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July 2024 by Michael warner
No help whatsoever was too busy , didnt care, waste of time
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July 2024 by Lisa Leonard
If I could take away stars I would. I took stamps that my grandmother collected after she passed. I don't collect stamps and figured I could find someone who may enjoy what she had.. As soon as I walked in I was treated with disgust, he was rude and utterly disrespectful. Even though my collection was a beginners collection he could have been a lot more polite or at least cordial and especially human when I mentioned I inherited the collection meaning someone close to me died. It felt like he couldn't get me out of the store fast enough.. I drove a long way to this location on the advise of a few others that have been there.. be smart, don't waste your time going here.
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June 2024 by Kenneth Polsson
100% stamps. Something for every collector. Singles, albums, bags, boxes, supplies. I've been going here for 10 years.
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April 2024 by George Grantham
Art is an honest and fair stamp dealer with a deep knowledge of the hobby. Unfortunately the average stamp collection has little value but the serious collection may have considerable value and Art is an excellent resource for separating "the wheat from the chaff" as well as a good place to buy stamps and supplies.
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February 2024 by Roy Hall
The only reason I am giving one star is because the business was where it is said to be located, the gentleman that looked at my stamp collection was the rudest person I've ever delt with as he just kinda thrashed through my stamps not even looking at anything, never once even picked a single stamp up out of the box at all and I know there's a few stamps that have sold at auction online for a few thousand dollars. It's hard to believe they have successfully ran a business for as long as they have!!
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October 2023 by Tomania Dunlop
Great place to get stamps!
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March 2023 by Kimberly Bailey
I was referred to Aurora Stamps by Odyssey Rare Coins and I was totally disappointed and frankly offended by the rude, smug, gentleman (& I use that term lightly) who "helped" me. He pretty much took one look at me and the lunchbox the stamp collection my grandfather spent years collecting for me and said appraisals cost money but I can take a quick look and tell u if there's anything I'm interested in. He wasn't kidding. He spent 3 seconds looki ng at the stamps on the top of the pile and said there was nothing he was interested in with the most condescending smirk on his face. When I started to speak and tell him I had looked several up online and found many to be of value, before I cou d even get half my sentence out he interrupted me and said, "sell them online then," & continued to smirk smugly until I left the store. There were 5 people "working" but not a single one offered any assistance, or even acknowledged I was there. All together a waste of my time and an insult to me and my grandfather and the time, effort and spirit put into gathering this extensive collection.... my advice is go somewhere, ANYWHERE, else.
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January 2023 by Kristen Shafer S.
I feel I need to speak up in defense of this shop.Art and his little stamp shop are the best place to go for all your collecting needs. These types of shops are hard to find now as most dealers have turned to online listings and auctions. I feel sad when I see people leave bad reviews because they didn't get their way. All the time people come into the shop and expect Art to drop everything he's doing to do a complete evaluation of their inherited stamp collection they wish to sell (which is generous of dealers to do). When Art gives a complimentary short evaluation, people complain and leave one star review. They wanted him to look at each individual item. Art gets at least 10+ people each Saturday wanting him to look at their collections.When their collection only has common items that he isn't interested in purchasing, people complain, says he's rude, and leave one star review. Anywhere you go for full philatelic collection evaluation services, they are not free and charge by the hour. I feel like people don't understand that. People look up their stamp value on eBay and see someone selling their common 2¢ red for hundred of dollars, then come to Art and try to argue with him over their stamp value. Art has been a collector for a long time. He knows which items are rare and which are worth pennies. Even if there is a stamp worth hundreds of dollars, Art (and anybody in the collecting community) isn't going to pay full catalogue value. All dealers sell and buy their items at a reduced catalog value because the overall demand is decreased than what it used to be.Our local stamp collecting community loves Art and all the work he does keeping his little shop up and running for us. He will always have my business and I love going there even for just hanging out and working on my philatelic exhibits.
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July 2022 by Pamela Briggs
Extremely rude. Seems not to be very knowledgeable either. I would never recommend this place. Go elsewhere.
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June 2022 by Red Lewis
Extremely rude man working there.i took some stamps to have a so called expert but this guy shot me down without even looking at any of the stamps I had brought for appraisal to this shop.i would not recommend this shop to anyone including my worst enemy.i don't usually post reviews but this guy has to be the stores worst enemy.i was at a loss for words after this rude man treated a paying customer the way he did.sorry,sorry,sorry,business in my opinion.
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March 2022 by Darlene Rain
I found that they where extremely unprofessional and rude. Racest and uninterested in stamps. Not a business worth wasting my time.
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February 2022 by Laura K.
I called to inquire about whether this company buys stamps and if they give estimates on what stamps are worth. The gentleman who answered was quite short and rude and said he is only interested in large collections. I asked if he knew of any places in the area who did buy stamps (smaller collections) and he very curtly told me to "look online because that is the way the world works now". Do not waste your time here.
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January 2022 by Kristie H.
Rude !!! I called first to inquire when was a good time to bring my stamps in and was told not to bring too many... I show up on Saturday the only day; apparently, they have time to look at customers' stamps to possibly purchase. And the guy was so rude to me that he wouldn't even look at them and said he would only consider stamps with combined $1000 face value . That's a lot of stamps.. Then he said, "You need to call first. When I told him I had he was even more of a dick told me bring more cause he can't be bothered with the 200 stamps I did bring "It's not worth his time" His shop is always a ghost town always. Hardly anybody there... because he is rude. I went to another place and they were great apparently I had 3 really valuable ones. They bought them on the spot for 3000 dollars and said they were worth 3x that .. I was happy to get that much and happy to let them make a good profit... $6000 is what it just cost that a hole to dismiss me.. hahaha
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November 2021 by Darcy Ellis
Spent about a half hour in the shop chatting with Art. Left with a couple of items and a some very valuable knowledge.
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November 2021 by Carlo Luetto
Excellent selection at good pricing and friendly service.
