Fun to go to the auction, but be careful with your bidding. Sometimes he is selling case lots, and…read moresometimes items in the case. An example is when there are four boxes of coffee within a larger cardboard box and he asks "how many boxes to you want?", he is not always referring to the larger cardboard box. Also, be careful about store returns, especially electronics. I bought a Bosch Tasimo coffee maker and when got home, I discovered that it doesn't work. On the other hand, I've got some bargains. I bought a diamond necklace with a $5,000 appraisal for $500.

My husband and I have purchased a few things with Auction Depot. Recently we purchased an item…read morethat was missing a part inside an enclosed box. Not the auction house fault because the box came sealed. When we notified Auction Depot about the part missing they were quick to get back to us and said they would look into it. Within a week they found us the missing part and we were quite impressed that they went out of their way to do that! A lot of times at auctions you buy what you buy and that means sometimes parts are missing. We were impressed by Auction Depots service and will continue to buy from there :)!

I have learned that auctions are really freaking fun! WOW! What a great experience!…read more I discovered Rick's while I was walking towards East Village. It's a warehouse looking building near Confluence Way which is for the most part never open. However on Wednesday nights at 5 PM something magic happens. The doors open, the bidders get their numbers and the auction begins! Bidders have an opportunity to see the items up for auction beforehand which sprawl in piles around the room. From what I can gather the majority of the items are from closed estates. Dead people's treasure, or just someone's crap? Who am I to judge? I just like a good deal on neat stuff! I picked up some Stampede dollars from 1982 which are in mint condition. Nobody bid against my measly $10 and I felt like I had emerged victorious! I also picked up a marble top side table with brass base for the same price. No one could defeat my immense bidding skills! In all seriousness I think I'll come here with $40 in my wallet every other week. It's a heck of a lot of fun! Things that I didn't bid on but thought were cool: - An electric train set that went for $150 - An electric guitar with whammy for just over $100 - A WWII dagger that went for uner $20 - A really old fold up Kodak camera with accordion old timey lens for $17.50 (I was super tempted) - An arc welder for $40 - A handheld snowblower (roughly the size of a weed wacker) for $2.50 The auction lasts for roughly an hour and a half and they have a hot dog stand for coffee and snacks. Pro tip: Nobody bloody well bids on the furniture! It's really good furniture! You could seriously furnish an entire house for like.... $100. No lie.

An awful experience. I put in an absentee bid because I was not sure I could make it to the…read moreWednesday auction in time. As it turned out, I did make it and watched as Rick awarded the item to another bidder despite my absentee bid being much higher! When I protested and pointed out that I had an absentee bid much higher, he said "Sit down and shut up or get out!" What an arrogant a**hole!

I especially loved the ease in the online bidding and the very efficient payment process. Great…read morejob!!

a minute agoNEW Very disappointed in my last experience with…read moreGraham auction. The vehicle I purchased was totally misrepresented. Emailed the contact person noted on web site, was ignored, finally got one response and then was ignored. No resolution or even effort was made whatsoever including more than one email back. The vehicle had a huge hole in the cab floor which somehow nobody noticed, (pics added).., major engine misfire which was not noted, totally useless tires which weren't even usable at the time, again not noted.. and the usual items that wouldn't have been a big deal but on top of everything else. I moved my business to Regal and just bought another vehicle from them. Very very disappointed in Graham auctions. They are not honest they do not make any effort and even talking to the consumer, customer service is nothing to them apparently once the vehicle is sold and off their lot.

I purchased an item in a single lot on december 23. The item was listed as appears to be missing…read moretwo parts, the faceplate and worm. In the picture the face plate was clwarly not missing. The worm is not a part on the machine in any way. After bidding on the lot, winning it and purchasing it. We arrived to pick it up. Well loadung the items i had won in all the lots. The auctioneer heard a clunk from the machine i had purchased. He than opened the lid and found a bynch of parts that were included in the lot as they were part of the machine. Assuming they were the parts he listed as missing, he decided to remove the parts from the machine, including over 18 parts... far from two, rendering the machine useless. He than adnitted bluntly in message to him as i confrinted him of what i had seen from across the lot, as i couldnt address it that day cause he left somewhere inside and i was on a short time limit. My passenger and assistant confirmed to me what i thought i saw, so after addressing it over message. The owner and auctioneer admitted to removing the parts and stated he was selling them personally to a different customer he had that needed the part. After catching him in lying about how the parts got into the machine and why he removed them. He decided to stop replying as he has probably already sold the parts. He sells parts and items from the auction that sellers putting it in his hands do not know about at his otger "store" ice cold equipment canada. He claims to be a realestate agent selling seacans from the yard amd also operates what he claims is a UVC medical clinic from his auction warehouse, under the doctors names of sam, samantha and sammy. This guy is a legit scam artist and its time to take it to the news!

