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Auction Rules & Helpful Tips

We’re excited to be hosting our auction on a true ‘auction’ site vs Facebook this year!  There are some cool new features (i.e. Auto-Bid, email and text notifications, etc.) and a few minor process changes, so please read below before participating.

  • Auction Runs from Aug 31st at 7pm to Sep 7th at 7pm
  • Account creation is required to make a bid
  • Payment may be made via credit/debit card or Paypal 
  • You can set up email and SMS (text) for status notifications
  • Local pickup of all items (except gift cards/certificates) is PREFERRED
  • Shipping will be offered on an exception basis - contact fundraising@bfpa.org to make arrangements and to get shipping cost calculation. Please note, NOT all items can be shipped.  Shipping details are listed in each item's description.
  • Please consider adding small donation to cover Bidding Owl and PayPal fees totaling ~7% of total when you check out :)
  • Winners are determined automatically by the timestamp determined by the Bidding Owl platform.  BFPA is not responsible for internet and platform performance issues that lead to missed bids
  • Note that Higher dollar items may have higher bidding increments

 

Helpful Tips

  • Enter phone number during profile create and enable SMS (text) and/or Email notifications if desired
  • Make sure and check spam and auto-created mail categories (i.e. promotions, offers, social) for emails coming from Bidding Owl.
  • Add items to your Watchlist to know when you’ve been outbid.
  • Auto-Bid Feature (optional):  Enter the max/highest amount you are willing to bid on an item.  Bidding Owl will automatically bid the next increment amount up to your max. 
  • To view Bid History, Watchlist items, etc. - click the dropdown on icon in upper right of the screen at any time.
  • Contact us at fundraising@bfpa.org if you have questions.

 

Auction Item Payment and Pickup

Winners will receive an automatic notification via email after auction close with a link to pay online via credit/debit or Paypal.  All payments must be made online by Wednesday, Sep 9th by 6pm.  

Winners may PICK-UP their items between 1pm and 3pm on Saturday, Sep 12th OR Sunday, Sep 13th - A Location in Cary is TBD closer to Auction Start Date.  You do not need to specify which day, we will have all items available both days.