Warning to bid by Schuler auctions Zürich

Sajen · 24th March 2019, 08:00 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, 08:45 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, 08:45 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	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.