Sales Conditions

 

Conditions of Sale – ‘If Sold by On-Line Auction’

 

These conditions are to be read in conjunction with the ‘Notice to Purchasers’ (specific to individual sales) and our
‘General Conditions of Sale’ found on our website www.GJWisdom.co.uk. In bidding you accept these terms

 

  1. Acceptance of all final highest bids is subject to approval by our client and G J Wisdom & Co reserves the right to reject any bids which they feel does not reflect reasonable value.
  2. Access for bidding can be obtained through our website www.GJWisdom.co.uk or any hosting portal being used. Full details including valid email address must be provided in order to receive approval for bidding.
  3. VAT – Purchasers will be charged Value Added Tax on all lots, where applicable, at the current rates.
  4. The purchaser will pay a Buyer’s Premium (BP) at a % rate (TBA) plus VAT on each lot purchased. BP is charged on all lots. The premium is not negotiable and will be paid by all buyers. VAT on BP is a UK service amount and payable in all instances including when goods may be exported.
  5. In the event of a bid being received within 10 minutes of the scheduled closing time, the bidding period on that lot will automatically extend back to 10 minutes and will continue to extend with any bid received thereafter. (IMPORTANT: When bidding, ensure to ‘REFRESH’ your screen so as you are aware of current bids).
  6. Overseas Bidders should contact the sales team prior to bidding.
  7. Payment Terms: All purchases are to be paid in full, no later than the time and date specified in the ‘Notice to Purchasers’. All queries regarding payment should be directed to our Sales team. Successful bidders will be notified by email with an accompanying invoice.
  8. G J Wisdom & Co will only accept payment from and permit collection of lots purchased by the successful purchaser or their duly appointed agent.
  9. Clearance Terms: All lots must be collected & removed from their location and as detailed in the ‘Notice to Purchasers’ or lot description. Clearance will be under the strict supervision of the Auction Staff, any person or persons found to be clearing goods without supervision will be asked to leave the premises. This is to safeguard all parties. Goods may be subject to storage & access charges if collected outside of the Clearance Terms.
  10. G J Wisdom & Co does not undertake packaging, postage, delivery or shipment of goods (unless by prior expressed agreement) the bidder must make his own arrangements to comply with the clearance terms.
  11. Deposits: Purchasers are required to pay a deposit on lots which will cause damage to the fabric of the building after removal. These lots will be specified in the sale catalogue. Any deposit held will be refunded once the purchaser has made good in any damage to the satisfaction of the Auctioneer and client.
    Deposits may be forfeit and lots re-offered failing the balancing payment by the required time and date. Lots may be re-offered note conditions of sale.
  12. Clearance of all lots must be undertaken in accordance with Health & Safety at Work Regulations and, where necessary, Construction Design and Management Regulations 1994. You may be required to provide a Work Method Statement and Risk Assessment approved by G J Wisdom & Co, prior to removal of any lots. G J Wisdom & Co reserve the right to stop clearance if in their opinion, they believe it is being carried out in an unsafe manner or without the Method Statement and Risk Assessment.
  13. The purchaser should ensure that their contractors hold sufficient public liability insurance, copies of which should be made available to G J Wisdom & Co if demanded. * Any fluids remaining in any lots purchased MUST be removed from site in conformity with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations.
  14. Risk: The bidder/buyer is at risk once the buyer is notified of his successful purchases and is strongly advised to effect insurance at once, irrespective of whether title has passed. Title does not pass to the purchaser until payment has been received in full.
  15. Photographs: The images shown on our auctions against certain lots, are representative only; they may not necessarily represent the actual lot item to be purchased.
  16. All electrical items are sold as “Electrical Scrap” and should be “PAT” tested prior to use.
  17. MAILING: All approved bidders will automatically have their details placed on our database for notification of future sales undertaken by G J Wisdom & Co.
    In the event that you wish to have your details excluded from our database, please use the ‘I no longer require updates’ feature within our website (as above) alternatively please notify our Sales Administration Team.

We do not sell or pass on details to any other party.

Questions & Points to Note:

Please satisfy yourselves on all matters before bidding, ensure that you bid on the correct lot, and remember that all lots are sold as seen, quantities and description are for guidance only and should not be relied on. Also whilst we believe that the goods are described working, faults are not declared and therefore no goods may be returned.  We will make every effort to ensure the safe keeping of goods. However, we will not be held responsible for any damage or loss of goods once a sale has been declared.

