This privacy policy sets out how auction-room.com uses and protects any information that you give auction-room.com when you use this website.
auction-room.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
auction-room.com may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from May 1st 2008.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
* name and job title
* contact information including email address
* demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
* other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
* Internal record keeping.
* We may use the information to improve our products and services.
* We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
* From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
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Links to other websites
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Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
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We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Bottles and Insulators, Militaria, Photographic Images, Pinbacks, Nodders, Lunchboxes, Housewares and Kitchenware, Arcade, Jukeboxes and Pinball and Knives, Swords and Blades are merely a couple of examples to do with the business of collecting pieces. The item known as a collectible (or collectable) is usually something that has been manufactured which has been designed for individuals to collect. For this reason, they are separate from other objects of collections, which might also include natural things (e.g., beetles) and items made for purposes other than collecting (for example, items of clothing).
Many subjects designed for other reasons, (such as toys), turned out to be so popular in the collecting world that they are subsequently directly targeted to that group. The expensive costs for many older GI Joe figures is a really good example of this phenomena because the figures were originally meant to be acquired as toys for children instead of collectibles.
Earliest collectibles were included with other products as incentives, for example cigarette cards in packs of cigarettes. Popular items started to see a secondary market and sometimes became the target of collectible craziness. Finally many collectible items came to be sold separately, instead of being made available as marketing accessories to increase the appeal of other products.
In order to encourage collecting, product makers typically make a complete series of a certain collectible, with every product different in some way. Examples include tee shirts showing individual Disney characters, or differing designs of Batman figures. Aficionadso will most often try to collect an entire set of the available variations.
The first kinds of a product, manufactured in smaller quantities before its collectible popularity has started, oftentimes command huge prices on the secondary market. In the case of a mature market, collectibles hardly ever become an outstanding investment.
In a very few cases, a series of events will happen that result in an object from a collectible series becoming exceedingly valuable. These things are referred to as collector's items due to their rarity, and these items have sometimes been valuable enough to be available for massive amounts of money. Some people even make unavailable remainders of such pieces to ensure forced scarcity.
So, whether you're interested about collecting Religions, Spirituality, Rocks, Fossils, Minerals, Breweriana and Beer, Pez, Keychains, Promo Glasses or even Furniture, Appliances and Fans, now you know all about collectibles.