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Welcome to The FREE, Government Auctions UK Newsletter Back to archive   In this issue: Auctions This Week Bids spiral for debt man's entire belongings eBid's lifetime offer to keep giant at bay Autorola Car Auction Site In Driving Seat Sheikhs' Coolmore boycott begins to bite Online Auctions Positive Club Hi, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION APPEARS IN THE NEWS SECTION AT THE MEMBERS' AREA AT GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE IT. FULL DETAILS ABOUT EACH AUCTIONEEER CAN BE FOUND AT THE SITE. The GAUK Newsletter is our regular FREE auction news bulletin designed to keep you updated with news, latest sales, auction results and general pieces of interesting auction information that have occurred throughout the week. It is also published as an RSS feed, the very latest in technology which you need to take advantage of, allowing you to recieve news from all your favourite news sourches when you want it. This is a supplement to information contained in the main GAUK Database and is an additional service. Please Read On...

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Please view the new site at www.pugh-company.co.uk <http://www.pugh-company.co.uk> , clicking on the AUCTIONS menu and then on Current Auction. The Auction will be held at Terminal 2 Manchester International Airport and includes 178 lots. We are acting on behalf of clients such as St Helens Council, Calderdale Council, Lancashire County Council, Salford City Council, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Sefton Council, Telereal, British Waterways, and United Utilities.

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Sweeney Kincaid Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th September at 10am. On DAY ONE: remaining manufacturing maintenance/workshop, material handling and storage equipment, IT equipment, vehicles and office equipment. And on DAY TWO: approx. 50,000 sq. meters of carpet stock including commercial and domestic.

Simon Charles Auctioneers, Thursday 29th September at 10am;new and contemporary furniture.

Charles Taylor, Thursday 29th and Friday 30th September at 10.30am; mixed commercial stocks including Christmas decorations, clothing, fishing tackle, Halloween products, vehicles, general household furniture and equipment. Call to confirm which day. Taking place at The Auction Centre,

Frank Hill, Saturday 1st October at 11am; new timber and tools, container grown shrubs, trees, spring flowers, bulbs and garden ornaments. Taking place at The Village Hall.

Team Auctions, Sales of commercial catering equipment at 11am.Monday 3rd October at Manor Park Country House, Ynspenllwych Road, Clydach, Swansea. Tuesday 4th October at Colwyn Leisure centre, Colwyn Bay. Tuesday 4th October at the Lord Hill Hotel, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury. Wednesday 5th October at Chester RUFC, Hare Lane, Littleton, Chester. Wednesday 5th October at the Devonshire House Hotel, 293 Edge Lane, Liverpool.

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Bids spiral for debt man's entire belongings

LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - A man auctioning off everything he owns as one job lot to clear his spiralling credit card debts has sparked a bidding frenzy.

Bidding for Steven Hartwright's entire belongings, which began at just £1 on internet auction site eBay, has now soared to more than £22,000.

And Mr Hartwright's lot is currently the most searched auction on the whole eBay site.

And Mr Hartwright, 23, has promised the buyer their pick of his possessions, which run into thousands of items.

Should the highest bidder wish, web designer Mr Hartwright says he will let them take away all his worldly goods in a removal van.

His only request is that he be allowed to keep the clothes he is standing in.

Mr Hartwright said: "It’s going to be bad enough having nothing left. I don’t want to be walking around naked too."

The amazing auction is a first even for eBay, which has seen all manner of weird and wacky sales over the years.

Mr Hartwright, who lives with his parents in Ilkeston near Derby, said he was taking the drastic step because interest repayments on credit card debts were crippling him.

Up for grabs are his prized 42 inch widescreen plasma TV, home cinema system, digital cameras and camcorder, DVD player and two computers.

He also stands to lose his tropical aquarium and fish, furniture including his bed, his entire music, DVD and book collections and his clothes save the one remaining outfit.

Mr Hartwright said: "There is no catch. If the buyer wants it all, it will all go – right down to my toothbrush.

"We are talking about a lifetime’s possessions. They run into the thousands. When I try and list them all it sounds like something from the Generation Game on TV – and there are cuddly toys thrown in too."

Mr Hartwright said: "I have debts of £7,500, so I am hoping to clear those and then make enough on top to be able to start all over again.