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Conditions of Sale – ‘If Sold by Tender’

These conditions are to be read in conjunction with the ‘Notice to Purchasers’ (specific to individual sales) and our
‘General Conditions of Sale’ found on our website www.GJWisdom.co.uk. In bidding you accept these terms.

 

Auctioneer
The Auctioneer is G.J.Wisdom of G.J.Wisdom & Co.

Inspection
Buyers are advised to make their own inspection of lots and satisfy themselves on all matters before submitting a Tender.

Description
Lots are believed to be correctly described but no warranty is given or implied. They are sold subject to all faults and imperfections (if any), and no omission or misprint shall invalidate a sale or be made the subject of any claim whatsoever.

Conduct of Sale
The Auctioneer reserves the right of admission. The conduct of the sale shall be at his sole discretion. The decision of the Auctioneer shall be final and binding on all parties.

Method of Tendering
Buyers may tender for individual lots, for sections or for the whole. Buyers will accept the lots where they lie and refer to the form of Tender for description and quantity. Clearance is under the supervision of the Auctioneer. Buyers are expected to make their own arrangements for clearing their lots and shall be at their own expense. Purchasers have no rights to goods not described in the form of Tender.

Completion of Tender Forms
The Tender forms should be completed and handed to the Auctioneer by the time specified on the form of Tender. The Vendor reserves the right to consider or reject Tenders received after this time. No Tender shall be withdrawn after it has been received.

Acceptance of Tenders
Purchasers will be informed of the acceptance of Tenders as soon as possible. The Vendor does not undertake to accept the highest or any tender and reserves the right to withdraw all or some of the goods from the advertised sale at any time before a purchaser is declared. The Auctioneer cannot, under any circumstances, be held responsible should this occur. If amongst the highest Tenders there are one or more bids of equal amounts the Auctioneer shall declare the purchaser(s)

Insurance
As from the date and time the purchaser(s) is/are declared the goods shall be at the sole risk of the purchaser and neither the Auctioneer nor the Vendor will be held responsible for any loss or damage by fire, burglary or any other cause whatsoever.

Payment
The full amount of the purchase price (including buyers premium and VAT thereon) must be paid over to the Auctioneer, in the form of cash (subject to limitations) bank transfer, debit card or bankers draft, within the time specified and in any event prior to clearance. Title of goods will pass when the moneys have been paid in full and the sale invoice issued. In the event of failure to complete payment, the Auctioneer and Vendor reserve the right to dispose of such lots without prejudice to the Vendors rights. Any deficiency from such re-sale, together with all costs, shall be made good by the defaulter.

Clearance
No clearance shall take place until all moneys have been paid in full. Purchasers shall provide at their own expense all necessary transport, staff etc. Clearance must take place strictly in accordance with the arrangements made with the Auctioneer.

Defaults by Buyers
Failure to comply with these conditions shall in no way invalidate the conditions of sale should the purchaser fail to pay in full by the specified time or fail to remove goods within the time arranged with the Auctioneer, without prejudice to the Vendors rights, the Auctioneer will make such arrangements as he thinks appropriate to dispose of any unclaimed lots and the purchaser shall be liable for any deficiency and expense involved in the re-sale.

Claims
No claims whatsoever will be accepted and the Vendor shall make no allowance whatsoever.

Accident or Damage
Persons entering the premises do so at their own risk and no responsibility will be accepted by the Auctioneer or the Vendor for any accident, injury or damage occurring whilst viewing or clearing goods.

Damage to Property
Buyers or their representatives shall be liable to make good any damage caused by removal or otherwise. A deposit may be required during clearance, which will be refunded upon satisfactory completion of removal.

Disputes
In the event of any dispute the Auctioneers decision will be final and binding on all parties.

Value Added Tax
All offers are subject to Value Added Tax at the appropriate rate.

Buyers Premium
A Buyers Premium may be levied at the discretion of the Auctioneer, at a % rate to be advised on the form of Tender.

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 — Undertaking
To comply with section 6(8) of the above act, purchasers undertake to comply with the guarding requirements under regulation 15 – sale or hire of machinery.

