Christian Family & Children's Center Charity Benefit
How to Place a Pre-Bid
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
This annual event for the Center is comprised of three sections:
1. A Pre-Bidding online auction which will accept bids from April until 4:00 on THE DAY OF THE EVENT. You can email bids to info@champion.org You should receive confirmation of your bid within a few days. If you don't please call us ASAP at 724-593-9200 x 103. To avoid being caught in the spam filter please put AUCTION BID in the subject line.
2. A local silent auction in which bids can be made before the event and accepted at the Center. Items are located at the Center and at various businesses throughout the area.
3. Sorry there will be no Real Time, online Bidding this year.
4. A main event Live Auction that will happen on site, beginning at 6:00PM and ending at 9 PM. You may find out more details about each of these events by checking below:
PROCESS OF BIDDING
1. All items that are up for bidding can be bid on in each format. To find the current highest bid, you must check this Website. All bids received at the Center will be gathered and posted to the web site periodically, as will bids that are submitted via the online auction.
2. Checking the Website periodically is the only way to know what the current highest bid is before the auction. Timing is important as the process of bidding will take some reaction time to process and post email bids. Although in other online auctions it is possible to watch the bidding process online and make last minute bids. This is not necessarily true with our Charity Benefit. We cannot guarantee the quickness of processing bids the last day of the bidding. It is possible that several bids could come before your bid gets posted. Since the highest online bid will be announced at the live bidding during the auction, it will be important to bid what you are willing to pay, rather than to hope for a bargain. And remember, this is for a great cause! We are recommending that you make a decision about what you would be willing to pay for an item and then email that bid to the committee. Then wait and see if others are willing to pay more. If the item goes for higher than you are willing to pay, you will be content, and if not, you will have supported a great cause and received your prized item!
3. On the day of the event at 4:00 PM EST all highest pre-bids will be established and pre-bidding will be no longer accepted. The bidders will be contacted and bid confirmed. (This process can be seen in the Pre-Bid section of this page.) If you have a personal connection with the Center, your relationship will be enough to guarantee your bid. If you are new to the Center, then we would want a Payment guarantee, which can be made by giving us a credit card number or making other arrangements for payment should your bid be accepted. Cards that can be used are VISA, MASTER CARD, DISCOVER, PAY PAL or certified check. Once again, if you are know by someone at the Center, you may give that contact and we will accept your bid as your agreement.
4. The highest confirmed pre-bid will be carried to the bidding process the day of the auction by the Internet Bidding Committee. Should no other bids be made, the item will sell to the pre-bidder. Should a higher bid be obtained, it will be sold at the auction.
5. The day of the auction, all items will be sold to the highest bidder. The only way to add to the bidding process after 4:00 the day of the event is to participate on site at the actual event.
6. All items may have minimum acceptable bids. These bids have been established by the committee and the donors to assure that the ministry receives value from each gift.
Pre-bid Sales:
1. Bidders will be contacted by the committee to verify validity of highest bid. If you do not have a direct connection with the Center you must include in your email how to contact you the day of the auction in case your bid is the highest.
2. Bidder will confirm agreement of sale which can be viewed on line.
3. Bidder will confirm agreement to the Center, with established method of payment.
4. Bidder must include shipping for items of bulk if not being picked up the night of the auction.
Day of Auction
1. On the day of the auction sales will be final. Payments must be in cash or VISA, MASTER CARD, DISCOVER and PAY PAL. Pre-approved checks will be accepted.
2. Items must be removed the day of sale, (unless other arrangements are made.)
3. In order to place a bid on an item, you must:
*Submit Name, address, phone number, email address
*All bidders will be contacted by email to validate their bid.
*Should your bid be accepted, you will need to:
+Read and understand the online agreement
+Confirm that the bid is valid
+Guarantee payment, should you have the highest bid (via authorized check, or credit card).
What will happen after you Make a Pre-bid:
1. Your bid (if above the current highest bid) will be confirmed by email from one of the charity benefit committee members before pre-bidding closes on the day of the event:
*If your bid is the highest, you will be contacted once again by the committee to confirm the bid and guarantee payment the day of the auction. .
*If your bid is not the highest, you will be contacted if possible.
*If your bid is the highest and not outbid the day of the auction, you will be contacted and payment will be made by the way you made arrangements.