Auction Site for Selling Reptiles!!!

[ratboy]

Originally Posted by Repti-Bids

You will be entered into a legal contract to purchase the product you have won “on condition the item is in the same condition as stated in the listing description”.

If you win a live stock animal, you are advised to personally collect the animal and pay cash on collection. This way you will be able to see the animal to check it is in the same condition as advertised. If it looks to be ill etc you can pull out of the transaction.

I am no lawyer, but I am pretty damned sure that that is not how contract law works. If I have paid for my 'goods' and someone has taken my money then they are legally obliged to provide me with those goods... or I can sue. If I am selling something and someone has paid me and I have accepted their money, I am legally obliged to hand it over or I can be sued.

I suggest you read the sale of goods act. You are in the clear yes, but the buyer and the seller are not. All you have done is ensure that the contract exists BEFORE the buyer turns up to collect their animal. YOU cannot specify that the buyer can cancel the contract since it is not your contract and is nothing to do with you.

We are not able to put care sheets on the website due to the fact of the amount of care sheets we would have to list and as this website is aimed at reptile and amphibian keepers, all users should already know how to care for their pet and the reptiles being purchased.

You only have to look around forums to know that people buy or take on animals without even knowing what they are !!! You could easily ensure that the seller places a care sheet on with whatever they are selling.

[ratboy]

Originally Posted by Repti-Bids

Repti-Bids is a new website so we need as many people to register to make it a better place for trading.

At the moment like you say, it is all buy it now listings, this is clearly because of the small amount of members we currently have.

Once there are a lot more members registered on the site, you should start to see more auction type listings.

Think about it, would you list an auction with a few members or would you rather list an auction with a lot of members so you have a better chance of getting bids on your item?

Not a hope in hell mate until you have addressed a bucket load of possible issues.