1. INTRODUCTION
This document (together with any documents herein mentioned) sets forth the terms and conditions governing the use of this website and the purchase of products through such website (hereinafter, the “Terms").
Please read through these Terms prior to using this website. By using this website or placing an order through it, you are consenting to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to all Terms, do not use this website.
These Terms may be amended. It is your responsibility to regularly read through them, as the
Terms in force at the time that your use the website or at the time of the formation of the
Contract (as defined below) shall be the applicable ones.
2. OUR DETAILS
This website is operated under the name of BLAHBLAH FRENCH SCHOOL OF FRENCH CULTURE AND LANGUAGE LIMITED, a UK company whose registered office is at 1 Elmfield Park, Bromley BR1 1LU, United Kingdom and whose registration number is 137275286. No. 137275286.
3. YOUR DETAILS AND YOUR VISITS TO THIS WEB PAGE
The information or personal details that you provide us with shall be processed pursuant to the Privacy Statement. By using this website, you are consenting to the processing of such information and details and you represent that the whole information or details you have provided us with are true and accurate
4. USE OF OUR WEBSITE
By using this website and/or by placing any order through it, you undertake:
1. To use the website exclusively to make legitimate enquiries or orders.
2. Not to make any speculative, false or fraudulent orders. If we are reasonably of the opinion that such an order has been made, we shall be entitled to cancel the order and inform the relevant authorities.
3. To provide correct and accurate e-mail, postal and/or other contact details to us and
acknowledge that we may use these details to contact you if this should prove necessary (see our Privacy Statement).
If you do not give us all information that we need, we may not be able to complete your order.
By placing an order through the website, you warrant that you are at least 18 years old and are legally capable of entering into binding contracts.
5. SERVICE AVAILABILITY
The items we offer on this website are only available in the United Kingdom and may incur additional charges if purchased outside of the UK.
6. HOW THE CONTRACT IS FORMED
The information set out in the Terms and the detail contained on this website does not constitute an offer for sale but rather an invitation to treat. No contract in respect of any products shall exist between you and us until your order has been accepted by us. If we do not accept your offer and funds have already been deducted from your account, these will be fully refunded.
To place an order, you will be required to follow the shopping process online and press the
"Finalise Order " button to submit the order. After this, you will receive an e-mail from us acknowledging that we have received your order (the "Order Confirmation"). Please note that this does not mean that your order has been accepted, as your order constitutes your offer to us to buy one or more products from us. All orders are subject to acceptance by us, and we will confirm such acceptance to you by sending you an e-mail that confirms that the product has been dispatched (the "Shipment Confirmation”). The contract for the purchase of a product between us (“Contract”) will only be formed when we send you the Shipment Confirmation. The Contract will relate only to those products whose dispatch we have confirmed in the Shipment Confirmation. We will not be bound to supply any other products which may have been part of your order until the dispatch of such products has been confirmed in a separate Shipment Confirmation.
In accordance with the law, the right of withdrawal does not apply to contracts for the supply of digital content not provided on a tangible medium, the performance of which has begun after the consumer's express prior agreement and express waiver of his right of withdrawal.
7. AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCTS
All orders for products are subject to availability and in this regard, in the event of supply difficulties or because products are no longer in stock, we reserve the right to give you information about substitute products of an equal or higher quality and value which you can order. If you do not wish to order such substitute products, we will refund any monies that you might have paid.
8. REFUSAL OF ORDER
We reserve the right to withdraw any products from this website at any time and/or remove or edit any materials or content on this website. Whilst we will make our best efforts to always process all the orders, there may be exceptional circumstances which mean that we may need to refuse to process an order after we have sent you an Order Confirmation, which we reserve the right to do at any time, at our sole discretion.
We will not be liable to you or any other third party by reason of our withdrawing any product from this website, whether it has been sold or not, removing or editing any materials or contents on this website or for refusing to process or accept an order after we have sent you the Order Confirmation.
