[78-L] Turn around time for auctions

[David Lennick]

They haven't invoiced and you haven't paid, correct? Or they've taken your 
money but haven't told you what you've won? Where is this character?

Right now I'm in a running battle with a Canadian dealer who has ignored 3 
weeks of e-mails in which I ask for a proper invoice, not the one he sent 
asking for payment in Euros. Two hours ago I received a notice that the order 
I'd placed on November 6th was cancelled because "payment never received".

(By the way, since when does "cancelled" have only one L? SpelCzech keeps 
highlighting the word and trying to get me to replace it with "canceled". What 
planet do they live on?)

dl

fnarf at comcast.net wrote:
> You didn't mention where the items were coming from, but it's not unusual for packages from overseas to take 6-8 weeks if sent by surface mail. However, there is NO excuse for not getting a simple notification. If you haven't even heard what you won in a month, I'd start taking action against them.
> 
> Are you sure their emails haven't gone to your spam folder?
> 
> --
> Steve.
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies at mtroyal.ca>
>> Hello, folks,
>>         I'm new to the digest version of this list and new to online 
>> record auctions.  I'm looking for some advice on how to handle an auction 
>> in which I recently participated.  Would someone kindly write me off-list 
>> for a frank discussion of the average timeline between bidding and receipt 
>> of winnings?
>>         Basically, the auction closed a month ago, I've been charged $530 
>> Cdn but I have yet to receive an invoice of my winnings.  I have found the 
>> service from other auction houses to be terrific if not quick, and they've 
>> always told me up front what I won.
>>
>>         I've enjoyed catching up on the 78-L archives.  Thanks for the 
>> great reading.
>>
>> Stephen Davies,
>> Calgary
>>
>>