K&L Wines to Start Conducting Auctions

WINE TALK
#1

FYI

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#2

Thanks. I’d participate in a KL auction.

#3

Wow, that could be pretty cool if they can get some critical mass of consignments. WineBid will have to look out.

#4

No buyer’s premium, if I recall correctly.

#5

wow!

#6

11 lots

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#7

Its been going on for a week now. I bid on some of their stuff but it’s pretty competitive.

Lots of potential if they do it correctly.

#8

Wow. Who’d have thought K&L would get into the auction business before MyWines was operational?

#9

Cool! I’l keep and eye on this. I wolud buy auction stuff from K&L.

#10

What is MyWines? newhere

#11

Bought from K&L quite a lot when I lived in SF. The fact that they cannot ship to the state of Washington has put a large (total) damper on our relationship.

Not sure if auction fulfillment would be any different, the web site seems mute on this point.

On MyWines - maybe in a few weeks when we get into 2011, they will finally update, or remove the eBob page promising delivery in 2009.

#12

I buy from them ALL the time (live in Sammamish)

#13

They have a strong reputation. Hope auctioning doesn’t change that - it seems like the auction approach opens the door to a number of variable outside the control of the selling entity.

#14

Yup, me too. I was hoping this would fly under the radar for a week or two. It quite obviously has not.

#15

I would definitely buy from K&L’s auctions. Seems like a potential hit!

#16

Jim, I believe they will not ship to storage facilities in WA. You may have better luck shipping to your home or office.

#17

It’s true they did offer to ship to my home address (not practical for me) back in 2009.
However, for current information, I was just going by what is says here…

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Maybe this is just for ‘show’ and they really just ship anyway? [scratch.gif]
Or I guess if you call them then its not an ‘internet order’ and they ship?

Anyway, hasn’t been an issue since I have rarely seen anything at K&L that I can’t get other places. The auction lots seem pretty small so far, but if it takes off I guess my interest could be revived.

#18

It looks like they are stil in Beta testing of it. I couldn’t find any rules, such as buyers premium, etc. regarding the auctions…or maybe I just didn’t look in the right place.

#19

Such information would (should?) be found in the “Terms and Conditions” that one is “required” to read and agree to before placing any bids. I read through these “Terms and Conditions” and no mention was made of any buyer’s premium, therefore I can’t see how K&L could enforce such a premium after-the-fact.

#20

I’m fairly confident there’s no buyer’s premium. I thought I had seen a FAQ page that addressed that issue.