Sale Terms and Important Information

Timed auctions don’t have an auctioneer calling the bids – there’s just a bidding window and whoever bids highest during it wins. A lot can be bid on for a defined time period. At the end of this period, the bidder who has submitted the highest bid wins the lot, provided the bid exceeds the reserve price. 

You tell us(the-saleroom.com) the most you’re willing to pay – and we’ll bid intelligently for you, only bidding enough for you to meet the reserve or stay in the lead. Don’t worry, your max bid stays secret in our system.

If someone bids higher than your ‘maximum’, we will send you an 'outbid alert' via email to let you know, so you can decide whether to bid more.

You'll know it's a timed auction as the end time will be displaced on the lot page. If a bid is placed in the last 10 minutes of the defined time period, the time period will be extended by 10 minutes. This is to prevent 'sniping'.

Leyland Truck - Please see condition report for detailed information

Please note, we can not guarantee condition reports will be answered when requested less than 2 hours before the sale.

Invoices will be emailed before 1pm on the following day. 

We do not accept commision/absentee bids once the auction has started. 

Buyers Premium 20% - as a new business we have not yet reach the VAT threshold so no VAT will be added to the buyers premium.

Any lots purchased via i-bidder/bidspotter/the-saleroom auction service will be subject to an additional 5% commission charge + VAT at the rate imposed on the hammer price.

Invoices will be emailed out the following working day. We do not add P&P to the invoice unless requested by buyer. 

We offer P & P on certain items.

For specialist postage & packaging we recommend you contact our local mailbox centre direct. They offer a very competitive price when contacted direct. 

Paul O’Hea

Centre Owner 

Mail Boxes Etc. Warrington 

4a Rylands Street, Warrington, WA1 1EN 

Tel: 01925 659133 

Mobile: 07824 83361 

E-Mail: info@mbewarrington.co.uk

Artwork & Militaria items will need to be posted by Mailbox. We also offer in-house P & P on certain items.

All bidders are required to be registered with the auction house before bids are made. You will also need to be registered with thesaleroom.com to bid online. If you have have registered with thesaleroom.com you will auctomatically be registered with Wigan Auction House.

Commissioned bids can be left on any day on any item providing the buyer is a registered buyer with the auction house.

All goods will be collected and pay for in full by the 4pm on the 3rd working day after the auction. 

No item is the property of the buyer until payment has been made in full nor shall it be removed from the auction house until the item has been presented to the buyer by one of the porters on duty.

Wigan Auction House opening times, 9am - 4pm Monday to Friday.