Thanks for your interest in selling on our site!
How to sell on our site:
- You must first register as a bidder on our site, so that we have your full contact information.
- You must read and accept our rules and fee structure (below).
- You must call us, stop in or e-mail us with your online bidder number and request to be a seller.
- You will soon be sent a seller ID and password, via email, along with directions on how to list your items.
- Sell, Sell, Sell!
Rules: You must have a digital camera and be willing and able to offer potential bidders an honest and accurate description of any item listed, as well as provide an honest and accurate photo view of the item being sold.
No seller can list pistols, adult oriented items (other than Playboy magazines), used clothing (with the exception of shoes, coats and jackets) or anything illegal. All sellers must accurately describe their items. If any item is shown to have been misrepresented (whether intentional or unintentional), the buyer will be given a full refund and the item will be returned and back charged to the seller. No refund of commissions or fees will be provided to a seller for a refund given in the case of a misrepresented item. Most recently, out of nearly 800 items, we had 2 lots returned. While everything is sold as-is and where-is, we all still owe it to the buyers to provide an honest accurate description of the item being sold.
Listings: Once you place a listing on the site, it can not be removed at anytime during the auction.
Contact Info: You can not include any contact info including email address, telephone number, name or address in your listings. Bidders can communicate with us and we will pass all messages on to the appropriate seller.
Reserves: Everything is in auction format and bidding starts at $1 on all items. However, each seller may have up to 3 of their items each week with a reserve price or a higher starting bid. The reserve price is hidden from buyers, the higher starting bid obviously is seen by buyers. To list an item with a reserve, place the following text at the end of your listing "This item has a reserve of $xx.xx". Be sure to enter your reserve price. To list an item with a higher starting bid, place the following text at the end of your listing "This item has a starting bid of $xx.xx". Be sure to enter the actual amount of your starting bid. If you do not follow this format, your listing will be removed. If you wish to lower or drop a reserve on an item, you must do so BEFORE the auction ends. Once the auction ends, if an item did not meet the reserve, those bids are deleted, and gone forever.
Sellers may not bid on their own items for any reason whatsoever. If a Seller is found to have bid on their item(s), or had someone bid on their item(s) with the purpose of artificially inflating the price of an item(s), (this practice is known as shill bidding), that Seller will no longer be able to sell or buy on this site. We do have software that will determine and report common patterns of shill bidding, and all IP addresses are recorded. Shill bidding is a violation of various state and federal laws.
Fees: We charge a twenty five cent listing fee for each listing added, a 25% commission charge, and a twenty five cent "no-sale fee", this no-sale fee is charged only if an item doesn't sell. We charge this fee because we know from experience that if we didn't, the site would be inundated with junk items, that don't interest bdders. The fee makes sellers share responsibility for making sure that their item is actually worth bidding on! There are no other fees or charges. We take care of all shipping and other distribution of items to the buyers.
If you sell over $300 in a single week, you will not be charged any listing fees, or no sale fees.
- Single items that sell for over $500 = Commission is reduced to 20%
- Single items that sell for over $1000 = Commission is reduced to 17.5%
- Single items that sell for over $2000 = Commission is reduced to 15%
- Single items that sell for over $3500 = Commission is reduced to 12.5%
- Single items that sell for over $5000 = Commission is reduced to 10%
- Single items that sell for over $10,000 = Commission is reduced to 8%
Payments: Sellers will be paid, less fees and commissions, on the Wednesday following the pick-up period for the buyers. We reserve the right to return to the seller, and chargeback, any item which is not paid for and removed by a winning bidder.
Seller pick-up: Sellers can pick up their online auction winnings until the 2nd Wednesday after the auction ends. That way each seller can pick-up, drop-off and get paid in one weekly trip. Any items left for more than 8 calendar days will be subject to the late pick-up buyers premium. Due to our live auction schedule, sellers can not pick-up or drop off on Saturday after 4pm.
Seller drop-off: All sold items must be dropped off at our store by 6pm on the Wednesday immediately following the auction end, for distribution to the bidders. All items must be tagged with the corresponding lot number. Out of area bidders must mail their items to us in enough time so that they arrive to us by 11am on the Thursday immediately after the online auction ends. If an item is not delivered to us for distribution by 11am on Thursday, and a bidder comes in to pick up that item, we will offer to ship the item to the bidder, at the sellers cost, the seller will also pay a $5 handling charge. Please understand that many of our buyers travel many miles to come and pick up their items and it is not fair to them and it is not fair to us to not have all of their items for them when they come in. If you are not willing or able to deliver your items to us by that time, please do not list any items that week! Due to space limitations, sold items can not be dropped off any earlier than Friday.
As the site grows, we want to ensure the continued success of this site for all. A new policy is being implemented effective immediately. This policy is designed to help make your selling experience more efficient and enjoyable and to help make the bidding experience equally efficient and enjoyable. When you drop off items each week, you should be armed with an inventory checklist of all of your sold items. We will email this checklist to you on Monday evening or Tuesday morning. This checklist will have to be presented to us and the seller must sign the checklist showing that they have double checked their inventory, and confirm that all sold items have, in fact, been brought in.As a seller on our site, you are essentially operating your own business and we are simply a broker between you and the bidders. You alone bear the responsiblity to your buyers to check, and double check, if needed, to make sure that all items are presented to us for distribution to the buyers, on time! We can not bear any financial or other responsibility for any items that are presented late or items that are missing. We do not want to have to ship items to bidders if we don't have to, and we know that you do not want to pay for those shipping charges, that in some cases may exceed the value of the item. PLEASE ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK, AND DOUBLE CHECK YOUR INVENTORY!


