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Rating the Auction Sites
Posted By: shammus
Had another idea for a thread I wanted to post. I wanted to see what everyone thought about the individual auction sites out there (Ebay, Masonet, Yahoo etc...) in terms of general selection, buyer/seller protection, market value of cards etc...There are a lot of individuals that are newer to the hobby reading the posts now and this might be beneficial for those not knowing the best places to acquire vintage cards. |
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Rating the Auction Sites
Posted By: Hankron
Personally, I've had overall little trouble with the big auction houses like MastroNet, Sotheby's, Lelands, Christies, Mike Gutierrez Auctions, and usually have little hesitation when bidding in their auctions. |
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Posted By: Aaron Michiel
I think, in terms of auction format, quality and variety of items offered, customer service and affordability of realized price, Hunt's auction house is the best. |
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Posted By: Glen V
Don't forget Lipset - nice cards and only a 10% premium. |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
Question his authority in any way and you may quickly find yourself on his $**t list and maybe banned from his auctions and sales, as I am. The way he reacts reminds me of the "soup Nazi" character in Seinfeld: any deviation and it is "No soup for you!". The issue is his grading, which I think is spotty; IMHO he sometimes overgrades cards by 2-3 grade levels and reacts to returns as if you were slapping his mama. Around 1994 I sent back a 1921 Exhibit Walter Johnson that had ink and paper stuck to the back but had been graded like vg-ex in his catalogue and he banned me from his catalogue sales. His letter with my refund was so rude that a friend who worked in customer service training asked if she could have it as an example of what not to do when dealing with customers. I was "reinstated", so to speak, several years later (frankly, I think he just forgot who I was) but was banned again after I returned an overgraded lot of T207s. And this was after buying two other lots from his auctions. Very unprofessional, if you ask me. He has great stuff and is a "card master", but you have to be prepared to suck it up on occasion if you deal with him. |
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Posted By: runscott
Learn to do it while you are young; otherwise, you will expect everyone else to do it to you when you are old, and you won't be any fun. |
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Posted By: Hankron
It mostly depends on the quality of the soup. If the soup is damn good, many other things can be excused. If the soup is crappy, it doesn't matter how good is the service. |
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Posted By: runscott
I have participated in all the auctions on my links page except Superior and Hunt - the only bad experiences were Festberg (super-grossly overgraded) and Verkman (incredibly high shipping and handling). |
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Posted By: Kevin
It is interesting that we could all be dealing with the same places and have very different opinions of thier operations. |
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Posted By: Hankron
For me, the most important thing is authenticity-- translating to 'getting what is described and implied in the auction.' In my opinion, accurately and insightfully identifying and describing a large and wide variety of items is a higher skill. If an auction house can do this I'm happy to pay the 15 perect and take a month and a half to ship. If they can't, I don't care how fast they ship. |
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Posted By: runscott
I have bought a few items that were "surprised" when I received them from the auction house. At that point I had to determine if I could re-coup my investment, or whether I should instead return the item. I lean heavily toward attempting to re-coup my investment on my own whenever possible, chalking the auction mistake up to experience, and maintaining my good relationship with the auction house. |
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