I happen to be a non-lawyer who believe layers get too much business and the courts have always ruled that just because something goes wrong, it does not mean you have a law suit - particularly where you have not losses.
Not A Glitch! This condition has existed in Heritage auctions for many years, which I described in post #14 of thread "Heritage Auction House", whereupon an uninformed dolt responded: "You are one of the few I have seen with a problem at Heritage and even rarer, one with a problem that has not been resolved. However, I think I can guess why you had a problem.", where when source considered, didn't merit a response which could be understood by the individual who had posted. One of average intelligence would, I believe, as I had repeatedly done, try contacting the source of a problem through e-mails or calls, prior to asking strangers. swhuck considerately suggested that I PM him, where after discussion/investigation, he posed the reason for the procedural problem, of which most Heritage employees are unaware. For those bidding in Heritage auctions that view this phenomena, it is just a normal procedure for house retention of the auctioned item. I believe this condition will be re-visited, unless there are internal programming modifications. Rich
On the other hand, lawyers do have a purpose. Too bad you and/or Heritage did not use them in your case. It would have been interesting to see your response after you lost.