How it Works

If you are Bidding to Buy an RV, go to the REGISTER TO BID tab at the top of the page.  Bidders will be charged a $1.00 Credit Card fee to confirm they are of Legal Age and a real person.

Bids will automatically increase by different amounts on different RV’s. The BID AMOUNT will be shown at the Bid Price window in the RV’s Auction Ad Page.

If you are the Winning High Bidder when the auction ends, you have committed to buying the horse pending the POST-SALE EXAM (PSE) in the Four (4) Days following the Auction End Time.  You have 24-48 hours (See Section “E” of Terms and Conditions re: Payment Type) to send your payment in full to Flat Fee RV Auction. We hold the money until the PSE is satisfied and then either forward payment to the Seller or refund it to the Bidder if there were grounds for Refusal of Sale due to Seller’s Misrepresentation.

READ the TERMS and CONDITIONS regarding the Sale process AFTER the AUCTION ENDS. See Sections “I”, “J”, “K”, “L”, “M” and “N” in the Terms and Conditions for further details on the PSE and Grounds for Refusal of Purchase.

Go to the LIST YOUR HORSE tab at the top of the page. Register yourself and put in as much descriptive information about your horse as you can. Set the starting price (if you choose to). Set the RESERVE Price (if you want to). Pay the Flat Fee. Start your auction and wait for the Bidders to start offering!  ANSWER honestly and thoroughly all questions asked by the Bidders.  Any MISREPRESENTATION by the Seller can be grounds for the REFUSAL OF THE SALE after the Auction End Time! See Sections “I”, “J”, “K”, “L”, “M” and “N” in the Terms and Conditions for further details on the PSE and Grounds for Refusal of Purchase.

We charge the credit card of all Registered Bidders a nominal $1.00 fee as a measure to protect all participants here from any fraudulent robot bidders or an underage person who can not legally enter into a contract to purchase a horse.

Yes. You must register with a credit card, but there are NO Buyer’s Commissions or charges other than the $1.00 fee to confirm you are a real person of legal age to bid. 

A Bidder/Buyer may submit their Highest And Best Offer to the Seller at any time while the Auction is LIVE. The Seller has no obligation to accept or reply to the HABO.  IF the Seller DOES accept a HABO, FFHA MUST BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY in order to stop the bidding process and change the horse’s status as SOLD. There is NO CHARGE for utilizing the HABO option, BUT the HABO message MUST be performed THROUGH THE FFHA MESSAGING SYSTEM as found in the Bidding area of the horse’s auction ad in case of a review or dispute.

The more videos and photos you post will generally help a horse sell FASTER and attract MORE Bidders. HOWEVER, long videos of your horse doing the same activity repetitively will not help Sellers gain interest in your horse. ONE video of 6-12 minutes is enough to show all the skills and views of most any horse if edited well.  Several short videos of 1-3 minutes labeled with specific skills (gaits, obstacles, tricks, etc) are of great help to Bidder/Buyers who are looking at MANY, MANY horses.  HELP Bidder/Buyers by making your ad stand out and be user friendly!!  Show your horse CLOSE ENOUGH to distinguish that it is actually your horse.

PUT A DATE ON EACH skill set video or photo of the horse.  If you are showing a horse performing 5 years ago, you had BETTER label it so and the horse better be able to perform similarly (unless you had already explained why not beforehand) during the POST-SALE EXAM (PSE) or a claim of Misrepresentation could be grounds for Refusal of Sale.   

If a Seller is HONEST and OPEN about the horse, then there are no grounds for Misrepresentation. The only grounds for a Refusal of Sale during the PSE would be the typical Objective criteria of Soundness for a horse as found in any Private Sale Pre-Purchase Exam (PPE). 

Yes.  The POST-SALE EXAM (PSE) is the way Sellers on FlatFeeHorseAuction.com are letting you know they are confident in their representation of the horse you are buying from them. This is NOT a too bad, you bought it As-Is auction format.  Nobody here is trying to hide anything.  The criteria for your PSE and grounds for your Refusal of Purchase are spelled out in the Terms and Conditions and you must read them to understand your rights here. See Sections “I”, “J”, “K”, “L”, “M” and “N” in the Terms and Conditions for further details on the PSE and Grounds for Refusal of Purchase.

Bidder/Buyer’s have the option to set their HIGH LIMIT PRICE and let the bidding software AUTOMATICALLY increase their BID anytime another Bidder makes an OFFER (a Bid) that surpasses theirs. The Proxy Bid will only increase by the pre-deteremined amount for that auction (either $50, $100, or $200) more than the other Bidder until the Proxy Bidder’s set High Limit Price is reached OR the other Bidder stops Bidding.

The set High Limit Price is private and NO BIDDERS can see it.  If the bidding stops before the Proxy Bidder reaches the set High Limit Price, then GREAT!  Nobody will know that the Proxy Bidder was willing to pay more!

Bids CAN NOT BE RETRACTED once accepted. IF YOU MAKE A BID IN ERROR, you must IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT DELAY send a private message to the Seller briefly explaining the mistake and CALL FFHA at 979-530-3725 AND email FFhorseAuction@gmail.com

If caught fast enough, we should be able to REVERSE the Bid.  If someone Bids higher, then you are no longer responsible to purchase.

By REGISTERING, you agree to be financially responsible for all Legally Accepted Offers. Any Bid is considered to be a legally enforceable OFFER if accepted by the Seller.

There are NO Commissions.  You only pay the one-time Flat Fee of $99.99 when your auction begins AND if your horse sells for less than $1,000.00 you will get a 50% REFUND of a the Flat Fee you paid based on the regular price or any discounts you received up front (minus any CC fees. Zelle has no fees).

Buyers will be charged a $1,000.00usd PENALTY if they default on a Winning High Bid without grounds for Refusal of Sale due to Seller’s Misrepresentation. PLEASE READ the Terms and Conditions thoroughly BEFORE bidding on a horse.  A Winning High Bid is a Contract to Purchase and a fraudulent Bidder may be subject to civil lawsuit for Lost Opportunity Damages if the Seller can’t resell the horse above that Defaulted High Bid price in a timely manner.

Buyers and Sellers are encouraged to communicate and be flexible with the Post-Sale Exam period in the Four (4) Days following the Auction End Time. There may be times that one of the parties has an emergency come up, bad weather, a great distance to travel, or a lack of medical professionals near the Seller that are available. The Buyer MUST diligently attempt to accomplish the PSE and horse pickup within a timely manner.  It is best to make calls BEFORE the auction ends to check availability of Equine Professionals nearby the horse and to communicate with the seller via the FlatFeeHorseAuction.com messaging system.

Buyers are not required to have the PSE done. It is just a unique option FFHA provides. All Buyers have the OPTION to WAIVE the PSE Requirement and transfer ownership of the horse immediately AS-IS and accepting the risk. 

This would likely happen when buying from a Seller who has answered ALL the Bidder/Buyer’s questions satisfactorily and thoroughly and perhaps the Seller is known to sell many reputable horses.