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