Terms for Ahlers Online Only: 10% Buyers Premium on all purchases. All sales final. Sales Tax may be charged if shipped out of state at your local tax rate! No Sales tax charged if you pick up in the state of Iowa. Cash or Check accepted. If you pay with a credit card, 3% convenience fee will be added. This is an ONLINE ONLY AUCTION--NO LIVE AUCTION. 5 items will close every minute. If a bid is placed on an item in the last 40-seconds, it will reset the countdown clock at 40-seconds for that item. A maximum of 5 items will be open on the screen at one time. At closing time, refresh your page and click on the bright red link "Auction Closing Now--Click here for closing screen". Pick up will be at the Ahler’s shop location on Tuesday September 24th from 2pm to 6pm and Wednesday September 25th from 10am to 1pm. Located 115 4th Ave, Sheldon, IA. No earlier please to allow for invoicing! You will receive an invoice from Sarah Girard around noon on Tuesday following the auction. Please do not call our office until you receive your invoice. If you think you won an item(s) and have not received an invoice by 5pm, please feel free to call our office. We can ship smaller items at the buyer’s expense. Also, we will bring smaller items back to Wakonda for pickup too. Large items, such as vehicles, scooters and gas pumps are pick up in Sheldon, IA only. Shipping: Buyer pays any and all shipping costs. Girard Auction will handle all shipping. All items will be insurance through the carrier or a third party at additional costs to the buyer. NO items will be shipped without insurance. All shipping will be completed within 10 business days of full payment being received after the auction. You must pay for the shipping costs through the email you receive from Shipping Saint. INSURANCE CLAIMS: If you receive a damaged item, please keep all packaging including the box & packaging material all call our office ASAP and we will work with you on the settlement. PLEASE DO NOT JUST SHIP THE ITEMS BACK TO US without contacting us FIRST! All bidders herby certify that they have read and fully understand the terms and conditions listed below and they agree to be bound thereby. Each auction may have additional terms that are not listed here. It is the buyer’s responsibility to understand all the term and conditions prior to submitting any/all bids. Bidding: When you bid your max, the current bid price does not automatically go to your max bid. Someone else has to bid to increase the current price and the computer will competitively bid up to your max in the increments specified. This is an online only auction and you can also bid live in our closing screen. Bidders agree to keep their username and password confidential as they are responsible for ANY and ALL activity involving their account. Girard Auction is acting as agents for the seller. All auctions are sold with reserve unless otherwise stated. Reserves, if any, will not be disclosed. All final bids are subject to seller’s confirmation. Only the top bidder will be contacted to the status of his/her bid when the auction closes. State sales tax, transfer, license fees & document fees will be charge where applicable. No items will be released until full payment clears our office. For payment questions, please contact Sarah at (605) 267-2421 or [email protected]. Once full payment is received items will be turned over to our shipping department unless otherwise directed for pickup. “As-is, Where-is”: While the information we provide on items is deemed correct, no warranties are expressed or implied as to any item being sold and you agree to purchase and accept the item in an as-is condition. Information on items is obtained by us from the sellers and you hereby agree to hold harmless Girard Auction; its employees for any errors or omissions regarding the items being sold. That by bidding on an item you have agreed to accept that item in its present condition and its present location and with the description provided whether accurate or not. Personal inspection of the property is strongly encouraged. Additional Conditions: When using our online auction services, you are making firm commitments to purchase said items and are entering into a legal and binding contract. Bids may not be canceled or retracted for any reason. Non Paying bidders or fraudulent bidding will subject you to legal recourse and possible criminal charges including any fraud and/or interstate commerce violations. You also acknowledge that the Internet may be an unreliable and error prone network. Girard Auction will not guarantee that bids placed online will always be transmitted to or received by the auctioneer in a timely fashion. You agree to hold Girard Auction and their employees harmless for any interruptions in online bidding. Further, the auctioneer has sole discretion to accept or refuse any bid. Girard auction retains the right to add, delete or change some or all of our online services and the terms and conditions governing their online auctions at any time without notice. Girard Auction reserves the right to remove a bidder for not complying with the terms and conditions. Girard Auction reserves the right to cancel and/or remove a listing at any time for any reason. Any questions on payment or bidding, please direct them to Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. Toll Free at 1-866-531-6186 or [email protected]