Testimonials

Tina Dillon of Atlas Excavating, Inc.
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“On behalf of the bank and Atlas Excavating, let me thank you again for the prompt and professional attention you and your staff exhibited in compiling this report.
We have always appreciated the manner in which you firm has met all of our equipment needs. Our experience with appraisals, purchases and sales has been first rate on every occasion.”

D.R. Childs of D.R. Childs Corporation
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“I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for a very successful equipment and property sale. From start to finish, the sale was handled with the highest proficiency. Each aspect of the sale, marketing, presentation of the equipment, and following through until all items were picked up was completed as promised. We were especially pleased with your representative, Nicolas, in how he conducted himself while preparing for this sale.
Thank you again for a very trouble fee and successful sale.”

James Doll of Bank One
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“…pleased in the manner and results of your handling of this sale. Thanks again for the last twenty plus years of working together.”

Mel Repka of Miami Valley Contractors, Inc.
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“The sale was a huge success; which you and your associates should be proud of. It was all done in a professional manner and everything that you said you would do was done. During the sale, some of the bidders came up to me and told me that one of the reasons that they were there was due to your excellent reputation as an auctioneer and that you conducted an “honest auction.”

James Smith of Smith Enterprises
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“I would like to take a moment and thank you for the professionalism portrayed by yourself and your entire staff during your most recent auction. The weather was horrible, but you never missed a bid and the results were outstanding! Our equipment sold for approximately 15% above our estimation.”

Arthur Wessel of Star Financial Bank
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“I just want to express our appreciation to you for the fine job you did on our equipment auction. If we have need for an auctioneer in the future, we will certainly get in touch with you.”

Robert Parker of Parker Machinery
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“I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest thanks and acknowledge you and your staff for a world class performance at our sale. The comfort level extended by you was intangible and offered by no other contender for our sale. Even though we were, at one time, very close to giving the deal to bigger company before your interview, I could not help feeling that my sale was out of control. To be honest, I was insulted by their offering and appraised estimate. However, I figured, “They are the big guys. They must have all the right answers.” Man, was I short sighted. I was thrilled and impressed to see that we realized within 2% of your estimate.
Despite the awful weather, we had a tremendous turnout. Whether it was the well illustrated sales brochure or the full page color ads in Machinery Trader and Rock and Dirt, or just the DSA faithful, the crowd was impressive and ready to buy. Don, your personal participation, management, and attention to our input was appreciated.”

Joel Lehmkuhl of Joel Lehmkuhl Excavating
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“Just wanted to let you know how pleased our company is with the way DSA advertised and conducted our auction. What sold us on Don Smock Auction Co. was your sincere effort to make our auction a great success and your advertising campaign. May I just say that, from our experience, Joel Lehmkuhl Excavating would recommend your company to anyone considering having an auction.”

Asphalt Specialist, Inc.
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“To all the crew at Don Smock Auction Co., I would like to thank you for a very good time and good sale. You did an excellent job. Everything went very fast and very smooth.”

Margaret Hoke of Union Federal Bank
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“There were several issues that made the circumstances for the preparation of the auction less than ideal for them. However your group took charge, worked through all of these issues in an orderly and professional manner. Union Federal was pleased with the values received for the items sold at auction, and we received our proceeds and accounting therefore in a timely manner. In sum, we were very pleased with all stages of the auction process. Your group made the process easy for me by taking charge, and everyone was professional and pleasant to work with. I look forward to working with your team again and I would recommend you to others.”