02-02-2025, 05:06 PM
BVWS Online Auction February 2025.
The BVWS Online Auction will go live at 10:00am on the 9th of February and will run for one week.
The first auction item (Lot 1) will end at 17:01 on the 16th February.
Each auction item end time will then be spaced at 1 minute intervals.
The auction is private to BVWS members.
If you have not yet renewed your BVWS membership, you can do so online on the BVWS website or by post in the usual manner.
Non BVWS members may still view the auction lot pictures and the catalogue (later today) on the BVWS website as usual but cannot participate.
All paid up BVWS members will receive a special e-mail on the evening of Friday the 7th February.
The email will contain the details of how to access the online auction with the website link and password.
When you first access the site with these details, you will need to register an account using your email address as the user name and then make up a password of your choice.
MAKE SURE THIS IS THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS AS WE HOLD ON THE BVWS DATABASE!
Remember when you access the auction you use the details given above, but to bid you will need to log in using your own details – this is to differentiate between individual bidders.
The auction itself is a timed auction running for one week along the lines of an eBay online auction, although it is actually hosted on the AirAuctoneer web platform.
Bidding
The bidding is the same as with eBay. For example if a lot is £20 and you bid £50 then the system only takes £20 as your bid and keeps the upper figure in reserve to automatically increase your bids in increments up to your maximum if another bidder places a bid. So to be clear; your highest bid will only be your maximum bid amount if another bidder has bid more, the same or close to the same.
Warning: Do not leave your bid to within the last few seconds as you may find that due to internet latency, your bid does not get registered. The AirAuctioneer platform is hosted on the other side of the world from the UK and Europe.
Collection and Shipping
The BVWS WILL NOT undertake any shipping activity of auction items.
There will be several regional collection points where you may collect your 'won' items from. These will be Rosyth Scotland, Rugby, Cheddar, Scunthorpe, Virginia Water and Devizes in the UK. International Bidders will have their items held at the BVWS store until arrangements for collection can be agreed.
Moving your items to these regional outlets and the subsequent contact and organisation is kindly supplied by members of the Committee voluntarily and may need time to organise and arrange for you to collect.
It may be possible for items to be 'passed-on' via collectors so that they may reach you but the BVWS will not be involved in those arrangements other than the stated sites above. Neither will we (THE BVWS or Committee members) be held responsible for any problems with the items once they have left our hands.
If you would like to volunteer to be a 'Pick Up' location please do get in touch with me via a PM as we need East of London/Kent and North West and North East of England collection points.
__________________
Mike Barker.
The BVWS Online Auction will go live at 10:00am on the 9th of February and will run for one week.
The first auction item (Lot 1) will end at 17:01 on the 16th February.
Each auction item end time will then be spaced at 1 minute intervals.
The auction is private to BVWS members.
If you have not yet renewed your BVWS membership, you can do so online on the BVWS website or by post in the usual manner.
Non BVWS members may still view the auction lot pictures and the catalogue (later today) on the BVWS website as usual but cannot participate.
All paid up BVWS members will receive a special e-mail on the evening of Friday the 7th February.
The email will contain the details of how to access the online auction with the website link and password.
When you first access the site with these details, you will need to register an account using your email address as the user name and then make up a password of your choice.
MAKE SURE THIS IS THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS AS WE HOLD ON THE BVWS DATABASE!
Remember when you access the auction you use the details given above, but to bid you will need to log in using your own details – this is to differentiate between individual bidders.
The auction itself is a timed auction running for one week along the lines of an eBay online auction, although it is actually hosted on the AirAuctoneer web platform.
Bidding
The bidding is the same as with eBay. For example if a lot is £20 and you bid £50 then the system only takes £20 as your bid and keeps the upper figure in reserve to automatically increase your bids in increments up to your maximum if another bidder places a bid. So to be clear; your highest bid will only be your maximum bid amount if another bidder has bid more, the same or close to the same.
Warning: Do not leave your bid to within the last few seconds as you may find that due to internet latency, your bid does not get registered. The AirAuctioneer platform is hosted on the other side of the world from the UK and Europe.
Collection and Shipping
The BVWS WILL NOT undertake any shipping activity of auction items.
There will be several regional collection points where you may collect your 'won' items from. These will be Rosyth Scotland, Rugby, Cheddar, Scunthorpe, Virginia Water and Devizes in the UK. International Bidders will have their items held at the BVWS store until arrangements for collection can be agreed.
Moving your items to these regional outlets and the subsequent contact and organisation is kindly supplied by members of the Committee voluntarily and may need time to organise and arrange for you to collect.
It may be possible for items to be 'passed-on' via collectors so that they may reach you but the BVWS will not be involved in those arrangements other than the stated sites above. Neither will we (THE BVWS or Committee members) be held responsible for any problems with the items once they have left our hands.
If you would like to volunteer to be a 'Pick Up' location please do get in touch with me via a PM as we need East of London/Kent and North West and North East of England collection points.
__________________
Mike Barker.
