PAYMENT We accept Credit Cards only and they will be charged at the completion of the auction to the card on file. If your Credit Card is declined when billed for your purchases, there will be a $20.00 charge to rerun your payment. We do not accept cash or checks at pickup, No exceptions. If we fail to secure payment for your auction purchases within 24 hours of auction close, we reserve the right to offer those items to the backup bidders. We will charge a $5 storage fee per day if the buyer does not pick up their items or schedule shipping by the last scheduled pickup date, Items not picked up within two weeks of the last scheduled pickup date will be discarded. There is a 15% buyers’ premium for all winning bids. Please visit www.HicksAuctions.com for preview times, auction changes, and announcements regarding all of our sales. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to these terms, you accept and take responsibility that all items purchased through www.HicksAuctions.com become the sole property of the buyer upon close of the auction & successful payment. www.HicksAuctions.com assumes no responsibility for delivering your items to any location whatsoever. No refunds will be issued by Collectin’ Dust / Hicks Auctioneering & Sales for failure to pick up your items within the two-week grace period. Please check our website concerning our shipping policy. www.hicksauctions.com You are responsible to supply packing material, boxes, and MANPOWER to load your purchases. We will not load or offer assistance in loading your purchases. ***** PLEASE READ IN REGARD TO PAYMENT FOR YOUR PURCHASES**** Upon successful registration and clicking the "Agree to Terms" box below, the buyer agrees and grants permission to Hicks Auctioneering & Sales to bill the buyers credit card, which was used in this registration, for all items the buyer purchases in this auction. The buyer also understands by agreeing to these terms that they will be billed for these purchases regardless of whether the buyer takes ownership of the items at one of the scheduled pickup days. Buyers that fail to take ownership of their items, and refuse to pay for these items, will be blocked from all future online auctions conducted by Hicks Auctioneering & Sales (www.hicksauctions.com), and legal action will be brought against these buyers to secure payment on the items purchased, at the buyer’s expense. -AS IS WHERE IS- It is the buyer’s responsibility to inspect items for defects on preview days. All items are sold as is-where is, no warranty or guarantee is expressed or implied. All sales are FINAL! All descriptions are believed to be accurate, however, all bidding and buying is based solely on bidder's personal inspection and/or opinion of the items. -BUYER INSPECTION- It is the BUYER’S responsibility to: - inspect items and be satisfied as to its description, condition and/or authenticity prior to bidding. - independently verify any information they deem important. - verify all information contained in the item description and all promotional materials, including but not limited to, photographs, dimensions, conditions, etc. These were provided by or on behalf of the seller and are believed to be correct; however, neither the seller or the auction company makes any promise, representation, guarantee, or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information, inspect all items prior to bidding. Failure to inspect the property does not relieve the bidder of responsibility for payment and removal as stated in these terms. -Seller Removal disclosure – www.hicksauctions.com discourages any and all sellers from purchasing their consigned items personally or through a 3rd party in the online auction. We do state that it is hard to monitor all seller activity during the auction close via the online platform and cannot guarantee that sellers will not purchase their consigned items. Therefore www.HicksAuctions.com and Hicks Auctioneering & Sales allows each seller pullout or remove items from the sale at the seller’s discretion. The State of Texas does allow Buyers to purchase their items back from auctions so long as the auction company discloses this fact to its buyers. www.HicksAuctions.com & Hicks Auctioneering & Sales discloses to all buyers and sellers that all sellers are allowed to purchase their own items through the online auction platform at their own discretion. Sellers that wish to do so will be charged for these purchases at full commission plus a 15% REMOVAL fee will be deducted from the final settlement no exceptions. -CLOSING DAY SOFTWARE SETTINGS- On closing day, please make sure you set the auction to auto refresh every 30 seconds to ensure you are always looking at current information. These settings will appear at the top of the auction catalog when the auction starts to close on the last day. Please call if you have questions about the auto-refresh options. This auction will have a Soft closing which gives all current high bidders that are outbid within the last 60 seconds of the auction an additional 3 minutes to place their final bids. Our auction software can also place your bids by proxi if you are not able to watch the auction close. This means that you can leave your maximum bid and the software will automatically bid for you if you are outbid as the auction progresses. After the auction has completely ended, all winning bidders will be billed and emailed auction results within 24 hours of auction close. You will NOT be contacted if you are not the winning bidder. Our software program will automatically bill auction items to the credit card on file within 24 hours after auction close. If your card declines, you will be notified, and if you fail to remit payment your items, they will be sold at the next online auction to cover your charges, and any shortfalls will be pursued in Milam County small claims court. -BID RETRACTIONS- A bid is a binding contract to buy. Please make sure you have reviewed your bid prior to submitting your bid. Once a bid has been submitted, it cannot be retracted or changed. PLEASE NOTE: Bid retractions or changes are not allowed! Policy for Shipping options (All auctions) To start the shipping process you must submit the shipping form that is located under the forms tab on our website. WE SHIP IN FLAT RATE PRIORITY BOXES FROM THE USPS OPTIONS: SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE We will not ship any item that will not go into a USPS large priority flat rate box. Please visit www.usps.com for details on this size restriction. All items will be shipped USPS priority flat with insurance. A $5.00 handling charge for the 1st box and $2.00 for each additional box will be added to the final USPS Rate and billed to your credit card once shipping has been processed. If you require additional services, please include your request on the shipping request form located under the forms tab on our website or email your special request to info@hicksauctions.com. If you purchase items that are larger than a Large Flat Rate box, you will need to arrange shipping with your own shipper. All shipping is processed within 2 weeks of the auction close.