9. DELIVERY
When a physical delivery of the Product has been selected and subject to the provisions of Clause 7 above on the availability, and unless there are any exceptional circumstances, we will endeavour to fulfil your order for product(s) listed in the Shipment Confirmation by the delivery date set out in the Shipment Confirmation or, if no estimated delivery date is specified, within 15 days of the date of the Shipment confirmation.
However, delays may occur on account of the following reasons:
1. Customisation of products;
2. Specialised items;
3. Unforeseen circumstances; or
4. Delivery area.
If for some reason we are unable to deliver on this date, we will inform you of this situation and give you the option to continue with the purchase with a new delivery date or alternatively cancelling the order and reimbursing you with the full amount paid. Please remember that we do not deliver on Saturdays or Sundays except if “express delivery” is paid for additionally.
For the purposes of these Terms, the "delivery" shall be deemed to have taken place or that the order has been delivered at the time that receipt of the order is signed for at the agreed delivery address.
10. UNABLE TO DELIVER
If we are unable to deliver the goods after two attempts, we will try to find a safe secure place to leave your parcel. We will leave a note explaining where your parcel is and how you can rearrange delivery. If you are not going to be at the delivery location at the time agreed, please contact us to rearrange delivery for another mutually convenient day.
Upon lapse of 15 days of the moment when your order is ready for delivery, without such order having been delivered on grounds not attributable to us, we shall understand that you wish to cancel the Contract and it shall be treated as terminated. As a result of the termination of the
Contract, we will refund the price paid for such products as soon as possible and anyway within 30 days of the date on which we shall deem the Contract terminated. In such cases, we shall be authorised to pass on you any delivery costs and costs incurred in the termination of the Contract.
11. RISK AND TITLE
The products will be at your risk from the time of delivery.
Ownership of the products will only pass to you when we receive full payment of all sums due in respect of the products, including delivery charges, or upon delivery (as defined in clause 9 above), whichever is the later.
12. PRICE AND PAYMENT
The price of each product shall be the one quoted from time to time on our website, except where there is an apparent error. Whilst we take care to ensure that all prices quoted on our website are accurate, errors may occur. If we discover an error in the price of any product(s) you have ordered, we will inform you as soon as possible and give you the option of reconfirming the order at the correct price or cancelling it. If we are unable to contact you, the order will be treated as cancelled and if you have already paid for the product(s) you will receive a full refund.
We are under no obligation to sell the product(s) to you at the incorrect (lower) price (even after we have sent you a Shipment Confirmation) if the pricing error is an obvious typographical or arithmetical inaccuracy and could have reasonably been recognised by you as such.
The prices displayed on our website exclude delivery costs, which will be added to the total amount due as set out in our Delivery Costs Guide.
The prices displayed also exclude any relevant import or customs duties associated with international delivery outside of the UK and EU which are liable for payment by the buyer. Please be aware that FRENCH CULTURE AND LANGUAGE LTD does not have any control on any duties, customs and taxes levied by the country your order is being shipped to. We cannot advise you what the cost will be as these charges can vary according to country. Since these fees are not computed nor applied to orders by FRENCH CULTURE AND LANGUAGE LTD, please contact your local customs office to find out more information if you are unsure of the charges.
Prices may change at any time but (except as provided above) any potential change will not affect any order regarding which an Order Confirmation has been sent.
Once you have finished shopping, all the items you wish to purchase are added to your basket.
Your next step will be to go through the checkout process and make payment. To do this:
1. Click the "Shopping basket" button at the top of the page.
2. Click on the "See basket" button.
3. Click on the “Process order” button.
4. Fill-in or check your contact details, the details of your order, the delivery address and
the invoicing address.
5. Enter the details of your card.
6. Click on "Finalise Order".
You can pay using Visa, Mastercard and American Express. To minimise the risk of unauthorised access, we encrypt your card data. Once we receive your order, we will request pre-authorisation on your card to ensure there are sufficient funds available to complete the transaction. The charge to your card will be made the moment your order leaves our warehouse.