"My spending - mainly on electronic goods - got out of control and now the interest repayments are too steep. I am determined to be much more careful with my spending in future.

"But it promises to be quite a liberating experience, losing everything I own and making a totally fresh start."

He said that losing his plasma TV would be the biggest blow. "I only bought it last month and I spent over £1,500 on it and accessories," he said.

He added: "I would have to be sure the fish were going to be looked after too. If the buyer doesn’t want them, they could go in my mother’s aquarium."

Mr Hartwright said he was most looking forward to losing his drum kit, adding: "I’ve had complaints about the noise from neighbours, who say I don’t play properly and the whole street can hear. Getting rid of it will save me a lot of grief."

He said his girlfriend and parents have no idea about the coming clear-out. He said: "They are always telling me I have too much stuff but they will be speechless when they hear about this.

"I don’t suppose they ever imagined I would get rid of everything."

Mr Hartwright said he decided to sell everything as a single job lot because it would have been too hard to hold separate auctions.

He said: "Can you imagine all the different deliveries?" I would have found it too hard emotionally listing everything one by one.

"It would have been too tempting to leave things I liked out and that would have defeated the whole point."

The auction ends at noon on Friday

eBid's lifetime offer to keep giant at bay

When it comes to online auctions eBay dominates the scene. In a bid to escape the shadow of its more dominant competitor eBid.co.uk, which declares itself the second largest player in the UK market, has announced a one-off special offer.
eBid Gold Memberships - which provide free listing and closing fees for life - will be offered for the price it costs to list one item on eBay. But that is for today only. Worth around £45, the membership will be offered for 75p (and not the £3 as originally stated).

Cheekily, eBid.co.uk has chosen Thursday 29 September as today marks an increase in eBay charges. Insertion charges for Multiple Items and Fixed Price Listings from are increasing £2 to £3. Also, the cost of adding a Buy It Now option will now be charged according to an item's value (costing anything from 5p-25p), instead

'We remain committed to giving an excellent customer service and good value for money at all times,' said eBid's co-founder and CEO, Gary Sewell, 'And with the security of the eBid site guaranteed, our members can be rest-assured that they will be getting a high-quality service without fear of fraud, as well as all the help and support they need to make a successful online sale or purchase.'

For more details of the offer, visit www.eBid.co.uk. You have to click on the register button to open your account, and when offered the chance to upgrade your account, choose the Lifetime Gold option which will be priced at £0.15 for the day, instead of the normal £44.99.

Features of eBid.co.uk include a Buddy point programme, where members can earn buddy points to win high-value items and a 'Wanted' system, where buyers list the item they want to buy at a price they want to pay and 'sales' bidding takes place with the lowest bid securing the sale. This, claims eBid turns the standard process of buying and selling on its head, providing a 'more heightened interactive experience'.

Alun Williams

Autorola Car Auction Site In Driving Seat

Private sellers have begun to sell their cars on the new online car auction Autorola. The days when the ordinary consumer had to accept their prices offered by the local car dealer are over. With the new car auction Autorola, private car sellers can raise their selling price by offering their cars to the whole UK market - and with a few clicks of the mouse. Autorola has come to the UK after four years of success in continental Europe.

The site has been operating less than a year and a half in Denmark, where Autorola originates. Since then the company has established new auctions in Germany, Austria, Holland and Sweden. Now the time has come for the UK market and the people behind the auction say they have a clear strategy.

'We are going to make money for our customers by helping them to better prices. We know how to help the private seller to find exactly right buyer who is willing to pay the best market price for the car, which is one of the reasons that we have been successful in our other markets,' says the UK manager Lena Kamstrup Kjær.

The person putting the car up for sale sets a reserve price, and the guide description form makes it easy to describe the car in detail. 'It is crucial that cars are accurately described, and we have really put in an effort to make the description form easy to use for our users. A better description helps to achieve a better price,' explains Lena Kamstup Kjær.

Autorola has a manned customer centre to handle any questions that might occur. The launch of the UK auction brings the total number of employees for all of the Autorola auctions up to 44. The managing director, Peter Grøftehauge, who funded the auctions together with his brother, Martin Grøftehauge, expects that the total number of employees will be close to 60 this time next year.

