Terms & Conditions

Please read our terms and conditions carefully as it governs our relationship with you.

ABOUT OUR TERMS

We are UK Plate Auction (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), a limited company registered in United Kingdom, company number -15630305.

We operate the website (the “Website”), as well as any other related products and services that refer to these legal terms (the “Terms”) (collectively, the “Services”).

These terms explain how you may use this website;

https://ukplateauction.com/terms-and-conditions/ and/or any mobile application, products or services (the “Website”).

You should read these terms carefully before using the Website.

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (‘you’), and UK Plate Auction, concerning your access and use of the Services. You agree by accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with all of these Terms, then please let us know your concerns, but you must discontinue use immediately.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms. We will alert you about any changes by updating the ‘Last updated’ date of these Terms. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms to stay informed of updates.

The Services are intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Services.

If you have any questions about the website, or you would like to make a complaint about our services, please contact us by e-mail at: ukplateauction@gmail.com , You can also contact us via our contact us form.

Where we have received a complaint by you in relation to our services, we shall acknowledge your complaint and conduct an investigation within 7 working days. If, at our sole discretion, we establish that there may be an issue with our services, we shall take steps to remedy the defect in our services.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. OUR SERVICES

2. USING OUR SERVICES

3. BUYING A REGISTRATION

4. BUY IT NOW

5. HIGHEST BIDDER

6. OTHER PURCHASE TERMS

7. SELLING A REGISTRATION

8. OTHER SELLING TERMS

9. LISTING CONTENT

10. PAYMENT TERMS

11. GOVERNING LAW

OUR SERVICES

UK Plate Auction is a marketplace that allows users to offer, sell and buy registration numbers/ number plates (called “Registrations” or “Personal number plates” in this document). Please be aware that when we use the word ‘own’, meaning ownership of Registration, we actually mean the person who has primary rights at the time, subject to government authorisation.

UK Plate Auction does not have the possession of personal number plates listed or sold through UK Plate Auction and is not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. The contract for the sale is directly between the buyer and seller.

UK Plate Auction only provides a platform for the seller to list their Auction lot/ (number plate) for sale and a platform for potential buyers to bid on an Auction lot with the intent of purchasing such an Auction lot, if the reserve has been met.

UK Plate Auction does not guarantee the existence, quality, safety, or legality of the number plates advertised and sold through our platform. UK Plate Auction is not a party to the transaction and is not a traditional auctioneer. UK Plate Auction does not review users’ listings or content.

You agree that you are solely responsible for all expenses you may incur in relation to the use of Services.

We, at our sole discretion, may prevent or suspend your access to the Website and use of our Services, if you do not comply with any part of these Terms as well as any applicable UK law.

USING OUR SERVICES

In connection with using or accessing the Services, you will not:

- use our Services if you are not able to form legally binding contracts in the UK;

- breach or circumvent any laws, third-party rights or our policies set out in these Terms;

- post false, misleading or inaccurate content;

- manipulate the price of a number plate or advertise a number plate that you do not legally own;

- bid on your own Registration

- promote any unlawful activity;

- use this site to commit any act of fraud;

- impersonate any person or entity;

- threaten, abuse, use inappropriate language, mislead or harass any other user of this website;

- fail to pay for number plates purchased by you, unless you have a valid reason set out in our policy, the seller did not deliver the number plate or/ and the number plate delivered is different to your bid, the number plate is not authentic / issued by DVLA, or you cannot contact the seller;

- fail to deliver number plates sold by you, unless you have a valid reason as set out in our policy;

Please note: In the unfortunate event of technical issues with the website, we reserve the right to cancel the transaction.

BUYING A REGISTRATION

This section applies if you would like to ‘buy’ a Registration for yourself or someone else. In order to use the Website as a buyer you must first register and provide your personal information including full name, date of birth, residential address, and details of your bank account.

A contract to transfer a Registration between us and you or between you and a seller of a Registration is only complete when we send you an email confirming that your bidding is successful. The buyer’s premium of 5% has to be paid in full to UK Plate Auction (excluding VAT) before we can reveal the seller’s details to you. The buyer’s premium is not refundable under any circumstances.

Please note that all Registrations and transfer of Registrations remain at all times subject to DVLA and government approval. Once the purchase of a Registration (i.e. its transfer) has been authorised by the DVLA), we will disavow all liabilities regarding the Registration in question. Please note that DVLA has the right to cancel a Registration at any time without compensation.

It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you supply the correct details of a Registration you want to buy. It is also your responsibility to check the seller’s right of ownership of a Registration.

Please note: In the unfortunate event of technical issues with the website, we reserve the right to cancel the transaction.

BUY IT NOW

Our platform allows sellers to advertise their Registrations as available for immediate sale under the “Buy it Now” listing. By bidding on the "Buy it now" auction lot you become liable to immediately proceed with the purchase of the Registration from the seller for the price it was advertised for (called the “Price”). You are also liable to pay our intermediary fees (called the “Buyer's premium”) in full. The buyer's premium will be charged in addition to the selling price advertised by the seller.

HIGHEST BIDDER - LISTING 7 DAYS

Our platform allows sellers to advertise their listings to the prospective buyers for a period of up to 7 days, during which prospective buyers can make multiple bids in an attempt to win your auction lot. The buyer bidding on a Registration (called the “Auction lot”) enters into an unconditional legally binding agreement to purchase your Registration. Should this bid be the highest, the buyer will be required to pay the buyer’s premium and proceed with the purchase of the Registration.

Please note: In the unfortunate event of technical issues with the website, we reserve the right to cancel the transaction.

