Blue Leaf Estate Sales Blue Leaf Auctions http://blueleafauctions.com/Blue Leaf Estate Auctions DO NOT use Blue Leaf Auctions in Arizona Tempe Arizona

 I had the same experience. 100% the same. There are also multiple BBB reports I saw when I went through the same thing. Roland DOES NOT own the Company as he said. The same people go to each auction. I was promised research, listing of pictures and information. They just took junky pictures. Some images you couldn’t tell what the item was. Ironically the high priced items were NOT highlighted. I had two collections and I said contact local shop owners because I had tons of parts for one collection 1 (one) person showed for them and bought all the spare parts they don’t make anymore for pennies in the dollar. I don’t think they contacted ANYONE IN THAT INDUSTRY. I called a few after that were only a few miles away. They said they never heard of Blue Leaf, the Auction and would have LOVED to have been there. They also pointed out some of the items sold were sold at 1/2 price of wholesale and they would have paid wholesale easily As far as my other collection "Guns” beware!

Roland talked me up for weeks he said he had "9,000” his s inter stead in the Guns. "It was all the talk, people from 4 states all excited about your guns” is what he said. 30 people showed. Once the employee in the Blueleaf shirt bid, I heard one guy say "that’s not fair” and he left. Mark Rose grey hair and mustache said still shocked he actually said "I’m hear to raise the price for you”. He was there to but Guns for someone else. There were about 15 people there. Two people bought most of the Guns. Again about 1/2 price if wholesale. Local gun shops would have paid more. I spoke to a few. The buyers all knew each other. One of their employees (but i was told "he just helps” #1 didn’t know Guns and number 2 bid. He actually (their gun expert) started bidding over guests. I did NOT like this. He bought multiple guns. The most alarming part was that the Guns sold that HE pushed chased were sold to someone else? Same phone but another person. Different name. That’s illegal. You can’t buy a non-antique weapon in someone else’s name. I have a feeling they lowballed due to few people and then sold the weapons for triple the price online or at their own auction. Just a feeling. I am glad I had held back weapons. Roland would not stop. Sell more guns, sell your car, sell your truck, sell this sell that. He was relentless. We noticed they had not gone through ALL The items. They actually started selling box’s that weren’t open for $5! They sold tables with high end items for $5. This practice was agreed NOT to do under ANY circumstance.

When i said enough is enough he just started saying Sold, Sold, to get through as much as he could. Part of the contract was that they would put items back or take away (at my expense). They kindly (sarcastically laughing) offered to take away the boxes they never went through or took pictures of for $200 a Load. Then probably sell for a few thousand with the Guns I think they conspired and bought. I may be wrong but sure as hell felt like that. One box in the back was packed with silver items. Worth a lot as silver was at its high that day. They were selling for $5! I had it appraised and it was at street value, just under $2000. Oscar was nice. Stephanie WAS nice. Once they sold an item they were not suppose to. Clearly told before "don’t sell this one!” But The did. Their employee bought it. I tried to buy it back and after him insulting me, calling me a liar over other items (he did apologize when he realized I never lied about anything) he tried to extort me. He lied and said Sotheby’s had appraised the item. Sotheby’s doesn’t appraise pictures. Oh the irony. He wanted 5 times what he paid for an item I didn’t want to sell. This was the fun expert that had ME explain each gun. So no clue why he was there? I did their job for that section of the auction.

Thank God I ended it. Before the the auction I said I needed the receipts of the gun buyers. I said I only sell to people with AZ DL & a CCW. They said they had it under control. So when I asked for the receipts that I signed, Stephanie refused. Made up a lame excuse that I was going to harass the buyers? Why? Why in earth would I? They did nothing wrong but the employee in my eyes. I was going to get cases and gun manuals etc to the buyers. I think they were afraid I was going to sell to the buyers other Guns I had or figure out they sold get no to a person that wasn’t the actual buyer... That’s my story! Be careful.

I can’t find a honest Wstate Sale company in AZ. Sad, it’s probably a very good business. I’m very curious to why Roland the owner ISN’T the owner like he said! They don’t do research, pictures are crap and no labeling on their site. 9,000 people? I’d Love to see that! Really truly LOVE to see that. I do t mind not getting top dollar. I don’t like how I was treated, how I was lied to and how they treated the legit buyers... the ones that are not their followers. It’s sad..... I couldn’t conduct business like that. Oh and Roland said he spent 4 days taking pictures and taking stuff out. Day 1 was about him trying to convince me to sell stuff we had no intention of selling. Day 2, 1/2 The same. He is a door to door sales man at best. He does have a great kid though. I hope he doesn’t take in the family bush ness.. Stay Away!!!

I was just made aware that this post existed on this site. I would like to make it know that Blue Leaf Estate Auctions has NEVER conducted business with this person, there is not contract between anyone named Patricia and my company. I contacted the Ripoffreport and they told me the only way to remove fictitious reports is to pay $2000 for them to take it off their site and there was still not guarantee it would be removed.  It’s unfortunate that people are allowed to do this.

What I can say, is that we are one of the busiest estate auction companies in Arizona. We have maintained number one status in the state of Arizona for all of 2014 and all of 2015 as of 7/2015, named by Estatesale.com  I appreciate competition and would not like to think another company has posted a negative comment to try and knock Blue Leaf Estate Auctions out of the number one spot. If anyone has read this I hope you take into consideration that this is not a factual claim and we have had over 500 successful estate auctions in the last 3 years.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Garcia

Blue Leaf Estate Auctions

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