Auction Rules


If you click the BID, BUY, or BUY-IT-NOW buttons on this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Rules which govern the auction/buyer relationship with you in relation to this website.

The term 'Nonprofit' or 'us' or 'we' or 'our' refers to the nonprofit organization hosting this auction and the auction management software provider, CausePilot. The term 'you' refers to the user, viewer, or participant in this auction. By using this website, you acknowledge an understanding of the following:


•  You must be 18 years of age or older.


•  This auction website is strictly for amusement and to generate funding for a nonprofit organization.


•  This auction is not being managed by a professional auction company.


•  We are not responsible for auction items that have been misrepresented by a third party.


•  Unforeseen circumstances such as server problems, third party email services, internet connections, browsers, and merchant accounts, are outside of our control and therefore we can not be held responsible for actions that take place as a result of these circumstances.


•  You understand that by submitting a bid or buying an item in this auction, you are entering into a legally binding contract.


•  If you do not complete a transaction, and pay for an item, within the designated amount of time, you may forfeit that item and the next highest bidder will become the winner. This is at the sole discretion of the nonprofit organization hosting the auction.


•  All payments are made through a 3rd party merchant account. The online merchant account accepts credit card transactions. Your transaction is taking place on their server and not on the CausePilot server. The nonprofit organization, at their sole discretion, may accept other forms of payment.


•  Payments are submitted directly to the nonprofit organization's merchant account and ultimately transferred to the nonprofit organization. Once transferred, your only recourse for a refund or cancellation of payment, will be through the nonprofit organization.


•  Email notifications are sent in intervals and/or batches and receipt is not immediate. Emails may be outside of our control and it is your responsiblity to monitor your own interests.


•  Watching items in no way guarantees that you will be informed of its activities.


•  Every effort is made to notify you when you are outbid, however, you may or may not receive the email notification before the auction ends or closes.


•  Auctions may begin and end at different times on individual items. You are responsible for monitoring the items you are interested in.


•  Most devices experience drift over time (meaning the clock becomes inaccurate). The time on our servers is regularly synced with Internet time servers to ensure auctions' begin and end times are as precise as possible. Although your device's time will likely be very close to the time on our servers, it's always a good idea to bid early. Note that the auction countdown timer is based on your device's time rather than the server's time. In other words, if your computer or smartphone's time is inaccurate, the timer will also be inaccurate and it may appear as though there is time remaining, or that the time has expired, when in fact it has not. The closing time of each auction is determined by NTP (network time protocol) and is set and periodically adjusted based on the atomic clock. Auction countdown reads as follows "D HH:MM:SS". The countdown timer is for entertainment purposes only.


•  We may choose to use an optional "Overtime Bidding" feature that adds 10 minutes to the end time of an auction when there is active bidding in the last 5 minutes of the auction close. This gives bidders an opportunity to place a final bid and minimizes sniping. This feature can be implemented a single time or until all bids are received.


•  If two or more bids are received at the exact same time an error may occur. In such a case, you will be required to place another bid in order to continue participation in that auction.  When two bids appear received at the same time, in the bidding activity table, it generally means that a maximum bid has been entered into the system.  When a bid is placed, the user with a maximum bid exceeding this amount will win the bid at that amount.


•  We may make changes, deletions, and additions to the auction and auction items at any time without prior notice.


•  We will determine how auction items will or can be acquired by the winners who have completed their transaction and paid for their item.


•  A small portion of the proceeds from this auction will go to CausePilot for payment of their services. Determined by the nonprofit organization, this amount can be charged to the auction participants, as a percentage of the sale.


•  You are solely responsible for any and all taxes that might apply to your purchase. Estimated values may be listed in the item descriptions. If the value is not listed, you can contact the non-profit for this information. Estimated values that are listed in the item descriptions are fair market values and are estimates provided by the donor or non-profit. Auction items may be tax deductible only to the extent that the amount paid for an item exceeds the fair market value. A receipt will be emailed to you for your tax records.


•  All U.S. auction's are operated and managed by nonprofit tax exempt organizations or corporations fundraising on behalf of a nonprofit organization.