JAMES JULIA'S MARCH 2012 AUCTION

[james julia]

As I previously stated in my explanation regarding reserves, reserved guns are handled just exactly the way I stated in my letter, and all sold the way that Bindlestiff interpreted. The gun either sells at auction, and in such case, the owner is paid the full proceeds less commission and expense charges. If by accident, the gun is sold for less than the reserve, then I have to make up the difference, and I do. If the gun is bought in by the clerk in executing the reserve, and therefore does not sell, it is not my gun, it is still the consignors, and the gun is returned to the consignor unless the consignor makes other arrangements with us. We do not arbitrarily sell anyone’s guns to anyone. That is a fact, and there are no exceptions. If C.O.B. would please e-mail me at my e-mail address, and give me the details on the issue he has been referring to, I would be glad to investigate it, but there is no situation in which I or my staff ever sold a client’s gun after the auction on the side and refused to give it back to them.

[Opening Day]

Well I got the final letter from Mr Julia, and no he will not take responsibilty for his gun manager mismeasuring the wall thickness of the D grade that I purchased. He pointed out his 45 day warranty (which he says is the best in the industry) and said since I found out about this problem in June (auction was March) I was outside the window and there was nothing he could do. As I pointed out to him, I did not ask for a refund but I did ask for my buyer's premium back since it was his employee that made the mistake, which I felt was fair as I was just asking for the profit that he made off of me (I have already too much money invested in this gun since I have had another set of barrels fitted to it). He said no again, not sure why he asked me to take the time to email him again to "discuss" when he already knew what he was going to say to me. So I guess I was wrong in believing he wanted to right this wrong as it was his employee that made the mistake. So for those of you that wanted to know the final outcome there it is. Eric