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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4877509, member: 101855"]My strategy is the buy from dealers and say to hell with the auctions. I have been driven to the limit in Heritage auctions so many times that I have given up. I did get involved with a couple "bid or buy" sales. I bought a few things, which may have been an error and then picked up a few pieces for the minimum at the end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Auctions drive me crazy. I hate them. I can count on one hand the nunber of times that I got a bargain. Usually I end up paying more than retail is supposed to be if I am successuful. The situation seems to have gotten worse with the shut downs due to the pandemic.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>RANT!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add - Another thing that drives me nuts in auctions is the buyers' fee. The dealers tell you, "Oh it makes no difference. All you do is set what you want to pay and use a calculator to adjust your bid."</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems that a lot of collectors bid and ignore the fact that they are going to get hit with another 12 to 25 percent. Yep, for political items, the buyers' fee is 25% at Heritage. I've told them repeatedly that everyone else in the political items auctions business charges less, but it doesn't matter because the collectors pay just the same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4877509, member: 101855"]My strategy is the buy from dealers and say to hell with the auctions. I have been driven to the limit in Heritage auctions so many times that I have given up. I did get involved with a couple "bid or buy" sales. I bought a few things, which may have been an error and then picked up a few pieces for the minimum at the end. Auctions drive me crazy. I hate them. I can count on one hand the nunber of times that I got a bargain. Usually I end up paying more than retail is supposed to be if I am successuful. The situation seems to have gotten worse with the shut downs due to the pandemic. [B]RANT![/B] Edited to add - Another thing that drives me nuts in auctions is the buyers' fee. The dealers tell you, "Oh it makes no difference. All you do is set what you want to pay and use a calculator to adjust your bid." It seems that a lot of collectors bid and ignore the fact that they are going to get hit with another 12 to 25 percent. Yep, for political items, the buyers' fee is 25% at Heritage. I've told them repeatedly that everyone else in the political items auctions business charges less, but it doesn't matter because the collectors pay just the same.[/QUOTE]
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