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The Bike Auction is a venue for biking enthusiasts to buy and sell
motorcycles and motorcycles parts. Motorcycle owners can place their
bike parts for sale in an auction style format. The owner can choose
which category and subcategory his item belongs in. Then a buyer can
browse through our categories or search for a keyword to find the
parts, manuals, or motorbike that they would like to buy.
The seller places their motorbike part for sale by setting the minimum
bid and increments of bids. They can also set a "Buy it Now"
which will give the buyer the opportunity to bid that exact price,
which will close the auction and that bidder will then be the winner
of that auction. The seller can also set a reserve, which allows the
auction the run normally but if the closing price does not meet the
reserve price then the seller is not obliged to sell his/her item.
The buyer can browse through the categories and subcategories for
parts, accessories, manuals, etc... They can also do a search for
keywords to find a specific motorcycle part. They can select auctions
to view the details. If they decide to bid they can bid the maximum
amount they wish to pay for that item and that amount will be stored
in the database. The bid will increase by the increment set by the
seller. For example, if bidderA bids $5.00 and the minimum bid is
$2.00 then the current bid would be $2.00, if the auction was to close
at that point then the item would be sold for $2.00. If the auction
was not closed and if bidderB bids $3.00 then the current bid is then
set at $3.00. However, bidderA's maximum bid would then come into
affect and outbids bidderB with $4.00. If bidderC then bids $5.00
then bidderA's maximum would still come into affect and outbid bidderC
because a previous bid of the same amount takes precedence.
Once an auction has closed both the buyer and the seller will receive
and email outlining the auction details and the email addresses of
both the buyer and seller. It is then up to the buyer and seller to
exchange items and money, The Bike Auction does not get involved in
the exchange of items or money. Feedback can be given to the buyer
from the seller and vise-versa.
The seller only pays a fee when the auction closes with a bid. There
are no insertion fees. If the buyer does not pay for an auction then
the seller can request a credit for that auction. If the buyer does
not respond within 7 days then a credit is issued to the seller. |
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