Auction Rules

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To protect you against last second “sniping” (where someone swoops in at the last possible second and places a winning bid), we use “overtime” bidding. If a bid is placed in the last 5 minutes of an auction it extends the auction end time by 5 more minutes.

To help you with bidding (and being out-bid), we use auto-bidding. Just enter your max bid amount when bidding and the system will bid up to that amount for you.

For instance, if the current bid is $5 and you know you would spend up to $25 for the item, simply bid 25 for that item. The system will automatically bid $6 for you to beat the current bid. If someone else bids say, $10, the system will automatically bid $11 for you and you will still be the highest bidder. This prevents you from having to babysit the items you are interested in and makes sure you win without paying more than you have to.

Getting outbid right away? Then someone else has already put in a maximum bid higher than yours.

You can see the “auto bids” in the bid history at the bottom of each auction listing by clicking on the “Show / hide automatic bids” at the top of the bids table.

When using automatic bidding and someone else places a bid, the system will place a slightly higher bid on your behalf. The amount the bid increases by is known as a bid increment. Bid increments are smaller when the bid price is low and larger in higher price brackets.

When you are on an individual auction page, the timer will countdown automatically but the price does not change if someone makes a new bid. To see any new bids you will need to refresh the page.

However, at ten minutes before the auction ends the page will check every 30 seconds for new bids and update the bid amount. This means you can leave the page open and check periodically that you are still the winner without having to refresh the page. Since we use overtime bidding (see above), any bids placed in the last 5 minutes extends the auction another 5 minutes, so you will never be left not being able to counter a last minute bid for your item.

by the time listed on the Shop page or the item will be offered to the next highest bidder. Click the “Payment and Pickup Info” button at the top of the page. Sorry, no exceptions!

Failing to pay for an auction that you have won may result in losing the right to participate in future auctions (see below).

on the Shop page. Click the “Payment and Pickup Info” button at the top of the page. We will be limiting the number of people picking up at the same time, and keep everyone at a safe distance. If you do not pick up your item during the pick-up times, items will be forfeited.  Sorry, no exceptions!

We will have a sign with a number you can call if you’d like your items brought out to your car (with the exception of furniture).  Thank you for your patience.

call our office at 402-483-0555. We have folks you can contact to hire and move your items.

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 info@ChangingSpacesSRS.com.

to see a description of the item and additional photos

(for example 15 instead of $15.00). Do not add cents or dollar signs.

You cannot lower your maximum bid once entered, nor can you “stop auto-bidding” at a certain point. Bidding on an item means you are agreeing to buy that item if you win at the price you entered, so carefully decide before you bid if you are willing to buy all the items if they sell for the maximum bid amount.

For example, if you want one of three similar items but not all three, don’t bid on all three hoping to win one item. You may win them all and will be expected to pay for those items.

Abuse of this may restrict your ability to participate in future auctions (see below).

Whenever you place a bid, you’re agreeing to buy the item if you win the auction. However, in some limited cases you can have your bid cancelled – for example if you meant to bid $20, not $200. In this case, please contact us as soon as possible by one of the methods on the Contact Us page (preferably by calling). Repeated requests to remove bids may result in losing the ability to participate in the online auctions (see below).