West Coast Auction Company — Local services in North Port

We contacted this firm to handle the liquidation of our primary homes furniture, collectables and much more. When the owner came to look at what we had he was very optimistic and out of curiosity we wanted to know what he thought it might bring at the auction as we had brand new furniture as we had purchased it not even a year ago. He estimated it between $8,000 and $10 000 on the conservative side minus his share. We were satisfied that and figured he knew what he was talking about as according to him he had been doing this for over 20 years. I tried explaining some of the memorabilia that I had to him but I think it went in one ear and out the other. I had two original movie posters back from the late forties and when we got our finalized statement he had sold them for $15 and $17 and many more items of value which were auctioned off for nothing close to value. Obviously he had not listened to my explanations when they picked up our belongings. Many other things he said would bring good dollars were auctioned off for pennies on the dollar. To make a long story short be aware of what they promise you once they are in possession of your belongings all bets are off. Never returned our phone calls until weeks after the auction to tell us that he wished be had gotten our items a couple of months earlier as there weren't any furniture dealers at the auction this time of year. He should have known this to begin with and maybe waited with our belongings. I knew as soon as be told us that there was bad news to follow. I understand it is an auction and items go to the highest bidder but when you have things that are valuable you start the bidding at what you think the item is valued at or just below not at one dollar. We ended up not even getting a third of his initial estimate. Very disappointed with them and would caution anyone contemplating using these folks be careful of promises that are made. I would not recommend this business and have filed with the better business bureau a report. Again I understand it...

We’ve been going to this auction for years now, we really enjoy the atmosphere, the people and Ray, his wife and staff are so nice, polite and very helpful. We’ve purchased plenty of items from them but we would like to point out two vehicles we’ve purchased

The first vehicle we purchased about thee years or maybe a little more was a 2003 Cadillac DeVille 4D, we still have this vehicle it didn’t come with any main issues, as a matter of fact it came very cleaned, well maintained and I drive it daily as my (Kevin’s) everyday car.

Our recent purchase and now my pride and joy (was Cadillac DeVille) is the 1998 Porsche Boxster 2dr Roadster Coupe ragtop which we purchased around two months ago. This vehicle is clean, has been well taken care of, when I took it to Porsche to get it checked out, the senior service manager came and told me in his 30+ years of working with Porsche, he has never seen a car this old with absolutely NO maintenance issues, the only thing they had to do was to reset the car because Ray had installed a brand new battery so they reset everything.

If you’re seeing a vehicle at the auction you like, do your do diligence but don’t be afraid to purchase because I doubt if Ray will sale a lemon, if something’s wrong with the vehicle he will say it before auctioning it off. Blessings

Reverend Kevin and...

We are downsizing from a house to a smaller condo and found ourselves with more furniture and “stuff” than we would have room for. Friends suggested talking to Mary at 2nd Chance Home Furnishings. After looking at pictures of our surplus furniture she said she would be interested in some of our pieces and that her husband Ray could sell everything else at his Auction house. Mary and Ray came to our home so Mary could see what pieces she wanted for the store and Ray assured us he could sell the rest at auction. Ray and his team arrived a few days later to pick up all the items. Ray brought us a check for the proceeds of the auction and we are very pleased with the results. We will not hesitate to recommend West Coast Auction Company and 2nd Chance Home Furnishings. Both are honest, reliable,...