Posted by showsteer_cowgirl on 2/18/2009, 5:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Bad Business - Who's Responsible?"
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All auctioneers have the same policy: they work for the seller (I know because my family is in the auctineering business). So, you can't really do anything to the auctioneer,but I would suggest pursuing a case against the seller.
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: sounds like to me you should be collecting
: from the person who hired the auctioneer.
: sounds like they are giving you a run
: around. you have a case against them.
:
: the auctioneer has nothing to do with the
: eggs all he did was sell them. he should not
: be responsible for shipping them only
: selling.
:
: if you have a receipt of what you bought you
: have a claim against the seller not the
: auctioneer. You are owed the 3 correct
: embryos or the 750 and if taken to court
: they broke a contract to deliver to you what
: was owed and you could pursue damages beyond
: that amount.
:
: Also if the auctioneer wants to get on your
: side record the conversation and have the
: auctioneer pursue slander and defamation of
: character charges as well.
:
: Just my thoughts.
:
:
:
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: This is a long story, but I will try to keep
: it brief. We bought 6 embryos from an
: online auction in October 2007. 3 were
: Double Vision, and 3 were Sonny. After
: several atempts to contact seller, I called
: the auctioneer. After the auctioneer called
: the seller, the seller called me. His
: (seller) story was that he was given the
: wrong e-mail address and phone # from
: auctioneer. Seller explained that he would
: never do business with auctioneer again as
: he was a bad businessman. Seller left
: another message saying embryos are ready to
: be shipped. We were in no big rush as we
: had alreadt missed our breeding season.
: About 6 months ago, we started trying to
: contact seller to arrange shipping. Several
: pone calls and messages yielded no response.
: We called the auctioneer, and his response
: was that seller was a bad businessman, and
: was horrible to deal with. We requested a
: refund as we had already missed a second
: breeding season. Auctioneer said he would
: contact seller. Just like the first time,
: when the auctioneer called him, seller
: immediately called us back. He had the same
: story again. He tried to get a hold of us
: and had no luck. He reiterated what a
: horrible businessman auctioneer is and how
: it took forever for him to get paid etc,
: etc. He said there would be no refund and
: that the embryos were at Trans Ova waiting
: to be shipped. I wsa relieved to find out
: that at least the eggs were under the care
: of a professional! Seller said shipping is
: $97, but for all of our trouble he would pay
: half. Seller says if you send a check
: today, I will release embryos tomorrow
: morning. We sent a check for $50 that same
: day. I called Trans Ova the next afternoon
: and embyros had not been released. Trans
: Ova caled back Monday of this week. When I
: called to arrange shipping I wsa told he
: released 3 Double Vison and 3 Sin City
: embryos. Well at least he was half right,
: and that wsa a good start. I double checked
: with auctioneer, and he confirmed that we
: bought 3 Double Vision and 3 Sonny (not Sin
: City). So I called seller last evening. I
: spoke with a nice woman who said seller went
: to town and he would call back in 45
: minutes. Suprise, he did not call back
: until today. He said the auctioneer told
: him 3 DV, and 3 Sin City. Ang guess
: what????? The Sonny embryos are already
: gone! I am a pretty easy going guy, but now
: my fuse is getting pretty short. So I tell
: seller somebody either owes me 3 Sonny
: embryos, or the $750 I paid for them. Again
: he tells me "I don't give
: refunds". I reiterated my point a
: little louder, and he said he would have his
: dad call me. I guess this is a family
: business. Then he starts in again with how
: awful this auctioneer is, and how he only
: shipped what he was told. Seller calls back
: a few minutes later and said he talked to
: dad and they transferred what they were told
: so it was not their problem. I appreciate
: you sticking with me through this long
: post!! So in a nutshell..... Seller says
: auctioneer is a crook and it is all his
: fault, auctioneer says seller is a crook and
: it is all his fault. Trans Ova only has 1/2
: of what I bought, and the seller already
: sold the other 1/2. So my question is
: SOMEBODY OWES ME 3 SONNY EMBRYOS, OR
: $750....WHO IS IT???? BTW, I purposely left
: out names, because I am sure there are those
: who will argue that that they have had good
: dealings with both.
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