GlenStephens

I have dealt with Glen for a number of years and am completely satisfied with the service.
I have purchased a number of collections at 1/4 to 1/3 face value which I consider a bargain, I realise the original seller would have only received half of what I payed.
I understand people are shocked when offered 10 % or at best 20% face value for their collections, but remember dealers are in business to make money.The honest dealer will resell these collections for 30 to 40% face value thus doubling their outlay. Fair, they are the ones taking the risk.
Do you think if you trade your car in on a new vehicle you will be offered anywhere near market value? NO.The same in the stamp world.
Like cars, stamps depreciate in value due to condition.Is the stamp in mint condition or used, damaged, discoloured, toned, faded, hinged, dirty, etc.
All these factors are taken into consideration when quotations are given.
My advice is if your are unhappy with the valuation you have received seek another or sell your stamps privately.

I have been a member of Stampboards.com for many years and find it absolutely great. The information that is available from collectors worldwide is amazing. People are happy to share their experiences and knowledge with others quite freely I have both purchased and sold to Glen Stephens and have found his prices fair. You must remember he is a dealer and will not give you catalogue price for your stamps as he has to resell them himself. And, believe me -he does know his trade - backwards! He is a specialist.
Yes he will come down hard if you stuff up, or, if you are arrogant he will be respond in kind.
In particular he has no time for people who send him grandpa's old album and tell him it is worth thousands when it is full old stamps worth 10 cents each and then call him a thief and a crook when he tells them something they do not wish to accept.

Further the board is not just for him alone to sell his stuff (which he does). It is open to anyone with an interest in stamp collecting, young or old, amateur and professional.
If you wish to learn this is the place to go. Or even just to have fun. (check out joke of the day or funny photos. Plus it is a worldwide forum, not just American, or English, or European. This you can see from the wide variety of responses globally.

But you MUST be willing to accept other peoples views, even if they do differ from yours. Other wise why ask the question in the first place?

By the way, I am a very small Australian amateur collector not affiliated with Stampboards.com. I am a member of this site and have received a lot of help and learnt heaps from fellow members.

Glen has no people skills at all, constantly bashes newbies on the site. If you say something he does not like, he will ban you from the site. He rules it with an iron fist instead of approaching it as a forum.

Sells stuff that is over rated and poor quality. If it reeks, says Australia is a humid climate and to expect it. Does not disclose when he tries to sell.

Seems to hate Ebay and North America in general as they don't agree with his views. When you show him something in black and white he basically calls you a liar.

I would stay as far away from Stampboards and Glen as they will do nothing for the stamp hobby unless you fit into his mold.

This site is full of people who will steal your money with the pretense of selling you rare or popular stamps. They will take "bunnies" into their hobby and provide them with low quality merchandise, deemed by friends of Glen Stephens to be rare or high quality, and sell them to you for high prices. They will eventually cause you grief unless you either support their activities or buy their wares. This man and his "friends" are thieves and engage in illegal activity.

These hoodlums should be kicked off the web. This entire site is a scam and the authorities of every country should be notified of this malicious and illegal website.

Agree with other reviews on here. As a newbie I posted a polite enquiry about an item. His first reply was condescending about ebay not being the real world, and that they use Stamp Catalogues. However, when I added photos, then the next comment was worse - downright rude and brash. He could have provided the same response in a polite respectful manner and when I called him on, stating that I didn't think I would be belittled, and that as a novice I was simply seeking advice. Well then he stated that my 'rude rant' - which it 100% was not - had been deleted and that I had basically wasted his time... and to go back to EBay. I am floored that a supposed professional Business would allow this type of disrespectful action.

Was a member of his StampBoards forum. There Glen shines with his arrogance in an attempt to show new members how incompetent they are compared to him - very condescending. Since he couldn't have his way with me, he started smearing my name on his forum by using my real name and plastering it over the page together with his own fabrications; a common practice with him that he employed many times with forum members. When I responded with facts, he deleted my posts. At one point he started changing my own posts and contact information so other forum members could not contact me. Not sure how he finds the time for such games while supposedly still running a business.

In any rate he is a total nut case.

Here we can see Glen Stephens hyping up an Australian new issue.
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=*******
This 2016 $1 souvenir sheet is not rare. It was printed in large numbers.
First it was priced at $2 because it had the "wrong" date. (The date on the stamp, 2004, is the copyright date, so NOT a "wrong" date!)
Then the price was increased to $2.50 because he discovered the stamp has a different perforation than the original 2004 issue.
Now the price is increased to $3 because some dealer was interested in buying his stock.
Look at his bunnies buying this sheet...
Glen bought them for $1 each from Australia Post of course.

WARNING BEWARE, My Mom sent her Austrian family stamp collection to Glen Stephens for valuation, in the collection there were many valuable Austrian mercury stamps, Glen stole the entire collection, she paid him nearly 200 dollars to ship the stamps back. She went to supreme court in Canada to try and get a judgement against him but could not get a ruling as Glen deliberately avoided service and was in Australia. My mom was so grief stricken at age 71 to have her family heritage stolen from her she suffered a stroke and has been on life support for nearly 1 year. If she does recover she will be permanently paralysed. Glen Stevens is solely responsible for her stroke. And I have medical documentation to prove this. He needs to be stopped before he harms any others.

Is active on ebay using accounts stamps2013 and yolipav. After mailing is known to demand compensation if postage stamps are not used under threat of leaving negative feedback, and does so despite everything else being fine. If you sell on ebay best to block for peace of mind. I agree with the bully comments. He bags ebay and yet buys from there and puts the items on his rarity page! States re them 'bought well' or 'from an old collection'. Balderdash - from ebay!

I got ripped off and I'm peed off!

1) - Firstly, sent a lot of stamp packs for which i was "graciously" paid about $35. Quite sure that I was paid well under what they should have attraced.

2) - Saw an Aust Post book that he advertised as 'rare and special' and I paid GOOD money for it. When it arrived I was totally disappointed with the product - not his fault I have to say. Just had the product appraised as I wanted to offload it and was to have been offered about $20 for it! Sooo angry!

3) - Sent a variety of stamps and stamp related paraphenalia and got an email back which effectively said "WTF are you sending me!" ALL of that stuff he has retained, or should I more correctly say stolen? I've emailed him offing to pay for their return but I've heard nothing and I now never expect to hear from him about this.

Stay away from this guy if you're serious about stamps. He thinks he's a big fish in a little pond but that is far from the truth!

Omgosh I just rang up Glen and have never felt so disheartened by such rudeness! Really wish I read the reviews on google before calling. Every other stamp dealers I've dealt with have been nothing but polite but this person gives dealers a bad name especially for people who aren't in the philately circle. I wonder how many ordinary non-philately people like me he has turned away especially when his site comes up prominently on google.

I ask if he had any international stamps and he was like "Yes, in lots of $500 and $1000" I asked how much he wanted for them and he was like "Did you check the website, I don't like having half hour conversations with people when they don't check the website" I told him I did check his website and didn't see any bulk lots for international stamps on the site and then he told me "I can't help you". WTF? Dude I wasn't interested in having a half hour conversation, I just wanted to buy stamps off you for goodness sake but not anymore!