Aurora Stamps

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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!!
• October 2023 by Tomania Dunlop
  Great place to get stamps!
• 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.
• 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.
• July 2022 by Pamela Briggs
  Extremely rude. Seems not to be very knowledgeable either. I would never recommend this place. Go elsewhere.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• September 2021 by Wayne Nash
  The guy was very unhelpful. I tried asking questions but he had one word answers and seem to not have the time of day for me.I think he thinks he is saving the world but he is just selling stamps. He was complaining that the internet is putting him out of business but I think it is his customer service skills not the internet.Took my stamps to another person and he took the time to explain to me what I had and the best way to sell them if I wanted to. That's all I was looking for.
• May 2021 by Kelli F.
  After calling I drove an hour to get there even with low expectations about an inherited stamp collection. He looked through a couple of binders in my box for literally 25 seconds not bothering with looking at much of what was in my box. He said it wasn't worth anything and gave me the feeling I was interrupting since he pushed it back at me so fast. I had thought I wanted to look around the shop (or ask more questions) but it smelled so horribly of pot that I wanted to run out. Just left me with a very sad feeling about the shop and stamp collecting in generaI. I would have been interested in buying more for this hobby but I'll never go there again. It was just gross and frankly a little creepy.
• March 2021 by Don H.
  Just randomly called and talked to the guy that opens the store on Wednesdays. Looking around for shops that buy Pokemon this guy impressed me and without even stopping by the shop I'm interested and will probably stop by when I go to another shop to sell said Pokemon. My aunt inherited me a lot of stamps when I was young and just have been sitting in a drawer I hope to stop by there and just take in what they do sell and see if any of the ones that I have are being sold then maybe talk to Art about the art of stamps and just enjoy a throwback to normalcy and dedication. I was born in a hospital in Everett about 25 minutes away, i and the shop that's been there my whole life must find out about each other, never know in a world that values shiny cardboard that hasn't traveled anywhere, whereas stamps travel worldwide in many different artworks and artist designs from all over the world and you can't pick up in a chain store for 10 bucks, might actually be something to really give an open mind and a Keen eye
• October 2020 by Sosefina Tone
  Could barely finish talking about what I had before I was told I'd be wasting my time. I think if you would stop and listen ... You might have found out I wouldn't have minded paying YOU BY THE HOUR. You would still have earned something even if the remaining items that I didn't get to discuss aren't worth anything... Lol
• September 2020 by bruce toomey
  This is the best stamp collecting store in this part of the world. I have been coming to Aurora Stamps for decades. I have enjoyed working on my collection through the use of the "pick books" and the cataloged books. I have been to many other stores and find that if you are not looking for the more high-end material at those places, there isn't much in those places for you. At Aurora Stamps I can add to my collection, as can any other collector through a hierarchy of very inexpensive options, up to the higher grade materials. Art is actually able to accurately estimate the value of a collection of stamps very quickly because of the extensive experience he has had, in spite of what some people seem to think. Those complainers obviously don't know much about stamp collecting as I can tell by their comments. I recommend this store to any collector that is actually interested in adding to their collection and knowledge of stamps.