{"id":46960,"date":"2026-08-13T18:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=46960"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:03:53","slug":"online-auctions-sites-scams-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=46960","title":{"rendered":"online auctions, sites, scams, and &"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These are the aution sites I currently frequent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name<\/td>Platform<\/td>Location<\/td>Notes<\/td><\/tr>
Rightside Auctions<\/a><\/td>Ontario Hibid<\/a><\/td>721 Rye St Unit 5
Peterborough<\/a><\/td>		small; 1000 lots\/week, Wednesdays<\/td><\/tr>
MaxxLots<\/a><\/td>proprietary?<\/td>Peterborough<\/td>defunct?<\/td><\/tr>
King of the North<\/a><\/td>proprietary<\/td>783 Huronia Rd.
Barrie, ON<\/a><\/td>		biggest. 20K items\/week; very well run pickup.<\/td><\/tr>
Encore Auctions<\/a><\/td>Ontario Hibid<\/a><\/td>23 Buchanan Ct.
London, ON<\/a><\/td>		competes with King of the North, 20K items\/week; pickup is scheduled, so pita, but well run.<\/td><\/tr>
LiquidationMax<\/a><\/td>Ontario Hibid<\/a><\/td>4300 Wellington Rd S.
London, ON<\/a><\/td>		3 a week; Sun & Thur are ~3500 items, new Mon is 50cent items, haven’t checked into this<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are many others, primarily on the Ontario Hibid<\/a> platform. Which is part of the larger Hibid<\/a> platforrm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

topics I should write:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

scams
how to bid
why are these online auctions virtually unknown?
find reporting on these<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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