Bidding Rules
Here are the rules and guidelines to help buyers ensure that Tazbar
remains a safe environment to trade goods and services. Please ensure, as a
buyer, that you follow these policies:
- Registration information
In order to ensure a safe trading environment all members must ensure
that their personal contact information is up to date at all times. This
includes current address, phone number, email address and card details.
If false information is found on a members account the membership details
will be removed from the website immediately and all outstanding account
fees charged to their credit card account.
- Bidding
Buying members must be fully aware that if a bid is successful then a
binding contract between the buying and selling members exists.
A bid is deemed successful in the following circumstances:
- Standard auction (without reserve).
The member has the highest bid at the end of the auction time.
- Standard auction (with reserve).
The member has the highest bid at the end of the auction time
providing the bid is over the reserve price. In the event that the
highest bid is less than the reserve price there is no commitment to
complete the transaction by either party. It is clearly marked on
each auction page when a reserve price, if used, has been met.
- Instant purchase auction.
The member bids the instant purchase price as advertised by the
seller.
- Wanted auction offer.
The buying member accepts the selling price offered by the selling
member.
- Sealed bid.
When an offered item becomes available to the general membership.
The buying members sealed bid is the highest bid placed on the
selling member's item.
Members who break this “binding contract” rule will be issued
with an official warning and may be removed from the website without
warning and refused further access.
- Retracting a bid
In order to avoid a bid retraction Tazbar reminds its members to:
- Before you bid:
- Read the description thoroughly – then read it again!
- Only bid if the item matches your requirements. Think before you
bid.
- Do not bid on an item that is specified as collection only and
expect it to be delivered.
- Do not bid on an item for which you do not have a matching payment
type.
- Do not bid on an item if a seller has specified particular
requirements, for example a seller may ask that bidders with a
negative feedback rating must not bid.
- Do not bid on an item using a third party or other Tazbar account
if a seller has blocked your original account.
- Payments
When your bid is successful you are then committed to pay for the item
and associated costs (postage etc...). As a guide 7 days is an accepted
period for the payment to arrive with the seller. See unpaid item
process. Tazbar treats unpaid items very seriously as this undermines the
trust within the community. Repeat offenders will be removed from the
website and any outstanding fees charged to their registered credit
card.
- Direct sales
It is against Tazbar rules for a buyer to ask a seller to sell outside
of Tazbar. All pre sale email traffic is shown on the listing page and
any solicitation for direct sales can be investigated and policed.
Members found to be soliciting direct sales will receive an official
warning which may lead to their removal from the website and any
outstanding fees charged to their registered credit card. It is also
against Tazbar rules to include personal contact details or references to
other selling venues within listings, Ask Seller a Question, or feedback
and feedback responses.
- Negative Feedback Rating
A negative feedback rating is when a member's feedback score is less
than 0. eg -1. This occurs when a member has received more negative
scoring feedbacks than positive. Sellers are often careful not to accept
bids from members with a negative feedback rating and can block named
members by using their block member's facility. Do not bid on an item
using a third party or other Tazbar account because a seller has blocked
your original account.