| Our Role: Top Shop Auctions Inc. exists as an agent of the seller and a resource for the buyer. We provide an online auction environment that is intended to enable willing participants to buy and sell merchandise at their own discretion. We will strive at all times to provide accurate representations of all merchandise presented, but hold the seller solely responsible for any misrepresentations, omissions, or any acts deemed inappropriate in the selling process. We will strive at all times to find qualified buyers, but hold the buyer solely responsible for all transactions executed within or outside of our website. All participants are subject to any further guidelines described within this document. THIS IS AN INTERNET ONLY AUCTION. BUYER'S PREMIUM: A 15% buyer’s premium will be added to each purchase. If you bid $100.00 at check out you will be charged $115.00. SALES TAX: Appropriate Sales Tax will be collected for this auction. The bidding closes the first 3 items at 7pm then closes 3 items per minute there after to the last item in catalog order. REMOVAL: Items are be to completely removed on designated removal date. NO EXCEPTIONS. Please refer to HIGHLIGHTS (above) for removal times. We can ship items to you but you must make arrangements prior to the auction end date. NO refunds or chargeback's will be granted due to a lack of removal at the designated times. After the scheduled removal, items will be considered abandoned and you may be charged a removal fee for disposal of your items. PAYMENT: Accepted forms of payment: Mastercard, Visa, Discover, Cash, Certified Check, Money Order. Payment MUST be made before or on removal date. Registered bidders MUST have available funds on their credit cards to cover all items purchased. After the catalog closes, you will be sent an email with a total of the your items won. INCREASING YOUR OWN BID/BIDDING ERRORS: Please be aware that many bidders routinely increase their own bid to price an item out of reach of other bidders. You should immediately review your bids once submitted. If you mistakenly increase your own bid, place your bidder number in the bid field, or make a typo you must immediately contact our office by email use the contact sheet on our website (we must have your request in writing). We will not reverse bids after the auction has closed ABSOLUTELY ZERO exceptions. STAGGERED CLOSING: This online auction closes 3 items per minute. This feature will close the bidding on intervals. This feature works great with the auto-extend feature to closely emulate a 'LIVE' auction.
(Example: If an auction ends at 8:00pm and closes 3 items per minute at 8:00pm items 1-3 will be final. At 7:01pm items 4-6 will be final. At 7:02 items 7-9 and so on.) In the event a bid is placed before item ends Dynamic closing will take affect. DYNAMIC CLOSING: The closing time of an item is automatically extended an additional 3 minutes whenever a bid is placed within the last 3 minutes of the item's closing time. BID NOTIFICATION: If you have been outbid you will be notified by email ONLY UNTIL the last day of the auction -- starting at midnight the night before the ending of the auction notices are not sent.
To quickly review your bids and see if you have won you can utilize the 'REVIEW BIDS' feature. Items that they have been outbid on will be clearly marked. WINNING BIDDER NOTIFICATION: You will be contacted by email with your invoice if you win an item. This will be an automatically generated email invoice (you are responsible for checking your email).
If you feel you have won an item and have not received an email you must notify us by email no later than 1 hour before the scheduled pickup/removal date and time. If you do not receive a email invoice then you did not win any items in the online auction. In the event an item is not available for pickup, the buyer must notify our onsite staff and file a claim by replying to your original emailed invoice noting what was not available within 24 hours of the pickup date. After 24 hours, Top Shop Auctions and buyer agrees that no adjustment or refund will be made. IMPORTANT TAX EXEMPT STATUS: If you are tax exempt you must email or fax a copy of your states tax exempt form to info@topshopauctions.com prior to the conclusion of the online auction. (You must include your bidder number and the closing date of the auction). Forms without this information will not be accepted and you will have to apply to the state for a refund. If you have any questions contact refer to the CONTACT US page. CAUTION: For demonstration purposes various equipment may be joined. Do not assume a lot consists of more than one item simply because they are connected or pictured together. Please inspect the item numbers and carefully read the descriptions prior to placing bids. CATALOG INACCURACIES: You are bidding on the described item not the photo. Rarely the wrong photo may be displayed. Always read the item's entire description. WARRANTY & CONDITION OF ITEMS SOLD: All auctioned items are sold AS IS, WHERE IS, with NO WARRANTY expressed or implied by the lot number affixed to the item. Descriptions are believed to be accurate but not guaranteed. When in doubt or are not clear of the condition or use of an item please bid accordingly. Again, You are bidding on the described item NOT the photo. Bidders are responsible for their own removal. Any item NOT picked up by the set time will be considered abandoned. Removal shall be at the expense, liability, and risk of the purchaser. Purchases will be released upon presentation of a paid email receipt. Please insure that movers or anyone picking up items on your behalf have your paid receipt at the pickup location. No items will be released without a paid email receipt. NO EXCEPTIONS Top Shop Auctions INC. is not liable nor responsible for any bodily injuries, death to any persons or any damages to property when removing or transporting any items. IMPORTANT! Top Shop Auctions INC. will have the options of reselling, removing, storing or abandoning, at the expense and risk of the purchaser, items not paid for and/or removed within the specific time. The buyer agrees to pay all deficiencies, legal, collection, transportation, and storage expenses associated with delinquent accounts or abandoned items. We want every one to get a good deal and most will. However, when you bid on the wrong item or decide an item is not suited for your intended use, our clients are not willing to assume the cost of your mistakes. When in doubt about item condition, completeness or suitability for intended use, please bid accordingly. TopShopAuction reserves the right to add or remove items from any auction. Split or combine lots. Add reserve prices or minimum bids. Suspend, cancel, reschedule or extend an individual item and/or auction event. Top Shop Auctions INC. reserves the right to make changes to the auction closing times, inspection, or removal times. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract and/or agreement, or breach thereof, shall be settled by Small Claims Court, State Court or Arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgments upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Venue will be Clinton County, IL. SELLER'S LIABILITY: TopShopAuctions and Sellers liability shall be limited to the refund of bidders purchase price and any taxes collected. LIMITATIONS: The above-stated Conditions of Sale cannot be altered except in writing by TopShopAuctions Inc.
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