What Buyers Should Know Before Bidding at an Inglis Auction

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Before you bid at an Inglis auction, you need to do three things: read the Buyer Information and Conditions of Sale, register and log in to Inglis Online for bidding, and review the catalogue plus veterinary and X-ray material for the lots you want. Payment after a successful bid is handled through channels such as Pay Online. The exact steps below reflect what inglis.com.au lists as available services; specific fees, deposit rules, and deadlines are set out in the Conditions of Sale, so check those documents rather than assuming.

Start with the rules, not the horses

Inglis publishes two documents that govern every sale, and both are linked from the site navigation:

  • Buyer Information – practical guidance on how buying works.
  • Conditions of Sale – the binding terms of the auction.

Read these before you register for any sale. They define your obligations once a bid is accepted, so treat them as the starting point rather than something to skim after you've found a lot you like.

Register for online bidding

Online bidding runs through Inglis Online, which has its own Login and Register entries in the site menu. The sequence is:

  1. Create an account via Register.
  2. Log in through Login.
  3. Use Online Bidding to place bids once you're signed in.

Registration is a prerequisite for bidding online, so do it before the sale you're targeting, not on the day.

Research the lots before the hammer falls

Inglis gives buyers several tools for due diligence:

Tool What it's for
Catalogue The full list of lots in a sale
Catalogue Favourites Save lots you're tracking
Veterinary Reports Clinical information on individual lots
X-Ray Repository Imaging records for lots
Sales Calendar Dates for upcoming auctions
Sales Results Outcomes of past sales, useful for gauging the market

Use Catalogue Favourites to build a shortlist, then pull the Veterinary Reports and X-Ray Repository entries for those lots. Checking past Sales Results gives you a sense of what comparable lots have brought.

Know how you'll pay

After a successful bid, Inglis provides a Pay Online facility, and the site also references Eftsure Information. The Conditions of Sale are the authoritative source on payment timing and method, so confirm the specifics there. Nothing on the site indicates that any of these services are free or that payment terms are optional.

Where to go for help

If something is unclear, the site lists FAQ, Contact Us, and Contact Details pages, along with a Site Map for finding sections quickly. For sale-specific questions, the Buyer Information page is the intended first stop.

A practical pre-bid checklist

  • [ ] Read Buyer Information and Conditions of Sale
  • [ ] Register and log in to Inglis Online
  • [ ] Check the Sales Calendar for your target sale
  • [ ] Build a shortlist with Catalogue Favourites
  • [ ] Review Veterinary Reports and X-Ray Repository entries
  • [ ] Review Sales Results for comparable lots
  • [ ] Confirm payment method via Pay Online / Conditions of Sale