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Conditions of Sale

1: Conditions
These conditions, together with any other conditions, important information or ‘Notices to Purchasers’, are the only terms and conditions subject to which G J Wisdom & Co acting as agents for the Vendor will contract with buyers. Bidding for any lot shall be deemed to be an acceptance of these conditions and any conditions in the Notices to Purchasers.  If there is any inconsistency between any of these conditions and anything in the Notices to Purchasers, then those in the Notices to Purchasers shall prevail.

2: Inspection and Description
2.1           Buyers have a responsibility to make their own inspection and investigation of the lots at the time(s) and at the premises specified, and to satisfy themselves on all matters affecting the lots, and to inspect and satisfy themselves prior to the sale, as to the condition and description of a lot, its fitness and suitability for purpose.
2.2           Goods are believed to be correctly described but all goods are sold with all faults, imperfections and errors of description.
2.3           Neither the Vendor nor the Auctioneers, their servants or agents makes or gives, nor has any person in the employment of the Auctioneers any authority to make or give, any representation to warranty or guarantee in relation to any lots.

3: Limitation of Liability
3.1           Neither the Vendor nor the Auctioneers, their servants or agents shall be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the Buyer arising out of or in connection with any defects or deficiencies in any lots purchased, errors of description in the auction catalogue, any mis-statements as to any matter affecting the lots or the failure of the lots to fulfil the functions for which they were intended.
3.2           The Auctioneer’s and the Vendor’s total liability for breach of contract or negligence is limited to the bid price.
3.3           Neither the Auctioneers nor the Vendor shall be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage (whether for loss of profit, loss of business or otherwise) incurred by the Buyer whatsoever.
3.4           Nothing in these conditions excludes or limits the liability of the Auctioneers or Vendor for death or personal injury caused by their negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation.
3.5           Nothing in these conditions shall prejudice the statutory rights of a consumer who shall be bound by these conditions only insofar as they are consistent with such statutory rights.

4: Conduct of Sale
4.1        The Auctioneers reserve the right in their absolute discretion to refuse admission to the premises and grounds to any person.
4.2        The conduct of the sale shall be at the Auctioneer’s sole discretion and the Auctioneers reserve the right to refuse any bids without giving any reason. If any dispute of whatsoever nature relating to a bid shall arise, such dispute shall be determined by the Auctioneers in their absolute discretion and whose decision shall be final and binding on all parties.
4.3        Each bidder must register prior to submitting any bids in On-Line sales. G J Wisdom & Co reserves the right to reject any registration at its sole discretion.
4.4        The Vendor and the Auctioneers reserve the right to set a reserve price for any lot. No bid may be withdrawn after the close of bidding. The Vendor or the Auctioneers have absolute discretion to withdraw consolidate or divide at any time any lot.
4.5        The highest bidder for each lot at the close of bidding shall be the Buyer, subject to approval by the Auctioneers and the Vendor. The Sale Price is exclusive of the buyer’s premium and VAT.  The highest bid at the close of bidding subject to approval by the Auctioneers and Vendor also marks a conclusion of a contract of sale between the Vendor and the Buyer.
4.6        In making a bid for any lots, the Buyer does so as principal. The Buyer will be held personally and solely liable for a bid unless the Auctioneers have previously agreed in writing with the Buyer that that bidder will do so on behalf of an identified third party acceptable to the Auctioneers. In circumstances where the Auctioneers have so agreed, the Buyer and the third party will jointly and severally be liable for all obligations arising from the bid where a third party shall be bound by these conditions by the individual bidding as his agent in the same way as if he were bidding personally.

5: Risk and Title
5.1        As from the date and time the Buyer is declared, all risks in and relating to the Goods purchased, shall pass to the Buyer and the Buyer is strongly advised to effect insurance for these risks at once. In no circumstances will the Auctioneers or the Vendor be responsible if any Goods or part thereof be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed after the Buyer is declared.
5.2        The Vendor shall only sell such title to the goods as they may have. Neither the Auctioneers nor the Vendor warrants the Vendor’s good title to any of the Goods and if it is found that the Vendor does not have title or unencumbered title to any of the Goods purported to be sold under these conditions the Buyer expressly agrees that it shall have no right either to rescind the contract or to claim damages or a reduction in the consideration paid or payable under the contract.
Title to each of the Goods will not pass until:-
            5.2(a)    All debts owed by the Buyer to the Auctioneers (whether part-paid secured or otherwise) are settled, for the avoidance of doubt the debts shall not be settled until (where payment or part payment is made by cheque) all cheque(s) in question have been cleared; and
            5.2(b)    Such Goods have been removed from the premises at which the sale is held or where the Goods are being stored in their entirety.

