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  • You had to pay 20% VAT on the final bid amount + 15% commission.

    Wait what?? It's legal to show a price without VAT? Not making the 15% commission crystal clear is decidedly dodgy too.

  • Only dodgy if you’re not “in the trade”.

    Local auction house, like most others, are so old-school that the online thing is still relatively new to them, and their business model caters for people being in the room. Anyone in the room is kinda expected to know the rules since time began, etc. Sites like ebay have spoiled people, certainly.

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