Rotary Club of Sorell

Terms and conditions

One set of terms for everyone. Part A applies to all sellers and buyers, Part B to selling and Part C to buying. If you sell and buy, you sign once.

Rotary Club of Sorell Inc (ABN 55 891 269 133) — Community Auction, Sunday 22 November 2026, Pembroke Park, Sorell — Terms and conditions

Part A — Everyone

  1. The Club is the seller's agent. Items are sold by their owners ("sellers") through the Rotary Club of Sorell Inc ("the Club"), which acts as each seller's selling agent. The contract of sale for each item is between the seller and the buyer. The Club's commission funds its community projects.
  2. Sold as is. Items are sold in the condition they are in on the day, with any faults. Sellers describe their items honestly and tell the Club of any fault they know about. Buyers inspect before they bid: descriptions are given in good faith by the seller and are not guaranteed by the Club. Consumer guarantees about quality and fitness do not apply to goods sold at auction on behalf of a private owner.
  3. Electrical goods are accepted only if tested and tagged within the last 12 months, or if they carry the Club's ‘untested’ sticker. An item with the sticker must be checked by an electrician before it is used.
  4. Reserves. A seller may set a reserve price for an item on the lot sheet, though most items sell best without one. The auctioneer will say when an item has a reserve. An item that does not reach its reserve is unsold and returned to its seller. No one may bid on their own item, and the Club does not bid.
  5. Risk. An item is at the seller's risk until the hammer falls, and at the buyer's risk from then on. The Club takes reasonable care of items during the auction but is not responsible for loss, theft or damage. Insure an item yourself if that matters to you.
  6. Your details. The Club collects only what it needs to run the auction: from everyone, name, phone number and email, to contact them about the auction and any lot they sell or buy; from a seller, also postal address and payout details, to pay them. Details are kept on paper by the Club, are not shared with anyone else, and are destroyed once sellers have been paid and the auction is reconciled. If you tick the box on your registration form, the Club also keeps your name and email to tell you about future Rotary auctions and events; ask a Club officer or email the Club to be removed at any time. The Club's record of each sale (the seller's name, the items, the prices and the amount paid to the seller) is kept in the Club's accounts.
  7. Safety and conduct. You attend at your own risk and must follow the directions of Club officers on the day. The Club may refuse entry or bidding to anyone.
  8. Photographs. The Club may take photographs at the event for its newsletter and social media. Tell a Club officer if you do not wish to be photographed.
  9. Disputes. Any question about the running of the auction is decided by the Club, and its decision is final.

Part B — Selling

  1. What you are agreeing to. You are asking the Club to sell the items listed on your lot sheet on your behalf at its Community Auction.
  2. Commission. The Club keeps 15% of the hammer price of each item sold and pays you the balance. An item sold for under $10 is a donation to the Club, which keeps the whole hammer price. There is no fee for items that do not sell.
  3. Your items are yours to sell. You confirm that you own each item outright, or have the owner's permission to sell it, and that no one else has a claim over it. You are responsible to the buyer for that.
  4. Prohibited items. The Club will not accept: firearms or weapons; alcohol or tobacco; live animals; anything subject to a product recall; cots, prams, bunk beds, bicycle helmets, toys for under-3s or other goods that must meet a mandatory Australian safety standard unless you can show they meet it; tyres; and anything the Club considers unsuitable. The Club's decision on whether to accept an item is final.
  5. Payment to you. The Club pays you by bank transfer to the account on your registration on Thursday 26 November 2026. If a buyer does not pay, the item is not sold: it is returned to you and nothing is owed to you for it. Once the Club has released an item to its buyer, you are paid for it.
  6. Unsold and uncollected items. Unsold items must be collected by 5pm on the day of the auction. Anything not collected by then is disposed of by the Club, and you will be charged what it costs the Club to dispose of it.

Part C — Buying

  1. Registration. To bid you must register, give your name, phone number and email, and be 18 or over. You bid under your bidder number and are responsible for every bid made with it.
  2. How the auction runs. Each item (or lot) is a separate sale. The auctioneer controls the bidding, may set the increments, may withdraw or combine lots, and may refuse any bid. A bid may be withdrawn only before the hammer falls. The sale is complete when the hammer falls, and the highest bidder accepted by the auctioneer is the buyer. If there is a dispute about a bid, the auctioneer may re-offer the lot, and the auctioneer's decision is final.
  3. Price. The price is the hammer price. There is no buyer's premium. Prices are not subject to GST.
  4. Payment — on the day, before you take the item. Pay at the office at the PCYC hall by cash, card or bank transfer. Card payments carry no surcharge. A bank transfer is accepted on showing the Club the bank's transfer receipt, with the bidder number as the reference; if the transfer does not arrive, the buyer still owes the price. Items must be paid for by 4:30pm, or the Club may treat the sale as cancelled and return the item to its seller.
  5. Take it with you. You must remove what you buy on the day, by 5pm, and arrange your own transport and help to move it. The Club does not deliver or store. Paid items not removed by then are treated as abandoned to the Club.