Platform version (multi-seller). The legally binding version is the German original; this is an informational English translation.
(1) These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") govern the use of the website vod-auctions.com("Platform") and contracts concluded through it.
(2) The Platform is operated by Frank Bull, VOD Auctions, Alpenstrasse 25/1, 88045 Friedrichshafen, Germany, email support@vod-auctions.com ("Operator", "We").
(3) The contract language is German. This English translation is for information only; the German version prevails in case of conflict.
(4) For the purpose of these Terms:
(5) Conflicting terms of the User do not become part of the contract unless explicitly accepted in writing by the Operator.
(1) The Platform is an online marketplace. We provide the technical infrastructure through which Sellers offer items and Buyers accept them. We facilitate the conclusion of contracts between Buyer and Seller.
(2) No own sale of third-party goods. Where a Listing originates from a third-party Seller, We do not become a party to the resulting purchase contract. The contract is concluded directly between Buyer and the Seller shown on the detail page. We do not receive payment for third-party goods, do not issue invoices for them, and do not act as escrow.
(3) Operator-owned inventory (VOD Records). Frank Bull / VOD Records appears as commercial Seller No. 1 on the Platform with its own Listings. For those Listings, the Operator is also the Seller within the meaning of these Terms. The Seller of each Listing is clearly identified on the detail page and during checkout / bidding.
(4) Platform services include listing management, search and filters, auction mechanics, buyer/seller communication, Membership administration, moderation, and security.
(5) No guarantee of performance. We make no representation as to the availability, quality, authenticity, or lawfulness of third-party offers beyond what is expressly stated.
(1) An account is required to bid, buy, or list. (2) Users must provide truthful, complete, and current information. (3) Sellers must be at least 18 years old. (4) Account credentials must be kept secret; unauthorised use must be reported without delay. (5) We may suspend or delete accounts where there is a concrete indication of misuse, false information, manipulation, or breach of these Terms or applicable law (see § 14).
(1) Certain Platform functions are reserved to Members holding an active paid Membership. The Membership is a separate contract between Member and Operator.
(2) Tiers, prices, scope (current state always on /membership):
Higher tiers include the functions of lower tiers.
(3) Billing. Paid Memberships are billed monthly in advance via Stripe (see Privacy Policy). Prices include statutory VAT where applicable.
(4) Term, cancellation, cancellation button (§ 312k BGB). The Membership runs indefinitely and can be cancelled by either party with 14 days' notice to the end of the month. Members can cancel electronically via the cancellation button in the member area and receive immediate text-form confirmation. The right to terminate for cause remains unaffected.
(5) Right of withdrawal (Consumers). Consumers have a statutory right of withdrawal for the first booking of a paid Membership; see /widerruf, section "Membership contract".
(6) Payment default. In case of default the Member is reminded. If the outstanding amount is not paid within a reasonable period, the Operator may downgrade the Membership to Browse or terminate it and temporarily deactivate active Listings under § 5(7).
(7) Reactivation. Stored Listings are not automatically reactivated when a previously cancelled Membership resumes; the Seller must re-list them under § 5.
(1) Listings may only be created by approved Sellers holding a valid Seller or Seller Pro Membership who have accepted the separate Seller Agreement.
(2) Seller-type self-classification. Before the first Listing, Sellers must classify themselves as private, small business (Kleinunternehmer § 19 UStG) or commercial and keep this classification current. The classification is displayed on every Listing and the public Seller profile.
(3) Listing content. Every Listing must contain accurate information about the item, condition, photos, price, shipping, and delivery region. Commercial Sellers and small businesses must also display all statutory mandatory disclosures (provider identification, withdrawal policy, price including shipping, VAT notice or small-business notice).
(4) Prohibited content.Prohibited are in particular: stolen or unlawfully obtained goods; counterfeits or rights-infringing items; content harmful to minors, violent, discriminatory, or otherwise unlawful; goods restricted by export or sanction regimes; items grossly outside the Platform's curatorial profile.
(5) Ownership and authority. Sellers warrant that they own or are authorised to sell the items and that no third-party rights conflict with the sale.
(6) Listing quota. Each Listing consumes one slot of the annual quota included in the relevant Membership tier. The slot is booked when the Listing reaches the listed status; rejected submissions do not consume a slot. Unused slots expire at the end of the contract year.
