REGISTERING? NEW TO ONLINE BIDDING? PLEASE READ THIS.

TERMS OF PAYMENT: Cash is preferred. Credit Cards are accepted with applicable fees found on each advertised online auction. Checks are NOT ACCEPTED. Each auction has a 11% Buyers Premium. A Buyers Premium is a common Industry-wide practice. Sometimes called 'convenience fee', 11% of your purchase price will be added onto all of your purchases to help pay for the cost of Web-presence and software fees. This also allows us to be most competitive in the market place, ensuring we continue consigning the best merchandise, the best Estates and the best collections in Central Ohio. What can we sell for you?

Each Auction posted on Columbus Online Auctions, is written or hosted by an independent Owner / Operator of an online Auction Business. Each Auction will have its own contact phone numbers and email address for that Auction Manager. Please call that number for questions or to pay for your merchandise.

Please note the pick up times, as other than those times, you cannot get your things but will have to pay for them anyway. Bidders not paying for the merchandise won, will be barred from participating in any future Online Auctions.

Please check your Spam File. Invoices are sent via email the same evening as the auction ends. If you know or feel you have won an item and do not receive a email, please check your "spam file" for 'outbid notices' and/or invoices.

Pay close attention to the descriptions and photos of each item to determine the size and condition. Call, text or Email The Auction Manager posted on the Auction Catalog with any questions.

We want you to win, and be happy!

GETTING REGISTERED: REGISTRATION IS FREE! All information provided for registration is accepted upon immediate verification, and random verification in the future. You must enter 2 different contact telephone numbers to avoid confirmation delay. Your registration information is matched against a 'program of probability'. * An area code not matching the zip code(as an example) will flag further investigation. Other mismatched registration information will do the same and may delay your getting a bidder number. * Do not register a PO Box. * If another individual at the registered address has had bidding privileges suspended, this will prohibit any other individuals ability to participate in our auctions.

* OUT-OF-STATE BIDDERS must contact us about shipping unless the auction advertises shipping is available.

OVERVIEW: (How the Online Auction Works/How to Bid): Our system is affectionately named  Max. Max will tell you what the Current Bid is, accept your bid as the next increment, or accept you highest Max Bid, and execute your Max Bid by proxy, (only as competing bids come in, if any), kind of like an absentee vote. If you have made an error in typing your bid, call us immediately and we can fix it, prior to 24 hours of the ending time. No modifications to the bid price can be made after the auction. Max will promptly close (end) the bid on items in the first nano-second of each 1 minute from the posted “Ending Time”. If 2 bidders go at it in the last 5 minutes, Max will extend that auction (on that item) for another 5 minutes. Max has seen “snipers” go at each other for hours, it’s all right if that’s your method. The real Auction Staff would prefer to see you bid a high number and let Max work for you, he is on your side, and will keep your Max Bid a secret.

Max Notes: Other items will continue to end every 1 minute, even if there is a heated battle going on behind the ending items. Don’t ‘rubber neck’ you may miss out on the upcoming merchandise. Please pay attention to the order and speed of items selling.  The Management cannot be held responsible for glitches or delays.

Max Notes: No “outbid notices” will be sent during the final hours of the auction. Prior to that, Max will nudge you with an email and encourage you to bid again in the event you have been outbid. You would simply return to the auction page and enter the next increment, or in a sign of strength, show your vigor & intent by raising the bar by leaving a “High Bid”. Utilize the “Review Bids” button to quickly see the items you are bidding on, and the status thereof. At the end of the auction, if you are watching, you will see what items you were successful on. Otherwise Max will be cleaning up both the digital confetti from the celebrations and the electronic tears that come with not winning. Max will send an email to all the winning bidders usually the night the auction ends but could be as late as the morning after the auction. Check your email! If you feel Max has dropped the ball, feel free to follow up, better safe than uncertain. That email will also reiterate the time of pick up and the address.

Max Notes: Bring your emailed invoice, your Drivers license, Cash or Credit Card with you during the described hours for “Pick Up”. Oh, and if we don’t know you, an ID may be necessary, so we can make sure the items are going to the winner with the best bids. Simply put, if you can’t pick-up the items on the assigned times, don’t bid. All participating bidders electronically agree to enter a contract agreeing to all terms present and to pay for items bid upon and won. Payment is due during the advertised time frame on each auction. Failure to pay may result in an individual being banned from future auctions. This information could be shared with other Online Auctions within Central Ohio.

The Management retains the right to end, delay or extend the length of an auction or the time and location of pick-up, for any reason. In addition, any item may be removed from the catalog at anytime. The management reserves the right to refuse sale at any time before payment is made and therefore title and ownership is transferred. The item being marked 'sold' or the issuance of an invoice requesting payment, does not supersede/over ride The Managements right Not to Sell, Complete or Cancel the sale of such item(s).