I use the Dallas site to purchase items. Some pretty cool stuff at great prices. http://www.houstononlineauctioncompany.com/index.html You can check out the Dallas site here http://www.dallasonlineauctioncompany.com/ You're Welcome!
Its not the best layout, but once they start adding more items you'll be able to overlook the poor web design. Did you see the stuff on the Dallas site? Once they establish more auction houses in Houston they will have really good stuff, but they'll charge a sign up fee. I had to pay $25 to bid in the Dallas auctions, but it was well worth it. I bought a wireless hp printer for $3 dollars once.
I think that only applies if you don't have a cc to register. There are a lot of people that bid on stuff and don't pick it up. They are very strict about that...they've banned me a couple of times because I didn't pick up on the pick up date. As long as you square up with them they will re-instate your bidder number. Every auction has the information of where to pick up the items locally. They will ship but it cost too much to have things shipped.