Meares Property Advisors (formerly Meares Auctions, Inc) — Local services in Piedmont

Dealing with this establishment as an auction house I found their descriptions to be incomplete and misleading causing the impression that the quantity and quality of their goods was clearly not what they conveyed, using deliberately vague terms. When questions about these the firms owner basically said that whatever conclusions you drew from the descriptions were your problems regardless of the accuracy, so that contained 20 rounds was not described as such although it was misleading described as a box, ie. the way a spam can or crate containing 600 rounds is described as.

The owner had no interest in meeting me half way and was clear that dealing with him was buyer beware. I would not deal with this business again under any circumstances. Clearly they misrepresent what they sell and I would have no confidence in their repesentations. The business also has limited knowledge so their descriptions may be due to gross ignorance. They said the markings were cryillic, which soviet bloc nations do not make 303 ammo. The markings were Greek and they did manufacture such ammo. If you can't depend on their representations and they will not stand behind their wares do you really want to do business with such an entity? If you like buying a pig in a poke this is...

Over the years, we have made a number of purchases and up until the latest purchase a few weeks ago, all the Meares associates were very friendly and helpful. Not so much this last time. I received and e-mail notification at the auction close, advising of the pickup time range and location of the item. I arrived to pick up the item and was greeted by 2 ladies. One of which was helping load items into the back of an SUV. The other lady rudely asked me, "Do you have an appointment?" An appointment, the e-mail Meares sent didn't say anything about making an appointment, only providing a day and time window for pickups. We have made auction purchases from Meares and several other auction companies over the years, and have never been treated this rudely. Won't buy anything else from Meares and will share this unsatisfactory incident with our friends and neighbors. We spend our money with people who are nice to us and act like they appreciate our business. Meares failed on...

I had a commercial building listed for quite a while with no interest. In desperation I googled “auction” and did some research. I looked into a few companies and settled on Meares Property Advisors. I could not have been more pleased with Darron Meares and Nichole. They were very accessible and quick to respond to all of my needs. They contacted an out of town investor who bought my property at auction. All of the advertising, open house, auction day processes and closing documents were handled by them. I never met them in person but that was my choice as I live hours away from the property. I felt confident in this situation because of the many phone conversations, emails and texts that we shared. They handled everything professionally and took care of all the details, preventing immeasurable stress for me. I just wish I had called...