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    South Coast Auction

    2.4 (127 reviews)
    Open • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Margaret W.

    Really love dealing with this auction house. The owner, Matt is the sweetest guy. They have lots of quality stuff & I've been very pleased with my purchases & dealing with them!

    Stay away from this company, they don't even have courtesy of returning emails, then again they probably want to hear about how dishonest they were in their transaction with me . Congrats to them they made a 100 bucks and lost a customer, good job !!

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    Kevin B.

    I see (generally speaking) the majority of the negative reviews are from people who had items (or an estate) to sell and were expecting to get a lot more $$$ from the sale than they did. You have to remember these are auctions and items can sell for any amount. Also, factor in the auction house takes 30% of whatever the item sells for and that affects the "bottom dollar" too. From a buyers perspective, auctions can be a good thing (buy at a low price), or a bad thing (pay way too much). Either way, they are NOT for the fainthearted! At this auction house, each auction is fast and furious! Items are "up on the block" for literally one minute before they move on to the next item. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/south-coast-auction-santa-ana?select=FeHox7UOjIx7WPd9HEhCYw As a buyer, a refundable $400 deposit (cash or credit) is required to get your bidders number. If you don't bid on anything, you get a full refund. If you do buy something, a 15% buyer's premium, PLUS a "lot fee" of $2 to $10 PER item (based on price) AND sales tax is added to the hammer price. It's important to remember this when bidding so you don't over bid. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/south-coast-auction-santa-ana?select=fvfn2K-35O7bVkESDSssVw They have 4 galleries of "stuff" and 3 different auctions every Wednesday afternoon/evening and 2 happen at the same time. If you do buy anything, you have 3 days (until Saturday) to pick it up. You can also pick it up the same day, but only after the last auction finishes, around 8-8:30 pm and they stay until 11:30 pm. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/south-coast-auction-santa-ana?select=g8FgaIPyWZzOwDLW2Rl9HQ A friend had been telling me about this auction for a while and I finally decided to go check it out a few weeks ago. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/south-coast-auction-santa-ana?select=D53YRDcr5ERvdeOSB55yBA I watched a number of items sell before eventually buying a washer & dryer. After winning those items I had no reason to stay any longer, so tried to go finalize the sale and pay. It took about 20 minutes for paperwork to get to the office and for them to get it all ready. Front office staff were friendly and explained everything, answering all my questions, as I was a "first timer". While I have no proof of this at all, I can't shake the feeling that during a couple auctions I watched, the auctioneer bumped up the price a few times without anyone actually bidding. It all goes so fast, I think they could easily do that without anyone realizing it, but again I have no proof if this. OVERALL: Auctions aren't for everyone. You must KNOW what you're willing to pay, factor in the buyer's premium and stick with a max bid limit. Also, while it's not easy to do, it's very important to leave your emotions at the door, you'll have a better chance of not over bidding that way.

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    Great people. Efficient. A wonderful place to consign valuable items. 100% recommend.

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    Nope. Nope. Nope. Holds funds for up to 2 WEEKS BEFORE purchase. Does not disclose before arrival. Acts like an asshole when upset.

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    I've been coming here for the past 20 yrs! Great place to find awesome deals! Bill has always been very informative and friendly!

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    Ask the Community - South Coast Auction

    Do you sell autograph collections?

    Hi Fay, we do possibly sell them, it depends on who the autographs are from and whether there is any authentication. Please call our office and we'd be happy to explain our options to you. We are open Monday through Saturday 9am to 4pm: 800-649-4922

    I have a collection of quilts, many are antique and some are quilt tops. Is there a market for quilts? Do you suggest buying outright or consigmnt?…

    Hi Jane, The market on quilts is not what it used to be but we'd be happy to take a look and let you know if they're something we would purchase outright or take on… 

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    “My couch, rug, dining room set, washer dryer, desk, chainsaw, art just to name a few.”

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    This review is solely for the store and not the outdoor marketplace…read more My pictures don't show how spacious this place is. It is huge! And great selections of almost everything, from games, books, and electronics, school supplies, you name it. Very good prices on nearly everything I saw. I walked away empty handed today but would definitely come back here and do some more digging. If you enjoy thrifting like I do, then this is one of the best Goodwills I've ever been to.

    This Goodwill has been around forever. Through its various incarnations, though it has changed, it…read morehas remained one of the go-to spots for vintage items in Orange County. In fact, located in this facility is the actual offices of Goodwill Orange County. This Goodwill is broken up into what I would define as three main areas serving the general public. There is their main store which offers what can be expected from Goodwill. They have the various clothes, shoes, household items, electronics, furniture, and other things that you would expect to find. The second section is their electronics division. This is truly a unique component of this Goodwill facility. What you will find here, in a separate room, is a lot of used computers. Plus, they have other things such as speakers, TVs, DVD players, and items like that. In terms of their computers, they have a staff that reconditioned them. So, what you will find is computers that are all, for the most part, very functional. There's been a couple of times when I've bought used computers from this facility due to the fact that I've needed to load old programs and the new OS in my current computers would not run them. For the most part, these computers have functioned very well. I will say that one time I bought a MAC laptop that was not function correctly. And, this is where you will need to make a mental note. They do not have a proper return policy. Basically, they sell everything As-Is. Yeah, they say they will do this or do that if your computer has a problem, but basically what turns out is that if you buy it, you've bought it, and that's the end of the story. Thus, at least in that one instance with the laptop, I was left with a non-functioning unit. This is just something to keep in mind. The main thing to do when you purchased a computer from this facility is to fully test it out while you're there. Which they happily allow you to do. Thus, as stated, you usually come away with a highly functioning piece of electronic equipment. The final section of this business is their donation area. This is a drive-thru donation area. This is both good and bad. If you get behind somebody who's unloading tons of stuff and/or wants to talk to the employees, you can be in line for quite a while. This is no fun. But, most of the time you don't have to worry about that. The people that work at this part of the Goodwill are mostly nice. But, like yesterday, I would say that the way the employee who helped me did his job was entirely inappropriate and just lazy. To tell the story, I donated about two thousand CDs. As I was unloading the bags of CDs, I could see that the employee was just lifting the bags up and dumping them into this large bin. Obviously, what was happening, by doing his job in this way, is that many of the cases for the CDs were either gonna be broken and/or the CDs would be bounced out of their cases. I'm sorry, this is just poor workmanship. It is very lazy. And, I believe, this is not the way the job should have been done. But, for most of your donations, you shouldn't have any problem at all. Overall, if you want to go to a really large Goodwill store, that offers a really unique take on electronic devices, and all of the other stuff Goodwill is known to offer, this is probably the best location in Orange County.

