TERMS OF SALE

THIS IS AN INTERNET ONLY AUCTION!

AUCTION CLOSING DATE:  Wednesday July 11th 12:07pm  bidding closes the first item at 12:07pm EST then closes 5 items per minute there after to the last item in catalog order.

INSPECT: Tuesday July 10th 2012 10am - 2pm

REMOVAL: Friday July 13th 2012 9am-4pm 

If you are tax exempt we must have a form with your bidder number and the date of the sale on the form, Please send an email to inquiry@rasmus.com for Tax form.


PICKUP OF ASSETS: 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. Bidder further agrees to be held personally responsible for all purchases made on their bidder number, and agrees that bidder will not charge back items which are not picked up during the published removal times. Buyer authorizes Rasmus to release buyer's assets to any individual in possession of the buyer's sales receipt.

 

DEPOSIT: $100 registration deposit by Visa/MC is required prior to bidding and will be authorized to your credit card. The $100.00 is held not charged by your credit card company for the length of time they hold authorizations. The 100.00 is authorized only not charged and your auction purchases are a separate transaction if you do not make purchases you will have no charges against your account.

This is an ONLINE ONLY AUCTION PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR ITEMS during the scheduled removal times 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 will be charged a removal fee for dispose of your items. WE DO NOT SHIP!

BUYERS 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.

PAYMENT: Accepted forms of payment include Visa or Master Card. You must have available balance on your credit card for your online purchases. At the conclusion of the auction your credit card on file will be automatically charged for the entire amount of your purchases. Bidders who have 2 failed attempts to process their charges will have their bidding account suspended and will be required to have a $1000.00 cash deposit held in escrow for 1 year in order to reactivate their account.

BIDDING ERRORS: Increasing your own bids.... 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 before submitted. If you mistakenly increase your own bid, place your bidder number in the bid field, or make a gross error you must immediately contact our office by email using the contact sheet on our website (we must have your request in writing) you must remain the high bidder. We will not reverse bids that have caused another bidder to be outbid. If you bid on the wrong item we will not reverse your bid please make sure and review all bids before submitting. We will not reverse bids after the auction has begun to close no exceptions.

STAGGERED CLOSING: The online auction closes 5 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.

DYNAMIC CLOSING: The closing time of an asset is automatically extended an additional 4 minutes whenever a bid is placed within the last 4 minutes of the asset's closing time.

BID NOTIFICATION: If you have been outbid you will be notified by email until the close of the sale. 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 ONLY (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 9am the next day. If you do not receive a paid email invoice then you did not win any items at the online auction.

NON-DELIVERY: 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, the Auctioneer and buyer agrees that no adjustment or refund will be made.

SALES TAX: Sales tax will be collected.

IMPORTANT TAX EXEMPT STATUS YOU MUST FAX A TAX FORM FOR EVERY SALE WITH YOUR BIDDER NUMBER AND SALE CLOSING DATE CLEARLY NOTED THEY FORMS ARE NOT KEPT ON FILE

If you are tax exempt, prior to the conclusion of the online auction you must DOWNLOAD and fax a copy of the appropriate states tax exempt form to 703-823-5587 . (If the sale is in the state of Maryland they do not accept out of state exempt forms you must apply to the state of MD for a refund.) 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.

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 lot numbers and read the descriptions.

CATALOG DISCREPANCIES: You are bidding on the described item not the photograph, occasionally the wrong photo may be displayed, always read the item description

"In the event that a Seller has withdrawn an item from the sale prior to the close of the auction, Rasmus may leave the item on the catalog and "buyback" the item on behalf of the Seller to establish Rasmus' earned commission and buyer's premium due Rasmus from the Seller."
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WARRANTY & CONDITION OF ITEMS SOLD: All items are sold "AS IS, WHERE IS, with NO WARRANTY expressed or implied by the lot number affixed to the item. This sale is to the business community as "equipment" & "inventory" without any implied or expressed warranty. Descriptions are believed to be accurate but not guaranteed. When you are not certain of the condition or use of an item please bid accordingly. You are bidding on the described item not the photo.

Buyers that do not remove their items within the specified removal times will have their bidding privileges suspended you will be required to contact the administrator to reactivate your account. (2) Occurrences will result in permanent suspension of bidding privileges.

DAMAGE: Any damage caused by a buyer during the preview, or during the period of removal must be made good by the buyer causing the damage. Buyer agrees that the credit card on file will be charged for any expenses and/or repairs to the pick up location or property of another buyer.

IMPORTANT! The Auctioneer will have the option of reselling, removing, storing or abandoning, at the expense and risk of the purchase, 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.

CHOOSE WISELY: 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 condition, completeness or suitability for intended use, please bid accordingly.

The auctioneer reserves the right to add or remove items form the auction. Split or combined lots. Add minimum bids or reserve prices. Cancel, suspend, extend or reschedule an individual item and or auction event. Make change's to the auction closing times or inspection or removal times

CLAIMS: Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract and/or agreement, or breach thereof, shall be settled either in Small Claims Court if the dispute in question      amounts to less than $5,000, or by means of arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association if the dispute amounts to more than $5,000. In the event of arbitration, judgments upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Venue in either case will be Fairfax County Virginia.

In the event of a bidder default and /or chargeback bidder agrees that Rasmus may collect payment for items, including cost associated with items to be relocated, discarded or stored, either by arbitration small claims court or state court at Rasmus discretion, and that any judgments awarded may be applied to the bidder personally or corporately.

LIABILITY: Auctioneers and Sellers liability shall be limited to the refund of bidders purchase price

LIMITATIONS: The above-stated terms and conditions of Sale cannot be altered except in writing by the Auctioneer.