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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3237750, member: 84744&quot;]I&#039;m happy to answer your questions!&nbsp; I&#039;m sure they will be helpful for others too.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) None of the coins in the auction are subject to any import restrictions to the U.S.&nbsp; Either the types don&#039;t fall under the rules (most coins) or if they do (e.g. the ancient Chinese and a few pieces from Italy) they were outside their source country before the restrictions were imposed.&nbsp; In some cases they were already in the U.S.!&nbsp; This will be documented in any packages that are sent to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) I wasn&#039;t anticipating accepting credit cards, but biddr has just sorted out a payment system via stripe, so the good news is that yes, I will indeed be able to accept them, including those issued by an American bank. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (Transferwise is also a good option, and is easy to sign up for.&nbsp; It&#039;s kind of like PayPal but with a much cheaper exchange rate than either PayPal or your credit card.&nbsp; I also accept PayPal.)</p><p><br /></p><p>3) There are three ways to bid (you have to register first):</p><p>-- You can enter a bid now (a &quot;pre-bid&quot;) which works just like ebay: the system automatically bids the minimum you need to win the lot (above the start price or another bidder) until your maximum is exceeded.&nbsp; The system executes the bid as soon as it&#039;s needed, either during pre-bidding over the next couple of weeks, or during the live bidding.</p><p>-- You can wait until the live auction on Dec. 1st (biddr automatically shows the right time for your time zone, one thing I like about the platform.)&nbsp; There&#039;s a button to click to enter the live auction at that time, and you&#039;ll see each coin come to the block.&nbsp; It&#039;ll start from wherever the pre-biding has got to. An increment at a time, everyone in the live auction gets a chance to click the &quot;bid&quot; button until the coin is sold.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>-- You can enter a &quot;proxy bid&quot; now.&nbsp; This is just like ebay (similar to a pre-bid) except no bid is entered now.&nbsp; Instead, the system does the automatic bidding <i>only</i> <i>during the live auction</i>.&nbsp; You can watch if you like, but you can also turn off your computer and go out and shovel snow instead.&nbsp; (Which is probably what we&#039;ll be doing here in Canuckland.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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