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    Christopher F is cooked. Without these guys I would've lost my duplexes in Venice. I was lagging on…read moredealing with the bank and they were going to auction off all my assets. The bank didn't even want to bother listening to me. I don't know what they did but they came in with the wrath of gawd himself and set them straight. Mike's gawt it, cause he gawt you like that!! He got me an extra 4 months of time, and when the bank is foreclosing on you and homelessness is literally around the corner and time never felt so finite. You need to give these guys a call; when the bank won't stop calling and it feels like the walls are literally closing in on you. It felt like Olympus left the entirety of the world onto my chest, and I simply felt like I couldn't breathe and take a breath anymore. As soon as I got off the phone with these guys, I was finally able to catch my breath. They left a resolve in me the entire time that they gawt my back no matter what, never had a genuine connection with an attorney because the rest of them are trash and money hungry. Mike did everything in his power and I absolutely owe him everything cuz without him and his team, I wouldn't have anything to my name. Thanks for everything Mike, thank you for making sure me and family didn't end up the streets. You saved our homes and our lives!!

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    This was the most frustrating purchasing experience of my life. I won the bid for a set of 2…read moreSamsonite suitcases, drove 40 minutes to Santa Ana to get my products and when I got there, there was a MASSIVE crack in one of the suitcases. The photos provided on the website DID NOT accurately represent the damage inflicted upon the suitcase. The only photo that had ANY semblance of damage showed a scratch/mark and did not demonstrate that the integrity of the entire suitcase was compromised. When I picked up the suitcase, I inspected it very carefully before leaving the warehouse. What I discovered was not a scratch or a mark, but a deep crack that rendered it completely useless for an actual flight. The fact that this massive crack did not show up in the listing was incredibly misleading and dishonest on the part of Loveseat. I showed this crack to one of the warehouse employees immediately and he agreed that this damage was not visible from the photos nor mentioned in the auction. He accepted the returned item, wrote down himself that the item was damaged and requested we contact the office to process a refund. Some days later I received an email saying they rejected my refund request because sales were final and the product would be sold as-is. The customer support person, Ernesto, was incredibly unhelpful and only kept sending me template emails saying that the pictures listed showed the damage but they really didn't. I never would have paid that much in a cracked suitcase. I drove back to Santa Ana one week later to get the product that I had purchased since I had left it there to be returned and the warehouse manager, Phil, agreed that it made no sense that they didn't want to refund me, since the listing photos were not clear and the suitcase was obviously damaged. He said he would talk to Jenny, the owner, and that someone would be reaching out to me after that. As expected, I never heard back from them. They are incredibly disorganized and the second time I went there, there were 2 people who had purchased items that had already been sold in previous auctions so were left without their products. The only thing I can say about Loveseat is DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!

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    I had to prepare a relatives home for sale which meant selling everything inside before it could be…read morepainted and get new carpet. It would have been a massive job for me to try and sell everything on my own, not to mention it would have taken months, so I interviewed a few estate sale firms. As soon as I met Catherine, I knew my search was over. I knew she and her staff were the ones for me. They handled everything from start to finish and even did an inventory of everything for me which was really helpful. That alone would have been a burden for me to do. The sale was super organized and because we had some antiques and vintage stuff, there were people lined up outside waiting to be first in. The bulk of our stuff sold the first day but the sale went for a total of 3 days and what little was left, we donated. As soon as you meet Catherine you will instantly know she is the one you want helping you.

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    I just found Little Johns a about a month ago and have limited experience with them. What I can…read moresay is that they always have a large selection of guns that will either be used for auction or consignment in the shop. Nick is one the guys there and you couldn't find a nicer guy. I went there twice with kids and both times he offered them free soda and ice cream sandwiches. Nick is the one who told us about a upcoming auction which is held in Anaheim where the old Hoo-la-bloos party place used to be. So the auction has a day you can "view" the items and you can either follow online, be there in person or have someone call you when your item comes up. You can also submit "sealed" bids before the auction starts also. So, most of the low ratings with this place is regarding to "Proxybid" who runs the auction. They are separate from little johns, they will be the one who handle payment from online transactions. I live local, so I'm able to go there in person to pay right after. My follow up trip to the shop was to start the dros for the gun, and as usual the guys are very helpful. Not you typical grumpy, uninformative gun shop helper. So if you have any interest in consignment guns or collectables, I would give this shop a look. They have some modern guns in there, but if thats all you want, go to riflegear. But anything historic, used and rare, you gotta go here! You can just look at the guns for their historic value in itself.

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