6: Removal
6.1        No lot or part thereof can be removed until payment is received in cleared funds, either by Cash (subject to limitations) Bank Transfer, Debit Card or Bankers Draft has been made in full or (where any part of the payment was made by cheque) the cheque has cleared in the Auctioneer’s account.
6.2        No lot shall be removed without the authority of the Auctioneer and unless under the supervision of the Auctioneer’s servants or agents.
6.3        Removal shall take place only under the supervision of the Auctioneers, their servants or agents (and in every case time shall be of the essence). Timings/dates will always be detailed in the Notice to Purchasers.
6.4        The Buyer has no right to anything not described in the auction catalogue and or lot descriptions.
6.5        Delivery of lots sold will be made only to the declared Buyer and no transfer of any lot or part of a lot to any other person will be recognised.
6.6        Prior to the removal of any lot, the Vendor may rescind the contract for the sale of that lot and refund to the Buyer any money paid by the Buyer for the lot should any third-party claim title to or possession of any part of the lot.
6.7        The Buyer will be responsible for removal of lots at their own expense and must provide their own labour, and equipment. The Auctioneers require that in pursuit of safe working practice, all equipment used for lifting and transportation should be covered by appropriate insurance and registration documents (in particular but not limited to lifting equipment and fork lift trucks). Such documentation shall be produced to the Auctioneers by the Buyer on request for inspection and if the Buyer fails to produce such documentation the Auctioneers reserve the right to refuse to clear the lot and/or rescind the sale in which event the provisions of condition 8 will apply. Furthermore appropriate personal protective equipment must be worn during these activities and due regard paid to safe material handling practices.

7: Damage to Premises
7.1        The Buyer shall be responsible for the removal of all goods purchased at his own expense and risk and such removal must be carried out safely and lawfully and in accordance with any conditions of sale of which the Buyer is notified.
7.2        For the avoidance of doubt removal includes where applicable disconnection from the mains electricity supply and the detachment of any lots which are fixed. All electrical installations must be left in a safe condition during and after the removal and the use of explosives or flame cutting equipment or any other potentially hazardous or inflammatory process shall not be permissible on the site without the express written consent of the Auctioneers.
7.3        The Buyer shall be responsible to insure against and to make good any injury or damage to persons or property caused by the Buyer, their carriers, servants or agents, detaching, disconnecting or removing any goods purchased by the Buyer. The Buyer shall produce his insurance documentation to the Auctioneers on request and if the Buyer fails to produce such documentation the Auctioneers reserve the right to refuse to clear the lot and/or rescind the sale in which event the provisions of condition 8 will apply.
7.4        The Buyer shall indemnify the Auctioneers for any damage or loss which the Auctioneers may suffer in respect of loss, damage or injury suffered by the Buyer’s agents or employees or any third party arising from the removal.
7.5        At its discretion the Auctioneers may require the payment of a deposit to the Auctioneers prior to and/or during the removal which will be refunded on the removal being completed to the Auctioneer’s satisfaction. If the Buyer refuses to deposit such monies, the Vendor or the Auctioneers may refuse the Buyer access to the premises for the purposes of removing the lot purchased by them and/or rescind the sale in which event the provisions of condition 8 will apply.
7.6        The Auctioneers reserve the right to stop the removal of a lot by a Buyer, his agents or employees, if it appears to the Auctioneers or its agents or employees that the removal is being carried out in an unsafe or unsatisfactory way.

