Online bidding and no shipping?
We sell personal property at auction live and online. For our live auctions, pickup of purchases can take place that …
Tag Archives: online auctions
“Sold!” to the previous online bidder
This issue arises not only in online auctions, but live auctions as well. The high bidder prior to the lot …
Auctioneers … who owns your data?
I clicked on a website and a popup appeared asking me to agree to the terms and conditions. It seemed …
Are auctioneers “eBay stores?”
A seller contacts me and wants me to take their property, put it online and get it sold. I’m a …
Auctioneers, is it too late? Does it matter?
James entered the auction business in 1945. He worked at an auction house, eventually taking over as the new owner …
No auction is “safe” from disaster
Sometimes the online auctioneers tell the live auctioneers that they don’t have to worry about rain, snow, high wind, traffic, …
Auctions during Coronavirus
Auctions are indeed continuing during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cases across the United States tended to wain during the summer …
Successful online auctioneers
James Fuller-Thompson recently wrote a steller analysis titled, “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Online Auctioneers” The link to that …
Russ Hilk and “Which platform?”
On a somewhat regular basis some [newer] auctioneer asks, “Which platform should I use to start doing online auctions?” Typically, …
” … not responsible for the online platform’s performance.”
You are an online auctioneer and you know that online platforms sometimes aren’t reliable. As such, your attorney has told …
Bidder can’t reasonably inspect?
I’ve had this question dozens of times when I talk about pre-auction inspection opportunities. That question is generally, “What if …
Weren’t we all supposed to be doing online auctions?
I’ve heard it for nearly 20 years … “You’re doing live auctions? You need to move to online-only — lots …
Can online auctions make up for lost live auction revenue?
Most in the art-auction world don’t think so. Given the lack of live auctions, many prominent art auction houses (Sotheby’s, …
Online timed auctions and later bids
While most auctioneers don’t consider eBay an auction, there is no question the platform taught a good number of people …
Auctions: “Everything will change. Everything has changed.”
In “The Patriot” movie, Cornwallis apparently proclaimed, “Everything will change. Everything has changed.” In other words, “The only thing constant …
Just get it online, no matter the platform?
We have been watching auctioneers put property online in light of the Coronaviris (COVID-19) pandemic. There are indeed many online …
Will there be no more live auctions?
This current pandemic: the Coronavirus (COVID-19) — or any other pandemic — suggests to some that live auctions are essentially …
Online bidding and wire fraud
For the most part, auctioneers all over the United States are ethical, moral, upstanding citizens of their communities and run …
So you’re still having live auctions despite a pandemic?
I think I’ve seen it all. “I’m entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” “The government has no …
Auctions and a pandemic
There probably isn’t an auctioneer in the United States not wondering how the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic might affect his …