Autorola makes it possible to find the specific car dealer who has a customer for the car being put up for sale and therefore can pay a better price and still make money. 'We have only achieved the market position that we have in continental Europe because we have created a system that benefits both buyer and seller. A targeted purchase of cars at Autorola makes it possible for the dealers to go even closer to their own selling prices and still make more money for their dealerships,' says Lena Kamstrup Kjær.

It costs £100 to £225 (inc. VAT) to sell a car on the auction, but other then that the Web site is completely free to use and a fee is only charged in the case of a successful transaction. It is only car dealers who are allowed to buy on the auction, while both companies and private people can put their cars up for sale.

Sheikhs' Coolmore boycott begins to bite

A colourful assortment of horsemen, titled gents, rogues and bloodstock agents descended on the village of Kill, outside Dublin, yesterday, all with one multimillion-pound question on their collective minds.

Following the exclusive disclosure in The Daily Telegraph last week that the powerful Maktoum family from Dubai were stopping buying yearlings sired by stallions from John Magnier's powerful Coolmore stud, would Sheikh Mohammed and his brothers continue to boycott the Irish breeding empire at Goffs' grandly named Million Sale?

By last night, they had their answer and it will send ripples through the billion-pound bloodstock industry around the globe. The Maktoums pointedly refused to have anything to do with Coolmore-sired offspring, which make up more than a third of the sales catalogue - and the ban could continue for 10 years.

Over the next few days, racehorse owners with dreams to match the size of their bank balances will pay sums of money that dwarf most people's annual salary for a yearling which might overcome lottery-type odds to win a Guineas or a Derby in 2007.

The sale is the first of Europe's premier auctions where oil-rich sheikhs, foreign princes and wealthy tycoons traditionally lock horns in search of another Shergar or Dancing Brave - and it has a fine tradition.

The story is still told of one Irish breeder who enjoyed a particularly successful Goffs sale, thanks in large part to Hamdan Al Maktoum, the older brother of Sheikh Mohammed, splashing out the proverbial king's ransom for his yearling. Such was the joy of the grateful Irishman he went up to Dubai's finance minister and pressed some 'luck money' into his hand. Imagine a rabbit golfer offering Tiger Woods a putting tip, or John McCririck lecturing Trappist monks on the pleasures of silence, and you start to appreciate the look of astonishment on the sheikh's face.

However, as the bloodstock cognoscenti cast their eye over the 600 or so 'lots' up for sale, the talk yesterday was only about one subject: the reported ban.

Would the Maktoums really cold-shoulder yearlings sired by Coolmore's outstanding sires or would they relent and swoop for a couple of mega-expensive yearlings by Sadler's Wells or Montjeu, sire of this year's Derby winner Motivator?

The ban, introduced at the Keeneland September yearling sales earlier this month, has stunned the racing world.

"Is there REALLY a ban? How long will it last? They can't mean it," has been the general reaction, fuelled in no small part by a headline in the Racing Post, the sport's trade paper, which deserves a place alongside 'Small earthquake in Chile: not many dead.' It read: 'No boycott but Sheikh to shun Coolmore sires in policy shift.' Er, yes . . .

As Kill woke up yesterday morning underneath leaden skies, the common view among the more cerebral horsemen was that at least one of the sheikhs would dip a hand in his pocket and buy a Coolmore yearling, just to take the steam out of the affair.

That view was enhanced by mid-morning when Sheikh Mohammed, making his first appearance at the sale for years, arrived by helicopter, along with Hamdan and their advisers. Attention quickly switched to the early lots sired by Coolmore stallions.

However, as the afternoon progressed and the sheikhs refused to make a bid for Coolmore-sired stock - while splashing out on yearlings by their own stallions - the realisation slowly began to dawn on the unconvinced that this boycott is for real and not just a passing protest.

Newmarket's prestige sales are the next staging post where the ban will continue: a ban which extends to friends of the Maktoums, with specific orders going to bloodstock agents and trainers who buy on their behalf.

The simple truth is that the dodgy world of bloodstock is witnessing the start of a revolution which could last for five to 10 years and, no matter who are the eventual winners and losers, it had better come to terms with that fact.

The reasons given for the Maktoum boycott have, to date, been twofold. After investing zillions in Coolmore down the years (including £6 million up front in cash for a basket of nominations from Sadler's Wells, Caerleon and Fairy King a decade or so ago), there has been next to no reciprocation from Magnier and his cohorts in the sheikhs' Darley Stud bluebloods.

