Heritage Site Down: Anyone Planning on Placing Last Minute Bids Are Out of Luck?

gmarguli

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MadMarty

They are helping you to save your money!!!

gmarguli

Given the fact that I got a message that I was outbid after internet bidding ended, but before the auction started, they are doing their best to save me money and piss me off.

If their site doesn't go up before bidding ends, they better waive the extra fee for placing a bid thru eBay or accept faxed bids.

TWQG

Heritage sight down right before an auction close? Well there's a shocking surprise. I thought it was only their weekly E.I.'s that crashed.
Heritage sucks.

toothpuller

They still have a few hours to fix it before the commemoratives close. Its too early to bid anyway.

gmarguli

I was still trying to figure out which ones I was going to bid on.

Thankfully I have a list of lot numbers, so I guess I'll look over the lots one last time on eBay and exclude most of those lots. If it doesn't get fixed soon, I'll be pissed and them, but probably not nearly as pissed as the consigners.

DesertLizard

Whee, I thought it was only my link down!

No matter as too much money is chasing too few coins and it's stupid money at that!

gmarguli

No matter as too much money is chasing too few coins and it's stupid money at that!

True. However, I have 6 lots on my list (out of ~30 total) that I would be willing to pay at least 50% more than the last high bid I had recorded earlier tonight. There is one lot that I would pay 2.5X its current bid (and it is already WELL over retail).

For the consignors sake, let's hope Heritage has someone working on their site right now.

keithdagen

Is the Telebid phone option working, or is it down as well?

gmarguli

No idea. I don't even know if I have a Telebid ID or what it is.

gmarguli

It's at least getting better. I get the message "Our web site is down temporarily for maintenance. We will return as soon as possible."

goose3

dammmitman I was planning on tossing a bid out there on a FE cent!!

DesertLizard

Now they say site down for maintenance!

Like the dept of public works deciding to reasphalt the highway at 3pm the day before the 4th of July!!

they got to be kidding, maintenance!

keithdagen

Greg,

When the site comes back up, you can set up your Telebid ID in your My Profile section. Then you can access the bidding system with an 800 number and place bids there.

Catch22

This happened to me last year. I was bidding on a coin and decided to take one last stab at it right before the auction ended. Heritage e-mailed me to say that they noticed I had attempted to enter the auction on the web and would accept phone or fax bids until the item closed at auction. I got a phone bid in and won the auction.

Heritage really does go the extra mile most of the time. It's just a shame I live in Texas and get hit with an 8.25 % tax, not to mention the buyer's fee. That equates to a 23% premium, over and above what is usually fair market value. Needless to say, I have to want the coin pretty darn bad to do business with Heritage. I suppose I could resolve this matter by aquiring coins valued at over 1000 bucks and thus avoid the tax.....yeah....that's the ticket!

gmarguli

It's back up. Everyone better rush and place their bids before it decides to go down again.

dragon

TWQG,

You are correct,,,,,that's what happens when you have a company run by senior management with double digit IQ's who are managing those with single digit IQ's, not a pretty picture.


dragon