Gold Medal Auctions - DISREPUTABLE

[Lenz]

Mark Leon wrote:
>
> Fellow Collectors,
>
> Recently I submitted some bids to Gold Medal Auctions in New York,
> and won a few lots. They sent me the stamps along with an invoice.
> One of the lots, a US #385 (often faked), looked good but I wanted
> an expert opinion. I sent Gold Medal my payment along with a letter
> stating I was sending the stamp to the APS for certification. The
> stamp came back as a forgery, so I returned it to Gold Medal for a
> refund. THEY REFUSED! Even though they state in their catalog that
> lots are guaranteed and sold as genuine, they adamantly refused twice
> to refund my money, stating only that I had not followed their
> "rules", without any elaboration! What kind of guarantee is this?
> Either you stand behind your product, or you don't. These guys create
> the impression that you can purchase from them in confidence, but
> weasel out when put to the test! This is completely dishonest and I
> believe INTENTIONAL on their part.
>
> Gold Medal is not a member of the APS or any other reputable
> organization I know of, so I have no recourse other than to bring this
> to my fellow stamp collectors at large. If you do business with Gold
> Medal, prepare to get hoodwinked. In a community where the vast
> majority of collectors and dealers are honest to a fault, these crooks
> stand out as an abomination. Lets send them a message that this kind
> of business practice will not be tolerated: refrain from bidding or
> consigning to Gold Medal!
>
> -Mark Leon
> APS #178998
Mark,

Do you have any additional info on Gold Medal? Principals? Employees?
Who the heck are they?

Joann Lenz
APS 69566
BIA 12199
etc

[Jasper Stil]

ml...@accessnv.com (Mark Leon) wrote:

> of business practice will not be tolerated: refrain from bidding or
> consigning to Gold Medal!

Message received. Wilco! Thanks. I was just about pointing my browser
to that auction...

Jasper

[Jasper Stil]

[Mark Leon]

On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 19:56:23 -0400, Lenz <J-K...@prodigy.net> wrote:

>Mark,
>
>Do you have any additional info on Gold Medal? Principals? Employees?
>Who the heck are they?
>
>Joann Lenz
>APS 69566
>BIA 12199
>etc

Gold Medal's correspondence to me was always hand written and
signed "Gold Medal". They seem to want to hide their identity.

-Mark Leon

[Richard Mateles]

I've bought many times from Gold Medal. You need to examine the stamps
carefully as there are so many lots, and the value of a lot can be pretty
low, that there is not much time spent on the description. I've had no
trouble getting refunds when appropriate.

Rich Mateles
APS #167045

Mark Leon <ml...@accessnv.com> wrote in article
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[Aps ken]

I believe the principals of Gold Medal are Greg Stolow and Fabio
Famiglietti. If that is still the case, and if Famiglietti is still an APS
member, it is possible that a formal complaint to the APS Complaints
Manager may help.

Ken Lawrence