Yes i was bidding on a lot of stuff on there. Was disappointed. I emailed them & the reply was the seller has decided not to sell & are to re-open the college.

Which of course is good news for the country.

Steve.

Just curious …. are there any legal ramifications involved in stopping an auction once bids are under way?

That did make me wonder. Bidding not high enough, end auction. The e-mail i received though was from Walker Singleton. Here's a copy of the reply i got. Steve.

Steve, currently the client has cancelled the auction. I have no insight into whether it might be re-run. Reading the press it appears the intent is to reopen the business which would suggest a restart is unlikely but this is all hearsay.

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Howard

It seems like the auction has been stopped by the threat of legal action. See this newspaper article:

**LINK**

I was also interested in some of the items, but if the training centre can be saved or taken over by another organisation, this is a good thing surely.

If you look at the terms and conditions of the auction, they are not obliged to sell, even to the highest bidder. No doubt the auction house will have spent money and will be eligible to be paid for their abortive costs.

Stuart

Edited By Stuart Smith 5 on 25/08/2020 20:15:02

This is the next part of the story which seems to be a good outcome for engineering in general

KITS

Fantastic news!

Gren.

years ago, we placed a sealed bid on a council house. We were the highest bidder, but the successful bidder was a builder with "cash" available.