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 25, Saint-Pierre in Saint-Constant, 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 6% 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 14% 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.
Auction closing:
The final day of bidding for this entire auction is Tuesday, March
11th, 2008.
The auction will close at 9:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) on March
11th, 2008. 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 (March 11th, 2008), 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 March 12th, 2008, 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.