By registering and bidding on any item, the bidder/buyer shows acceptance of the following terms and conditions. Do not register or bid unless you agree to all of the terms and conditions:

REGISTRATION:
All information provided by bidder/buyer during the registration process must be current, complete, and accurate. Bidders must be 18 years of age or older. Sherwood Auction Service, LLC. & Gratiot County Fair for Youth at its sole discretion, may deny registration to any person or entity.

MAX BID:
When you place your maximum bid, the current bid price doesn't automatically jump to your max bid. Your bid will go to the next highest increment and will be increase as other people bid against you. The computer will automatically bid up to your max in the increments specified. By placing any bids you have agreed by legal contract that your bid or max bid is what you are willing to pay for that specific lot(s) and may have to pay full bid or max bid amount of any bids placed. The buyer agrees and is responsible for every bid amount placed. Remember, Sherwood Auction Service, LLC or anybody for that matter DO NOT force you to place any bid, you and you alone are responsible for your actions. Please bid accordingly.

BUYER'S PREMIUM AND SALES TAX: A
3% buyer's premium will be charged on all items and lots. This will help the Gratiot County Fair for Youth cover any added cost for the online platform! Every bidder/buyer pays the same buyer's premium and should bid accordingly. For example, if you bid $100 on an item at the auction you will be charged $103 for the item on your auction invoice. Please take this into consideration when bidding.

AUCTION ENDING:
Beginning at the stated closing time, the auction software will conclude bidding for one lot every few seconds in catalog order with the following exception: if a bid is placed in the last two (2) minutes remaining for that auction lot, bidding for that lot will automatically extend the auction for additional two (2) minutes. Some lots may be grouped together so that a bid on one lot will extend the time on all lots in that group. An e-mail of invoice will be sent to the winning bidder/buyer of each auction after auction has completely closed.

PAYMENT:
Please visit the Fair office on Friday July 31st from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
We will have this time set for you to pay and give us direction for your purchases.

ITEM PICK UP & REMOVAL:
Small animals can be picked up at the fair grounds on Friday July 31st. from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
All large animals will be delivered to United Producers in St. Louis. At this time we will sort them out for the separate directions given to us buy the buyers. If you do not give Gratiot County Fair direction on what to do with you purchases the will Resold for you and Small Animals will be donated.

TECHNICAL ISSUES:
In the event there are technical difficulties related to the server, software, internet or any other online auction-related technologies, Sherwood Auction Service, LLC. reserve the right to extend bidding, continue the bidding, or close the bidding. Neither the company providing the software, nor Sherwood Auction Service, LLC. shall be held responsible for a missed bid or the failure of the software to function properly for any reason.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your bid is a legally binding contract, no exceptions. Winning bidder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless sellers, auctioneers, auctioneers employees, auction company owners, directors, etc. etc. from all claims, fees, judgments, expenses, disputes, legal fees etc. etc.


Please contact us for any additional questions.

Brian Gardner
Fair Coordinator
Gratiot County Fair for Youth
701 S. Lincoln Ave.
Alma, MI 48801
(989) 466-5071

Sherwood Auction Service LLC
Cell (989)763-7157 call or text

If your having trouble registering please contact the Fair Office (989) 466-5071 or Sherwood Auction Service LLC Cell (989)763-7157 call or text Bidding is open will will run through Thursday July 30th with a 2:00 pm soft close. PAYMENT: Please visit the Fair office on Friday July 31st from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. We will have this time set for you to pay and give us direction for your purchases. After the auction you will receive an email copy of the invoice. On Friday July 31st from 9 am to 1 pm you are asked to come to the Gratiot County Fair Office to Pay and give us the orders for your animals. At that time all the small animals that have been butchered will be available for pickup. Anyone who does not come pay or contact the Fair Office we will run the card used to register and sent the animals to resale for you!