Auction Rules

Your password must be 12 characters long and include numbers, letters, and special characters!

If you cannot pick-up Saturday, please send a friend to pick up for you!

If you need to know the location in the house of an auction item, please call our office at 402-483-0555 Ext. 3 to find out.

If you do not pick up during those times, your item may be forfeited. We do not have the capability to transport large items to our warehouse.

If we are able to accommodate a late pick-up, a $20 service fee will apply.

Our shipping is handled by Pak Mail in Fremont, NE. All shipping & handling costs are the responsibility of the buyer.

Please note that shipping can be expensive. Contact Pak Mail and speak to Roy at 402-727-7440 to arrange for shipping your auction wins. Also, select shipping during payment on our website.

You will pay shipping costs directly to Pak Mail.  Items being shipped will be delivered to the shipper within 30 days of the auction.

Choose this option during payment if you want items shipped outside the city limits.

Moving/Delivery Options:

Jason with J & Sons Mowing and More is available to load, move, and unload your large purchases from our online auctions. Regular fees apply, paid directly to Jason; all moving costs are the responsibility of the buyer. 402-310-9729 to get a quote and/or schedule your time slot.

Mike with The Pick-Up Guy Lincoln is available to load, move, and unload your large purchases from our online auctions. Regular fees apply, paid directly to Mike; all moving costs are the responsibility of the buyer. 402-796-1620 or pickupguylincoln.com to get a quote and/or schedule your time slot.

Jacob with Move Within Movers is available to load, move, and unload your large purchases from our online auctions. Regular fees apply, paid directly to Jacob; all moving costs are the responsibility of the buyer. 402-805-3043 or movewithinmovers.com to get a quote and/or schedule your time slot.

In & Out Moving Company is available to load, move, and unload your large purchases from our online auctions. Regular fees apply, paid directly to In & Out Movers; all moving costs are the responsibility of the buyer. 402-413-6821 or inandoutmovingcompanyne.com/ to get a quote and/or schedule your time slot.

Choose “Mover” during check-out if you are coordinating with one of these movers.

Click on the lot photo or the title of the lot to see additional photos, which serve to further describe a piece. Please look closely at all detail photos.  Note any damage or wear that is shown in the photos. Note the ruler in some photos. Dimensions are recorded for larger pieces.

Click on the magnifying glass icon in the upper right of the image on the auction page to be able to zoom photos on mobile.

Age of all items is unknown unless otherwise specified.

Your Watchlist is a tool designed to help you track and manage bids on multiple items from a single page.

How to Add Items to Your Watchlist

There are three ways an item can be added:

• Click the “Add to Watchlist” button on an item’s page.
• Click the heart icon (♡) on an item’s photo in a list view.
• Automatically: When you place a bid on any item, it is automatically added to your Watchlist.

How to Read Your Watchlist

The Watchlist provides all key information at a glance. We use a color-coded system to show your bidding status:

• Green Background: You are the high bidder.
• Red Background: You have been outbid.
• White Background: You are watching the item but have not placed a bid.

For each item, you will also see its name and photo, the current bid, your maximum bid (if any), and the auction’s closing time.

How to Bid from Your Watchlist

If you see an item with a red background, it means you have been outbid. To place a new bid, simply click on the item’s name or image to go directly to its page and enter a new amount.

NOTE: please make sure you have a valid MOBILE phone number setup on your Address page for this to work!

Items you have won are automatically placed in your shopping cart, ready for payment. Click on the gray shopping cart icon in the upper right menu. Alternatively, you can go to your “My Wins” page and pay for your items there by clicking on the “Pay for all won items” button.

Please make sure all items you are bidding on have completed before paying. Popular items often end up in overtime! (See below)

To protect you against last-second “sniping” (where someone places a winning bid at the last possible moment), we use “overtime” bidding. If a bid is placed within the last five minutes of an auction, the closing time for that lot extends by an additional five minutes. The five-minute extension is added to the auction’s current end time, not to the time the bid was placed. This process can repeat multiple times. Refresh your page every couple of minutes to ensure the page has the most current information. If you cannot monitor the auction until an item closes, we strongly suggest using our auto-bidding system (see below).

