Is AMI paying anyone??

[trsent]

Re: Is AMI paying anyone??

I see pyramid schemes falling down all over society these days.

Bernie Madoff, a local businessman who took his life a few weeks ago here in town because his 30+ year scheme just was discovered and maybe an auction house with a similar pattern?

Money is tight in the world, and pyramids are finally falling because people attempting to get their money out are finding no more investors to pay the pyramid so they are finally falling.

It is so simple how it works - If you keep getting new investors to put money in, you last forever, but when money gets tight then investors want their investments back but there is no new money coming in to pay them.

Pretty scary concept and pretty scary to think how long so many big money investors got away with it!

[allstarsplus]

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Auhh......what?

I apologize to Bird for taking this OT, but not sure what Todd is trying to say.

Todd - What are you trying to say?

Is the GUU Auction platform now going to expand into all types of sports items beyond the game used?

It is one thing saying "sure, we will take those items" and another to actively market them in the right publications and mailing lists so consignors are getting comparable $$$$ vs. the other Auction Houses that regularly attract bidders for the baseball cards, sports art, signed memorabilia, vintage memorabilia, etc.

[ndevlin]

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Hi Andrew:

That is exactly what I thought until consinged autographs and a trading card set i was very happy with the results. What's more, I was paid in under 30 days. Again, I truly feel we need to support this site to ensure it continues to change this industry. If you have recieved a ton of pleasure and knowlege from this place you should give back. It's a no brainer to me.

Best,

Todd[/quote]


Auhh......what?

[yankees159]

Re: Is AMI paying anyone??

Todd brings up GUU as a top auction house (which I agree with), but keep in mind that some members on here consign baseball cards, sports art, and non-game used memorabilia which GUU doesn't seem to put in their auction which would be my guess as the main reason they aren't getting many consignment packages.

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Hi Andrew:

That is exactly what I thought until consinged autographs and a trading card set i was very happy with the results. What's more, I was paid in under 30 days. Again, I truly feel we need to support this site to ensure it continues to change this industry. If you have recieved a ton of pleasure and knowlege from this place you should give back. It's a no brainer to me.

Best,

Todd

[yankees159]

Re: Is AMI paying anyone??

Todd brings up GUU as a top auction house (which I agree with), but keep in mind that some members on here consign baseball cards, sports art, and non-game used memorabilia which GUU doesn't seem to put in their auction which would be my guess as the main reason they aren't getting many consignment packages.[/quote]

[allstarsplus]

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Guys great points made here but I'm suprised none of you have done business with GUU. In fact, there is little mention that GUU is a good altenative to other auction houses and memorabila brokers. Chris Cavalier has created a media that is truly changing the hobby and allowing the collector's voice to be heard. Why do most of you choose to do business with other auction houses? With the new store platform you can name your price? So you can't say other auction houses have historically performed better.

The harsh reality of the world is that this too is a business and needs your support. I personally have sold items through the auction and store platform and have been very pleased with results. Not to mention all of the items I have sold for free over the years. I want to make it clear that I am no way affilated with GUU, I just feel that we should support this site to ensure it continues to inform collectors and give us a voice.

If you have benifited from this platform why do you choose to ignore GUU as place to sell?

Chris please keep up the good work!


Best,


Todd

Not to add insult to injury, but there are literally 100's of negative press items here on some of the Auction Houses mentioned here. My opinion is bad ethics goes across all lines of business from consigned inventory to Accounts Payable.

Nobody deserves to get treated like Bird33 and others have, but my advice to anyone who cares to listen is don't support these type of auction houses. There are enough good ones mentioned time and time again.

Todd brings up GUU as a top auction house (which I agree with), but keep in mind that some members on here consign baseball cards, sports art, and non-game used memorabilia which GUU doesn't seem to put in their auction which would be my guess as the main reason they aren't getting many consignment packages.

[yankees159]

Re: Is AMI paying anyone??

