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Sales Table
Purpose of the BLA Sales Table.
The BLA Sales table gives the seller a way to sell their surplus aquarium furniture, plants and livestock. Excess livestock can be shrimp, snails and accepted fish (this includes non-livebearers).
Livestock not accepted on the Sales table
- Fish with deformities. This includes inbred deformities such as “Balloon” types or those with exceptionally “long fins”.
These and other similar debilitating deformities are detrimental to the health of the fish. - Livestock that have been injected with dyes.
- Genetically modified livestock such as “Glo Fish”.
- Any fish deemed inappropriate for sale at a BLA event:
for example ‘tank-busting’ species, and aggressive hybrid fish (such as Flower horn cichlids).
Welfare of Livestock
The welfare of all livestock offered for sale is of paramount importance. This includes fish, shrimps and snails.
Please Note: Consideration of sales table livestock should include the environmentental conditions, it is not acceptable for livestock to get cold when being offered for sale on the sales table. All matters concerning the welfare of the fish are the seller’s responsibility only.
Please ensure that all livestock are healthy prior to sale and correctly bagged.
Cash only Payments
Please note all BLA events are cash only, there are currently no facilities to take cashless payments. Cheques will ONLY be accepted by prior arrangement.
Due to the influx of counterfeit currency, £50.00 notes will not be accepted at any BLA event.
Seller’s letter and booking forms
All seller’s of livestock must have a seller’s letter and all livestock must be pre-booked using the relevant booking form, these can be applied for via the auction contact form on the website or via the auction manager.
Commission rates
The standard commission rate of 15% is charged at the event. This is ONLY available to those whose Booking Forms and confirmation of their Auction Lots/Sales Table Items have been completed by the specified times.
A rate of 20% commission will be charged for late entries.
Sales Table Sellers
The Sales Table Seller should be at the event by no later than 1 hour after the doors open to confirm their pre-booked items, and to provide sufficient time for their items to sell before the auction.
Booking form – Livestock
This booking form is for Livestock only being entered onto the sales table
- The booking form has provision for 25 livestock items.
- Your sales table livestock must be confirmed with any ammendments on your booking form made prior to your livestock going onto the sales table.
- Booking form submission times
- Commission and how it is affected
Booking Form – Non Livestock
The Seller will be allowed to enter a maximum of 25 items of livestock including Shrimp, Snails and fish (all acceptable species of fish allowed including Non-Livebearers). All livestock items MUST be booked in.
Note: Non livestock Sales Table entries can be entered separately on the day, Sales Table below for more instructions.
Booking Form – Joint Auction and Sales Table
Where the Seller wishes to enter livestock as Auction Lots and Sales Table items, they will be allowed against their auction letter 50 auctions lots as described above and 25 sale table items as described above. Seller’s Auction Lots will be numbered from 1 – 50 and the Sales Tables items will be numbered from 51 – 75 (regardless of how many auction-lots have been entered). This is to enable collation of livestock sales from the Auction and Sales Table.
Sales Table
Any Livestock entered as Sales Table items must also be correctly labelled and match the Booking Form. Any unsold Sales Table items when the auction begins can be auctioned at various intervals during the auction itself (if the Seller wishes).
Non-livestock items must also be booked before being offered for sale on the Sales Table. These can be pre-booked or they can be booked in on the day (Booking Forms will be available for you to fill in for you complete at the Sales Table). All Sales Table items must be labelled with the price you wish to receive.
The Sales Table will deal with any remuneration for non-livestock items.
Electrical Equipment on the Sales Table
Spares or repairs
This applies to electrical or mechanical equipment for sale that cannot be guaranteed as being in a fully working condition.
Guaranteed in Working Order, Name & Telephone Number Supplied
This applies to electrical or mechanical equipment the Seller has checked, tested and confirmed as being in fully working condition, the equipment will also have a label with the seller’s name and phone number. If for any reason the equipment doesn’t work when tested at home, the buyer must contact the seller directly.
Please note: Any recourse MUST be made DIRECTLY WITH THE SELLER, NOT the BLA.