Auction Terms

Buyer's Registration Contract for all Estate Liquidators Auctions:

You will be asked to provided the following information to register for a bid number allowing you to participate in our auction:

Name:
Address:
Phone #:
Drivers License #:

Estate liquidators is holding a sale of furniture, home furnishings, decorative items, art works, and other miscellaneous items on the _________day of____________, 20_____. The sale will be conducted as an auction by ESTATE LIQUIDATORS and its employees (hereafter "Auctioneer"). The auction is open to the public, but all persons wishing to participate by bidding or ultimately purchasing any of the items available for sale must register with the cashier, execute this Buyer Registration Contract, and obtain a Bid Card Number. All persons participating in the sale as bidders or buyers agree to, and are bound by the Terms and conditions printed below:

Terms and Conditions

1. The sales price will include a 10% Buyer's Premium added to the final bid accepted by the Auctioneer. All purchases must be paid for at the end of the sale. We will accept cash, Mastercard, Visa, or the Discover Card. We may accept personal checks with proper identification, but we charge, and Buyer must pay $15.00 for an "NSF" check returned. In a dispute over payment, we may recover, and Buyer is liable for any expenses, costs or attorney fees we incur in collecting payment.

2. Sales taxes on the sales price are collected upon payment. Dealer' sales tax exemptions will be recognized only upon providing a proper, current resale tax identification number. Once collected, we will not refund sales taxes even if a valid number is subsequently provided.

3. The Auctioneer will call out each bid as he receives it. We are not responsible for any bid offered but not received. Buyer must clearly signal his bids, listen to the bids called to be sure it was received, and notify the Auctioneer immediately if his bid is called out incorrectly. Any uncertainty or confusion about whether or which bid is accepted will be resolved at the sole discretion of the Auctioneer, who has the discretion to declare an item sold, permit further bidding between only the parties in dispute, or re-open bidding to all. The item is sold when the item number, bid card number and accepted bid amount are declared by the Auctioneer to the sale clerk. Buyer must pay for each item upon which his bid is accepted by the Auctioneer's declaration to the sale clerk.

4. We try to have all items offered for sale available for inspection at least the day before the sale. It is the sole responsibility of Buyer to carefully inspect any item he may purchase, prior to bidding on it. ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE. No statement made in any advertising or informational materials for the auction, nor made orally before or during the auction is intended to be a warranty or guaranty of the age, condition, quality, provenance or origin of any item offered for sale. ALL SALES ARE FINAL, NO REFUNDS. Buyer accepts all responsibility for examining any item offered for sale, investigating its background and informing himself of those matters necessary to evaluate the item as a potential purchase. Buyer also acknowledges that ESTATE LIQUIDATORS, the Auctioneer and their employees, have not made any representations upon which Buyer is relying.

5. Any item originally offered for sale may be withdrawn from the sale at any time prior to the Auctioneer's declaration that it is sold. Items may be added to the sale at any time. Buyer is require to examine and investigate these items, and is bound by Terms and Conditions of paragraph 4 above.

6. Purchases may be removed from the premises of the sale only on presentation of the Buyer's ticket stub which will be provided by the cashier after payment of all amounts due. We do not provide storing, packing, loading, or transporting services. Buyer must remove his purchases the day of the Auction. Buyer acknowledges that we are not in any way responsible for protecting or preserving any items belonging to Buyer which are not removed from the premises within that time.

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS

7. After obtaining the ticket stub from the cashier, Buyer may negotiate private agreements with our employees to assist him in removing his purchases. Any services which may be provided by employees of ESTATE LIQUIDATORS or the Auctioneer pursuant to a private agreement with Buyer, shall be performed under Buyer's exclusive supervision and at Buyer's sole risk. ESTATE LIQUIDATORS and the Auctioneer shall not be responsible in any manner for any type of damages caused, in whole or in part, by the packing, loading or transporting of any item once it has been purchased by Buyer.

8. Buyer may leave written absentee bids, or may participate in the bidding through the telephone only by making prior arrangements with the Auctioneer, but Buyer remains bound by the Terms and Conditions printed above. A deposit or credit card charge authorization may be required by the Auctioneer.

Billy-Bob Hunt
Estate Liquidators
LA.Lic#1364
P.O. Box 798
Scott, LA 70583