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BUYERS NOTES and CONDITIONS
NOTES
AUCTIONS Sales are held on the First and
Third Saturdays of each month. (there is no Auction on the Third Saturday
of December, or the First Saturday of January), commencing at 10am
sharp.
VIEWING Viewing is from 8am until 5pm
(last entry 4.30pm) the day previous to the Auction, and from 8am on Auction Day.
CATALOGUES are available, from Thursday prior
to each Sale, by clicking on the Link above, or from the Salerooms (Cost
£1).
REGISTRATION All buyers must Register at the
Salerooms prior to Bidding, when they will be given a Bidding Number.
There is a £1 Registration charge.
How to find Us
Car Parking. there is ample on-site parking
available to customers
Refreshments Light refreshments will be available
on Sale Days
TERMS OF SALE
BUYERS PREMIUM of 12.5% + VAT will be added to your Invoice
CASH - BANKERS ORDER - CHEQUE - DEBIT or CREDIT CARD. It is
regretted that cheques cannot be accepted from purchasers unknown to, or
without personal written recommendation to, the Auctioneers. Cheques
will, however, be accepted to the limit of their respective cheque cards.
Please Note - There is a
Surcharge of 5% for all Credit Card transactions.
BIDDING Each buyer should procure a
"BIDDING NUMBER" under which they bid to buy. At the fall of
the hammer, the successful purchaser should clearly identify their number
to the Auctioneer.
COMMISSION BIDS. we will be pleased to
execute bids on behalf of buyers unable to attend Sales, and no charge is
made for this service. Lots will be purchased as cheaply as permitted by
other bids and reserves. Commission Bid Forms for completion before the
commencement of each sale, are available from the Salesroom at all times.
Bids left by telephone or facsimile will be accepted only on the
condition that they are at the senders risk.
PAYMENT When you have concluded your
purchase/s you should hand your Bidding Number to the Sales Office; pay
for the items purchased; obtain a receipt for the goods purchased, and
report to the Collection point. hand the Pink copy of your receipt to a
Porter, who will collect and hand your goods to you.
All items are to be paid for and collected by the end of the third working
day after an auction. Failure to do so may result in a £1 per lot per day
storage and handling fee.
Please do not collect your
own goods, as mistakes can occur, and you may well be challenged by staff
which, of course, may cause offence.
N.B.
THERE IS A "NO SMOKING" POLICY THROUGHOUT OUR SALESROOMS
CONDITIONS
1.
The highest accepted bidder shall be the Purchaser. If
any dispute arises between the bidders, or any mistakes be made, the lot
will be put up again at the bidding immediately prior the dispute, or the
Auctioneer may declare the Purchaser.
2.
The advance in the biddings to be regulated by the
Auctioneer, who is to be the sole arbiter in the matter of dispute or
mistake. He also reserves to himself the right to refuse any bidding, to
bid on behalf of the Vendor in the case of lots (if any) upon which there
is a reserve; to withdraw, consolidate or divide any lot or lots; to
submit the lots in any order, without the regard to the position of
the same in catalogue; as may be deemed advisable.
3.
Each and every lot shall, at the fall of the hammer, be
considered as delivered, and no lot or lots can be removed until the
whole amount of the Purchasers account shall be paid in full, and payment
is to be made to the person appointed to deliver. No warranty is given or
to be implied by the description in the catalogue, and no guarantee is
given with any lot. The lots having been on view are sold with all
faults, imperfections and errors of description.
4.
All lots must be paid for and cleared away from the
premises at the Purchasers expense and risk, no later than 5pm on the day
of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made, in default of
which the Auctioneers will not hold themselves in any way responsible if
the lots be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed and they will remain at
the sole risk of the Purchaser.
5.
Any damage caused by removal or otherwise must be made
good by the person committing the same, principals being considered
responsible for the acts of their servants, such damage to be assessed by
the Auctioneers.
6.
The Auctioneers reserve the right of making an allowance
for the whole, or any portion of, a lot not delivered from any cause
whatsoever - at the same rate at which such lot was purchased, inasmuch
as the Auctioneers act only as Agents for the Vendor, they shall not be
considered personally responsible for any default on the part of either
the Vendor or Purchasers.
7.
Any lots uncleared by the appointed time, agreeably with
the conditions, will be forfeited, and may be resold or warehoused at the
expense of the Purchaser, any deficiency arising for Re-Sale, together
with warehouse charges, and all attendant expenses, shall be made good by
the Purchaser.
8.
The Auctioneers reserve the right to refuse any cheques.
9.
Value Added Tax will be charged on lots as advertised,
at the current rate.
10.
All articles designed to be powered by electricity are
required to be tested and if necessary repaired before they are put to
use. No warranty as to Condition or Age is given by the Auctioneer or
Vendors, nor is any to be implied.
11.
Purchasers of computers and related items are reminded
that the Auctioneers and their Vendor Clients are selling the Hardware
only, and NOT any Propriety Software.
12.
Prospective Purchasers are reminded that Sales By
Auction are not Consumer Sales for the purpose of the Unfair Contracts
Terms Act, 1977. They should therefore inspect the goods in which they
are interested before bidding.
13.
The acceptance of all the above conditions as terms of
contract of sale is and to be a term of and/or a condition prededent to
bidding of any lots receiving delivery of the said goods so auctioned
and/or sold.
14.
HEALTH & SAFETY AT WORK ACT
1974
It is expressly brought to the bidders attention that, at the time of
sale, any items of plant, machinery or equipment contained in the lot(s)
may not necessarily comply with health & Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974
or any other Act or Regulations thereunder governing the use of that
plant, machinery or equipment in a working environment. Successful
Bidders for any such plant, machinery or equipment at a place of work
within the United Kingdom does not contravene such relevant Act or
Regulation thereunder applicable thereto.
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