Knitting with Company

Chicken Wire Auctions

The clearance section of our store is called the “Chicken Wire”.  Are you curious as to why?  Come visit the store and we’ll show you.

Can’t make it to the store?  Don’t fret, we’ve created the online Chicken Wire Auction where we’ll feature selected items from our clearance area.  You can bid on these items and, if you win, we’ll ship them to you.  You can also pick up the items at the store if you’d like to save on shipping costs.

How does the bidding work?

We have placed an auction for a bag of yarn in the Chicken Wire Auction, we have set a reserve / starting bid of $5.

Bid on an Item

You want to bid on it, and decide that you will pay a maximum of $25 for the bag.  So you fill in the boxes and set $25 as your bid.   We will set the current bid to be $5.

Now along comes someone else (let’s call her the Yarn Harlot) and bids a maximum of $15.  But since you already bid a maximum of $25 you are protected to win until some outbids that maximum.

However this also means that your current bid will rise to $15.10 to meet and beat the Yarn Harlot’s maximum bid.

The Yarn Harlot decides to to raise her bid to $30.  Now she has outbid you and is the winning bidder.   But her current bid will be set to just beat the previous maximum bid set by you, which was $25.  So her current bid is $25.10 … until someone decides to outbid her.

You will get an email saying that you have been outbid.  And you can decide to raise your bid, or not. If you don’t raise your bid then the Yarn Harlot will only pay $25.10 for the yarn, unless someone outbids her before the auction ends.

In the end, we will sell the bag of to the current highest bidder (and not the maximum bid). Remember all bids are binding.

How can I find out if I’m winning an auction?

If you are on the bidding page, simply click the refresh bid icon in the window. If you are winning your name and current bid will be displayed on top.

How do I pay for my auction?

If you win an auction you will get an email from us with payment instructions.  You must pay for any item you win within 2 business days of the auction ending.

There are two payment options:

• Credit Card/ Bank Account via PayPal – A link will appear in the email directing you to pay by PayPal, this gives you the ability to pay by any credit card or directly from your bank or paypal account.
• Call the Store – If you want to save on shipping charges and are able to come by the store to pick up your item, you can call the store at +1.630.232.2305 make payment and we’ll place the item aside ready for you to pick up.

What about shipping charges?

Each item we list will provide our shipping charge.  We have calculated this to ship anywhere in the USA using USPS Priority Mail.  We are happy to ship to any location on the planet – and will calculate any additional costs required to ship outside the USA.