OTHER PURCHASE TERMS

When buying a Registration from our platform you agree to:

- provide valid payment details for the buyer’s premium to be charged Page 4 of 7

- provide correct contact details for us to contact you and pass on the seller’s details

The buyer’s premium is non-refundable under any circumstances.

Please note: In the unfortunate event of technical issues with the website, we reserve the right to cancel the transaction.

SELLING A REGISTRATION

If you want to register a seller account with us and sell your Registration on our website we can help you in one of the following ways:
We might try to find a Buyer for your Registration, acting as an intermediary (known as deal-broker) under the “highest bidder” scheme. In this case, you will need to list your Registration on our website and set a minimum price/ reserve price you would be happy to accept for your Registration (called the “Reserve Price”). We then enter into a conditional contract whereby you are committed to selling your Registration to a buyer who bids on the lot and offers the “Reserve Price” or the price above the reserve price.

We might try to find a Buyer for your Registration, acting as an intermediary (known as a deal-broker) under the “buy it now” scheme. In this case, you will need to list your Registration on our website and set a “desired selling price” (called the “Price”) for which you are happy to transfer your ownership rights of a Registration to the buyer who bids on that “Registration”.

If the buyer changes their mind after bidding on a Registration (called the “Auction lot” or “lot”), the buyer will be liable to pay our fees.
As a deal broker, we are not liable for any other payment to you. However, in this case, with your permission, we will re-advertise your Registration for sale.

Once we have found the buyer and the above conditions have been fulfilled, if you fail to transfer the Registration without good reason, we or the buyer may pursue legal action against you for breach of contract. We have sole discretion in determining what constitutes a ‘good reason’.

You must first confirm your legal ownership of the Auction Lot (called “Registration”) before listing the Registration on our website. 

There is no sellers fee. 

The seller gets to keep 100% of the selling price.

Please note: In the unfortunate event of technical issues with the website, we reserve the right to cancel the transaction.

Withdrawing a number plate from the auction

Please note: In the unfortunate event of technical issues with the website, we reserve the right to cancel the transaction.

OTHER SELLING TERMS

When selling with us you agree to comply with our terms of listing set out below:

- You must first pass our identification process which requires you to provide your contact details, as well as your ID, address and email.

- You must provide the proof of ownership of a Registration that you intend to sell on our website, by providing a V750 or a V778 document (called the “Registration”).

- The name on the V750 or a V778 must be exactly the same as on the copy of ID provided by you.

- you are responsible for all taxes, penalties, charges, fines or late payment interest related to your sale on the UK Plate Auction site.

- You must provide the details of your Registration/ Lot that you intend to sell on our live auction. You are solely responsible for ensuring that the listing is accurate and complete.

-UK Plate Auction will consider the proposed auction lot and confirm whether the auction lot is accepted to be listed on our website. We may take up to 7 working days to check the proposed Registration listing (called the "Auction lot") before making it live on our website.

- UK Plate Auction gives no warranty or guidance as to the anticipated or likely selling price of the auction lot.

UK Plate Auction reserves the right to conduct checks for the purposes of confirming your identity to prevent facilitation of criminal activity.

You can sell your auction lot (called the “Registration”) on our website in one of the following ways:

1) The Highest bidder listing – allows perspective buyers to make bids on your Registration during the period of 7 days. When you list your Registration on our website you are inviting Buyers to negotiate with you during the period of 7 calendar days.

2) Buy it now listing – allows any buyer to make an offer on your Registration by clicking “Buy it now” for the price determined by you.

The minimum buyer’s premium is £250.

You will be charged a buyer's premium if you have decided to withdraw your Listing with us after we have found a buyer and agreed on the sale of your Registration.

Please note: in the unfortunate event of technical issues with the website, we reserve the right to cancel this transaction.

LISTING CONTENT

When providing us with content including photos, descriptions, you grant us a non-exclusive right to use the content in any way we see fit including but not limited to promotion of our Website and Services. This includes displaying your listing/ auction lot on UK Plate Auction

website/social media, using it for promotional and marketing purposes, displaying your listing/ auction lots to other users of the Site.

You are solely responsible for providing accurate information on your listing and ensuring that you do have the right to sell the number plate which you list for sale on UK Plate Auction website.

PAYMENT TERMS

You agree to provide current, complete and accurate purchase and account information for all Registration purchases made on our website. You further agree to promptly update account and payment information, including email address, payment method, and payment card expiration date, so we can complete your transactions and contact you when needed.

You can register your account with us for free. You are required to provide valid payment details when registering your account with us. When bidding on our live auction, you agree to pay us a buyer’s premium of 5% if successful in winning the lot, and consent to us deducting this payment from you by using PayPal. The buyer’s premium is 5% of the selling price (minimum is £250). It is payable to us if you have won an auction. PayPal will take this payment on our behalf.

The buyer's premium paid to UK Plate Auction is non-refundable; your legal rights as a consumer under Consumer Act 2015, if you reside in the UK, are not affected.

The fees for our services are charged in pounds sterling (£) (GBP).All applicable sales taxes including VAT are payable by you in addition to the purchase price and our fees charged.

We charge a 5% fixed fee (called “Buyer's premium") of 5% from the final selling/hammer price. There is a minimum fee of £250 which will be charged as a standard fee if the Registration is sold through our website for less than £5,000.

Please note: In the unfortunate event of technical issues with the website, we reserve the right to cancel the transaction.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

English law shall apply to these Terms and to any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms or services we provide. You have agreed that the English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms or any of our services.