B-Inventory understands that typically life occurs, and patrons might have to cancel an order every now and then. Since B-Inventory desires everybody to stroll away from a transaction completely happy and glad, we’ve compiled a information to make sure the very best probability for a profitable order.
The public sale title is a snapshot, not the entire story.
An public sale title has restricted area, so our listings group solely distills the public sale’s key parts, similar to its major product element, variety of items, situation, authentic retail worth, and placement. Nevertheless, to actually consider whether or not the public sale will fit your stock wants, the public sale’s manifest will present all particulars the vendor has obtainable for that particular product. Please overview the manifest in its entirety previous to bidding.
Manifest particulars
Every vendor might have various ranges of particulars of their manifest. Although B-Inventory encourages its sellers to supply as a lot element as attainable so patrons could make an knowledgeable determination, the enterprise of liquidation implies that not all sellers are in a position to present a minute degree of element. Please bid accordingly. If your small business mannequin requires very particular product parameters to run efficiently, bidding on an public sale with a manifest that doesn’t embrace these parameters might lead to a transaction that’s not to your satisfaction.
Understanding inventory imagery
Equally, relying solely on an public sale’s included photographs may additionally create expectations that don’t match the extra particulars on the public sale and its manifest. Because of the nature of liquidation, only a few sellers are in a position to present precise photographs of the product on account of warehousing, storage, and staffing limitations. Inventory photographs are normally equipped as a substitute. Except the public sale particularly states that the photographs are of the particular product, please transfer ahead with the understanding that the photographs are inventory images.
Unique retail worth
Every public sale title will embrace an authentic retail worth. This worth signifies the value of the product when it first entered the market, not its present price. B-Inventory recommends you overview the present costs previous to inserting your bid.
General, it’s vital to do not forget that a bid is a promise to pay with the knowledge at the moment obtainable on the public sale. Please don’t place a bid as a “placeholder” with the intent to ask a clarifying query as soon as the public sale is over, or with the belief that extra info will change into obtainable as soon as the public sale is received. B-Inventory solely desires you to bid on auctions that may give you the results you want based mostly on the knowledge at the moment obtainable.
Product Circumstances
Although B-Inventory is engaged on standardizing the situations sellers use to publish their product, many sellers might use their very own terminology. Every public sale and every market may have a definition of the situation by which the product is listed. Please learn these situations fastidiously previous to inserting a bid.
Transport Hiccups
Whereas a lot of our marketplaces supply seller-arranges-shipping the place the transport value is proven beneath the bidding field, a few of our marketplaces require that patrons make their very own transport preparations, and won’t embrace a ship value. If there’s an estimate obtainable, you will notice it beneath the bidding field.
Close to the underside of the public sale lot web page, one can find a bit on “Transport” the place it would define the necessities for receiving that individual lot.
For extra details about the completely different transport phrases one can find throughout B-Inventory, go to Shopping for Fundamentals: Public sale Lot Transport Strategies.
Residential versus enterprise handle
Please additionally guarantee your handle is updated previous to inserting a bid. Many individuals who run companies out of their properties could also be tempted to label their residential handle as a enterprise handle, however this may trigger issues along with your supply down the street. Describing your handle as “enterprise” or “residential” is predicated on how your handle is zoned, which can have an effect on whether or not or not a full size semi truck is ready to ship your truckload of pallets. If you’re receiving your product in a residential space, it’s best to label that handle as “residential” even if you happen to run your small business from that handle.
Liftgate and loading dock necessities
Your handle can even have a discipline so that you can request liftgate providers if you happen to want them. A liftgate is a bit elevator connected to a truck that lowers pallets from the truck to the bottom. If in case you have a forklift or a loading dock at your location, you almost certainly don’t want a liftgate.
Essential: some sellers or auctions might require the receiver to have a loading dock. Please see the transport particulars of every public sale previous to inserting a bid to be sure you are eligible to obtain the order.
If you happen to do require a liftgate to soundly unload at your supply location, please be sure your handle is correctly up to date previous to inserting a bid, and please perceive that truckload auctions don’t include liftgate providers. Orders have been canceled on account of a purchaser’s lack of ability to obtain a product. We don’t need this to occur to you, as it may be an especially painful and disappointing course of for all concerned.
A number of supply addresses
If in case you have a number of supply addresses, you may be given the choice to decide on which handle from the dwell public sale. This can will let you see which ship value works greatest for you if the public sale makes use of binding transport. We suggest reviewing all addresses previous to inserting a bid.
Please word that if you happen to place a bid with the public sale related to Deal with A, however earlier than the public sale ends you determine to go together with Deal with B, it’s essential to enter your bid a second time with Deal with B chosen. It is because it’s worthwhile to settle for the brand new ship prices to the brand new location through a brand new bid.
Although you’ll be able to replace the handle when you win an public sale and it turns into an order, we don’t suggest doing in order greatest follow. All new addresses will incur a brand new ship value, and if you’re sad with the ship value your new handle incurs, the unique ship value for which you received the public sale on the authentic handle might now not be obtainable to you, particularly on this financial system. Each replace to an handle (together with a request for a liftgate) will incur a brand new ship price pull, which can override the unique ship value. Individuals have canceled orders over this.
Greatest follow is to make sure your handle ebook is so as with every handle correctly labeled as residential/enterprise and correctly famous with a necessity for liftgate providers. Guarantee the right handle is chosen on the dwell public sale previous to inserting your bid for greatest outcomes.
Inputting your bid
Generally patrons win orders at an quantity far better than they supposed on account of a mistyped bid (getting into $10,000 as a substitute of $1,000, for instance). If you happen to mistype a bid, please try to contact us through cellphone or chat so B-Inventory can overview the scenario with you previous to profitable the public sale. Please word, there are some parameters the place an agent can not cancel a bid, similar to when an public sale is just too near its finish time.
B-Inventory recommends that every one bidders make the most of the affirmation window to overview their bid previous to inserting it. As soon as a bid is enter into an public sale, a pop up window confirming the bid quantity and extra particulars on the public sale will seem in your display. Please take a second to overview to make sure that that is actually the public sale you need for the quantity you enter.
Notice: no bids shall be canceled inside quarter-hour of the public sale closing, or if the public sale is in popcorn bidding.
“I nonetheless need to cancel my bid or order”
B-Inventory will get it. Generally irrespective of how cautious you might be, circumstances occur and you buy an order you notice you’ll be able to’t revenue from or you’ll be able to now not obtain the order on account of your warehouse being now not obtainable. Performance doesn’t at the moment exist for a purchaser to cancel their order on their very own, so all requests should be submitted to our Buyer Service group, who will do their greatest to work with you. B-Inventory does want to make sure that cancellations are prevented if attainable. If there’s a sample of cancellation, penalties could also be incurred, with damaging penalties to your account that may embrace fines and even suspension.
Please know that every vendor reserves the appropriate to cancel an current order (see the Phrases of Buy for added element). B-Inventory understands that the platform solely features if orders are efficiently bought, and discourages cancellations from each vendor and purchaser alike.
For any questions relating to canceling a bid or an order, contact our Buyer Service group.
