IPABRA Benefit Pedigree Auction - Bidding Rules
BIDDING
Bids open June 1st
Bids close June 30th, at 11:59 PM EST
We will be assigning "Paddle Numbers" this year!! If you send me one or more bids on any auction lot, you will be assigned a number that you will have for the entire auction. The paddle number coinciding with the current high bid will be posted to the Current High Bid page during the auction and the also with the winning bid at the end of the auction.
HOW TO BID
Send me your bids in an email to: [email protected]
You can bid one of two ways:
1) FLAT BID
“I bid 5 cents” is an example of a properly formatted Flat Bid: Hip #23 (you may copy-and-paste the lot "title" from the catalog, or you may copy-and-paste the lot description from the bid update) - flat bid $0.05 (or you may write out "5 cents"). So in your message to me it might appear as "Hip #23 Unnamed Appaloosa out of Spotted Beauty - flat bid $0.05."
2) OVER THE TOP BIDS (OTT)
“I bid over whatever the top going price is on this horse up to $7.00” is an example of an Over The Top Bid. All OTT bids must list a specified top bid! In the event that you do not list a specified top bid then your bid is INVALID and will not be entered into the auction. An example of a properly formatted Over the Top Bid: Hip #23 (you may copy-and-paste the lot "title" from the catalog, or you may copy-and-paste the horse description from the bid update) - OTT up to $7.00. Your message to me might appear as "Hip #23 Unnamed Appaloosa out of Spotted Beauty - OTT up to $7.00."
For the sake of simplicity, all OTT bids will increase by $0.05 amounts when I am calculating them.
Please, do not bid for what you cannot pay, as we have had some horses go in the past for over $20.00!
I do understand that "life happens" & it is remarkably easier to cancel your bids BEFORE the bidding deadline - please, please, PLEASE do not wait until after the bidding deadline closes as this is highly unfair to the other bidders participating in the auction. You are welcome to bid on new horses or increase old bids as often as you like.
KEEP TRACK OF THE HORSES YOU ARE BIDDING ON -- do not write me and expect me to make a list of all of the horses you are currently holding bids for.
*ONLY CURRENT IPABRA MEMBERS MAY BID IN THIS AUCTION*
BID UPDATES - *Changing for 2024 *
Posted High Bid Amounts will be updated on a set schedule ONLY. Notifications of when high bids are updated will be posted to the IPABRA Facebook Group, as well as the final notice for getting the last bids in.
Bid updates will be weekly, until the final week of the auction. Here is the schedule.
1st Update: June 8, 2024
2nd Update: June 15, 2024
3rd Update: June 22, 2024
Final Week Updates: June 25th, 28th.
The Last Update will be June 30th 5 PM EST
PAYMENTS
Please note that many of our generous donors have requested that payment be sent to the IPABRA Treasurer, Chris Wallbruch ([email protected]), directly.
Payments of winning bids are expected at the conclusion of the auction.
Please send all bids to your Auction Coordinator:
Michelle Weston [email protected]
** Rules/auction information compiled by former IPABRA Auction co-coordinators, edited by Michelle Weston
Bids open June 1st
Bids close June 30th, at 11:59 PM EST
We will be assigning "Paddle Numbers" this year!! If you send me one or more bids on any auction lot, you will be assigned a number that you will have for the entire auction. The paddle number coinciding with the current high bid will be posted to the Current High Bid page during the auction and the also with the winning bid at the end of the auction.
HOW TO BID
Send me your bids in an email to: [email protected]
You can bid one of two ways:
1) FLAT BID
“I bid 5 cents” is an example of a properly formatted Flat Bid: Hip #23 (you may copy-and-paste the lot "title" from the catalog, or you may copy-and-paste the lot description from the bid update) - flat bid $0.05 (or you may write out "5 cents"). So in your message to me it might appear as "Hip #23 Unnamed Appaloosa out of Spotted Beauty - flat bid $0.05."
2) OVER THE TOP BIDS (OTT)
“I bid over whatever the top going price is on this horse up to $7.00” is an example of an Over The Top Bid. All OTT bids must list a specified top bid! In the event that you do not list a specified top bid then your bid is INVALID and will not be entered into the auction. An example of a properly formatted Over the Top Bid: Hip #23 (you may copy-and-paste the lot "title" from the catalog, or you may copy-and-paste the horse description from the bid update) - OTT up to $7.00. Your message to me might appear as "Hip #23 Unnamed Appaloosa out of Spotted Beauty - OTT up to $7.00."
For the sake of simplicity, all OTT bids will increase by $0.05 amounts when I am calculating them.
Please, do not bid for what you cannot pay, as we have had some horses go in the past for over $20.00!
I do understand that "life happens" & it is remarkably easier to cancel your bids BEFORE the bidding deadline - please, please, PLEASE do not wait until after the bidding deadline closes as this is highly unfair to the other bidders participating in the auction. You are welcome to bid on new horses or increase old bids as often as you like.
KEEP TRACK OF THE HORSES YOU ARE BIDDING ON -- do not write me and expect me to make a list of all of the horses you are currently holding bids for.
*ONLY CURRENT IPABRA MEMBERS MAY BID IN THIS AUCTION*
BID UPDATES - *Changing for 2024 *
Posted High Bid Amounts will be updated on a set schedule ONLY. Notifications of when high bids are updated will be posted to the IPABRA Facebook Group, as well as the final notice for getting the last bids in.
Bid updates will be weekly, until the final week of the auction. Here is the schedule.
1st Update: June 8, 2024
2nd Update: June 15, 2024
3rd Update: June 22, 2024
Final Week Updates: June 25th, 28th.
The Last Update will be June 30th 5 PM EST
PAYMENTS
Please note that many of our generous donors have requested that payment be sent to the IPABRA Treasurer, Chris Wallbruch ([email protected]), directly.
Payments of winning bids are expected at the conclusion of the auction.
Please send all bids to your Auction Coordinator:
Michelle Weston [email protected]
** Rules/auction information compiled by former IPABRA Auction co-coordinators, edited by Michelle Weston