Doug Allen/Legendary just doesn't get it

I can't understand why people consign to them (given their treatment of consigners) but I will admit that I bid with them as "stuff trumps all" although I will not bid as aggressively as I would elsewhere.

Seems like most of the stuff they have in their auction is from Legendary employees anyway. And if it's not, then they find the real old time collectors that don't know about their situation. Doug is a heck of a salesman, and I'm sure what he says appeals to someone that doesn't know any better or doesn't know of the auction house's situation.

I really think the true measure of their success will be a couple of auctions down the road when their own material has run out and word of their shady doing even reachs the unsuspected.

There was a question as to whether the items had reserves, wouldn't that be great if they could put there items up with out actually having to sell them.

Lee

I definitely don't think cards trump all, but I might have a different yardstick to measure where I draw the line. I think I'm more tolerant of some shady practices just b/c I think that some of them are so prevalent in the hobby that it sort of creates gray areas (meaning that good and reasonable people can take completely opposite sides - and passionately so - as to whether some practices are acceptable or not).

For me it's more a matter of what I think of an individual person. Sometimes it's related to ethics and other times it may be more about a perfectly ethical person that I happen to think is an ass. I won't spend a dime with any of the few individuals that I think have jerk personalities no matter what card is in play.

J

stuff trumps most to me... but I think ALL auction houses (and ebay) have or had participated in shady things to some degree so I would have to ban them all leaving me with a pretty small collection.