Poinsett Auction & Realty

I would highly recommend that anyone considering bidding online take full advantage of their allowing you to look at the items you want before bidding. If you can't or won't you are taking your chances. Poinsett is not very descriptive in their online auctions and what photos there are often are not very clear. You won't get your questions and concerns answered via email. I have tried. I was interested in another of their recent auctions that had a lot of ammunition. But it appeared to be reloads. There was no description as to what it was. It was past the date for inspection so I wrote and asked. I got no reply. I can not shoot reloads in my guns so I had to pass on the auction.
And when inspecting, if there is any reason why you are unable to see every little detail on the items you are interested in, or you have questions that they can't answer, then I would suggest that you think very carefully about bidding. I do pre-inspect and twice now I have not been able to view the item like I should have. I went ahead and bid and won the items, later realizing that I should have either demanded to see everything or walk out. I didn't learn the first time and just had to go and do it again. The latest item is a Howard Miller wall clock that has obviously been in or very near a fire. Nowhere on the auction did it state that. The only statement was that the key was included. When I viewed the clock I could not view the top because it was hanging on a wall. It wasn't until I had it in my hands at home that I saw it had been damaged by fire. It just never occurred to me to ask to look at the top. I do remember an odor when I opened the door of the clock. That should have been my first clue. In my mind I guess it was just an age/clock smell but now I know that it is smoke. I have asked the auction house about it and they said they didn't see anything like that when they looked at it. Right. I'm not a rocket scientist but I know when wood has been burnt.