8: Default by Buyer
8.1        Upon failure by the Buyer for whatsoever reason:-
(I)         To pay a deposit in full if required under the Conditions of Sale; or
(ii)        To pay the purchase price in full on the due date; or
(iii)       To provide any documentation required under these conditions; or
(iv)       To remove the goods in a safe or satisfactory way; or
(v)        To remove any lot from the premises on or before the date specified for removal, then
The Vendor will be entitled to rescind the contract forthwith without incurring any liabilities to the Buyer and, without prejudice to any claims of the Vendor and/or the Auctioneers against the Buyer arising from breach of contract or otherwise, upon rescission as aforesaid the following provisions apply.
8.2           All monies deposited in part payment will be forfeited and used to pay the Vendor’s and/or Auctioneer’s expenses referred to in paragraph (8.5) below.
8.3           If the lots have been removed in breach of these conditions, the Vendor and/or the Auctioneers, their servants or agents may enter the premises of the Buyer to recover such lots.
8.4           Lots may be re-sold or otherwise disposed of by the Auctioneers in the manner they feel appropriate at their sole discretion and any deficiency arising upon the resale together with the expenses of it shall be due as a debt from the Buyer in default upon the first sale. The Buyer consents to such a resale on the Auctioneer’s conditions of business applicable at the time of resale.  Neither the Auctioneer nor the Vendor shall be liable to account to the Buyer in the event of a re-sale at a higher price than the price contracted to be paid by the Buyer.  The Buyer waives any claim in such a case that he may have title to the lot and agreed that any re-sale price shall be deemed commercially reasonable.
8.5           The Buyer will be responsible from the specified time for final removal for all losses and expense incurred by the Vendor and/or the Auctioneers including storage, security and removal expenses, the costs of re-selling or disposing of lots and Auctioneer’s commission.

9: Auctioneer as Agent
The Auctioneers act only as Agents for and on behalf of the Vendor and shall not be held responsible for any action or default on the part of either the Vendor, bidders or the Buyer.  Any concluded contract of sale is made directly between the Vendor and the Buyer.

10: Accident or Damage
Neither the Auctioneers nor the Vendor will accept any responsibility for any accident, (except for that arising out of its negligence, or the negligence of its agents or employees, resulting in death or personal injury) howsoever caused to any person which may occur whilst on the Auctioneer’s premises, the Vendor’s premises or such other premises used to hold the auction or to store the lots before during or after the sale and any person entering the premises does so at his own risk and is deemed to have notice of the condition of the premises and their contents.

11: The Consumer Protection Act 1987
No lots are sold as new.

12: Health & Safety at Work
It is expressly brought to the Buyer’s attention and that of potential buyers, at the time of sale, any item of plant, machinery or equipment contained in the goods may not necessarily comply with the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974; the Environmental Protection Act 1990; Construction Design and Management Regulations 1994 or any other Act of Parliament or regulations there under governing the use of that plant, machinery or equipment in a working environment.  Buyers of any such plant, machinery or equipment are hereby required to ensure so far as reasonably practicable that such item will be safe and without risk to health and that the use of any such items at a place of work within the EEC & the United Kingdom does not contravene any such Act of Parliament or regulation applicable to such use.

13: Dangerous Substances
It is expressly brought to the attention of Buyers (and potential buyers) that certain types of plant or main service installations could contain blue and white asbestos, dangerous chemicals and hazardous waste which if not handled correctly during their removal from the premises could be in breach of the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 Sections 2-9 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 (COSHH) or other current legislation regulating the use of such substances in a working environment. The Buyer shall ensure so far as is reasonably practicable that they comply with the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974, COSHH and other current legislation in connection with the removal, handling and transport of such dangerous substances and or hazardous waste or shall employ a specialist contractor to remove them.  The Buyer shall, on request, satisfy the Auctioneers in relation to its removal procedures, and the removal of waste materials must be undertaken by an approved and licensed contractor. The Buyer will indemnify the Vendor, their servants or agents against any loss, damages or expenses suffered by them as a result of the Buyer’s or a sub-contractor’s failure to comply with this legislation.

14: Notices
Any notices or other communications shall be in writing and, if sent by post, shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee on the second working day after posting or, if the addressee is outside the United Kingdom, on the fifth working day after positing.  If any written notice is delivered by hand, it shall be treated as having been received at that time.  Any notice sent to the Auctioneers shall be sent to the Auctioneer’s address as set out in the auction catalogue, or displayed on the auctioneer’s web site on the notice specific to that sale.  Any notice which the Auctioneers send to the Buyer may be sent to the Buyer’s last address known to the Auctioneer.

15: Third Party Rights
Save as expressly provided in these conditions, no term of these conditions shall be enforceable under The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a third party.

16: Governing Law
These Conditions and any Conditions contained in the Notices to Purchasers, along with all associated transactions and all connected matters shall be governed and construed in accordance with English Law.

17: Severability
In the event that any provisions of these conditions shall be held unenforceable for any reason, the remaining conditions shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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