(7) Listing suspension when Membership ends. Active Listings require a current Seller or Seller Pro Membership. On ordinary termination, unsold Listings are deactivated at the end of the paid period. On payment default, Listings may be temporarily deactivated after a reminder and reasonable grace period. Auctions with submitted bids generally run to their scheduled end unless an important reason requires earlier termination. Watchlist members are notified automatically when a watched Listing is removed.
(8) Moderation right. We may deactivate, remove, or hide Listings without prior notice where there is a concrete indication of breach of these Terms, the Seller Agreement, or applicable law. Sellers will be given an opportunity to respond unless the protective purpose conflicts with this.
(9) Reclassification. If a Seller classified as private appears commercial by volume, regularity, marketing, or conduct, We may require evidence, pause Listings, and move the Seller to commercial status.
(1) The display of a Listing constitutes the Seller's binding offer to the Buyer to enter into a purchase contract, valid until accepted or until the Listing is withdrawn.
(2) By clicking the buy button and completing checkout, the Buyer accepts the offer. The contract is concluded directly between Buyer and Seller.
(3) For Operator-owned inventory (VOD Records as Seller), payment is processed via the Platform's integrated payment services (Stripe, optionally PayPal).
(4) For third-party Listings, payment is processed directly between Buyer and Seller through the payment channels offered by the Seller, supported by a technical status object (order_intent). The Platform does not take possession of payment funds.
(5) The Buyer receives an order confirmation in text form containing the contractual particulars.
(1) Auctions run in time-limited curated blocks; each Listing shows start price, runtime, and minimum step.
(2) Submitting a bid constitutes a binding offer to purchase at the bid amount. Bids cannot be retracted unless a statutory ground for challenge or withdrawal applies.
(3) At the end of the auction, the contract is concluded between the highest bidder and the Seller. Where bids tie, the earlier bid prevails.
(4) Auction bundle on multi-wins. If a Buyer wins multiple lots of the same Seller within the same auction block, these are combined into a joint bundle offer with combined shipping and a 48-hour payment window (§ 8(2)).
(5) Proxy bidding. Buyers may set a maximum bid; the system bids automatically in defined steps up to that amount.
(6) Anti-sniping. We may apply automatic extensions in the final minutes of an auction; the active parameters are shown in the block.
(7) Early termination. We or the Seller may terminate an auction early on objective grounds — technical fault, obvious mistake, loss of goods, manipulation suspicion, or legal impediment. Bidders will be notified.
(8) Withdrawal notice. Online auctions on this Platform are not generally excluded from the right of withdrawal under § 312g(2) No. 10 BGB. Where Buyer is a Consumer and Seller is a Trader, the right of withdrawal under § 10 of these Terms and the policy at /widerruf applies.
(1) Prices displayed at the time of order or auction end apply. All prices are total prices including statutory VAT where applicable; small-business Sellers display prices without VAT statement. Shipping is shown separately.
(2) Due date. The purchase price is due immediately on contract formation. For auction bundles (§ 7(4)) the payment window is 48 hours from block end; thereafter, the Seller may withdraw and re-list.
(3) Payment channels. Operator-owned inventory is paid via integrated payment services. Third-party goods are paid directly between Buyer and Seller through the channels disclosed by the Seller. The Platform is not a payment service provider and does not act as escrow.
(4) Default. Statutory provisions apply. After a reasonable grace period the Seller may withdraw. Repeated default may trigger platform sanctions (§ 14).
(5) Buyers outside the EU may incur additional customs, import, and tax charges borne by the Buyer. A notice is displayed on detail pages and in checkout.
(1) Shipping is the responsibility of the respective Seller, who selects the carrier and displays shipping costs transparently.
(2) Delivery times are stated in each Listing. Time runs from receipt of payment where prepayment applies.
(3) For Consumers, the risk of accidental loss or deterioration passes only on delivery to the Buyer. For Traders, the risk passes on hand-over to the carrier.
(4) Apparent transit damage should be reported to the carrier and the Seller without delay; statutory warranty rights remain unaffected.
(5) Goods remain the Seller's property until full payment is received.
(1) The full withdrawal policy is at /widerruf and differentiates by seller type and contract type.
