How It Works
How It Works
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Sign-In/Register
To bid in any of our auctions, please sign-in to or create an account and complete the registration process. Please note that our auctions do not have a buyer’s premium.
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Bid
Place your bids on any of the watches in our auctions via our online bidding system. Please ensure your final is placed before the auction ends, as no extensions will be added.
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Payment
If you win one of the watches in our auctions, congratulations! Our sales team will contact you once the auction has ended to arrange payment.
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Shipping
Once payment has been arranged, we will organise for your watch to be delivered via a secure, fully insured courier service.
To bid in our auctions, you will first need to sign-in to your A Collected Man account. After completing a simple ID verification process, you will then be able to place your bids.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A countdown clock is displayed on both the main auction page and bidding page. Individual lot pages will have their own countdown clocks, indicating the specific closing time for that lot.
Our auctions do not have a buyer’s premium. The winning bid is the final price, so you can bid as much as you would like to purchase the watch for.
To bid in our auctions, you will first need to sign-in to your A Collected Man account. After you have completed a simple ID verification process, you will then be able to place your bids.
If you have previously bid in our Charity Auction, you will need to register again to participate in these auctions. However, once you are registered, you will be able to bid in all future auctions without re-registering.
First, ensure that you are signed into your account and have completed the registration process. To place a bid, visit the individual page for the watch you intend to bid on, then click 'Bid Now' in order to place a bid. Bidding will increase by set increments and you will only be able to a place a bid of the next increment value.
You will receive an email confirmation to confirm that you have the highest bid, as well as an email notification if you are subsequently outbid.
A regular bid will instantly place a bid for the next bidding increment value. So, if the current highest bid is £10,000 you will only be able to place a bid of £11,000. The set increments will increase in-line with the value of the highest bid.
Meanwhile, by setting up an automatic bid, our system will automatically place new bids on your behalf each time you are outbid. Use the (+) and (-) buttons to increase your automatic bid. Our system will then keep on bidding for you, by the smallest possible increase each time, until your maximum price is reached.
If you have won the lot you were bidding on, you will receive an email confirmation immediately following the end of the auction. Our Accounts department will send you an invoice in addition to payment and shipping instructions.
If you are outbid during the auction, you will receive an email notification. If you are on the product page, you will receive an alert, and the icon next to your bid will turn orange.