The PVAS May 2025 Pre-Swap Online Auction
An online auction with in-person pickup, created by cstorms
General information
This is an 80/20 split online auction with drop-off and pickup on May 3rd at the PVAS Swap location:
Moose Family Center in Chicopee.
Vendors who buy a table or half-table will receive 100% of their lot sales!
Lot registration opens April 17. Bidding opens April 24 and ends 9:00 PM May 1st.
Invoices will be emailed Friday May 2nd.
See details below:
Rules
- Only items related to Aquatics, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Birds allowed.
- You cannot sell anything banned by state law.
- All lots must be properly bagged or otherwise safely packaged. No leaking bags!
- Open to the public. You do not need to be a club member to buy or sell lots.
- Sellers and Winners MUST be at the PVAS Swap at the Moose Family Center in Chicopee Saturday morning May 3rd.
- Sellers drop off lots between 10:00 and 11:00 AM.
- Winners pay and pickup lots between 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM.
- Sellers payout available 12:00-1:00 PM or checks will be mailed to those who leave early.
The following rules will be automatically enforced by this site:
- This is an online auction with in-person pickup
- You must place bids on this website
- Bidding will be open from April 24, 2025, noon to May 2, 2025, 1 a.m.
- If last minute bids are placed on a lot, the end time for that lot will be extended. All lots will end by May 2, 2025, 2 a.m.
- You can submit lots starting April 17, 2025, noon
- You can submit lots until May 1, 2025, 9 p.m.
- You can submit up to 20 lots.
- You will be charged 20% of the winning price per lot you sell
- There will be a minimum bid of $3 on all lots, and sellers can set their own minimum bids
- Sellers can set a buy now price on their lots, which will allow a lot to be sold without bidding
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