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    9 minutes ago, secret santa said:

    As Peckris says, acknowledge the source out of politeness. I'm sure that most sites realise that their images can and will be downloaded.

    And for those that can't, I screenshot the webpage, paste it into a Word document and then save the image as a jpeg file where it can be cropped with something like Adobe Photoshop.

    You can also do a selective screenshot of just the image. See the tip I posted under useful tips in the technical section on here.

    Saves a lot of faffing around.

     

  5. Posted · Edited by Paddy
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    Auction One gets worse and worse! Automated emails from them last night - If I do not collect by Friday they will charge £5 per coin per day storage fees! Unbelievable.

    My point about the difference in buyers commission was more about the expectation that with such high commission levels they should be geared up for great customer service. The reverse seems to be true.

    If anyone is desperate to find out which auction house I am talking about, please PM me.

    PS: Have now spoken to them and they assure me they will not be making the above charges. If so, why have their computer send out such annoying emails?

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    1 hour ago, TomGoodheart said:

    Was the first a large auction house? I'm bemused by the need to register with auctionet afterwards. How difficult is it to have someone take card payments over the phone, particularly as you presumably were able to bid without doing so? Sounds overly complicated!
     

    Yes, the first auction house was quite a large one - long established and holding posh sales roughly monthly as well as clearance sales fortnightly. Until fairly recently they were family owned but I believe they have been bought out and this maybe why auctionet has entered the scene. They only do coin auctions once a year - I hope they have got themselves sorted out before the next one.

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    I decided to splash out on a few coins last week and ended winning lots at two different auction houses:

    Auction One on Thursday (I will not reveal the name for fear of being accused of libel):

    I won two lots totalling £265 before commission,
    Commission 30% including VAT
    Confirmation of lots won received same day but with requirement to create account at auctionet, so I did that.
    Links to invoices received next day (Friday) - two separate invoices.
    Logged into auctionet to request postage. Could only be done separately for each lot. Total £39 for two tiny coins.
    Spoke to auction house - had to email auctionet to get the invoices combined, so did that.
    Received reply Monday - complicated explanation as to how to request combined invoice through the auctionet website. For this they would give me a "generous" discount of 30% on the postage, bringing it down to £27.30. Oh, and they would post within the next 1 to 3 weeks.
    At this point I cancelled shipping requests and paid the total for the coins and commission. That had to be done as two separate transactions on my card and required me to log out of auctionet between transactions before the second transaction would process. I have now arranged a friend to pick up the coins in the next few weeks and I will get them when we next meet up.

    Auction two on Saturday (The Coinery - happy to reveal their name as service was impeccable):

    I won 5 lots totalling £585 before commission,
    Commission 19.2% including VAT
    Invoice for all lots combined, including postage, received a couple of hours after the auction finished.
    Postage £13.15 plus VAT,
    Paid that evening by bank transfer.
    Confirmation of receipt of payment and postage received first thing Monday morning.
    Coins received by Special delivery, all correct, Tuesday Lunchtime.

    Needless to say, Auction house One is now off my favoured list! The Coinery I will happily use again and recommend to anyone.

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    Going back through my penny collection I came across this one identified as 1* and B - therefore F8B. I can't remember how or when I came to that conclusion as I am not usually too attentive to varieties, and it may have been discussed on this forum before. Is that correct?

    If it is, I would have thought it would be imaged on rarestpennies, but I can't see it there. If it is wanted there, please feel free to add it.

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    I came across this lurking amongst my random collection of bits and pieces. Anyone know much about Fred Jeffries? I see he was mentioned briefly in another thread about 4 years ago.

    It has to go, and before I throw it in with another job lot, I thought I would offer it here in case anyone remembers him. First sensible offer (does not need to be much!) to include postage gets it.

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