American Auctions Liquidations Appraisals

This should be a MINUS 1 star review but it doesn't exist so i have to go with 1 star although AALA doesn't merit even 1 star. Smooth sales talk about what he expects to sell our inventory (high end antiques) but in spite of our expenses of over $4000, including a generic and unappealing $2700 ad in NY Times, we got a crowd of 20 people of which 12 stayed for the auction! WE LOST MONEY working with this company. They got their money and they're done with you and you're made to feel it's your fault for not getting people into the auction! The auction itself was erratic in starting bids, way too fast even when there were just a handful of people who were confused whether a lot was sold or not (many said after the auction: 'I thought that lot sold!' So did we!) Terrible experience. Wish I had reqd John's review before signing up with this company. Hope someone reads this before they sign up! more

I was searching for a auctioneer to sell my store after I lost my lease. They came and represented themselves a experts and they estimated what i would get for my merchandise. They also told us verbally about their fees and structures, made us sign some paperwork with pages of fine type, we signed up with them. When the auction began we realized that they did nothing to get the most for our merchandise. They just sold it quick and at any price just to move on. It seemed like they just wanted to get thru the auction and on to their next auction without even caring about the actual price that the merchandise should get in a real world. After the auction, when they collected the cash from the customers, they were rude to us and then they added extra fees which we never agreed on. Since they had the money in their pockets , they controlled everything. We ended up getting shafted and we had no recourse. They went from nice folds prior the auction to nasty people once they had the cash from the customers. I recommend you go to other more reputable auctioneers if you are planning to sell your business or store. STAY AWAY FROM AMERICAN AUCTIONEERS, THEY ARE THE WORST AUCTIONEERS ANYWHERE. After getting screwed from these people, I found out that they have hurt many other businesses in the past. more