On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:40:21 -0800, Ken Barr <
k...@kenbarr.com> wrote:
>In article <
c3e901b1-9fcd-4e51...@googlegroups.com>,
> Jud <
numis...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I have never done business with them so can't give a personal experience
>> story. However, I do remember (vaguely) that there was some controversy about
>> HT about 10 years or more ago. Something to do with business
>> practices...perhaps the same problems?
>
>Longer than that, actually ... IIRC there wuz a Federal Trade Commission
>investigation (mainly re exorbitant pricing and unrealistic profit
>projections) circa 1990, followed by a chapter 7 bankruptcy a year later
>and an FTC consent decree a year after than. I remember buying several
>lots of proof 1964 Kennedy halves and such in Tulving slabs for around
>$4.50 each at the time, with prices printed on the slab label of $25 and
>up. They were all properly graded, but horribly overpriced.
>
>He reinvented himself several years later as The Tulving Company and has
>been in business for almost twenty years in mostly bullion. I've
>periodically heard stories about slow delivery, but haven't heard of any
>recent investigations and/or litigation ...