About Us > Payment Policy
Payment Methods
artelino accepts:
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VISA™, Mastercard™ and American Express™ credit cards.
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Paypal™.
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Payment by bank transfer (wire transfer, Banküberweisung, Bank Overschrijving,
Bonifico bancario, virement bancaire) is available for residents of most
European countries.
Secure Submission and Filing of your Credit Card
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Submit your credit card information over our
secure line (SSL encryption) or
by phone ++49-8178-9099666 or
fax ++49-8178-9099667. Our secure line is certified by
Thawte.
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As soon as we noticed the submission of your credit card (typically
from a few minutes to several hours),
we verify your card information, delete it physically from
our database with the exception of the type of card, the expiration date and
the last four digits, and file your card information on paper.
For the short time while your
credit card information is in our database, it is encrypted.
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You are eligible to bid.
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Since November 2005 we are certified by
src GmbH
and are compliant with the new security standards SDP and AIS
by MasterCard and VISA.
Charging of your Credit Card
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A few minutes after the closing of an auction, we send a
notification to all successful bidders. It contains a mini-invoice.
In addition you can view your full invoice
by logging in
My Account.
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One hour after auction end we begin to charge the
credit cards in our paper files of all winning bidders.
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We confirm charging by e-mail.
Payment by Bank Transfer (Wire Transfer)
Clients who opted for payment by bank transfer must instruct
their bank to pay - using online banking, going to a branch,
calling your bank ... depending on your arrangements with
your bank. We do not use automatic debit transfer/ bank collection.
You will receive artelino's bank details by
e-mail after auction end in your winner's notification
or your shopping confirmation.
artelino expects you to pay within less than
one week after your purchase/auction end.
Zero Tolerance Policy
To assure a high quality standard of our auctions we practice a
zero tolerance policy towards bidders with payment problems
that cause us severe or repeated trouble.
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Bidders from whom we cannot get the due amount at all ("no-pays"),
are reported to
a number of institutions, including the credit card issuer, and
are made public with full name and address in our
Seller Area - accessible to
all consignors of artelino -
dealers, collectors and artists.
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Bidders with repeated problems with credit cards - not valid or not
sufficiently covered - or first-time bidders with such problems,
are permanently excluded from our auctions. In addition we may
publish them in our
Seller Area.
This is in the sole discretion of artelino.