Welcome to the Paws and Love 2024 online auction!
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PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION BELOW PRIOR TO BIDDING
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Auction Information
Start Date: July 17, 2024 8:00AM EST
End Date: July 28, 2024 8:00PM EST
Register to Bid - In order to bid, you must be registered on this site. Please select "Bidder Log In" in the top right corner, enter your email address, and complete the registration. Upon completion, you may need to search for "Paws and Love" to find the auction (or click the link again that was shared in our auction emails and social media posts).
Your settings can be viewed by clicking the icon in the upper-right corner. We will go over the most important ones below:
Profile - this is where you can update your contact information and shipping address. You can also setup notifications which will inform you when you are outbid on a particular item. They can be setup for text, email or both. **For text, select "Add/Edit" next to the Cell Phone category and then enter your number.
Watches - each auction item has a heart icon that can be activated by clicking/tapping on it. This will add that item to your watchlist so you can easily find the items you are most interested in! All items you have saved can then be viewed here.
AutoBids - each auction item will allow you to setup automatic bids in case you need to step away but want to increase the chances of winning a particular item. Essentially you setup a maximum bid amount and the site will continue to place bids on that item on your behalf until it reaches your maximum bid amount, similar to how eBay's auction feature works. Any autobids you have set can be viewed here.
Cart - Once the auction has ended, this is where you can view all of the items that you won. Local pickups can go ahead and pay or wait to pay cash/check at pickup. If you need your items shipped, PLEASE do not checkout until we have added your shipping charges to the total.
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There will be a 5% buyer's premium added to all winning bids. This will cover the fees associated with using this site for the fundraiser.
Shipping - all winners who have not filled out the auction pickup form, will have their items shipped. The shipping charge will be added to the cart total within 5 days of the auction's end date. Please wait to checkout until the shipping charge has been added. All winnings are to be paid for by Saturday, August 10. Any items not paid for by the final date will be forfeited.
Local pickups - Please fill out the auction pickup form here so that we know where to have your items available for pickup.
Pickups will be from August 1 - August 10 in Bath, NC and Washington, NC. Please make sure you or someone else you trust will be available to pickup during this timeframe. Any items not picked up by the final date will be forfeited.
Washington pickup location is PC Sound located at 1826 W. 5th Street. Their hours are:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10AM - 6PM
Friday 10AM - 5PM
Saturday 10AM - 3PM
CLOSED Wednesday/Sunday
Bath pickups require scheduling a meetup time. Please text/call 252-644-6392 to arrange pickup once auction ends.
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About Paws and Love
Paws and Love began in 2015 because of the need to provide a safe permanent home to a group of community cats in NC. We took in displaced cats and had them spayed/neutered, combo tested for FIV and FeLV, and vaccinated for rabies and FVRCP. They were then released into a safe environment where they are now provided with quality food, medical care, shelter, and lots of love. The vast majority of our cats are permanent residents due to their preference to live a "feral" life, which is perfectly fine with us. We are home to the many ferals, seniors, FIV+, and special needs kitties including two FeLV+ cats. Our sanctuary is closed to intakes so that we can provide the best care for those living here and so we can focus on a very important task - spaying/neutering cats within our community.
We are committed to spreading the importance of spaying and neutering cats within our community. Together we can stop unwanted litters, and work to keep community cats safe. We are able to do this through the donations from the community, grants, and partnerships. All funds raised through this fundraiser will be used to continue our mission.
This auction is very important to the Paws and Love mission as we depend on these funds to continue our mission of helping community cats in need through our spay/neuter program and sanctuary. We greatly appreciate all of you for your support and look forward to this new auction format. Happy bidding! 😺