The United States Consulate General in Nogales is selling Surplus Personal Property (SMP) through a web-based Electronic Auction. Each auction will be activated for the period of time clearly indicating the start and end date. This information is available in the information panel of the web application. During this period, you can actively participate and bid for the surplus property. The maximum number of offers on an item is indicated on each item. Increasing your bids is only possible in the name of the local currency. During the auction, you need to monitor your bids so that you can react on the price development of all bids.
Payment of your items is only possible by bank transfer or deposit cash to the bank account of the Embassy:
you will have 4 business days to make your payment, otherwise it will be assumed that you have abandoned the purchase, and it will be eliminated.
1. In the "Message to Recipient" item, fill in the word "Auction" and the lot numbers you are paying for.
2. In the "Variable Symbol" item, fill in your Unique Identification Number (UID) which can be found in the "Information for Winners" section of the auction website.
3. In the "Quantity" item, enter the total amount in local currency of your offer (s).
In the event that you have bid and won more than one item, you can pay the full amount due for all items in one payment, but all batch items must be identified as described in item 1 above. Items can be retrieved only when a successful payment has been received. The receipt of payment is considered complete when the money reaches the bank account of the United States Embassy.
Note: It may take more than a day to transfer money from your bank to the US Embassy bank. It will not be possible to collect your items if your payment is not indicated in the bank account of the United States Embassy.
Once payment has been made for your items, please bring and/or send a copy of the payment receipt (JPG, PDF) and a copy of the winner's current official identification to nogalesventa@state.gov to collect your items.
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 (four days after auction close), and there will be no possibility for their retrieval. In special cases or circumstances, you may arrange a different pick-up date and time by contacting the auction manager.
After successful confirmation of payment for your items, our staff will move your items out to the front of the storage building. From that time on, you are the owner of your merchandise. You will have the full responsibility for subsequent handling procedures and removal from Embassy property in a timely manner. If items are not removed in a timely manner, they may be considered abandoned and disposed of.
