Does that make sense?

[Runscott]

I have bid in many of his auctions and the only time I had an issue with a lot, he was great to work with. Problem was resolved and I continued bidding in his future auctions.

Everyone's different, but I would have either contacted him first before posting here, did a search and found someone who had bid on his auctions before and contacted them by PM first, or posted here without putting his name in the post.

[FrankWakefield]

I reckon it was about 25 years ago, or maybe a few more, when I first did business with Mr. Lipset. Over the years I've maybe sent 2 things back. He's always been first rate in all of our dealings. I used to wear him out with questions, he'd patiently tell me about a card over the telephone. I have to think that if you contact him that you'll get something worked out.

I hope anyone that sees the thread listing will read through it to see that many of us have had good dealings with Mr. Lipset.

[gnaz01]

I won a lot of 2 cards in Lew's past auction a couple of weeks ago. I sent him a regular old check in the mail last Monday, and received the cards today. They were both placed in a single top loader, and arrived perfecly fine. I didn't need a blown up picture to see them, and he stated in his description that the backs were clean, and they are fine. I would buy from Lew again, a true pioneer in our hobby.

[bobbyw8469]

They were both placed in a single top loader, and arrived perfecly fine.

Consider yourself lucky then. I received 3 raw cards in one top loader, and they DID NOT arrive perfectly fine.