Online Auction Rules

All sellers and bidders must register as patrons of the site, and provide contact information to ensure that sales transactions can be completed. Registered patrons can log in using their unique username and password. Unregistered visitors can browse all items on the site, but can not place bids or list their own for-sale items.

Registered patrons can submit their for-sale items using our easy item submission page. The site administrator then verifies that the item meets the site's posting criteria, and activates the item on the site. The item will remain on the site for 7 days.

Selling an item is easy and inexpensive - you decide what is the lowest bid you will accept for your item; if it sells, you pay a percentage of the final price along with any optional service fees as a cost for posting it on the site. See pricing details here. Please note that the seller is obligated to sell the item to the highest bidder as long as the bid is equal to or greater than the Reserve the seller specified! The seller may LOWER the Reserve at any time, but may never RAISE it. A seller is not allowed to bid on his own items.

Registered patrons can submit their bids using our easy bid submission page. Simply specify the maximum price you are willing to pay for the item, and we will automatically do your bidding for you in $1, $10 or $100 increments up to the maximum you specified. (Bidding increment is $1 for items with a Reserve less than $200, $10 for items with a Reserve between $201 and $2000, and $100 for items with a Reserve over $2000.) If the seller has specified a Reserve, and your maximum bid is the first to meet or exceed the Reserve, your starting bid will be the Reserve amount.

At the conclusion of the 7-day bidding period and after the Final Value Fee payment, the name, phone number and email address of the winning bidder are emailed to the seller, and the name, phone number and email address of the seller are emailed to the winning bidder. The Temple Daily Telegram is not responsible for the final transaction beyond this exchange of contact information! The Temple Daily Telegram provides no warranties or guarantees of any kind to either the seller or the buyer. In the event a seller or bidder breaks any rule, the Temple Daily Telegram reserves the right to refuse that seller or bidder from participating in future auctions.