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In order
to post an item to be auctioned off, you must first be registered.
To register,
simply click on the Register link. Choose a user
name which you can easily remember, and fill in the other required
fields. Your password will automatically be generated and
emailed to you. You can change your password
at any time by choosing the Membership Home option from
the navigation bar and then clicking the Change Your Password
link.
You only
need to register once, as you can change your user information
at any time by choosing Member Services, and then clicking
the Edit My Registration link.
Note:
There may only be one account per email address. The system
will not let you create more than one account with the same email
address.
Verification
is required, so you will not be allowed to make any further changes
to your account until it is activated by the Administrator. It
usually takes 24 hours for activation of your account and on activation
you will be informed by email. The user (other than an Arms Dealer)
may also be requested to send us a copy of their Arms Licence
by email/ fax or by post. |
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Once
you have an active account, you must enter in your billing
information in order to post an auction. You can enter your
billing information by choosing the Manage Auction option,
then clicking on the My Billing Information link. |
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You
can change your billing information at any time by choosing the
Manage Auction option, then clicking on the My Billing
Information link.
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You
can Click the link Create an Auction in the Membership
Home page to create a new Auction. You may or may not choose to
give your contact details in the next page. (The details which
you will give will be visible to all the users). When you pick
a new Category in the next row "Choose a Category"
a new window will open. Clicking the button on the left side of
the Category name in the new window will insert the Category in
the Category Box. (or) |
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You
can list an item by navigating to the category where you want
your item listed, and then choosing the Add an Auction
link. |
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Once
you choose the correct category for your item, simply follow
all the onscreen instructions to add your item. All options
that have an associated charge will note that charge when you
choose it. Following are the Options which you will be
required to fill:
Types
of Auction
Use
Auction Post Wizard
Your
Contact Information
Category
Item Title
Duration,
Quantity and Price
Item
Description
Payment
and Shipping details
Image
Location (Add Picture)
Types
of Auction:
Standard Auction: A Standard Auction is one in which
bidding raises the price incrementally. Standard auctions can
have a Reserve Price, and use Proxy Bidding.
The winner of a Standard Auction is the person with the highest
bid at the end of the auction. The auction is considered successful
if the Reserve Price has been met. If the Reserve Price was not
met, the auction is considered unsuccessful and the item owner
is under no obligation to sell the item.
Reserve Price is the minimum price the seller is willing
to accept for an item.
Proxy Bidding: When you place a bid, enter the maximum
amount you are willing to pay for that item. This amount will
always be kept secret. Whenever someone else places a bid, our
auction software will automatically enter the lowest possible
bid for you, up to your maximum bid, until you are the winning
bidder. At the end of an auction, if you are the high bidder,
you are the winner. As the winner of the auction, you only pay
the lowest possible winning bid, not necessarily your maximum
bid. When Proxy Bidding is in effect, it can appear as if one
bidder has beat another bidder with the same bid amount. This
is normal and occurs when a bidder has a proxy bid in effect and
a second bidder comes along and makes their bid at the exact same
amount the current proxy bid is at. Since the proxy bid was placed
earlier, that is the bid that will succeed. For the second bidder
to succeed in placing a bid, they must bid higher than the proxy
bid that is in effect.
Dutch Auction: A Dutch Auction label only applies
to multiple-item Auctions. A single quantity Auction is a Standard
Auction. In a Dutch Auction, all Winning bidders get their items
at the price of the lowest Winning bid. There is no Automatic
Bidding or Reserve Price for Dutch Auctions.
Example, a Dutch auction has 10 items for sale. The
opening price for the items is INR 10,000 each. After the auction
opens, 20 people place equal bids for the items at INR 10,000
each. If the auction were to close at this point, the first 10
people to bid would be declared the winners, because earlier bids
take precedence over later bids of equal amount (and in this case,
quantity). However, before the auction closes, a new bidder places
a bid of INR 15,000 for one of the items. Because this person
has the highest bid, he/she will most certainly win one of the
10 auction items. The remaining 9 items are won by the first 9
bidders who bid at INR 10,000. However, because all bids clear
at the lowest winning bid, the person who bid INR 15,000 will
only be required to pay INR 10,000 for the item. By bidding over
opening price, new bidders can essentially knock the earlier low
bidders out of the running.
INR: Indian Rupees
Region:
You will have to select the area in which the firearms or Ammunition
are located. This is a drop down menu with most of the States
filled in. You can describe the area in the item description column
if you want to be more specific.
