Campagnolo Chainsets

[LondonClassic]

I'm interested, but they are not posting the item, meaning I can't get it. Bit of a mystery why these are not p&p?

Auction houses never post anything. If you buy from a trad auction via thesaleroom.com they do use a company called mailboxes etc who can collect, wrap and courier to you but that service is mainly aimed at art and antiques and is mahoosively expensive.

I used to work for a company that did tech services for auction houses. Most of them are still operating in the 70s....the 1870s.

 

[Foreigner]

Auction houses never post anything. If you buy from a trad auction via thesaleroom.com they do use a company called mailboxes etc who can collect, wrap and courier to you but that service is mainly aimed at art and antiques and is mahoosively expensive.

I used to work for a company that did tech services for auction houses. Most of them are still operating in the 70s....the 1870s.

Hm, bought few item from auction houses in past and no issue with them posting these to me. This one actually states that this item is not applicable to their in house posting, many other items are?

 

[LondonClassic]

Maybe they don't want to get stiffed for the boxes being in a non perfect state...and then the winning bidder comes back at them? I'm not great on auctioneer logic at the best of times.

 

[Gtpulse]

Looking at other lots it’s probably anything remotely breakable or where the box may form part of the value of the item.

 

[LondonClassic]

For anyone thinking of buying online from a trad auction...I maybe teaching you to suck eggs here but always ask for a condition report and don't be shy on asking them questions or for more pictures including close ups. Provided you give them enough time ie not the day before the sale they should oblige. You may only get one or two sentences of arse covering text and some more photos but its usually better than the sparse descriptions generally offered.