Varning för McTear's

[Sundbom]

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Dear Whiskylover,

I just want to share my past experience I had with a purchase of rare whisky bottles from a well reputated Glasgow based Auction house called McTear's.

At their 7 December 2011 Whiskysales a few interesting lots pulled my attention and I decided to buy them.  I was able to buy many interesting lots amongst which were LOTS number 695, 751 and 864.  Here the details of the LOTS as described on the McTear's website including their respective pictures.

The description is clear, the photo's crystal clear.  Nothing wrong right ? As you can clearly see, nothing wrong besides a little low filling level of one bottle.  But the picture clearly showed the bottles are in a very good condition and very well sealed and the description is clear.

But here the real pictures of 3 bottles taken by my good friend who went to McTears to collect the lots.......

Yes, they are OPEN !!        Yes they are OPEN !!

A few bottles were simply opened ??  Either by the auction house and or the previous owner.  But this without any mention on the website and in the corresponding LOT description.  At first I was very positive for the outcome....McTear's is a well reputated auction house, is it not ?  They would of course settle this, no ?

So very big was my surprise to get this mail from Mr. Stephen McGinty - the auction house Whisky expert :

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"Dear Mr Timmermans,

I refer to the above and to your recent e-mail and I can confirm that I have reviewed the information provided.

Following my enquiries I can confirm that all bottles are entered into the auction on the basis of “sold as seen”.  As such all bottles where the seal has been broken we will be unable to offer any refund for.  We would be happy to enter the bottles into a future auction on your behalf.   Let me know your thoughts on this.

Yours sincerely

Lisa Mitchell (on behalf of Stephen)

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How sad is this ??

So just a little - or better a BIG - warning for you whiskylovers out there.  Better ask for a solid written description before you start buying or bidding.

Fine whisky greetings,

Luc Timmermans

[Sundbom]

Ok. Det där blev inte så bra. Men fixar bilder när jag sitter vid datorn.

Bilderna är tydliga iaf. Öppna.

[RichardN]

Det borde gå under detta urklipp ur deras regelverk:

"Lots mis-described because they are 'deliberate forgeries' may be returned and a refund made. There is a 21 day time limit (see Returns Policy). A 'deliberate forgery' refers to an object being purposefully treated/constructed/or otherwise handled with the intention of deceiving as to its true age/condition/materials/origin/etc."

Är ringarna så sneda vid uthämtning måste de ju med vilje pillat upp dom så det ser snyggt ut på fotona. Rutten stil av dom var det hur som helst.

[Melin]

Vad som är verkligen oroande är att MacTears erbjuder sig att auktionera dom igen.

[Sundbom]

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[peatjunkie]

Aldrig mer Mc Tears for mig,

aker skidor med Luc I Stoten nasta vecka,ska se om jag kan ha mer nyheter fran han om vad dom tanka gora os Mc tears.

Geert

[whiskystore]

Jag har slutat handla där av annan anledning, de drar pengarna på kortet sedan skriker de att jag skall betala en gång till, det slutade med rödmärkta brev och hot om inkasso, givetvis beroende på en ineffektiv och gammalmodig ekonomiavdelning, att de dessutom säljer öppnade flaskor och säger till kunden att du får vad som är på bilden och vi betalar ej tillbaka är ju inget annat än vanligt bedrägeri, att de sjunkit så lågt är ju helt otroligt.

[Sundbom]

Troligtvis så skulle han öppna dom under Feis Ile där folk kan komma och provsmaka.

"Either drink or destroy."

[ardbeg67]

Vilka skojare ... har aldrig "handlat" där och tänker ALDRIG gör det i framtiden heller...

[GunnarN]

Senaste info är tydligen att dom gjort en pudel...

Too late anyway, kommer aldrig att handla där...