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Tag Archives: online auctions

Online bidding and no shipping?

April 8, 2021

We sell personal property at auction live and online. For our live auctions, pickup of purchases can take place that …

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“Sold!” to the previous online bidder

April 6, 2021

This issue arises not only in online auctions, but live auctions as well. The high bidder prior to the lot …

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Auctioneers … who owns your data?

March 4, 2021

I clicked on a website and a popup appeared asking me to agree to the terms and conditions. It seemed …

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Are auctioneers “eBay stores?”

March 2, 2021

A seller contacts me and wants me to take their property, put it online and get it sold. I’m a …

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Auctioneers, is it too late? Does it matter?

February 27, 2021

James entered the auction business in 1945. He worked at an auction house, eventually taking over as the new owner …

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No auction is “safe” from disaster

December 23, 2020

Sometimes the online auctioneers tell the live auctioneers that they don’t have to worry about rain, snow, high wind, traffic, …

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Auctions during Coronavirus

October 13, 2020

Auctions are indeed continuing during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cases across the United States tended to wain during the summer …

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Successful online auctioneers

August 13, 2020

James Fuller-Thompson recently wrote a steller analysis titled, “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Online Auctioneers” The link to that …

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Russ Hilk and “Which platform?”

July 24, 2020

On a somewhat regular basis some [newer] auctioneer asks, “Which platform should I use to start doing online auctions?” Typically, …

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” … not responsible for the online platform’s performance.”

June 26, 2020

You are an online auctioneer and you know that online platforms sometimes aren’t reliable. As such, your attorney has told …

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Bidder can’t reasonably inspect?

June 19, 2020

I’ve had this question dozens of times when I talk about pre-auction inspection opportunities. That question is generally, “What if …

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Weren’t we all supposed to be doing online auctions?

June 8, 2020

I’ve heard it for nearly 20 years … “You’re doing live auctions? You need to move to online-only — lots …

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Can online auctions make up for lost live auction revenue?

May 17, 2020

Most in the art-auction world don’t think so. Given the lack of live auctions, many prominent art auction houses (Sotheby’s, …

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Online timed auctions and later bids

May 16, 2020

While most auctioneers don’t consider eBay an auction, there is no question the platform taught a good number of people …

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Auctions: “Everything will change. Everything has changed.”

April 2, 2020

In “The Patriot” movie, Cornwallis apparently proclaimed, “Everything will change. Everything has changed.” In other words, “The only thing constant …

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Just get it online, no matter the platform?

March 31, 2020

We have been watching auctioneers put property online in light of the Coronaviris (COVID-19) pandemic. There are indeed many online …

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Will there be no more live auctions?

March 26, 2020

This current pandemic: the Coronavirus (COVID-19) — or any other pandemic — suggests to some that live auctions are essentially …

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Online bidding and wire fraud

March 24, 2020

For the most part, auctioneers all over the United States are ethical, moral, upstanding citizens of their communities and run …

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So you’re still having live auctions despite a pandemic?

March 19, 2020

I think I’ve seen it all. “I’m entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” “The government has no …

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Auctions and a pandemic

March 16, 2020

There probably isn’t an auctioneer in the United States not wondering how the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic might affect his …

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