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STIFFED AND CHEATED BY PAUL D. MARINUCCI D/B/A BUTTERSCOTCH AUCTION GALLERY
SHAME ON PAUL MARINUCCI DOING BUSINESS AS BUTTERSCOTCH AUCTION GALLERY - Pound Ridge, New York and Bedford, New York - If you do business with this guy, you better watch your back!!!!
This auctioneer has stiffed me out of my finder's fee of approximately $4,000 that I am aware of. I have referred business to him for at least ten years based on integrity and trust. Approximately half of the income from his sale in November 2010 came from a family I referred to him...the Corato family of Yonkers, NY. I have approached the family to help me. Since they accomplished their goal, they have begged out of extending a helping hand.
Following is the letter I sent to Lou Corato:
Dear Lou,
Thank you for the courtesy of a response. If you recall, you asked me to be present when Paul was to visit. My only child died not less than 9 months before I met with you. The date of Paul’s visit was particularly difficult for me. I had no reason to believe I could not trust Paul based on our reciprocal business relationship spanning more than 10 years.
When I discovered the extent of the consignment on line, I called you but did not receive an answer. I also called Tony and spoke with him. During our conversation Tony told me that Paul sold approximately $40,000 for you. The digital pictures I took at your mother’s house exactly match the items in Paul’s sale.
I then called Paul, discussed the consignment. He told me not to contact you anymore. Now I wonder why. He assured me he would keep an accurate account and pay my finder’s fee. I waited until this week to call and ask why I was not paid. This is when he hung the phone up on me.
Please help me by calling Paul and telling him to honor his obligation and pay me.
Thank you.
I sent the following letter to Paul Marinucci last week:
1/2/2011
Paul Marinucci
Pheasant Road West
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
My business relationship with you goes back at least ten years. It began just after my husband died in 2000. For a decade I transacted referrals to you based on integrity and trust.
After my son died, I turned to you to begin the process of liquidating assets. Last year you sold a portion of my consignment. You returned the unsold items to me. I am enclosing copies of the letters you sent to me on June 8th and August 6th, 2009 lest you forget what you wrote. This personal matter has nothing to do with third-party consignments.
In the past I had on occasion referred potential business to you without the benefit of having personally inspected the property. This was not the case with the last referral I gave you for the Corato family. I was hired by this family to inspect items and provide estimates for re-sale. I was asked to refer liquidation specialists. I referred you for auction and Ellen Eisner of Classic Tag sales for the remainder. Ellen sent me my finder’s fee check with an apology stating there was nothing left of value to sell.
Tony Corato advised me that you sold at least $40,000 worth of goods. I checked your auction listings and compared them to the items I had inventoried and photographed to confirm. Then I called you. During our conversation, you asked me not to call the family again and told me that you keep accurate records and would send my finder’s fee. Based on history, this is 10% of the hammer price of the total consignment.
Two months past before I called you to inquire about my fee. When I did call, you hung up on me and told me you were not going to pay me. I don’t think you were just having a bad day. If you are going out of business or fallen on hard times, a simple explanation of this would be better than the treatment I received.
If I hadn’t received Ellen’s check, I would never have known what was going on behind my back.
Anita Picarella
9 Alden Place
Bronxville, NY 10708
I have been advised by another regional auctioneer that there is little, if anything, I can do about it...perhaps in small claims court I might recover $3,000.
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This auctioneer has stiffed me out of my finder's fee of approximately $4,000 that I am aware of. I have referred business to him for at least ten years based on integrity and trust. Approximately half of the income from his sale in November 2010 came from a family I referred to him...the Corato family of Yonkers, NY. I have approached the family to help me. Since they accomplished their goal, they have begged out of extending a helping hand.
Following is the letter I sent to Lou Corato:
Dear Lou,
Thank you for the courtesy of a response. If you recall, you asked me to be present when Paul was to visit. My only child died not less than 9 months before I met with you. The date of Paul’s visit was particularly difficult for me. I had no reason to believe I could not trust Paul based on our reciprocal business relationship spanning more than 10 years.
When I discovered the extent of the consignment on line, I called you but did not receive an answer. I also called Tony and spoke with him. During our conversation Tony told me that Paul sold approximately $40,000 for you. The digital pictures I took at your mother’s house exactly match the items in Paul’s sale.
I then called Paul, discussed the consignment. He told me not to contact you anymore. Now I wonder why. He assured me he would keep an accurate account and pay my finder’s fee. I waited until this week to call and ask why I was not paid. This is when he hung the phone up on me.
Please help me by calling Paul and telling him to honor his obligation and pay me.
Thank you.
I sent the following letter to Paul Marinucci last week:
1/2/2011
Paul Marinucci
Pheasant Road West
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
My business relationship with you goes back at least ten years. It began just after my husband died in 2000. For a decade I transacted referrals to you based on integrity and trust.
After my son died, I turned to you to begin the process of liquidating assets. Last year you sold a portion of my consignment. You returned the unsold items to me. I am enclosing copies of the letters you sent to me on June 8th and August 6th, 2009 lest you forget what you wrote. This personal matter has nothing to do with third-party consignments.
In the past I had on occasion referred potential business to you without the benefit of having personally inspected the property. This was not the case with the last referral I gave you for the Corato family. I was hired by this family to inspect items and provide estimates for re-sale. I was asked to refer liquidation specialists. I referred you for auction and Ellen Eisner of Classic Tag sales for the remainder. Ellen sent me my finder’s fee check with an apology stating there was nothing left of value to sell.
Tony Corato advised me that you sold at least $40,000 worth of goods. I checked your auction listings and compared them to the items I had inventoried and photographed to confirm. Then I called you. During our conversation, you asked me not to call the family again and told me that you keep accurate records and would send my finder’s fee. Based on history, this is 10% of the hammer price of the total consignment.
Two months past before I called you to inquire about my fee. When I did call, you hung up on me and told me you were not going to pay me. I don’t think you were just having a bad day. If you are going out of business or fallen on hard times, a simple explanation of this would be better than the treatment I received.
If I hadn’t received Ellen’s check, I would never have known what was going on behind my back.
Anita Picarella
9 Alden Place
Bronxville, NY 10708
I have been advised by another regional auctioneer that there is little, if anything, I can do about it...perhaps in small claims court I might recover $3,000.
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BUTTERSCOTCH AUCTION GALLERY
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