How to buy a felling or forest:

For buyers

Buying process

1. Register

Participation in auctions is available only to registered users. All active auctions and the most important information about them are visible on the home page for all portal visitors.

  1. Enter your name, legal entity data and contact information - Register
  2. You will receive a registration confirmation link in your e-mail address

If you do not find the letter from info@mezabirza.lv, check the folders: spam, advertisements, subscribers.

After creating an account, you will receive access to:

  • See more information about the auctions of the fellings of interest;
  • Participate in the bidding process;
  • Easy to follow interesting auctions (appears in the profile - "Tracked auctions")
  • Buy virtual cones, see available credit, all invoices and transactions
2. Take part in the auction

To be able to make a bid, the number of Virtual Cones in the user's account must correspond to the commission fee of the relevant auction, according to the price list.

  • The commission for the winner is 2% of the bid value of the auction. This amount is not included in the final auction price;
  • The minimum commission is 200 euros, while the maximum is 2000 euros plus VAT;
  • For the winner of the auction, the commission is automatically deducted from the cones in the user's account according to the price list. If an agreement has been concluded, a post-paid invoice is issued, according to the Price List;
  • You can always see your Virtual Cones account balance in the "My Account" - "Payments" section;
  • It is the buyer's responsibility to view the felling of interest in nature.
     
3. Auction process
  • The most active bidding usually occurs when there are only a few minutes left until the end of the auction;
  • If the bid is made in the last minute, the end time of the auction is extended by 2 minutes until the winner of the auction is determined;
  • During the auction, the bidder can make an unlimited number of bids;
  • The size of one bid is 100 euros;
  • If a bid is made during the last minute, two minutes are added to the end auction time and the auction continues;
  • When placing a bid greater than 200 euros, the automatic bidding mechanism is triggered, where the Meža birža auction system will automatically bid for you, using the minimum set auction step size of "+100" euros, until the maximum price you set is reached. 
4. After the auction ends

Glossary

Agreement on postpaid invoice

After concluding the agreement, it is possible to use the credit on the website - up to the value of 2000 cones.
Payment for postpaid services must be made within 10 working days.

Download the agreement

  • Please sign the completed agreement with an electronic signature and send it to info@mezabirza.lv

You can make sure that the agreement is successfully concluded in the "My account" section, where the available credit in this case is 2000 Virtual Cones and the account status changes to "Privileged".

Purchase of Virtual Cones

Virtual Cone is the currency of this site. Payment for the services provided by Meža Exchange is made with these Virtual Cones.

  • The price of one Virtual Cone is EUR 1.00 + 21% value added tax; 

  • Virtual Cones must be purchased:

    • before submitting the auction,

    • before starting bidding,

    • before using other Meža birža services.

  • Virtual cones can be purchased in the section "My account" -> "Cones" -> "Buy cones".

  • After confirming the order, you will receive an invoice in your e-mail.

  • After receiving the payment, the administrator of Meža birža will credit the purchased cones to your account.

  • In cases where the payment has not yet entered the Meža birža account, but cones are needed, it is possible to send a payment order for the payment of the invoice to info@mezabirza.lv.

  • The paid participation fee is not refunded to the auction participant. If the auction participant has not used the paid participation fee in whole or in part, its balance remains in the auction participant's account and can be used for organizing or bidding on other future auctions.

Felling price calculator

We have developed a felling price calculator where, by choosing the assortment group, the liquid volume to be felled and the region, it is possible to determine the approximate market value of your felling quickly and free of charge.

Registration is not required to use the felling price calculator. The calculator can be found here - Felling price calculator.

Felling purchase agreement

A felling purchase agreement (FPA), like any agreement, is an agreement between the parties - between the seller and the buyer.

  • If you have bid the felling - offered the highest price, then you get the right to conclude an LPA.
  • Agreement on the terms of the LPA is between you and the seller. If one of the conditions of the LPA is still not acceptable to you, it can be supplemented or amended. The coordination depends on the extent to which the seller will be ready to compromise the purchase conditions he has set for the felling to be sold.

Here you can download and familiarize yourself with the sample felling purchase agreement, which is based on the Forest Consulting Services Center (FCSC) sample agreement: Download Felling Agreement Sample.