When: Oct. 20, 2019, from 3-7pm.
With: President Judy Wilkinson and immediate past-president Jeff Thom as your auctioneers.
How: Call in and place bids on the ZOOM platform.
Who: Our entire blindness community throughout the US are invited to participate.
Tell your friends and family, and let's make this a great success!
2019 AUCTION DESCRIPTION AND RULES
1. Registering: If you plan to bid, you must register with CCB Office Manager Nicole Pacheco by providing the following information, either by email or by phone: your name, telephone number, email address, if applicable. Please also include the best way to contact you, so we can reach out to the top bidders for each item prior to the auction. Registration will begin on Wednesday, October 2nd at 9 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and will continue every Wednesday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. through Friday, October 18th at noon.
2. Bidding: Pre-bids will be taken starting on Friday October 4 and continuing on Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon through October 18. The items for sale in the auction will be circulated on CCB and other listservs and also placed on the CCB website, ccbnet.org. Each auction item will have its own number.
BIDDERS CAN SUBMIT EARLY BIDS IN ONE OF TWO WAYS
1. Email your bids to CCB Office Manager, Nicole Pacheco at nicole.pacheco@ccbnet.org. Include your name, address, a telephone number, e-mail address, the number of the item on which you are bidding, your bid amount, and the best way to contact you.
Put the word auction in the subject line of any email sent to the CCB office related to the auction. You will receive an e-mail acknowledgement of your bid.
2. Submit bids to Nicole by telephone toll free at (800)-221-6359 or at (916)-441-2100 between the hours of 9 to 12, Pacific Daylight Time by providing her with the same information used in an e-mail. Whether you submit your bid by telephone or e-mail, Nicole will inform you of the high bid if your bid has already been exceeded.
Occasional updates of the high bids for each item will be placed on the lists during the early bidding phase, thereby allowing early bidders to be aware of high bids and submit additional ones.
While Nicole can tell you the current high bid on an item, or email you an auction list upon request, we’re sorry but she cannot read you the auction list.
LIVE AUCTION
Registration will open at 2 PM Sunday October 20. You must register in order to bid. Register any time throughout the entire auction by calling (800) 221-6359 or (916) 441-2100.
Join Zoom: Beginning at 3 PM until 7 PM, or until all items are sold.
Dial in through your landline or mobile device or by using a link through your computer or Smartphone.
To dial into the conference: call: +1 669 900 6833 when prompted, enter code: 497 064 185
followed by a pound sign for a participant code.
The link to use from a Smartphone or computer is: https://zoom.us/j/497064185
THE AUCTION PROCESS
1. All participants will be automatically muted when you enter the call.
2. Raise your hand to join the queue to be recognized: From your land line phone, press *9; press alt y on your PC or command y on your Mac, and on your smart phone, locate the more button at the bottom right of the screen and Double-tap. There are four buttons displayed. The second button from the left is the raise hand button, double-tap and your hand will be raised.
3. Placing a bid: We will unmute you and ask for your bid when it is your turn, then we will lower your hand. To bid again, raise your hand again, just as you did before, wait to be called upon, and state your bid. We will again repeat your bid, lower your hand, and place you on mute.
IMPORTANT: The raise hand” command is a toggle. If you enter the command a second time, you will lower your hand. We will always lower your hand for you. Please do not, under any circumstances, mute and unmute yourself. This will interfere with other bidders and will make it necessary for us to drop you from the call.
4. Each item is scheduled for about five minutes. We will announce when an item is about to close. All winners will be announced on the call.
5. Getting Help prior to the auction: If you are uncertain how to use the zoom client and need help prior to the auction day, contact auction co-chair Andrea DeKlotz at 714-921-0289 for assistance.
6. Getting Help during the auction: If you just aren’t being recognized, call (800) 221-6359 or (916) 441-2100 and your bid will be forwarded to the auctioneers. If yours is in fact the high bid, you will be acknowledged even if bidding has closed.
AUCTION ETIQUETTE
Because bidders will be participating in the live broadcast of the auction, some rules must be followed in order for the event to be pleasant for everyone. Anyone not following these rules will be dropped from the bidding line and could be blocked from re-entering the call and participating in the auction.
a. Do not mute and unmute yourself. Doing so will interfere with others on the call.
b. Foul language, broadcast of inappropriate video etc. will not be tolerated. Any individual engaging in such behaviors will be immediately blocked from the auction.
c. Raise your hand only when you wish to bid. Wait for your turn to bid; we will call on you in the order hands are raised. Do not raise your hand just to ask a question.
d. While your hand is raised and you are waiting to bid, make sure your surroundings are quiet. Turn down the radio; ask others in the room to please stop talking; stop rattling paper, washing dishes, setting the microwave etc. Remember that background noise is amplified when you are on the air, and it is irritating to others.
PAYING FOR AUCTION ITEMS
Placing a bid is a commitment on your part to pay for that item, should you be the winner. All items are sold as is, and all sales are final.
Payment must be made by credit card using VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express; no checks accepted.
Within two to three days following the auction, the CCB office will begin contacting winners to obtain credit card and mailing information. This process may take several days. If a winner defaults on a bid, the runner-up will be contacted concerning the item.
SHIPPING
Shipping charges are the responsibility of the buyer and will be added to the final sale price. If you purchase multiple items, shipping will be combined whenever possible. Sorry, but we cannot offer international shipping
For more information, or if you have questions, please contact the Auction Committee at
auction@ccbnet.org or contact auction co-chair Andrea DeKlotz at (714) 921-0289.
The Auction Committee wishes to extend our sincere thanks to all who have worked hard to make this a fun and profitable event.
Andrea E. DeKlotz
Larry Gassman
Auction Co-Chairs
