Tortuga Trading

Recently had Tortuga Trading make my wifes engagement ring and wedding band. I chose Tortuga because of a referral from a friend and wanted a custom design (not the same old classic wedding band that you can get anywhere). Spoke with Sean (the owner) a number of times about the design that I wanted and he took my specs and made a beautiful ring! My wife could have not been happier and so am I… Would highly recommend Tortuga to anyone looking for unique custom jewelry

I’ve used Tortuga Trading for various dealings from appraisal of coins and antique guns, to referring friends to them for making wedding rings, and getting jewelry made. I’ve found them to be very honest and easy to work with. Sean, the owner is one of the most knowledgeable industry people I know and it was great to hear about the work he has done on Pirates of the Caribbean and Pawn Stars. I definitely would work with him again and will keep sending them referrals.

I am into affordable antique european coinage and found Tortuga Trading on the web. After looking through thier website I found an item I was interested in and decided to contact them to make an offer.
To Note: the price asked by Tortuga was almost double the curent book price for a quite ordinary coin!!! (One would figure negitiations could find an equitable exchange of goods.)
When you call the Phone # it just rolls you over to a recording asking you to send an E-​Mail as they are too busy to answer the phone!!! So, I spent some time typing up a correspondence and asked for a response to negotiate a price.
1 week, two weeks, no response!!! So, I take my time to send another E-​Mail inquiring about the item. This time I sweetened the deal by offering a trade/​part trade of some more desirable coinage that it looked like Tortuga was more interested in. (I even sent a scan of the former museum piece.!!) Now it’s been 3 months, Still no response!!!
It appears to me that Tortuga Trading is to busy for any new business. Poor customer service, over priced goods, ans an ineffective contact mechanism, are reasons to stay away from this company!!!
It seems that Tortuga Trading farms out work for the TV series Pawn Stars. Perhaps this is why they abandon thier internet sales customers? I’m thinking Bloated Egos may be to blame???
In any case, EBAY has the same coins/​items that Tortuga Trading offers, and it is more likely to get a good price when the marketplace is who prices such semi-​common antiques!!! Back to E-​Bay for me!