And secondly, the failure of Magnier and trainer Aidan O'Brien to attend the Dubai World Cup in the spring, when they had a runner, caused considerable offence.

But beneath the surface, there are much stronger and more dangerous currents at work which have forced the Maktoums' collective arm. In essence, they centre on the way the bloodstock industry works, with its glaring lack of scruples and regulation. Add the enormous power and influence of Magnier and his Coolmore partners, and the awe in which they are held on both sides of the Irish Sea, and you get closer to the real reasons for this spectacular bust-up.

Sheikh Mohammed personally has a great affection for the Irish. Like him, they are horsemen. And he respects Coolmore's operation, but enough is enough.

The boycott is not an overnight whim. The Maktoums have been discussing this for two years. It is tempting to say the Skeikhs are here for the Kill. The victim may take longer to identify.

Online Auctions

Why Feedback Is So Important On eBay And How To Get It

Have you ever wondered what the term "feedback" meant when visiting eBay, and why it's so important?

The answer is quite simple. When it comes to buying and selling on eBay, people look at different things before deciding to make their purchase. One of those things is feedback.

Does the seller have a high feedback rating; are the comments positive, mostly positive, or negative? You see, feedback, similar to a credit rating, is a quick way to help determine previous buyer's experiences, and provides an insight to the seller's reputation.

While most buyers and sellers acknowledge the importance of leaving feedback describing their experience on eBay, there are still some who choose to ignore it.

In most cases, after a sale the seller will leave feedback regarding the timeliness of the transaction, receipt of payment, and ease of communication.

The buyer may choose to withhold feedback until they receive their merchandise, to describe the condition received, timeliness of shipping, and whether or not the item purchased on eBay was received as described.

But in several cases, the buyer doesn't always follow up on that, which causes the seller to miss out on a very valuable selling tool. If you've ever experienced this for yourself, then you know how frustrating it can be.

A lot goes into listing, packaging, and shipping an item. It seems only fair those actions should be rewarded with a feedback acknowledgment to inform the seller how they did with that transaction.

Of course, there are other ways to determine when feedback should be left, so that both parties benefit and no one is short changed.

One of those methods is to leave feedback immediately after completing your transaction, even if to opt for the selection "will leave feedback later".

At least this way you've notified the buyer and/or seller that you've acknowledged the transaction and will follow it up after the sale.

Another alternative is to send a gentle reminder to the buyer notifying them that you have left feedback regarding their part of the transaction and request that they do the same upon receipt of their order. This method is generally well accepted and typically yields the desired results.

Let's face it, with today's busy schedules not everyone remembers these details until the next time they decide to buy or sell on eBay. Since feedback is how many buyers and sellers are evaluated for their ability to pay or ship items, it is equally important to provide it after your eBay transaction.

So, what does this feedback tell us? Simply stated, it describes each individual's transaction and experience on eBay. It tells us how well communications went between the parties involved. It provides information regarding payment, condition of item received and timeliness of shipping the item.

Without feedback you may be excluded from bidding on certain auctions, or required to contact the seller prior to making a bid on their item.

If you have negative feedback, you may be excluded from bidding on items at all. Negative feedback on eBay is not a good thing and is definitely something that should be worked out if at all possible; otherwise it may take awhile to rebuild your eBay reputation.

Most buyers generally feel more comfortable and confident in their eBay purchase if the person they are dealing with has a higher positive feedback rating.

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Bright spots

Look closely, and you will see the bright spots in this day. Give your attention, your thoughts and your efforts to those bright spots, and they will grow even brighter.
Look closely, and you will see the positive possibilities in this moment, in this situation. Focus your energy on the good and valuable things you can do now, and the best of those possibilities will become real.

Though many circumstances may not be perfect, there are perfectly good, positive, life-affirming responses available to you. Respond to life from a perspective of love, and your response will have real, lasting power.

Life is rich and complicated, ever-changing and coming at you from every direction. You always have the opportunity to make the very most of it all.

You can grab on to those bright spots and nurture them toward magnificent proportions. In the midst of all the noise and confusion, you can take a glimmer of hope and build it into a dominant force.

Whatever may be going on in your life, there are bright spots that you can find and build upon and utilize to create great value. Even now those bright spots are there, ready for you to develop into something truly special.

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