Guys great points made here but I'm suprised none of you have done business with GUU. In fact, there is little mention that GUU is a good altenative to other auction houses and memorabila brokers. Chris Cavalier has created a media that is truly changing the hobby and allowing the collector's voice to be heard. Why do most of you choose to do business with other auction houses? With the new store platform you can name your price? So you can't say other auction houses have historically performed better.

The harsh reality of the world is that this too is a business and needs your support. I personally have sold items through the auction and store platform and have been very pleased with results. Not to mention all of the items I have sold for free over the years. I want to make it clear that I am no way affilated with GUU, I just feel that we should support this site to ensure it continues to inform collectors and give us a voice.

If you have benifited from this platform why do you choose to ignore GUU as place to sell?

Chris please keep up the good work!


Best,


Todd

[gamecollectibles]

Re: Is AMI paying anyone??

NE football guy tried to contact you email keeps getting sent back
you can reach me at prosvr1@comcast.net
Thank You

[NEfootballguy]

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Hello Gamecollectibles, Could you please email me at bakersj@insight.com ?? I would love to talk to you. I have a couple questions. Thank you for you time. nefootballguy

[kingjammy24]

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there are many posts on this forum and another network54 forum of consigners having been fed the same old "bidder hasn't paid" line from kieta over the past year. of course, it made absolutely no sense given that AMI requires every bidder to submit a valid credit card so there's no way a bidder could not wind up paying. if they failed to submit payment within AMI's stipulated seven day timeframe, they'd just run the card. it's hard to imagine that AMI didn't have payment for every lot sold within 4 weeks after the auction closed. that even takes into account the time to clear checks. apparently, kieta didn't have the wherewithal to at least make her BS plausible. the fact that a few consigners were able to find out that their lots had in fact been paid for just confirms it all.

rudy.

[trsent]

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I recieved my last check from them in June of last year. It took them over 6 months to pay my largest check of $5600. They told me it was taking so long because the buyer had not paid for the items yet. It was only when i demanded that they send back the un-paid items right away that they cut a check a few weeks later.

Sounds like a pattern...

[kingjammy24]

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fyi, many banks keep copies of deposited checks for a certain period of time after deposit. even if someone doesn't have the actual paper check anymore, they may still be able to get a copy of it from their bank or even via their online banking account.

rudy.

[33bird]

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If you can get me a copy of that cancelled check from AMI I would really love to have it to give to my lawyer. He needs one for our case. LMK. Thanks,
Greg
biggamebird@yahoo.com

[ifirocked]

Re: Is AMI paying anyone??

I recieved my last check from them in June of last year. It took them over 6 months to pay my largest check of $5600. They told me it was taking so long because the buyer had not paid for the items yet. It was only when i demanded that they send back the un-paid items right away that they cut a check a few weeks later.

[trsent]

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I had the same problem on a $7k jersey that I consigned with them in 2007. I had an aggreement with Victor that I would be paid within 60 days or they wouldn't get the jersey. On the 60th day I called an they tried to use the excuse that the bidder had not paid for the item. Well, I know for a fact that it had been paid for as Troy and Dave from Mears purchased it. I told Kieta that if I didn't have my payment by the end of the week that I would fly out there and deal with them face to face. I didn't quite say it as nice as that if you get my drift as there was some pretty harsh curse words mixed in and some angry yelling on top of that. I had a check in my hands three days later.

If I was owed that much money, I would be on the first plane out to Vegas and in their office.

Funny story as I had a similar situation. They paid me half of a $6000 consignment in 2005. They told me the buyer was making payments. Since I lived around the corner from them, one day I dropped in and asked to see my item, and it wasn't there - Pretty funny. They accept payments but they sent the item to the buyer?

No one does this, right? Who would ship an item without receiving full payment? I finally received payment a few months later. A former member of their staff confirmed to me that this was a common excuse they used.

I consigned with them through 2006 and after an argument over a damaged item, which they made good on in the end, I decided not to conduct business with them anymore as I didn't wish to deal with the headaches anymore.