How Overtime Works

Example: An auction is scheduled to end at 12:00 PM.

• Bid at 11:58 AM: A bid is placed within the last five minutes. The end time extends to 12:05 PM for that product.
• Bid at 12:03 PM: Another bid is placed. The end time extends again to 12:10 PM for that product.
• Bid at 12:08 PM: Another bid is placed. The end time extends again to 12:15 PM for that product.

This continues indefinitely until no bidding happens during the entire five-minute extension.

It does not matter if a bid is placed at 12:00:01 or 12:04:59. Any bid within that five-minute window resets the clock to the next five-minute increment for that product (in this case, 12:10 PM).

As a result, when an auction is in overtime, its closing time will always fall on a five-minute increment (e.g., 12:00, 12:05, 12:10, 12:15).

How Auto-Bidding Works

Our auto-bidding system makes bidding convenient and ensures you get the best possible price up to your limit.

1. Enter Your Maximum Bid: When bidding, enter the highest price you are willing to pay. This amount is kept confidential from other bidders.
2. The System Bids for You: Our system will automatically place bids on your behalf. It uses only as much of your maximum bid as is necessary to outbid others, based on the required bid increment (see next item for more on bid increments).

Example in Action

Imagine the current bid on an item is $5, and you are willing to pay up to $25.

• You enter $25 as your maximum bid.
• Our system immediately places a bid to make you the high bidder. If the increment is $1, your bid becomes $6.
• If another person bids $10, our system instantly responds by bidding $11 on your behalf.
• The system will continue to defend your position until bidding surpasses your maximum bid of $25.

This allows you to win an auction without paying more than necessary and without having to “babysit” the bidding.

Common Questions

• Why was I outbid instantly? This happens when another bidder placed a maximum bid that was higher than yours before you placed your bid.
• What happens in the case of a tie? If you place a maximum bid that is equal to a previously placed maximum bid, the person who bid first will be the high bidder. For example, if another user’s max bid is $30, and you also enter a max bid of $30, the system will recognize the earlier bid as the leading one.

When you are outbid, the auto-bidding system places a new bid for you. The amount by which this bid increases is called a bid increment.

Bid increments are smaller for lower-priced items and larger for higher-priced items. The increment is determined by the item’s current price.

• Payment Deadline: All won items must be paid for by the deadline listed at the top of the auction page.
• Consequences of Non-Payment:
  1. The item will be offered to the next-highest bidder.
  2. Your bidding privileges may be suspended for future auctions (see below for more information).

Please note that this policy is strictly enforced, and no exceptions will be made.

Nebraska law mandates that sales tax be charged on all items sold via auction. Sales tax of 7.25% will be applied to your final bid at check-out.  If you have a tax-exempt ID number, please contact our office at Auctions@ChangingSpacesSRS.com.

Once placed, a maximum bid is a binding commitment to purchase the item up to that amount. For this reason, you cannot lower your maximum bid or stop “auto-bidding”. All bids are final.

Warning: Bidding on Multiple Similar Items

Be careful when bidding on multiple similar items if you only want to purchase one.

For example, if you place maximum bids on three identical items hoping to win just one, you could potentially win all three. If you do, you are obligated to pay for all of them.

Failure to pay for all items you win will result in the suspension of your bidding privileges.

As a rule, placing a bid is a binding agreement to buy the item if you win. All bids are considered final.

However, we may permit a bid to be canceled in rare cases involving an obvious typographical error.

• Example of a valid reason: Accidentally bidding $200 instead of $20.00.
• Invalid reasons include: Changing your mind, bidding on the wrong item, or bidding more than you can afford (“bidder’s remorse”).

How to Request a Cancellation

If you have made a significant typographical error, you must contact us immediately. The fastest way to reach us is by phone, as listed on our Contact Us page.

Please Note: This is an emergency measure, not a standard feature. We monitor these requests, and any user who repeatedly asks to have bids canceled will have their bidding privileges permanently suspended.