Terms and Conditions

In force from 15/09/2026.

These terms govern your use of bidexia.com and every purchase you make through it. Please read them before you register. You accept them when you create your account, and a lot you bid on or buy is sold on the terms in force at that moment. You can save or print this page at any time.

Who we are

Bidexia is operated by Michal Maciazek, trading as Lumsden Auctions.

  • NIF: Y6180200E. Intra-community VAT number: ESY6180200E.
  • Address: Calle Los Nazarios 11B, Polígono Los Nazarios, 03179 Formentera del Segura (Alicante), Spain
  • Email: [email protected]. Telephone: +34 966 792 839.

In these terms, "we", "us" and "Lumsden Auctions" mean the operator above. "You" means the person using the site. A "lot" is an item or set of items offered for auction. The "seller" is the owner of a lot. The "hammer price" is the winning bid.

PART A: USING THE SITE

1. What Bidexia is

1.1. Bidexia is an online auction site. Every lot runs as its own auction, with its own closing time.

1.2. Every lot on Bidexia is sold on behalf of a private individual. We act as the seller's agent (mediador): we catalogue the lot, run the auction, collect the price on the seller's behalf and hand the lot over. The contract of sale is between you and the seller. We are not the seller.

1.3. Because the seller is not a business, consumer protection law does not apply to the sale of the lot. That includes the 14-day right of withdrawal and the legal guarantee of conformity under Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007. Your rights are described in section 14.

1.4. Goods belonging to businesses are sold in our live saleroom auctions, not on Bidexia.

2. Your account

2.1. You must be 18 or over and able to enter into contracts. Each person may hold one account. If you register on behalf of a company, you confirm that you are authorised to bind it.

2.2. The details you give must be true and kept up to date: your name, email address and phone number. We confirm your email address with a code, and may ask you to confirm your identity before you bid or collect.

2.3. Keep your password secret. Only tick "Remember this device" on a device that only you use. You are responsible for bids placed from your account, unless you tell us promptly that someone else has gained access to it.

2.4. We may suspend or close an account, and cancel its bids, if the holder breaks these terms, fails to pay for a lot, gives false details, or acts in a way that puts other users or the auction at risk. We will tell you why (see section 7).

2.5. You can close your account at any time by writing to [email protected]. Purchases you have already made remain binding.

3. Acceptable use

You must not:

  • bid on a lot you consigned, or have someone bid on it for you, to raise its price (shill bidding)
  • open more than one account, or bid in agreement with others to keep prices down
  • use bots, scripts or any automated means to bid or to read the site
  • interfere with the site's security or operation, or try to reach areas you are not authorised to use
  • use the site for any unlawful purpose

Our staff, and people connected to a seller, may not bid on that seller's lots.

4. Availability of the site

We work to keep Bidexia running, but cannot guarantee it will be free of interruptions or errors. If a technical fault affects the fair running of an auction, we may extend it, restart it or cancel it (see section 10.4). We are not responsible for failures of your own device or connection.

5. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms, for example to reflect new services or changes in the law. We will tell you by email or on the site, and ask you to accept the new version the next time you sign in. A lot you have already bid on or bought is always governed by the version in force at the time.

6. Intellectual property

The site, its design, texts, photographs and software belong to us or our licensors. You may view them for the purpose of using Bidexia, but may not copy or reuse them without our permission.

7. Reporting illegal content and our decisions

7.1. If you believe a listing is illegal, such as stolen, counterfeit or prohibited goods, write to [email protected] with the lot number, what is wrong, and your name and email address. We review every report promptly and tell you what we decided.

7.2. If we remove a lot, cancel bids or restrict an account, we will tell the person affected which decision we took and why, and how to ask us to review it. We make these decisions ourselves, not by automated means.

8. Personal data and cookies

We process your personal data as described in our Privacy policy, and use cookies as described in our Cookie policy.

PART B: CONDITIONS OF SALE

9. How a purchase is made

The steps are:

  • register
  • bid, or use Buy now
  • the lot closes, or you confirm Buy now
  • we email you
  • you pay and collect

We keep a record of your bids and purchases, which you can see under My auctions and Orders. You can correct a bid before you submit it, and withdraw it in the cases set out in section 10.6. Buy now always asks you to confirm. These terms are available in English and Spanish.

10. Bidding

10.1. Lot descriptions. We describe each lot carefully from the item itself.

  • Each lot has a condition grade:
    • New: new and unused, in its original state
    • Unused: never used, but not necessarily in original packaging
    • Used: normal signs of use
    • Heavily used: significant wear, marks or damage
    • For parts: not working or incomplete, sold for parts or repair
  • "Untested" means we have not checked whether the item works. Treat it as possibly not working.
  • The photographs form part of the description.
  • Dimensions and weights are approximate.
  • Some descriptions are drafted with the help of software, and all are checked by a person.

You may view a lot at our warehouse before bidding, and we will answer your questions. Please use these opportunities: condition is described in good faith, but a written description cannot capture everything.

10.2. A bid is a binding offer. When you place a bid, you offer to buy the lot at that amount on these conditions. Bids are made in euros, and each must be at least the minimum bid shown on the lot page. Bids rise in steps (increments) that depend on the current price.

10.3. Proxy bidding. You may set a maximum amount. We then bid on your behalf, one increment at a time, only as far as needed to keep you in the lead, and never above your maximum. Your maximum is confidential. If two bids are for the same amount, the one received first takes precedence.

