Vendors Terms & Conditions of Sale
1. Commission is charged at the rate of 17.5% + VAT on the hammer price of each lot plus £1.20 per lot entry fee + VAT.
2. Items presented or collected for sale will be entered in the first available sale, but may be held over, at the Auctioneers discretion, until space or a suitable sale is available.
3. All descriptions, reserves and estimates are at the Auctioneers discretion.
4. Payments to vendors will be released a week on Tuesday after the sale (this is the 8th day following the sale). This enables all the payments for goods sold to be paid in and any working order items to be checked prior to payment. Postal and electronic payments can be made on request.
6. Items not in compliance with current Legislation or deemed unsalable or counterfeit will not be accepted.
7. The auctioneers act as agent for the vendor and reserve the right to bid on their behalf.
8. Each vendor will supply their name, address, telephone number and sign the Auctioneers entry form.
9. Mains gas appliances are not sold by the Auctioneers.
10. Storage charges of £1 per day per item + VAT will be applied when unsold goods are not collected by Tuesday at 5pm after the sale.
11. All unsold items not collected within 14 days after the sale will be disposed of at a charge of £10 + VAT and become the property of Halfway Auctions Ltd.
Buyers Terms & Conditions of Purchase
1. The Purchaser to be the highest bidder who will pay the hammer price plus a premium of 17.5% + VAT.
2. All items are SOLD AS SEEN, descriptions and pictures are simply a guide. If buying on line and not available to view the items you can telephone or email to find out further information on an item.
3. Each purchaser shall register with the Auctioneers giving their Name, Address and Telephone number.
4. All purchases must be paid for, in full, and no lots may be removed until such payments have cleared.
5. Payments are accepted in Cash, Credit Card and Debit Card. Alternatively payments can be made by bank transfer.
6. The Auctioneers act as agents for the Vendor and reserve the right to bid on their behalf on Lots offered subject to reserve.
7. Commission bids are accepted by the Auctioneers who undertake to purchase the lots on the bidders behalf at the best advantage. Lots purchased by absent buyers will be consigned at the Auctioneers earliest convenience at packing and postage charges to be agreed.
8. All electrical appliances are not tested by the auction house and we cannot guarantee them to be in working order.
9. If items are not collected and paid for within 7 days following the sale buyers may face being banned from the auction.
10. In the case of a dispute the Lot may be re-offered at the discretion of the Auctioneer who shall be the sole arbitrator.
11. If payment is not received within 3 days of purchase the commission is automatically increased from 21% (inclusive of VAT) to 28% (inclusive of VAT).
12. If payment is not received within 5 days of the auction the buyer is banned from purchasing anything further at Halfway Auctions.
13. If goods are not collected from the auction house within the terms and conditions stipulated by the auction house storage charges of £1 per day per item will be applied for goods not collected.
OUR STORAGE POLICY
All items purchased or sold at auction must be removed from the auction house between 1pm- 5pm on a Tuesday.
For customers with larger items, arrangements can be made for collection of goods on a Tuesday morning by appointment only.
Storage charges are charged at £1 per day per item + VAT commencing Wednesday.
Storage charges are charged on auction working days only, these are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
After 14 days, if items remain uncollected they will become the property of Halfway Auctions ltd. If Halfway Auctions Ltd. has to dispose of any unsold items an applicable disposal fee will apply.
Halfway Auctions Ltd will then issue an invoice to the customer for the storage charges which must be paid within 7 days to avoid legal proceedings.
If you use our House Clearance or Collection service, the above storage policy does not apply.
Use and storage of customer data
The information captured about our customers is name, address and contact details including email. This information is stored on an electronic back office system which is run by Easyliveauction.
Halfway Auctions Ltd. and Easyliveauction do not share any of our customer personal information with any third parties and simply use it to process receipts of purchasing and selling history.
Printed receipts of customer transactions are securely stored by Halfway Auctions Ltd. for 7 years during this time HMRC have the right to view any of this paper work for VAT purposes.
All customers have the right to request the removal of their data from our system. If any customers have any queries or concerns about the use and storage of their data please contact Halfway Auctions on 01274 592001.
