User Agreement / Terms
PUGET SOUND ESTATE AUCTIONS
Serving Seattle and the South Puget Sound
USER AGREEMENT "The Fine Print"
THIS WEBSITE IS AN ONLINE VENUE DESIGNED TO BE A CONVENIENT & EFFECTIVE WAY TO BRING LOCAL BUYERS & SELLERS TOGETHER.
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
YOU MUST REGISTER TO USE THIS WEBSITE.
THIS IS A TRADEMARKED WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC USE THROUGH THIS SERVICE YOU ARE SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS & CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.
You agree to pay your invoice online by 9:00 am on Pickup day of auction. Items will be considered abandoned if you do not pay by 9am. Items paid for but not picked up on the designated pickup day are also considered abandoned. No refunds will be issued for these items.
You agree to 15% Buyer's Premium added on all lots sold.
You agree to WA Tax Applied unless you have a resellers permit on file.
You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information on your registration. You will maintain and promptly update the Registration Data.All items are sold on an "AS IS" basis. We do not guarantee the precise accuracy of any descriptions or condition of any items sold on auction. It is the bidder's responsibility to come and preview the items before placing a bid.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.
Bidding By placing a bid you are entering into a legally binding contract to pay for the item with the seller, do not bid if you do not intend to pay. If you are the winning bidder at the end of an auction and your bid is accepted by the seller, you are obligated to complete the transaction. By bidding on an item you agree to be bound by the conditions of sale included in the item’s description. Bids are not retractable except in exceptional circumstances such as when the seller materially changes the item’s description after you bid, or a clear typographical error is made.
No Warranty - AS IS WHERE IS - Items purchased from PSEA website come with no warranty, Items are sold as is where is.
PSEA does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and operation of the Website may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control.
Puget Sound Estate Auctions cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this section. When Puget Sound Estate Liquidation Services will notify users that their registration has been approved, such user shall become a "Registered User." Only Registered Users are allowed participate in Puget Sound Estate Auctions. Puget Sound Estate Auctions reserves the right to disapprove, suspend or terminate Your registration for any reason, at its sole discretion, and to prohibit You from participating in the Services.
PSEA does not control the information provided by other users which is made available through our system. PSEA never shares your information or sells it.
PSEA reserves the right to make changes to this Website and these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice.
REFUND POLICY: We do not provide refunds.
PRIVACY POLICY: We do not sell, trade or share your personal information with anyone.
As part of the Washington Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site may make any changes to their information at anytime by logging into their "My Account" page and going to the "Account Info" page. Eligibility for Use of Our Service.
Our Services are available only to users who can form legally binding contracts (18 YEARS OLD) under the laws of the United States of America and the country, state and/or territory in which such user resides. Without limiting the foregoing, our Services is not available to minors, users whose use of our Services has been temporarily or indefinitely suspended, nationals or residents of any country restricted by the United States Government, or any party identified on the list of Specially Designated Nationals maintained by the United States Treasury Department or the Table of Denial Orders maintained by the United States Department of Commerce, as such restricted countries, lists and orders may be amended or modified from time to time by the United States Government. If you do not qualify, please do not use our Services..
Website Ownership..
PSEA owns or licenses from third parties all information and other content as well as all of the software and technology related to the Website, including, without limitation, all HTML code, Java applets, graphics, icons, wallpaper, characters, artwork and text related to or contained in the Website. You may not use the Website or copy, transmit, publish, modify, distribute, perform, create derivative works from or reverse engineer any of the Technology except as expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions. PSEA may, at any time and in its sole discretion, add, delete or change the Website and any of the Services provided by or through the Website without notice.
This Website Is Only a Venue. PSEA Liquidation Services provides a venue for Sellers to list Items through our Website. We provide registered users a venue to make purchase on such items through our Website. PSEA is an independent contractor. You are an independent contractor. Either party is not a representative, broker, employee, agent, partner or joint venture of the other party. This Agreement does not create a partnership, obligation or liability upon either party. PSEA is not party to or involved in the transactions between Buyers and Sellers. This Website is offered as a venue for buyers & Seller. Puget Sound Estate Auctions is not a party to any transactions nor has no control over any aspect of the transactions. Puget Sound Estate Auctions simply provides a Website & Services.
Online Auction & Internet Trading is commonly referred to as an auction website, but is not to be construed with traditional auctioneer. Rather this website acts as a venue to allow you to offer, sell, and buy items in the listed on the Website, at any time, in a variety of formats, including a fixed price format and an auction-style format commonly referred to as an online auction. PSEA is not party in the third party transactions. As a result, PSEA has no control over the quality, safety or accuracy of the listings, the ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. PSEA cannot ensure that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction.
You assume all risk.
Release of Liability: PSEA is not a third party to transaction between buyers and sellers, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more users, you release PSEA (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a Washington resident, you waive Washington Civil Code §1542, which says: “ general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”.
If you have a dispute with a Seller or another user.You release PESA Liquidation Services from claims, demands and damages of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
Access and Interference:The Website contains robot exclusion headers and you agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers, or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website or any auction being conducted on the Website.You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on our Website is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to PSEA by our users or third parties. You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any content (except for Your Information) from our Website.
BY USING THIS Website YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE CAREFULLY READ THESE TERMS AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR CONTENTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A RELEASE OF LIABILITY.
User Submissions: We enjoy hearing from users of the Website and welcome any feedback and input that users may have. Nevertheless, in order to avoid any disputes, PSEA asks that users not send any comments unless the user agrees that PSEA will be licensed to use the comments in any way or manner that it chooses.