Code of Ethics

Rum Auctioneer believe that the key to our ethical conduct is openness, honesty and trustworthiness.

We are committed to providing a fair, transparent and uncompromising service for all users of our site, alongside complete confidentiality, attention to detail and a reliable product that has been delivered with an awareness of environmental impact.

To ensure that we achieve the above stated objectives we maintain certain policies that guide our company’s actions:

• When valuing rum we will do so in an open and honest manner using the most up to date auction results.​
• We will clearly state the terms that the customer agrees to abide by when registering on our site and the customer’s rights as a user of our site in our Terms and Conditions document. For further details please see our Terms and Conditions.
• When listing bottles for auction we will aim to do so clearly and accurately so that buyers understand the product they are bidding on.
• We will always identify and clearly present any damage or condition issues with a product through a combination of description and images on a listing.
• We will never knowingly list a fake of forged product on our site, nor will we encourage the sale or production of counterfeit rum. For further details please see our Policy on Fraudulent Rum.
• Shill bidding (the placing of a bid on an item by the seller of said item in order to generate a higher price) is strictly forbidden. We will attempt to detect all shill bidding on the site and will take action to stop this.
• It is strictly forbidden for any staff member to utilise knowledge obtained from our website concerning other users in order to unfairly advantage their own buying or selling activities or that of a family member or friend. Any indication that this has happened will be grounds for appropriate disciplinary action.
• We will never divulge details of our users or their buying and selling activities to a third party.
• We are an environmentally conscious company and aim to use as much recycled materials as possible when shipping items and to re-use any functional packaging material which we receive.