Category:
Next, the correct category under which your item would appear
has to be selected. You can select the category from the drop
down list available. Choosing the right category under which a
item will be classified is very important. Users or potential
buyers search for the items they desire under the relevant categories.
In order for your item to catch their attention, it should appear
under the relevant listing.
Item Title:
This is the title of your firearms which an interested buyer will
see on searching in a particular category.
Duration,
Quantity and Price:
Establishing the period of the auction: The start
date and end date, thus the length or period of the auction, has
to be stated. Fill the date the auction is to end in the text
box provided. Remember, a short to medium auction period normally
works better for all concerned.
Stating Start Bid Amount, Reserve Price and Purchase Now Price: The
starting price and reserve price for the item has to be specified
in the space provided. The reserve price is the minimum price
the seller is willing to accept for the item. This amount is set
by the seller before the auction starts, and is never disclosed.
The seller may choose not to have any reserve price. The starting
bid amount is the price at which bidding for the item will start.
In case the seller chooses to have a reserve price, we recommend
that the start price should be a little lower (about 15% - 20%)
than the reserve price. Purchase Now is the price at which the
bidding will stop further and the bidder will be sold the item.
Item Description:
In the space provided, a brief description of the item should
be given so that it provides information to bidders and at the
same time makes the item attractive. Please provide an accurate
description in order to encourage genuine bidding. You should
provide information such as bluing condition (i.e. original, rebrowned
& how much is still on the weapon), barrel groove condition,
how much barrel it is rusted from inside, are there any ring marks
inside the barrel, firing mechanism operation, has the firearm
been repaired and how much, grips- original or not, marking condition,
overall pitting/rust condition etc. so as to provide true and
accurate condition of the weapon so that disputes may not arise
later on.
Payment
and Shipping details:
State Shipping Charges Who is going to
bear the cost of transportation of the goods and T.L Charges.
In the space provided for payment methods, you should enter which
types of payment would be accepted by you, such as Cash, Cheque
or Demand Draft. An easy way to do this is to click on the payment
method that you would prefer from the list of examples, and it
will be automatically filled in for you.
State Shipping Terms If delivery can be
made within the State or in a Region or anywhere in the Country.
How much does it take to get T.L issued against a valid NOC. Can
you give counter delivery and what will be the charges?
Ship via In this space, the terms of delivery
need to be stated. An easy way to do this is to click on the Shipping
option that you would prefer from the list of examples, and it
will be automatically filled in for you. Alternatively you can
type free text of your choice in the item description field.
Image
Location (Add Picture):
To upload a picture onto gunaccessory.com, you need to first optimise
your image to less than 60K. (To optimise:- open the JPEG image
in Paint, then press Ctrl - W, Resizing window will open where
you can reduce the image. Then Save the image for uploading).
Use Auction Wizard in the "Create An Auction Form" page
within the Item Information section that allows you to upload
your image to our server. Just click on the "browse” button
and then locate the image file on your computer. Once located,
click on the "upload" button to upload your image. You
will then be presented with a window that shows the image to you,
and the URL of the image below it. You can upload a maximum of
Four images per Auction. If you already know the URL of your image,
all you need to do is enter the URL in the Image URL section.
Remember, the URL has to end in .gif or .jpg or .jpeg. To generate
thumbnail images in the main page view use .jpeg image file. Thumbnail
of the image will be generated for only the first image file.
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Once
you have entered all the information about your item, you
will be presented with a preview screen where you can review all
of the information you have entered and options you have chosen.
Use the Back button to go back and make any necessary changes.
Do not press the Finish button until you are absolutely
sure that all of the information is correct. You will not
be able to change or edit any information once you press the Finish
button. You can Modify the Price and add to the Description of
the item in Manage Your Auction Link in
Membership page. |
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Once
you press the Finish button your auction will be listed immediately
and you will be presented with a link to where you can view your
auction. There are no listing or closing charges for the present. |
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When
the billing option is activated (which presently is deactivated),
you can check the status of any debits or credits that have been
charged to your account by choosing the Member Services
option, and clicking on the View My Bill link. |
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Log
into your account using your username and password, and
then choose a date for which to view your bill. All transactions
for your chosen billing period will tell you what the debit (Listing
Fee, Closing Fee) or Registration Credit was for, how much it
was, and the date that it was processed. |
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You
account will be billed on a monthly basis. All account balances
will carry over to the next month.
Note:
Accounts with past due balances may be frozen by an administrator.
Users with a frozen account will not be able to bid, post items,
or edit their account information. |