It's a bit of a religious thing for me, the search for an awesome auction for one thing or another…read more Back in Montreal, there were auctions, but they were fundamentally terrible with minimum floor bidding pricing very close to the actual value in a store... but here in Calgary, this place can yield a ton of surprises! I'm talking about Reid's Auction, an odd little bunker and yard across from the old UFA supply yard in the SW. It's really not much to look at, but when you get inside, there's rows and rows of tables full of items of all sorts depending on the theme of the week. You get to walk around and examine the goods the day before or (usually the Monday for Tuesday night auctions, or Friday for Saturday day auctions) and then decide if you want to bid at Auction time. As for how to do it? Walk in with a driver's licence or some sort of id to get a number. Then follow the crowd to make a bid. Wait... don't bid right away, and if there's no bids, the auctioneer will drop the price. Once it hits a level you are willing to start with, make your bid and be prepared to fight other for it. And be prepared to fight, because you never know who wants it too. Just remember to NOT go over what you're comfortable with, because I've seen way too many people bid too much for old stuff. Oh, and there's an additional 15% added on when you pay, the fee to the auction house. Over the years, I've picked up a case of Tetley tea for $3, a large box of Christmas wreaths for $5, some various brand-new furniture for less than $20, LCD computer monitors for less than $10 and all sorts of other stuff for waaaay less than I would have ever paid in a store. And every week, there's usually a theme, sometimes interesting like the lost and found stuff from Greyhound, or a restaurant or bar closure, or the Government of Alberta trying to get rid of old surplus and so on. It's worth taking a look at the site every so often to see what's coming up. It might give you a few interesting Xmas ideas! Good luck bidding! #31 of Yelp's 30-Day Review Challenge

This appears to be a new auction house in Calgary. STAY AWAY poor customer service. I was banned…read morebecause I did not pick up two items within their timeframe guidelines (worth $11). Many GREAT auction houses in Calgary. Give them a visit.

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Keep in Mind ..... no one gives anything in a good working condition without any issues to an…read moreauction to get rid of . but MA goes one step further. as soon you enter the building they yell at you " everything is sold as is where is" and tell you " you can drive 2 meter forward and back that's it" they say , is for insurance reasons, is it? or is it more to hid some issues with the vehicle ? Tip. Take someone with you who knows about vehicle and read OBD data and especially OBD deleted records (not all OBD reader can do that) and you will be surprised how much data got deleted since in their yard. If you new to auction and have no knowledge of vehicles. don't go to MA...

Very dishonest people working here. if you win an auction and it's actually a decent deal they will…read moresell the vehicle to one of their cohorts even after you've won the auction and the seller has approved of the sale.

Just bid/bought an artwork at a spring auction hosted by Hodgins Art Auctions. This is an auction…read morehouse you can feel great buying from. I was so impressed by the ease of bidding, the professionalism and efficiency and the helpfulness of staff, especially manager Kevin King. If you aren't confident about buying at auction, or this is your first time, start with this establishment. It was a totally pleasurable experience!

I now am editing this review of what you read below. what is new is that Halls will do everything…read moreright. when something goes wrong of what you read below, has proven that they will make things good, do what's best for all concerned. I have full confidence in Halls, in any future auctions. My one star is changed to 5+ I am looking forward to future Heartland auctions. They do not respond well to communication to correct problems that they created. I was shipped an item that was different than what I won the bid on. It took an investigation of my bank to correct the refund difference. In addition to that a certificate of authenticity has not been corrected. They have failed to respond to my correspondence on the corrected certificate. This was the Heartland auction

If it was possible to give a rating of zero stars, this company deserves it. They are the worst…read more Beyond rude. I contacted them after my mother died to inquire about consigning some sets of vintage china and an antique bed frame to their January auction. You can imagine the stress of trying to handle her estate while grieving her death. Several months, many further e-mail inquiries and phone calls later, and January came and went without an answer. One time I did get a call from Matt Riches after complaining that he wasn't returning my calls. He was snotty on the phone, calling me "ma'am" in a very condescending tone. He asked me to take photos of the items and e-mail them, which I did, the next day. No response. Finally I sent an e-mail saying, look, if you don't want to work with me, just say so and I will move on. Then a call saying, oh yes, we may be able to do something. That was the last I heard. I spoke with several people at the estate sale saying that they were awful to deal with from a buyer's point of view as well. I won't find that out for myself because I will never try to deal with them again. I don't recommend that anyone else try, either.