Warning to bid by Schuler auctions Zürich

Jens Nordlunde · 24th March 2019, 06:06 PM

Ken,
You are a very lucky man, to live where you live - besides from the lovely countryside.

Tapani,
I have never heard anything like what you describe, it is quite chocking.

Alan,
I think you have a very valid point - it is business for the auction firms, and for the firms packing and sending the items as well. Maybe they charge too much, I dont know, but as they still excist the buyers must have accepted their prices.
I have a feeling that the buyers concentrate too much on the price they are willing to pay for an item, and less on the extras. The extras you can find out before you start bidding, so you know how high you are willing to bid - a kind of belt and suspenders thing.

Sajen · 24th March 2019, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

The extras you can find out before you start bidding, so you know how high you are willing to bid - a kind of belt and suspenders thing.

Hello Jens,

I can understand the business they want to have and they should have it. But when you have to do the first time with this auction house you run in a dilemma you can't imagine before. The reason why I start this thread and to give a warning to others.

Regards,
Detlef

A. G. Maisey · 24th March 2019, 09:45 PM

Jens, yes, precisely so:-

selling things for other people is a business

packing and sending things is a business

a business will die if it charges either too much, or too little

Do auction houses and those who do the shipping for them charge too much?

Frankly, I do not know, but I decided a long time ago that as far as my pocket was concerned, yes, they did.

But maybe the people who still use them think their charges are reasonable.

However, if I lived in Ireland, maybe I would still be looking at auction catalogues, and selling things I no longer wanted by auction.

24th March 2019, 06:06 PM	#1
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Ken, You are a very lucky man, to live where you live - besides from the lovely countryside. Tapani, I have never heard anything like what you describe, it is quite chocking. Alan, I think you have a very valid point - it is business for the auction firms, and for the firms packing and sending the items as well. Maybe they charge too much, I dont know, but as they still excist the buyers must have accepted their prices. I have a feeling that the buyers concentrate too much on the price they are willing to pay for an item, and less on the extras. The extras you can find out before you start bidding, so you know how high you are willing to bid - a kind of belt and suspenders thing.

24th March 2019, 09:45 PM	#3
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	Jens, yes, precisely so:- selling things for other people is a business packing and sending things is a business a business will die if it charges either too much, or too little Do auction houses and those who do the shipping for them charge too much? Frankly, I do not know, but I decided a long time ago that as far as my pocket was concerned, yes, they did. But maybe the people who still use them think their charges are reasonable. However, if I lived in Ireland, maybe I would still be looking at auction catalogues, and selling things I no longer wanted by auction.