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T erms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
Sale Exam & X-rays max is truly your max. The highest bidder is the buyer. If Payment:
any dispute arises between or among two or more bidders,
Trainers are required to provide a sale exam including Payment in full is required to be made to MM Auction
images. X-rays required consist of AP and Lateral sole authority to settle the dispute as he sees fit is reserved Services immediately after the sale by credit card, cash,
radiographs of the navicular as well as Skyline Navicular by the auctioneer and the decisions shall be final. Seller checkor wire transfer. International purchases are payable
views and oblique views of the hocks. Stallions selling as reserves the right to waive the sale (bids) of his/her horse only by credit/debit card or wire transfer. A 3% convenience
a breeding stallion are required to provide verification of before it leaves the ring. The auctioneer reserves the right fee will be charged if payments are made with a credit or
to reject any or all bids. The auctioneer completes sale of a
fertility with a semen evaluation. debit card (4% international). No fee for paying with cash,
• Buyers understand that if they want additional images of horse at the fall of the gavel. We reserve the right to refuse checkor wire transfer. By providing MM Auction Services
horses or a sale exam of their own, they will have those bidding to anyone. Anyone can/will be asked to leave or your credit card information to process payments, you are
done ahead of sale time at buyers’ expense. banned from bidding if problems arise. agreeing that they can process the full payment due through
• All horses selling at Premier Horse Sales are required • International Bidders: Register onsite, onlineor by phone. the account information you provide them whether it’s
A letter from your bank is required to be an approved
to have a sale soundness exam done by a licensed done online, via phoneor face to face. By making payment,
veterinarian in order to sell. bidder. Email a letter on your bank’s letterhead stating you acknowledge that you waive the right for a return of
• Sale exams can be done as early as 6 months before sale you bank with them and all accounts are in good horse(s) along with any and all refunds of monies paid, etc.
day but no sooner and will be posted on our website at standing. Email to info@mmauctionservices.com. in conjunction with any purchases at this sale/auction from
least 1 month prior to sale day if not sooner. • Onsite Bidders: Register at the sale office anytime by MM Auction Services, LLC. MM Auction Services is a
bringing your driver’s license and credit card as a form
• Some trainers will include extra x-rays as well but it’s pass-through agency and does not hold funds for guarantees,
not required. If buyers want more than the required sale of payment to have on file whether you plan to pay this returns or refunds of monies paid on animals purchased at
exam & images, they are required to get it done before way or not. auction. All buyers agree to not place any kind of charge
the sale at their expense. An onsite vet is provided at • Online Bidders: Online Bidding is provided by back on any payment made towards the purchase of a horse.
almost all sales to assist with requests the day before the our company, MM Auction Services, LLC. Go to All buyers agree to pay $100/day late fee for any reason their
Premieronlinesales.com and you can find it under
sale. invoice is not paid directly following the sale same day or by
• X-rays are viewable on our website as early as 3 months current auctions at that link. Click on “Buyer Resources” wire transfer Monday following the sale. Any buyers that ask
before sale day up to sale day and then the system to get started or call with questions. There will be a to hold checks for any reason, will be charged $100/day fee
automatically deletes them when the gavel drops. We do 1% online buyers fee applied to all online winning in order for us to do so.
not keep x-rays past sale day. bids. You’ll need to create an account with our online Buyer’s Guarantee:
platform first. Once we have verified your accounts with
• The deposit and inspection of X-rays and access to Buyer’s guarantee to not request x-rays, vet examsor any
the repository are subject to our Repository Terms & your bank, we will send you an “approval to bid” email. images or content from any vet after purchasing a horse.
Conditions listed on our website. All buyers accept the Watch for emails in your spam folder.
Bidders guarantee to get all exams and images needed from
Repository terms and conditions when accepting these • Phone Bidders & Absentee Bidders: Serious buyers a vet prior to bidding or registering for this sale allowing
terms and bidding at sale. only! There will be a 2% buyer’s premium fee applied to
all phone and absentee winning bids. To bid on more them to have the confidence prior to the horse selling in
• Each buyer is encouraged to instruct their registered order to bid. Bidders guarantee that when they click to bid
veterinarian to inspect the X-rays for each Lot and than 4 horses, you are required to first pay $100 per online or say “yes” by phone bidding, they will pay the fees
physically inspect each Lot prior to the purchase additional head to bid. This payment is non-refundable
listed below even if they determine they “didn’t mean” to
thereof. As provided in the Standard Conditions of but will be applied to your final statement if you bid or call it an accident. If you click to bid online, you are
Sale contained in the Sales Catalogue and on our purchase a horse. In order to bid, you will need to fill out
our phone/absentee bidding form to submit with a copy entering a legal binding contract. It doesn’t matter whether
website, each Lot purchased is purchased, at the fall you bid accidentally or someone else bids for you under
of the hammer, with all defects and deficiencies, latent of your driver’s license. Our clerks will contact you for your account. Same goes for phone or priority bidding. We
and patent, subject to the exceptions set out in the said a form of payment to have on file. New bidders need to
call the number you provide and the person on the other
Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale or announced provide us with their bank contact information and last end is the bidder and has final say. Bidding and winning
prior to the auction of a Lot. The Buyer acknowledges 4 digits of bank account number on the form.
• Priority Bidders: NO buyer’s premium and for serious but not paying for the horse will result in fees due for loss
that it is his sole responsibility to determine the quality, of income to both the seller and MM Auction Services,
accuracy and completeness of the sale exam and to buyers only. This is for bidders that are planning on LLC.
obtain independent advice with respect thereto from a spending our last sale average amount or more. One of
• 10% of the determined sale price to MM Auction
registered veterinarian. our bidding representatives will bid on your behalf. In
order to bid, you will need to fill out our priority bidding Services for loss of income
• $750 nomination fee to the seller for loss of income
form to submit with a copy of your driver’s license. Our
• $1,000 advertising fees to the seller for loss of income
clerks will contact you for a form of payment to have
Bidding: on file. New bidders need to provide us with their bank • $10,000 training fees to the seller for loss of income
• $3,500 travel fees to the seller for loss of income
Bidders have 5 options to bid: onsite, online, phone, contact information and last 4 digits of bank account
• Plus the final sale price of the horse and all fees
priorityor agent bidding. See our “Register to Bid” page on number on the form.
Absolutely no private sales with trainers either prior to the
our website to get registered for our next sale. All bidders • Agent Bidders: These bidders are in person at the sale.
are required to be at least 18 years of age. Online bidders Buyer and agent are required to fill out the Agent’s sale or after the auction. Trainers have given MM Auction
nor any pre-bids will not have precedence over floor bids. Authorization Form and include a copy of the agent and Services, LLC Exclusive Rights for selling the consigned
horses. All horses brought to the sale are required to go
All bids are placed to the auctioneer and auctioneer accepts bidder’s driver’s license. Our clerks will contact the buyer
through the auction ring. Any horses “no sold” in the ring
the ones he sees/hears first. Setting max bids online does for a form of payment to have on file.
but sold outside are expected to report it to the office.
not guarantee the bidder winning for that amount over a
We will leave it up to the integrity of the seller to make
floor bidder. To help avoid this happening, make sure your
sure this happens and we know that buyers only want to
purchase from reputable people!
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