DO NOT CREATE an account in Invaluable. It is NOT secure.
To begin with, my name is William John Conrad II. My father is William John Conrad Senior. My Father and 6 of his WWII veterans bid on EJ's Auction through Invaluable On-Line. I never bid on this auction site. EJ's dispute was that my father bid on a jewelry item. The only thing they ever bid on was model train stuff. My mother, his wife, passed away in 2008. He would have never bid on jewelry. At the time this bidding took place, November and December 2022, I was taking them through Europe to the WWII sites and to visit the people they befriended during the war. We were in Europe for more then 2 months. There was no way any of them were bidding on EJ's. We tried to resolve this with EJ's with no success. We consulted his lawyer and filed complaints through the Better Business Bureau and other government agencies. EJ's response was that he made derogatory remarks against them and barred him from bidding, but they never deleted his account, even after his lawyer sent them a letter requesting this. My company is an internet security company who does work for the Federal Government and various other companies world wide. I began an investigation into and discovered that Invaluable had many security breaches which they were not addressing. There were many complaints that bidders were not given the opportunity to delete their accounts. We also traced the bidding on my father's account took place in Phoenix Arizona. It stopped when I changed his password on Invaluable. The results of the investigations were sent to EJ's and Invaluable but we never heard anything back. My father passed away 2 months after we returned from Europe. We did not continue our dispute with the matter, but they never deleted his account. My father was very upset by EJ's actions against him. He was never accused of a crime. He was a well respected Veteran and businessman. I assumed that this matter was ended until Stout's Auctions denied me from bidding on their Auction through Invaluable. As far as me bidding on Stout's Auctions, It has been about 2 years since I bid. Reviewing my account I see many items that I never bid on or purchased. They also connected my account with my father's account. At the advice of my lawyer, and since there is no option for me to do this, I request that my account and my father's account be deleted immediately and I be notified when this takes place so that I can verify. I also wanted to know why I couldn't do this. I inherited my fathers train collection of more then 10,000 item, some dating back to the 1800's, and a 4,000 square foot layout in my basement. In my father's Will he made it perfectly clear that no auction associated with Invaluable be used to liquidate it. The veterans and I will maintain it. My Advise is DO NOT CREATE an account in Invaluable. It is NOT secure.