(2) Summary (non-exhaustive):
(3) The addressee of the withdrawal declaration is the Seller, not the Platform; the Platform assists with addressing and delivery of the declaration.
(1) Statutory warranty rights apply against the respective Seller.
(2) For Consumers, statutory warranty rights are not restricted. For used goods the limitation period may be reduced to one year in accordance with § 476 BGB if expressly agreed before contract formation after separate prior information to the Consumer.
(3) Against Traders the limitation period for warranty claims on used goods is one year from delivery.
(4) Private sales (C2C).A private Seller is not in a consumer-goods sale relationship; the Seller may exclude statutory liability for defects in the Listing terms, except for intent, guarantees, and personal-injury liability. A Listing badge "Private sale — consumer rights for commercial purchases do not apply" is displayed automatically.
(5) Condition grading. Industry-standard grading (Mint, Near Mint, Very Good Plus, Very Good, Good Plus, Good, Fair, Poor). Age-typical wear is not a defect where described.
(1) We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for personal injury, under the German Product Liability Act, for assumed guarantees, and in any case of mandatory statutory liability.
(2) For ordinary negligence in the breach of an essential contractual obligation, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract.
(3) Otherwise, liability for ordinary negligence is excluded.
(4) No liability for third-party contracts. We are not liable for the performance of contracts between Buyer and third-party Seller, in particular not for delivery, condition, authenticity, or payment. On concrete knowledge of an infringement We will act within reasonable limits (§ 13).
(5) Liability in case of data loss is limited to the typical restoration effort that would have applied with regular, risk-appropriate user-side backups.
(1) Report.Any User can report potentially unlawful Listings, content, or conduct — via the "Report listing" function on the detail page or to abuse@vod-auctions.com. Reports should include description, the affected listing, grounds, and contact details.
(2) Handling. We review reports without undue delay. Where We reasonably believe an infringement exists, We deactivate or remove the content and inform the parties. Sellers will be heard unless the protective purpose conflicts.
(3) Sanctions. Depending on severity and repetition: warning, listing removal, temporary listing block, temporary or permanent account suspension, termination of Membership for cause.
(4) Internal complaint. Users may challenge a moderation decision in writing within 14 days (support@vod-auctions.com). We will re-examine and reply in text form.
(5) Authority cooperation. We cooperate with authorities within the limits of applicable law.
Users undertake to provide truthful and complete information; not to use the Platform abusively or in an automated manner that circumvents security; not to distribute malware, spam, or unsolicited promotional content; not to infringe third-party rights; to keep buyer shipping data confidential and use it only for fulfilment. Sanctions apply per § 13(3).
Listing order in search, recommendations, and curated sections is influenced by a combination of: search relevance; Seller status (e.g. verified, new); Seller type and rating; shipping destination and shipping time; listing quality (completeness, images, depth); Seller's Membership tier (higher tiers receive moderate visibility uplift; no purchase order); recency; editorial curation in themed blocks. Paid placements outside these factors do not exist today; if introduced, they will be labelled "Ad" or "Sponsored".
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Set-off is permitted only against legally established, undisputed, or acknowledged counter-claims. A right of retention is permitted only insofar as the counter-claim arises from the same contractual relationship.
(1) We may amend these Terms to adapt to changed legal frameworks, to integrate new Platform functions, or to close gaps, without shifting the essential balance to the User's detriment.
(2) Amendments will be notified in text form at least 4 weeks before they take effect. Continued use after the effective date without objection constitutes acceptance; the notice will explain the right to object and the deadline.
(3) For purchase contracts already concluded, the Terms in force at the time of conclusion remain decisive.
(1) German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
(2) For Consumers, this choice of law applies only insofar as it does not deprive them of mandatory consumer protection of their country of habitual residence.
(3) Where the User is a merchant, public-law legal entity, or special public-law fund, jurisdiction lies at the Operator's place of business.
(4) EU dispute resolution. https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
Should individual provisions be or become invalid in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall remain effective.
Seller-specific obligations follow additionally from the separate Seller Agreement, accepted at Seller application and forming part of these Terms where a Seller/Platform relationship exists. In case of conflict, these Terms govern the User/Platform relationship and the Seller Agreement governs the Seller/Platform relationship.
Last updated: 2026-05-21 — Platform version (multi-seller). German version prevails.