Invoices will be sent by email and by mail to the winning bidders. Those who have not received their invoice within 5 days of the auction should contact us. Payment is due within 14 days after notification. Failure to pay invoices promptly will result in the suspension of your auction privileges. Methods of payment accepted are certified checks, money orders, cash and bank drafts. Personal checks are NOT accepted. A new rule applies to credit card payments. Special arrangements must ABSOLUTELY be made prior to the auction closing date in order to pay by Visa or MasterCard. To do so, customers will need to complete, sign and return by fax or by mail a request form available on our Website. No credit card payment will be accepted unless customers have complied with this procedure. Please note that from now on credit card payments can be made either in US or Canadian dollars depending on where it was issued. As for payments in Canadian dollars, Classic Collectibles will be using the exchange rate at the time the auction closes.
Winning bidders are responsible for the shipping and handling costs which include shipping, packing and materials. Winning bidders are also responsible for any other costs related to shipping: customs, duties, taxes or brokerage that might become payable upon delivery. All items will be shipped by UPS ground or air service or by Purolator unless other prior arrangements have been made. Shipping rate will vary according to the size and weight of the items shipped and according to the destination and method of shipping chosen by the customer. Goods can also be picked-up by appointment only directly at our office located at 215, St-François-Xavier in Delson, Quebec, Canada. In such case there will be no shipping charge but the item does need to be prepaid in order to pick it up. Please contact our office to make pick-up arrangements. Classic Collectibles guarantees that the items will be well packaged. However we will not be held responsible for items that might be damaged or lost during shipping. Due to the fragile nature of certain items (lithographs, frames, etc.) we strongly recommend that the buyers purchase insurance prior to shipping. Please contact us on this matter. Canadian residents must add 5% GST tax to their invoice including shipping. Quebec residents must add a 7.5% provincial tax on top of GST and shipping. Appropriate Maritime provinces must add the 13% TVH to their invoice. All items will be accompanied with a 10 day return policy which is only valid if the description of the item was not proper. We recommend that you ask all the important questions on the items before the final auction date to eliminate all risks of conflicts. Once again, returns will only be accepted if the merchandise received does not correspond to our description and for no other reason.
The final day of bidding for this entire auction is Tuesday, June 16th, 2009.
The auction will close at 9:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) on June 16th, 2009. After 9:00 PM, the auction will continue until the bids stop coming in or the phone stops ringing for 10 minutes. This rule applies to the entire auction and to all the lots. In other words, all lots will remain opened for as long as a bid has been placed on any item and all the lots will close at the same time. Furthermore, there will no longer be a time limit for the auction to close. Only the application of the 10 minute rule will determine the time of closing.
Please note that rules have also changed concerning bidding after 9:00 PM. As a matter of fact two different rules will apply. The first one concerns bidding after 9:00 PM and the second one concerns bidding after 1:00 AM. In order to place a bid after 9:00 PM on closing night (June 16th, 2009), you must ABSOLUTELY have recorded at least one bid before 9:00 PM. In other words, placing a bid on any one lot before 9:00 PM will allow you to bid on any other lot during the extended bidding period (after 9:00 PM). Furthermore from now on in order to place a bid after 1:00 AM on June 17th, 2009, you must ABSOLUTELY have recorded at least one bid before 1:00 AM on that particular lot. In other words, you will not be able to bid on any lot you have not already bid on.