Anyone buy from Superior Galleries?

[Schatzy]

Hello everyone

 

Has anyone bid on coins in Superior Galleries?

How do you rate there overall service?

 

I have my eye on a certain coin but I am very disappointed by lack of quality in there pictures!!

I think I could take a better picture with $100 camera!!

 

Thanks,

Schatzy

 

[MarkFeld]

If you're talking about an auction (where there is generally not a return privilege) unless you or a trusted representative has seen the coin in person, I'd avoid it. And I'd say the same about any other auction company, as well. It's not worth the hassle and risk to try to beat large odds and buy an auction coin on a sight-unseen basis.

[DirtyGoldMan]

In my earlier and less informed days, I purchased two coins from one of the auctions via the internet. While both coins turned out to be acceptable, I would not repeat the experience again.

[World Colonial]

I have bought coins from them two or three times with no problems. Two were graded and one was raw. Fortunately on the raw coin, I was able to get the PVC removed with NCS.

 

I agree that buying in person is better but that will only be an option for those who have the luxury of finding what they collect from a readily available source. That is not the reality for what I collect.

 

I buy almost everything sight unseen or from pictures. Usually it has worked out but on a few occassions, it has not. And this applies to both dealers and from auctions.

 

If the coin you are interested in buying is available elsewhere on any regular basis and especially if it is not graded by NGC or PCGS, I would pass on it.

[123cents]

I had a bad experence with them and will not buy again. They lost my coin and I had to get Paypal on their case to get my money refunded.

[leeg]

High shipping cost's also.

[Oldtrader3]

Hoot had mentioned that he was extremely dissatisfied with the way he was treated by Superior when he auctioned his nickel set with them. You may wish to contact Hoot about Superior and their business practices.

 

I will not do any more business with them because their prices are high, they don't take returns on auctioned coins and their shipping charges are non-negotiable, expensive overnight shipping only. They take three weeks to ship a coin and the customer has to pay overnight shipping, get real!

[dean1345]

I have never bought anything from them and by your reponses I will not even waste my time looking.

 

Dean