MILEHIGH let down
vintagefootballboxing
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As a collector who enjoys getting good value for his money, I search online sports collectible auctions quite a bit. I recently registered at MILEHIGH AUCTIONS for their winter auction. I won a near set of 1951 BERK ROSS double panel cards (missing only the DIMAGGIO card). When I received my package from MILEHIGH, I was in disbelief when I saw that they sent me a near complete set of 1952 BERK ROSS cards which were in terrible condition (you would think that they could package the correct items when people are paying many 100's or 1000's of dollars for their items). Anyway, I returned the incorrect cards, received the correct cards, and was in disbelief AGAIN when I found that the YOGI BERRA/WARREN SPAHN card was missing. I called on a Tuesday to inquire about the missing card. I was told the owner, BRIAN, would return my call. Make a long story shorter, I called three times with NO return call. Finally, I got ahold of Brian on the following Monday. He told me that this card was not in complete panel form, and it was sold in another auction lot. He did give me a prorated refund, but the experience was ridiculous. A week or so later, while looking at MILEHIGH's website, I noticed an "EXTRA INNINGS" auction which was in progress (this was an online only auction and only included 10-12 items). I ended up winning two lots in the extra innings auction (and being the only bidder in this auction). After waiting 3 days for an invoice to be sent, I received and e-mail from MILEHIGH saying that this auction was a "mistake" and was not supposed to be run when it was run. The fine folks at MILEHIGH said sorry, but we cannot sell you these lots. Needless to say, I guess I was not too smart to think that I could give this company a second chance without running into problems. I will NEVER do business with this SHADY auction house again.
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Bob....
<< <i>That's a horrible story, and I'm sorry you were the recipient of such inexcusably terrible service. I wonder what the outcome would have been had you had the forethought to call while the auctions were running and ask a few questions about them, thus making them unable to say that they weren't supposed to be running at that time.
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Good point that would have been interesting. The way they treated you sucks, but I bet you are not alone.
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<< <i>Good thought Master.............. >>
While I do enjoy the lofty title, you may call me Nick.
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<< <i>Good thought Master.............. >>
While I do enjoy the lofty title, you may call me Nick.
oh brother, here we go. It's already hard enough for him to fit his head through the door...
Still spinnin' you right round, Nick
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<< <i>Still spinnin' you right round, Nick
Like a record baby.
a transaction when they see fit. I am sorry about the experience and thanks for sharing your story.
Information is power.
But, I continue to buy from them, so I guess I'm willing to look past it as it's only a few $ more.
But, if something like has been described happened to me, I would totally ditch them.
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<< <i>That was too long to read. >>
And could most certainly have used a paragraph break. I read one sentence and moved right on to Nicks funny post
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<< <i>Good thought Master.............. >>
While I do enjoy the lofty title, you may call me Nick.
oh brother, here we go. It's already hard enough for him to fit his head through the door...
Still spinnin' you right round, Nick
Good point Expert.
<< <i>Good point Expert. >>
Hey Collector, that wasn't very nice.
Never again.
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That is a terrible thing to have to deal with. I consider myself lucky so far, that I have not had these problems with these larger auction houses.
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this one seems like a deal on milehigh
http://www.milehighcardco.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=49547
let's be nice to each other
yes I try to stay away from auction houses ..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Panama
I experienced a mind blowing episode of poor customer service from Brian at Mile High. Their catalogs now fill my recyclable bin before they reach the house. I have dealt with REA, ML, and Heritage often and have never had an issue.
thank you for the info, sorry for your bad experience but you may have saved someone on this board from a bad experience including me
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
i just don't like the small print on the auction houses...contract
fees
taxes ?
20 percent buyers premium
3 x shipping
Insurance
bidding fees
out of state tax fee
communication fees
not responsible for undergrading etc etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Panama
resurrecting an 8 year old thread. Good public service announcement I suppose though.
I didn't dig up the old thread but when I saw the title now back on page one I felt I should add my experience, which was not a good one
Bump. Saw a thread started about their new catalog, buyer beware.