10.4. Closing time and extensions. Each lot closes at the time shown, according to our server's clock. A bid received in the last 2 minutes extends the closing time by 2 minutes, as often as needed, until no bid is received for 2 minutes. If a technical fault prevents fair bidding, we may extend or restart the lot, or cancel it and refund any payment.

10.5. Reserve. A seller may set a confidential minimum price, the reserve. The lot page shows whether a reserve applies and whether it has been met, but never its amount. A lot that closes below its reserve is not sold.

10.6. Withdrawing a bid. You may withdraw a bid through the site if all of the following hold:

  • no more than 3 minutes have passed since you placed it
  • it is still the highest bid
  • more than 10 minutes remain before the lot closes
  • you have not already withdrawn a bid on that lot

Withdrawing a bid also cancels any proxy maximum behind it. Otherwise a bid can only be cancelled by us: for an obvious error, if you tell us straight away, or under section 10.7.

10.7. Our rights over bids. We may refuse or cancel a bid, or withdraw a lot, in any of these cases:

  • there is a clear error in the description or price
  • we suspect a breach of section 3
  • the seller's right to sell is in doubt
  • the law requires it

If we withdraw a lot after it has sold, we refund in full anything you have paid.

11. When the contract is made

11.1. Auction. When a lot closes, the contract of sale is made between the seller and the highest bidder at the hammer price, provided any reserve has been met.

11.2. Buy now. Some lots have a Buy now price. Buy now is only available until the first bid is placed. On a lot with a reserve, it stays available until the reserve is met. When you confirm a Buy now purchase, the contract is made at that price and the auction ends.

11.3. Offer after the auction. If a lot closes below its reserve, the seller may offer it to the highest bidder, usually for 48 hours. The contract is made only if you accept the offer within its validity.

11.4. We confirm every purchase by email.

12. Price and payment

12.1. Price. You pay the hammer price (or the Buy now or offer price), and nothing more. There is no buyer's premium, and the lot carries no IVA because the seller is a private individual. If delivery becomes available, its price will be shown before you choose it.

12.2. We collect on the seller's behalf. Payment made to Lumsden Auctions by the methods below settles your debt to the seller in full.

12.3. Time for payment. Pay within 3 days of the lot closing, or of accepting Buy now or an offer.

12.4. Methods:

  • cash or credit card on collection, for amounts under €1,000, in line with Ley 7/2012
  • bank transfer to the account shown at checkout, quoting your order number. The lot is released once the funds have arrived.

We will announce other methods, such as card, when they become available.

12.5. Documents. At checkout you receive a pro forma. It is a request for payment, not a tax invoice. When your payment is recorded you receive a receipt (recibo).

12.6. If you do not pay. We remind you after 24 hours. If you have not paid within 3 days, we may, on the seller's behalf:

  • cancel the sale
  • offer the lot to another bidder
  • restrict or close your account

We may also claim from you any documented loss the failure to pay has caused.

13. Collection

13.1. For now, every lot is collected in person from our saleroom at Calle Los Nazarios 11B, 03179 Formentera del Segura, OR warehouse Av. de los Álamos, 24, 03170 Rojales, Alicante during collection hours: 10.00-15.00 (Monday - Friday; Saturday/Sunday we are closed). Delivery is not yet available. When it is, its conditions will be added here.

13.2. Please collect within 5 days of the lot closing. Bring your order number and identification. Someone else may collect for you if you tell us their name in advance.

13.3. Ownership and risk pass to you when the lot is handed over. Please check the lot at collection, and tell us at once if it is not the lot you bought.

13.4. Storage and uncollected lots. From the end of the collection period we may charge storage of 5 Euro per lot per day. If a lot is still not collected 14 days after we have written to you, we may treat it as abandoned. In that case we may resell it and hold the proceeds for you, less the storage and resale costs.

14. Your rights if something is wrong

14.1. Because the seller is a private individual, the consumer rights in section 1.3 do not apply. You cannot return a lot simply because you have changed your mind.

14.2. You are protected by the Civil Code:

  • if the lot you receive is not the lot described
  • if it has a serious hidden defect that neither the description nor the photographs revealed and that you could not have noticed by inspecting it

Claims for hidden defects must be made within six months of collection (art. 1490 Civil Code).

14.3. Tell us at [email protected] as soon as you notice a problem, with photographs. As the seller's agent we will take it up with the seller, and where your claim is justified we will arrange the return of the lot and the refund of the price.

14.4. "Sold as seen" and "Untested" describe the condition the lot is offered in. They do not take away the rights in this section.

15. Our responsibility

15.1. We are responsible to you for our own work: running the auction fairly, describing lots with reasonable care, holding your payment for the seller, and keeping and handing over the lot.

15.2. We are not responsible for losses you could not reasonably have foreseen, or for events beyond our reasonable control. Nothing in these terms limits liability for fraud, intent or gross negligence, for personal injury, or any liability that cannot be limited by law.

16. Complaints and disputes

16.1. Write to [email protected] first. We reply within 3 working days. Official complaint forms (hojas de reclamaciones) are available at our saleroom on request.

16.2. These terms are governed by Spanish law. If you are a consumer, you may bring proceedings in the courts of your own place of residence. Otherwise the courts of Alicante have jurisdiction.

16.3. These terms exist in Spanish and English, and both versions have the same content. If they conflict, the Spanish version prevails.

17. Selling

To sell through Bidexia, see Sell with us. Consignments are governed by a separate written consignment agreement signed with each seller.