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Buying at Auction
is a fun, easy way to get a bargain or find an item of special value to you.
Auctions are the last frontier in free enterprise, and one of the most exciting
ways to shop.
Auctioneers are professional licensed individuals who are bonded by the State
to protect you. They must attend school. To better work for their clients,
they maintain their education through seminars and professional organizations.
There are laws and requirements auctioneers must follow to keep their licenses,
so you are protected. We belong to the Arkansas Auctioneers Association and the
National Auctioneers Association.
When you come to our auction, you are made to feel welcome.
You are invited to view all the items prior to auction. Auctions are one of
the few places you are encouraged to handle and inspect the items for sales so
that you know exactly what you are buying and the condition it is in. There are no resales - all goods are sold as
is- where is.
Before bidding, register with the cashier who will ask for identification,
usually a driver's license. You will receive a bidder card, which will have
your buying number on it. It is your charge card and contract with the
auctioneer. Do not lose it; you are responsible for purchases made against that
bidder card number. When the auction is ready to begin, the auctioneer will go
over the rules, times certain objects will sell and anything else you need to
know. The auctioneer will also answer any questions you have at this time.
When you see an item you are interested in, set a price in your mind of what
it's worth to you. The auctioneer will call out bids in certain increments, and
you can decide to hold up your card to bid or drop out. If you are the high
bidder, hold up your bidder card so the number can be recorded. See, you set
the price!
Ask questions. Tell the auctioneer if you feel there was a bidding error.
No one will take your bid when you don't want to bid. If you buy something that
you feel was misrepresented, you can return it immediately and disclose the
error or flaw. If a bid is disputed, that is, you think you have the final bid
and someone else thinks they do, the bidding is simply opened again between you
two.
Method of payment is check, cash, MasterCard or Visa. At any time during the
auction or when it is over, you can go to the cashier, pay your bill, pick up
your items and leave. You can also make arrangements to pick items up later.
Many auctioneers offer the service of "Absentee Bids". That is if you need
to leave and your item has not come to the block or you are unable to attend the
auction, you can leave an Absentee Bid with the highest bid you would go to on
the item. there will be an assigned bidder (usually the Auctioneer or clerk) to bid for you as if you were there, working to purchase
the article for the best price, not necessarily the highest bid you left. We will bid for you until either your high absentee bid has been passed, or you buy the item, which ever comes first.
Most of our cataloged auctions are sold in numerical order, so absentee bidding is encouraged if you do not want to miss bidding on the item that you desire.
Dealers buy for their clients and for profit, so bidding against them is easy
- their bid is less than what the item sells for in their shop. Remember, if
you want an article, set your price in your mind beforehand, and you never spend
too much.
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