tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post1408994708725108905..comments2024-03-26T18:51:58.904-07:00Comments on Western Whiskey Gazette (WWG): Reasonable or Rip-off?Kentucky Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201818884914482275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-90943221705499696272014-02-12T01:49:31.923-08:002014-02-12T01:49:31.923-08:00Its a ripoff!! but you also don't have to bid ...Its a ripoff!! but you also don't have to bid in these auctions. If buyers would boycott a few of these auctions, they would have to change their ways...........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-22540397380756491352014-02-11T10:44:25.524-08:002014-02-11T10:44:25.524-08:00I had the same thing happen a few yrs ago... $30 b...I had the same thing happen a few yrs ago... $30 buck to ship a 75. bottle from back East.... so I knew the high charge wasnt due to the insurance. I called the auction company and spoke w the owner. He told me that they now use another company to do all of their shipping. Ok, I could understand that raising the price... but at the same time, I thought to myself, wow ,,, how lazy !<br />Anyways, now I think twice before bidding, and only bid on something I've been looking for a long time to find,,,,,knowing that if I win, I'm going to get "ganked" on the shipping !<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-1030338875996905252014-02-10T08:31:05.798-08:002014-02-10T08:31:05.798-08:00I'll bet you are talking about Glassworks. If ...I'll bet you are talking about Glassworks. If you are, I won't deal with them any more. The onlly time I won a bottle from them they screwed me on the postage and didn't say anything about the damage in there description on the bottle I got. Then they wanted me to pay the return shipping. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-60333063206679355822014-02-10T08:28:23.678-08:002014-02-10T08:28:23.678-08:00Let's not forget why these auction houses are ...Let's not forget why these auction houses are in business - and its not to do the collector a favor.<br />Personally I think a buyers premium of 18% is literally "sticking it to the buyer" and then to add insult to injury charging 6 times the actual cost of shipping is over the top.<br /><br />I like to purchase bottles at bottle shows. Yes, there are bottles at auction you would never see at a show but that's something I have come to live with.<br />rsRick Simihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08482738207230371864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-58709271795323721552014-02-10T06:02:15.444-08:002014-02-10T06:02:15.444-08:00Boy can I relate I got a piece of pottery from an ...Boy can I relate I got a piece of pottery from an eastern auction house about the size of a demijohn which would usually cost 40 bucks not this time because they contracted out the shipping which cost 277 and change so needless to say I`m done with auction houses that contract out the shipping. <br />BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-52262262009530215642014-02-09T13:25:39.772-08:002014-02-09T13:25:39.772-08:00Bruce, if you are referring to a certain auction h...Bruce, if you are referring to a certain auction house in Pennsylvania, my understanding is that they contract to an outside agency to do their packaging and shipping, and this agency is in the business to make money, hence the high shipping rates. I for one think it is indeed a rip-off, and in the case of lower priced bottles it makes it too expensive to purchase them. I think that the auction house has had many complaints about this, but they don't seem to care. But, if you are referring to a different auction house, I still stand by my comment!Dennis Rogersnoreply@blogger.com