Terms of Bidding
All of our auctions are volontary and public. The prices of the items mentioned in the catalogues are minimumprices in €. Lots are not sold below minimum price. Holmasto aims to give the right as correct information of the objects as possible in the catalogue, but responsibility for appraising the condition of the objects must remain with the buyer, as the lots are at view on Holmastos shop in advance and at the auctionevent therefore possible for the buyer to examine. Descriptins in the catlogue are subject to change. The public will be notified of any such change at the sale.
The buyer has no right to reclamete after the knock of the hammer...
Clocks and watches are not sold as timepieces but as work of art, Holmasto does not accept liability for their proper functioning. Holmasto will not be held liable for naturally occuring changes in living materia e.g. Cracks in wood etc,
Bids via internet
These terms apply on all bids placed in advance or realtime regardless of the submition method.
The person who would like to bid can also take part by bidding before the auctionevent via internet to Holmasto advanced auctionsystem www.holmasto.fi.
Before the participation is possible the bidder has to register. http://www.holmasto.fi/registration/join
After the ¨accept¨ -button has been pressed the bid is final and cannot be lowered or cancelled. Raising of bids is possible.
The person who places the bid(s) is responsible for the bids including full payment, additional charges and all other responsibilties related to the tarnsaction, even if he is representing a third person/party.
A buyer's charge of 22 % incl. VAT will be added to the hammered price ( margin tax = not deductable tax).
Holmasto takes no responsible for bids that for any reason not has reached the internet system in time.
In extremely uncommon situations, due to technical limitations, the hammered price announced on Holmastos website may be incorrect. Holmasto keeps the right to correct prices and other errors occuring on the web-site during the Auction and also after that the Auction has ended. The Buyer will allways be separately informed of the final price by Holmasto.
Payment
The usual mode of payment is cash payment, bankcard or creditcard during the auction. Other options of delivery and payment should be separately agreed in advance. Absent buyer will receive an invoice shortly after the Auction which has to be payed within 6 days from receiving the invoice. Overdue interest 8% + reminderfee € 8.-
Delivery
Delivery (by mail) upon buyers request. Deliverycharges will be added for package, shipping and insurance outside Finland Value of goods | 100 € Insured shipments will automatically be sent by DHL. If the buyer do not wish to insure the shipment, payment has to be done by banktransfer, cardpayments are not possible in this case. A Handling Fee 5 €/customer is charged for auction purchases which are not paid and picked up at the auction event.
PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING! Insurance variations and procedures exists depending on country and total amount. In some cases it is not possible to insure or insurance might cover only a part of the total value. Holmasto is never responsible for any kind of loss damage, theft or other reasons. When shipments are sent without insurance, shipping will be performed on buyers risk.
When payment is done by creditcard and delivery is requested to countries of which insurance is not possible (or the value exceeds the insurance limit ) by regular mail, Holmasto will ship by DHL.
If the buyer wish to have the lots sent with insurance not included, payment has to be done by banktransfer.
Please do have your id-card with in case Holmasto needs to ask for it.The ownership of the items will remain at Holmasto until Holmasto have received full payment for the items.
Continued auction for unsold items.
Unsold items will be sold at a continued auction to the highest bidder wihin one week after the auction with a buyers charge of 25 % (incl. tax). The continued auction follows the same procedures at the main auction. If there is only one bidder the price will be the minimumprice, if there are several bidders the price will be the second highest bid + minimum rise.
Any person who wants to take part in an auction has to accept these terms.
We hope that the absenct bids will be sent to Holmasto in good time. When same size bids compete the winning bid is the one thatreached the auctionsystem earlier.
Complaints
If the buyer has not complained within 10 days from the date of receiving the goods he or she will loose the right to file a complaint. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further advise and information.
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