Sellers Beware

We didn’t have a great experience selling goods through Cannons. They were OK with auctioning larger general items like household equipment and patio furniture but they were shocking with smaller antique and vintage decorative items Their inventory system is still manual so they can’t provide any feedback of what has been sold/unsold. They also can’t find items if you decide not to sell through Cannons and want to collect the items. The manner in which they lay out goods is slovenly: sets of furniture and ornaments were sold separately versus more valuable sets. Some more expensive antique and collectors’ items were sold in beer box job lots on the weekly household auction with no detail being given on of what was in the job lot. Other customers were paid for some our goods and when items were mixed up in lots. (we were very particular about itimising and sealing all boxes prior to delivery to Cannons) Should you decide to sell through Cannons, we recommend that you: • Provide a very detailed list of items delivered; (and insist that they do a full inventory and sign off agreeing on what has been delivered) - State very clearly in writing what items should be sold on the weekly household auction and what should be sold at the antique auction. • Take clear photos of every single item as well as all Silver markings, hallmarks etc (In case of discrepancy); • Place your own reserve on every single item or set (You can get a good idea of prices by looking on Facebook Market Place).