1. Philatino
is an interactive website that posts auctioneers' listings of lots to be sold
at auction, stating an opening and a closing date. Those listings may contain
up to 1500 lots, but the advised quantity runs in the 150-300 items range. Those
auctions can be offered unreserved or can be placed with a reasonable reserve. Be
aware that Philatino
will not accept reserves that do not show a competitive commercial sale price.
2. Seller must describe, identify, classify, and grade in a proper manner his
offerings. This may be surveyed by Philatino and its decision
will be final. Seller must respond to every objection or question made by
bidders and in discrepancy must do his best efforts to satisfy buyers. Whenever
a proper claim is detected, seller must refund in full and on the spot.
3. Each dealer keeps the right to deny any specific bidder his participation in
any of his sale/s, so far he is position to
demonstrate the reason (credit problems, delayed payments, unreasonable
returns, etc.) And, he is able to reject any bidder or offer that, at his
judgement, is believed not to be made in good faith.
4. Philatino
reserves the right to withdraw any lot (even a posted one) without further
notice or explanation. Seller can't withdraw any lot at all, in case that
seller had disposed of a listed item; he must pay to Philatino a fine of twice the
reserve or the full actual price at the closure of the sale (whichever would be
higher). The same fine will be applicable on every sold lot that is not
available to be shipped.
5. Any dispute that hasn't reached a satisfactory solution between buyer and
seller will be arbitrated by Philatino and its decision must be accepted by
both parties.
6. Seller agrees with all auctioneers' terms as tradition and industry practice
reveal and must behave in the most proper and honest manner, giving priority to
the fair development of the hobby. Philatino may terminate signed
agreements and seller's rights to use Philatino site at any time and
without cause by sending the member an e-mailed notice.
7. Dealer member will receive payments in the manner he specifies directly from
the buyer and must deliver purchased goods in the best packed possible shape,
within 24 hours of reception of the payment (unless credit had been given by
seller at his only discretion and risk). Cashed transactions pay a 12%
commission of the total invoiced amount and seller agrees to pay to Philatino
within 30 days of the auction closure and should list the non cashed
transactions in order to discount its commission. Uncashed
material will not produce expense to the seller, but properly returned items
(inaccurately described) will pay commission. In case of refund of lots, Philatino will hold the commission to cover
extra administration costs. Default to this premise may produce the suspension
of sellers posting privileges and/or, from the 31st day after the sale in
question, a 3% monthly accumulated compounded interest over balances due.
8. Purchased goods are delivered at buyers' risks and expenses; proof of
delivery will be an official mailing receipt. If seller delivers an item by
second or third class mail without previous agreement with buyer, and no
official receipt is issued by postal authorities, seller will be responsible
for the integrity and/or the loss of such delivery.
9. If any part of these general conditions is found invalid by a competitive
court of law, all other parts shall remain in force. The member agreement shall
be governed by rules and regulations of the Buenos Aires Court of Law, and all
parties agree to forward disputes to this only forum.
10. Dealer agrees to use buyer's name and address to deliver purchased goods in
the strictest confidence. He must keep this information confidential, though he
may use it in his own regular mailing (unless buyer requests otherwise). Dealer
commits himself to exclude those names and addresses from any public or private
list, not to allow mailing copies to third parties and specifically to exclude
them from any promotion of his or other people sites in Internet.
11. Philatino
is an international organization born to ensemble the best possible selection
of recognized world stamps auctioneers and gives them a place where to offer
their best philatelic material. This means that we have a discriminating mind,
we want to protect buyers from unknowledgeable or
unreliable sellers. Philatino
is not itself an auction house or a stamp dealer and does not buy, sell or ship
any item in its normal business process. However, it can be used as advisor or
expert towards every offered item from third parties and puts at sellers and
buyers' disposition its world recognized expert committee.
12. Philatino is not directly responsible for
other people's procedures; however, we dispose of a fine team of well known
philatelic advisors that may survey all offered material and will not allow
doubtful and/or deceiving items and/or cheatful
descriptions. The repeated failure of a consignor to accomplish these terms
allows Philatino
to withdraw or suspend the membership status of any individual at his own
discretion and without further explanation or notice. Expulsion of a dealer member
for these causes withdraws his rights for a deposit refund.
13. Auctioneers in our site are granting the full knowledgeable examinations of
every offered item and compromise themselves to describe every defect,
reparation, alteration of the original status and/or the original colour with
full fairness. Default to these premises is also enough reason to suspend or
cancel membership.
14. Each seller member must state with full clearness their individual terms of
sale in his profile page and by reading carefully our general buyer's terms and
conditions, specify the points that exceeds or correct the general stated
terms. Basically, they must indicate their shipping methods and conditions plus
costs and expected delay (when differ), the return privileges terms (when
differ), the refund terms (when differ) and accepted methods of payment (when
differ). We strongly advise not to charge any commission but, if otherwise,
this must be also clearly stated therein.
15. Seller warranties the authenticity, non alteration of the original status
(repairs) and proper identification of every item he is offering. If any lot
results to be declared a forgery, a repaired, or a misidentified item (in this
last case, if there is a significant price difference) by a reliable expert
committee, seller must refund the full price paid to buyer and must also pay
the proper commission plus a fine of u$ 50.-. Whoever wants to offer a doubtful
item without falling into those deceptive conditions must state "as
is" in the description and fix a reserve price that never can be over the
5% of the market value of a proper copy of the same item.
16. Before any consideration of a new dealer, a signed
copy of these Terms and Conditions must be sent to:
PHILATINO
343TP3AR
P.O. Box 02-5780
MIAMI -FLORIDA
33102-5780
Signature ______________
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