B-Inventory understands that typically life occurs, and patrons could have to cancel an order on occasion. Since B-Inventory desires everybody to stroll away from a transaction joyful and glad, we’ve compiled a information to make sure one of the best likelihood for a profitable order. 

The public sale title is a snapshot, not the entire story. 

An public sale title has restricted house, so our listings workforce solely distills the public sale’s key parts, resembling its most important product element, variety of models, situation, authentic retail worth, and site. Nonetheless, to really consider whether or not the public sale will fit your stock wants, the public sale’s manifest will present all particulars the vendor has out there for that particular product. Please evaluate the manifest in its entirety previous to bidding. 

Manifest particulars

Every vendor could 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 choice, the enterprise of liquidation signifies that not all sellers are in a position to present a minute stage of element. Please bid accordingly. If your enterprise mannequin requires very particular product parameters to run efficiently, bidding on an public sale with a manifest that doesn’t embrace these parameters could end in a transaction that isn’t to your satisfaction. 

Understanding inventory imagery

Equally, relying solely on an public sale’s included pictures may 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 pictures of the product resulting from warehousing, storage, and staffing limitations. Inventory pictures are normally equipped as an alternative. Except the public sale particularly states that the pictures are of the particular product, please transfer ahead with the understanding that the pictures 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 evaluate the present costs previous to putting your bid. 

General, it’s necessary to keep in mind that a bid is a promise to pay with the knowledge at present out there 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 idea that extra data will develop into out there as soon as the public sale is gained. B-Inventory solely desires you to bid on auctions that can be just right for you based mostly on the knowledge at present out there. 

Product Situations

Although B-Inventory is engaged on standardizing the situations sellers use to publish their product, many sellers could use their very own terminology. Every public sale and every market can have a definition of the situation by which the product is listed. Please learn these situations fastidiously previous to putting a bid. 

Delivery Hiccups

Whereas a lot of our marketplaces supply seller-arranges-shipping the place the delivery price is proven beneath the bidding field, a few of our marketplaces require that patrons make their very own delivery preparations, and won’t embrace a ship price. If there’s an estimate out there, you will notice it beneath the bidding field.

Close to the underside of the public sale lot web page, you will discover a bit on “Delivery” the place it’ll define the necessities for receiving that individual lot.

For extra details about  the completely different delivery phrases you will discover throughout B-Inventory, go to Shopping for Fundamentals: Public sale Lot Delivery Strategies. 

Residential versus enterprise deal with

Please additionally guarantee your deal with is updated previous to putting a bid. Many individuals who run companies out of their properties could also be tempted to label their residential deal with as a enterprise deal with, however this can trigger problems together with your supply down the highway. Describing your deal with as “enterprise” or “residential” is predicated on how your deal with 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. In case you are receiving your product in a residential space, you need to label that deal with as “residential” even in case you run your enterprise from that deal with. 

Liftgate and loading dock necessities

Your deal with may also have a area so that you can request liftgate companies in case you want them. A liftgate is slightly elevator connected to a truck that lowers pallets from the truck to the bottom. You probably have a forklift or a loading dock at your location, you almost certainly don’t want a liftgate. 

Essential: some sellers or auctions could require the receiver to have a loading dock. Please see the delivery particulars of every public sale previous to putting a bid to be sure you are eligible to obtain the order.

For those who do require a liftgate to securely unload at your supply location, please make certain your deal with is correctly up to date previous to putting a bid, and please perceive that truckload auctions don’t include liftgate companies. Orders have been canceled resulting from a purchaser’s lack of ability to obtain a product. We are not looking for this to occur to you, as it may be a particularly painful and disappointing course of for all concerned.

A number of supply addresses 

You probably have a number of supply addresses, you may be given the choice to decide on which deal with from the stay public sale. It will permit you to see which ship price works greatest for you if the public sale makes use of binding delivery. We suggest reviewing all addresses previous to putting a bid. 

Please be aware that in case you place a bid with the public sale related to Deal with A, however earlier than the public sale ends you determine to go along with Deal with B, you could enter your bid a second time with Deal with B chosen. It is because you should settle for the brand new ship prices to the brand new location by way of a brand new bid. 

Although you’ll be able to replace the deal with 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 price, and if you’re sad with the ship price your new deal with incurs, the unique ship price for which you gained the public sale on the authentic deal with could not be out there to you, particularly on this economic system. Each replace to an deal with (together with a request for a liftgate) will incur a brand new ship fee pull, which can override the unique ship price. Folks have canceled orders over this. 

Finest follow is to make sure your deal with e book is so as with every deal with correctly labeled as residential/enterprise and correctly famous with a necessity for liftgate companies. Guarantee the right deal with is chosen on the stay public sale previous to putting your bid for greatest outcomes.

Inputting your bid

Typically patrons win orders at an quantity far larger than they supposed resulting from a mistyped bid (getting into $10,000 as an alternative of $1,000, for instance). For those who mistype a bid, please try and contact us by way of telephone or chat so B-Inventory can evaluate the scenario with you previous to successful the public sale. Please be aware, there are some parameters the place an agent can’t cancel a bid, resembling 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 evaluate their bid previous to putting 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 evaluate to make sure that that is actually the public sale you need for the quantity you enter.  

Be aware: no bids will likely 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. Typically regardless of how cautious you might be, circumstances occur and you buy an order you understand you’ll be able to’t revenue from or you’ll be able to not obtain the order resulting from your warehouse being not out there. Performance doesn’t at present exist for a purchaser to cancel their order on their very own, so all requests must be submitted to our Buyer Service workforce, who will do their greatest to work with you. B-Inventory does want to make sure that cancellations are averted if attainable. If there’s a sample of cancellation, penalties could also be incurred, with destructive penalties to your account that may embrace fines and even suspension.

Please know that every vendor reserves the precise to cancel an present order (see the Phrases of Buy for extra 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 concerning canceling a bid or an order, contact our Buyer Service workforce.