IAE calf crate

 Viewing will be on Friday 6^th October, 10am – 4pm.

All persons attending the viewing day are reminded that there may be risks on the site including moving vehicles and machinery.  Please always exercise caution, with children being fully supervised at all times. Any incidents that occur on the sale ground should be reported immediately to the Shouler & Son mobile office for details to be recorded.

General Conditions of Sale

1. Anybody selling, bidding, or buying at our sales is deemed to have read and understood these conditions and to agree to be bound by them.  In these conditions “we” means Shouler & Son.

Acceptance of Goods

2. We accept goods for sale subject to payment by the seller of the current scales of commission and charges, and subject to our condition of acceptance for private or trade goods printed on the relevant entry form.

3. If anybody brings to the sale premises any goods or animal which he could reasonably have known to be dangerous, he shall be liable for all injury or loss which we or anybody else may sustain as a result.

Reserve Prices, Order of Sale and Bidding

4. We reserve the right on our own account and on behalf of the seller:-

a. to fix a reserve price.

b. to accept or ignore bids made by the seller.

c. to bid on behalf of the seller.

d. to re-arrange, consolidate, or withdraw any lots or vary the order of sale.

e. without giving any reason to refuse to accept bids of any person.

5.a The person making the highest accepted bid shall be the buyer, but should we inadvertently sell any lot under a reserve price duly notified to us, we may cancel the sale at any time up to one hour after the end of sale, or until the lot is paid for, whichever happens later.

b. We will not accept a maiden bid or advance for less than we state from time to time.

c. A bidder shall not retract his bid

6. If a dispute arises as to any bidding then at our discretion either:-

a. the lot to which the disputed bid relates shall immediately be put up again, or

b. we shall determine the dispute and our decision shall be final and binding on all parties

7. Buyers Premium (BP) and Value Added Tax (VAT)

A Buyer’s premium of 5% of the hammer price is payable on all lots up to a maximum of £200 per lot.  This is subject to VAT @ 20%.  For reference any lot sold at £4,000 or under will attract a 5% buyers premium.  Any lot over £4,000 will have a fixed buyers premium of £200, also subject to VAT @20%.

B: Online bidding will be available for this sale via i-bidder.com or bidspotter.co.uk. A 3% plus VAT internet surcharge will be added to the hammer price for successful bids made online through i-bidder.com or bidspotter.co.uk.

Payment of Lots

8. All lots must be paid for prior to being removed and must be removed not later than the date prescribed in the Catalogue. Cash payments are subject to money-laundering regulations. Debit card facilities will normally be available on collection days. Credit cards will NOT be accepted.

9. In the event of any lots not being paid for following the receipt of an invoice or removed within the time allowed we may at our discretion:

a. charge interest to the purchaser at 5% above the current HSBC base rate on invoice total.

b. charge for removal and storage of goods. Both are subject to £50 plus VAT per item per week for smaller items, £100 per week plus VAT per item for larger items.

c. rescinds the sale and recall such lots, any loss or expense being recoverable from the original buyer.

10. The risk in each lot shall pass to the buyer at the fall of the hammer, but the ownership of each lot shall remain vested with the seller until the lot is paid for.

11. We may stop the buyer removing any lot until he has paid in full for every lot he has bought at the sale.

12. The buyer is responsible for any damage to any other lots or to the sale premises done in the removal of his lots and shall either repair the same before removing his lots, or pay the estimated cost of doing so, fixed by us or the owner of the premises as appropriate.

Removal of Lots & Loading

No lots may be removed from site unless accompanied by a receipted invoice. Lots are to be removed from the site on the following days only;

7^th, 9^th & 10^th October 10am to 4pm on each day.

Please contact o.arnold@shoulers.co.uk to organise collection times so these can be staggered.

Any lots that are left after the 23^rd October 2023 may be removed by the farm/land owner without notification to the purchaser. Any arrangements in respect of the lots being collected by a courier and payments associated with this, is for the buyer to undertake and make.

Loading Facilities

14. Loading facilities will be available on collection days only. Loading outside these times will be strictly by arrangement with the Sellers. The Auctioneers and Seller will not accept any responsibility or liability for the loss or damage to lots left on the sale ground and all Buyers are buyers are reminded that they are fully responsible for any lot purchased from the fall of the hammer.

Warranty

15. In so far as the law allows neither we nor the sellers accept any liability for any loss or injury caused the purchase of any lot.  The buyer undertakes to take reasonable practical steps to ensure his purchase will be safe and suitable for use.  Because of obsolescence and wear and tear, it is unlikely that goods, bought at auction, will be safe and serviceable as new goods from shops or trade suppliers.  The seller is not a supplier withing the meaning of Health & Safety Act 1974.

Export of Goods - All goods purchased at Shouler & Son auctions that are to be exported or removed from the United Kingdom will:

Be dealt with under the requirements set out of HM Customs and Excise publications:

a)      VAT Notice 703 dated January 2021 – Goods exported from the United Kingdom from 1st January 2021

b)      VAT Notice 712 dated January 2014, Amended in 2019 – The Single Market.

c)     VAT Information Sheet 2/00 dated May 2000 – Exports and Removals:  Conditions for zero rating

Be ZERO RATED for VAT purposes subject to the following conditions being met:

a)      The buyer provides Shouler & Son with their VAT/FISCAL NUMBER (which will be verified with UK Customs & Excise) at the time of purchase.

b)      The goods are removed from the United Kingdom within three months from the time of supply (the date of auction).

c)      Shouler & Son are provided with valid commercial documentary evidence that the goods have been removed from the United Kingdom within three months of the date of auction.

Unless and until the above requirements are fulfilled buyers will be charged VAT at the United Kingdom standard rate (currently 20%).  This will only be refunded if all requirements within the regulations are met within the specified time limits.

In so far as the law allows neither we nor the sellers accept any liability for any loss or injury caused by the purchase of any lot. The buyer undertakes to take reasonably practical steps to ensure his purchase will be safe and suitable for use. Because of obsolescence and wear and tear, it is unlikely that goods, bought at auction, will be as safe and serviceable as new goods from shops or trade suppliers. The Seller is not a supplier within the meaning of Health & Safety Act 1974.

16. We do not claim any expert knowledge of the description, origin or fitness of any lot offered for sale. Where adverts, lot lists or catalogues are prepared, the descriptions are there to help the buyer to find lots in which he might be interested. All lots will be sold with all faults and errors of description, as seen at the time of sale, except that any electrical or mechanical goods announced to be In Working Order at the time of sale but found and notified to us as being faulty before noon on the day following the sale, may be returned by the buyer not later than 24 hours thereafter and the purchase price will be refunded.

17. The buyer ought to inspect the lots before he buys. If he buys without inspection he does so at his own risk. If in any case we display a sample, we give no warranty as to the condition or consistency of the rest of the lot. Machine hours are given in good faith as recorded when cataloguing but are not guaranteed accurate.

Agents

18. Anybody intending to bid shall inform us before the sale if he is going to bid as an agent and shall give us any information we reasonably require. Anybody who buys as an agent shall nevertheless be jointly and severally liability to us with their principal for the purchase price and only matter to do with the sale.

Site safety

19. The sale site is a commercial environment not designed for attendance by the general public.  Neither we nor the Sellers nor the site owners accept any liability for any accident or loss to any persons attending the sale.