Stay away, how this Police associated is mind boggling!

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LandenMcCoy's review of Bumble Bee Auctions - www.bumblebeeauctions.co.uk

“Stay away, how this Police associated is mind boggling!”

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written by LandenMcCoy on 21/01/2016

I bought a Gold chain off this site marked as 'Yellow Metal'. Clearly assumed it to be an untested Gold chain sold as usual at any auction as 'untested' Yellow metal but clearly Gold. Gold = Yellow metal - Silver = white metal.

Being a Police auction, assumed this would be a trust worthy, reliable and honest auction site. It was not.

When I won the auction I traveled 30 miles to pick the chain up.
Arrived at the Police station and asked the desk Sergeant for my item, a 20'' Gold chain.
On being handed the envelope the look on the Sergeant's face said it all, and I took hold of what felt like an empty envelope.
I took the tin chain out of the envelope and realized I had just been a victim, the same sort you hear of on Ebay where someone buy's a Playstaion but only receives the box of a Playstaion.... because that's what the picture was of.

The item I won was not worth the postage I would have paid if I had not traveled 30 miles to pick up.
New it may have cost 2-5£, I will say that again no exaggeration 2-5£ new!!

The chain should have gone in the bin and not auctioned off as jewelry.

Clearly not Gold as I and various other bidders obviously assumed, clearly had no value. But yes it was Yellow and possibly metal...


After sales basically laughed at me and told me I had no rights as it was an auction, I wrote numerous emails to be told too bad its an auction, you bid you won end of.

Very Very misleading!

If this had been a bigger chain I may have lost an awful lot of money!

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