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Before signing a contract with a KY auctioneer, there are things you should know.

Do you believe the KY Board of Auctioneers protects the public? One would think so... and they claim that's their primary mandate on their site ( http://auctioneers.k­y.gov/ ) but that's not the case here. I filed five pages of wrongdoing concerning numerous illegalities perpetrated by Thompson & Riley, Ltd. Auctioneers Realtors in Lexington, KY. The Kentucky Board of Auctioneers "investigated" and then dismissed my complaint ("with prejudice", I might add). No hearing, no witness testimony... they turned a blind eye to each and every portion of my complaint. Any one of the basic points about which I complained required action by the Board. The more complicated points of my complaint that, with thorough investigation and witness testimony, would have proven fraud and a systematic approach of wrongdoing by Thompson & Riley, Ltd., Auctioneers and Realtors... were also ignored. The Kentucky Board of Auctioneers wouldn't even let it get to the next step of a hearing. Do not, even for a second, believe there is any protection of the public by the Kentucky Board of Auctioneers. Oops... I stand corrected by the annual report of the Kentucky Board of Auctioneers: Between June of 2006 and May of 2007, there were (presumably) at least 1,149 complaints filed (mine was numbered 07-1149) yet only one... ONE auctioneer lost his license!!! Need I say more?

Ok... one more tidbit... Did you know that, according to the Kentucky Revised Statutes, an auctioneer involved with shill bidding can be fined $10 ???. You read that right... ten dollars. An auctioneer getting caught shill bidding (which goes to the very core on the question of honesty within the auction industry) can be fined ten dollars. Do YOU see a reason to trust a Kentucky auctioneer?

Bryan Langeneckert
bryan@iglou.com

More info about my complaint:
http://ThompsonAndRi­leySucks.com and http://KentuckyBoard­OfAuctioneersSucks.c­om

Let them know what you think of thompsonandriley at http://thompsonandri­ley.com

Let the Kentucky Board of Auctioneers know what you think at http://auctioneers.k­y.gov/

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