Silent Online Auction - Fall 2021

Welcome to our Online Silent Auction for the Fall 2021!

To take part, please head over to our Photo Album - "Silent Online Auction - Fall 2021" on Facebook. Click here! 

This is our first ever auction and we are so excited! Take a peek, there are lots of cool items, and some great deals! We are very grateful for the donations we received and every $ will go directly toward our Emergency Vet Care Fund so we can accept more rats into our care. After speaking with some other nonprofits, we chose to deliver this event via a Facebook Album over a Facebook Group or other App for the sake of simplicity, reaching a wider audience, and saving associated costs! 

Rats are some of the most misunderstood, overlooked, and abused animals. They’re social, intelligent, and often described as “like little puppies.” We’re grateful for all of you who see this and are supporting our work.

So, to keep this simple. Here’s how it works:

1. Auction begins Wednesday, September 15/2021. Items will be added as individual images in this album. 
2. This is also a rolling auction, meaning new items may continue to be added until the end-date of the auction, so check back regularly!
3. This auction ends on September 30/2021. The beauty of online auctions is they can go on for much longer than in-person auctions (and you can participate in your pyjamas). We chose 2 weeks because we don’t have a huge following (yet). You can continue to bid until this date! *please also share this album!
4. Each image has a basic description, an approximate value, a starting bid, and a “buy now” option. More details may be included in the caption of the images, such as size, or materials used.

When you want to place a bid:

1. Click on the item you want to bid on.
2. Comment on the image of this item. *very important to make sure you are commenting in the correct place - on the actual image itself (not in the general album, etc)
3. Bids must start at the “starting bid” amount. Each bid must be at least $5 more than the previous bid. If you bid the “buy now” price - congrats, this item is yours!
4. Check back regularly to see if you’ve been outbid, so you can quickly increase your bid.
5. Check back on September 30/2021, to place your final bid! The auction ends at midnight on this day!
6. On October 1/2021, we will announce the winners - congrats & thank you!!!!
7. We will be in contact with you within the week after the auction ends to arrange payment and pickup/delivery/shipping of your auctioned item! Winners are responsible for shipping when applicable.
8. Sleep well knowing you’ve supported a great cause, and the money raised here will go directly to our Emergency Vet Fund to help more rats in need! 

Thank you for taking part in our first-ever auction! We’re so excited… and you are awesome! We are always accepting items for this (and future) rolling auctions, so please reach out if you have a contribution you'd like to make!