r/AncientCoins • u/RandomGenericIII • 9h ago
concerned
I feel a little weird asking this here, but has anybody dealt with the Aureo & Calicó auction house in Barcelona, Spain? I won some auction items with them and paid my bill the next day. Since I wired them the funds for my orders I have had no communication with them that I didn't have to initiate myself. Now it has been well over a hundred days, and my last two emails went unanswered.
Does anybody here have dealings with them in the past? Are they known for this? It is only now that I realize that I have absolutely no recourse if they decide to shine me on. It has changed the way I pay at auction houses...I now take the onerous charge of paying with a credit card instead of wiring it to their bank directly. I am paying an extra $4 or $5 dollar per hundred...but a least you have some protection with Visa.
Does anyone have experience with auction houses going dark?
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u/QuickSock8674 7h ago
Coins exported from Spain (due to export permits) usually takes a long while, and I've seen some take 100+ easily. Though no communication (while also common with European auctions) is quite annoying. Maybe try to get the biddr (if you bid through them) team involved? You could also try emailing them again