WHEN: Friday, February 15, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Hong Kong Time)
WHERE: The Facebook page for Bleak House Books (www.facebook.com/bleakhousebooks)
WHAT: SPECIAL AUTOGRAPHED EDITION OF ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S HUNGRY GHOSTS
Pre-registration
- The auction is open to the general public and those who wish to participate in the auction must pre-register with us
- We will not recognize or entertain bids from anyone who has not pre-registered with us, this includes bidders who wish to remain anonymous
- The pre-registration deadline is 9:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time), Thursday, February 14, 2019
- To pre-register, please 1) click ‘Going’ on the auction’s Facebook event post and 2) send us an email (info@bleakhousebooks.com.hk) with the full name, address, and phone number of the bidder
- Bidders who wish to remain anonymous must still pre-register with us by sending us an email with the full name, address, and phone number of the bidder before the above deadline
- If you miss the pre-registration deadline you may still register with us while the auction is taking place by sending us an email; however, under no circumstances will we accept or entertain bids from anyone who has not registered with us and provided us with the requisite registration information as per the above
The Auction
- The auction will be conducted on Bleak House Books’ Facebook page from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on Friday, February 15, 2019
- We will put up a standalone post on the Bleak House Books Facebook page the morning of the auction to serve as the ‘platform’ for the auction
- We will announce the start of the auction in the comments section of the post; under no circumstances will bids be accepted or entertained before we announce the start of the auction
- The starting bid is HKD $800.00
- Bidders place their bids by entering a dollar amount in the comments section
- The staff at Bleak House Books will be monitoring and moderating the auction throughout the day
- In order to view the latest/highest bid, bidders should REFRESH the page during the course of the auction
- Anonymous bidders who have pre-registered with us can place bids by:
- sending an email to info@bleakhousebooks.com.hk with your name and your bid, OR
- sending us a direct message via our Facebook page with the same information.
- Once we receive the bid we will post it on behalf of the respective anonymous bidder in the comments section of the auction post
- Should we receive two or more anonymous bids of the same amount we will accept the one with the earliest time of receipt; those that arrive later will be rejected and their bidders so informed
- Anonymous bidders assume the risk that there will be a slight time delay between the time they send us their bids and the time it takes us to process and post them to the Facebook page
- We will announce the END of the auction in the comments section. Under no circumstances will we accept or entertain bids that are entered after the end of the auction
- The bidder with the highest bid at the close of the auction has purchased the item and is legally obligated to pay for it
- Bleak House Books will donate 100% of the proceeds received from the sale of the auction item to PEI HO (MING GOR) CHARITY FOUNDATION LIMITED ( 北河(明哥)慈善基金有限公司)
- Once we receive confirmation of payment, the winning bidder can elect to have the book shipped to an address of their choosing or pick up the book in person at our bookshop in San Po Kong
- In the event the winning bidder wishes to have the book shipped he or she is responsible for the full cost of the shipment, which we will calculate and then bill to the winning bidder separately
- We will not entertain or accept any requests for a retraction of a bid except in the situation that the bid is entered in error
- We will not entertain or accept any requests for a refund except in extraordinary situations; an ‘extraordinary situation’ is one that is by its nature very, very unlikely to occur
Payment:
- Payment must be made within 2 days of the close of the auction
- If we do not receive payment within that time frame the item goes to the bidder who has the second-highest bid prior to the close of the auction
- In a situation where we receive two or more winning bids of the same amount we will accept the one with the earliest time of receipt
- There are 2 ways for the winner bidder to pay for the item:
- Cheque (drawn on a Hong Kong bank in Hong Kong dollars and made payable to ‘Bleak House Limited’)
- Bank transfer (we will supply bank details to the winning bidder upon the end of the auction; please note that any and all bank fees that are incurred as a result of the bank transfer will be the responsibility of the winning bidder )