How it works:
The U.S. Embassy is selling surplus movable property (SMP) via a Web Based Electronic Auction. Each auction will be activated for a period of time clearly stating the start and end date. This information is available on the information panel of the web application.
IMPORTANT NOTE : WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT NATIONAL BANK TRANSFERS, ANY FOREIGN TRANSFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
It will be active from (Monday) July 4th until July 11th (Monday) finishing at 09:00 pm. During this period you can actively take part and submit your bid for the surplus property.
Maximum number of bids on one item is stated at each item. Increasing your bids is possible only in the local currency name. During the auction you should monitor your bids so you can react on all bids price development.
Email for winners will consist link to the auction application where you can review your items, after successful login.
Payment:
Payment for your items will be only by on-line bank money transfer to the Embassy bank account or deposited at the Millenium Bank, PT50 0033 0000 45542742959-05 indicating on the remarks of the recipient account, the number of the e-auction and bidder, for example LISB0005-01234.
In case you have bid and won, more than one item, you must pay the total amount of all items in one payment only. All lot items must be identified as described above (1).
Payments should be made from July 12th to July 15th 2022
After this date, NO payments will be considered. Items can be retrieved only if successful payment has been received in due time. Receipt of payment is considered complete when money is in the U.S. Embassy bank account.
NOTE: It takes more than one day to transfer money from your bank to the U.S. Embassy´s Millenium bank account . It will not be possible to pick up your items if we haven´t received your payment in our bank account.
Pickup:
In order to retrieve your items, you must present the original receipt of bank money transfer with all required details included in the payment paragraph above or a printed version of the Internet banking money transfer.
Any paid items that are not picked up during the scheduled time frame will be disposed of, and there will be no possibility for their retrieval.
After successful confirmation of your payment, you can pick them up from July 18th until the July 20th from 9:00am to 12:30pm - 2:00pm to 5:00pm located at Rua Nova do Visconde N46, 9500-337 S. Pedro, Ponta Delgada
You will have the full responsibility for subsequent handling procedures and removal from the residence . If items are not removed in a timely manner, as indicated above, they will be considered abandoned and disposed of.
All needed transport is the responsibility of the buyers living in or out of the island of S. Miguel in the Azores.