If you click on "Finalise Order " you are confirming that the card belongs to you or that you are the legitimate holder of the gift card or the credit voucher card.
Cards are subject to validation checks and authorisation by your card issuer. If we do not receive the required authorisation, we will not be liable for any delay or non-delivery and we will not be able to form any Contract with you.
13. LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS
Unless otherwise expressly stated in these Terms, our liability in connection with any product purchased through our web site is strictly limited to the purchase price of that product.
Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit in any way our liability:
1. For death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
2. For fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
3. For any matter for which it would be illegal or unlawful for us to exclude or limit, or attempt to exclude or limit, our liability.
Subject to the foregoing paragraph and to the fullest extent permitted by law, and unless otherwise stated in these Terms, we accept no liability for indirect losses which happen as a side effect of the main loss or damage however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, including (without limit) for
any:
i. loss of income or revenue;
ii. loss of business;
iii. loss of profits or contracts;
iv. loss of anticipated savings;
v. loss of data; and
vi. waste of management or office time.
Due to the open nature of this website and the potential for errors in the storage and transmission of digital information, we do not warrant the accuracy and security of information transmitted to or obtained from this website unless otherwise expressly set out on this website.
All product descriptions, information and materials posted on this website are provided "as is" and without warranties express, implied or otherwise howsoever arising.
To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to law, but without excluding anything that may not lawfully be excluded in the case of consumers, we disclaim all other warranties of any kind.
Nothing in this Clause will affect your statutory rights as a consumer, or your Contract cancellation rights.
14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the website shall remain at all times vested in us or in our licensors. You are permitted to use this material only as expressly authorised by us or our licensors. This does not prevent you using this website to the extent necessary to make a copy of any order or Contract details.
15. VIRUSES, HACKING AND OTHER CYBERCRIMES
You may not misuse this website by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You will not attempt to have any unauthorised access to this website, to the server which hosts this site or to any other server, computer or database related to our website. You undertake not to attack this website via a denial of service attack or a distributed denial of service attack.
By breaching this provision, you may commit a criminal offence under the applicable regulations.
We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authority and we will co-operate with the appropriate authority to disclose the identity of the hacker. Likewise, in the event of such a breach, your right to use this website will cease immediately
We accept no liability for any loss or damage resulting from any denial of service attack, virus or any other software or material which is malicious or technologically harmful to your computer, equipment, data or material resulting from the use of this website or from the downloading of the contents thereof or of such contents to which this website redirects
16. LINKS FROM OUR WEBSITE
We may have links from our website to other third-party websites and materials; such links are provided exclusively for information purposes and we do not have any control whatsoever over the contents of such websites or materials. Accordingly, we accept no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of such links.
17. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you could be in writing. When using our site, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic. We will contact you by e-mail or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.
18. NOTICES
All notices given by you to us should be given to us via our web form. Subject to and as otherwise specified in clause 19 above and unless otherwise stated, we may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide to us when placing an order.
Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on our website, 24 hours after an e-mail is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an e-mail that such email was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.
19. TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
The Contract between you and us is binding on you and us and on our respective successors and assigns.
You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent.
We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Contract. For the avoidance of doubt, any such transfer, assignment, charge or other disposition will not affect your statutory rights as a consumer or cancel, reduce or otherwise limit any warranty or guarantee which may have been provided by us to you, whether express or implied.
20. EVENTS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL
We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (“Force Majeure Event”).
A Force Majeure Event shall include any act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and shall include, in particular (without limitation), the following:
1. Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action.
2. Civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether
declared or not) or threat or preparation for war.
3. Fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster.
4. Impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport.
5. Impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks.
6. The acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.
7. Any shipping, postal or other relevant transport strike, failure or accidents.
Our performance under any Contract is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force
Majeure Event continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavours to bring the Force Majeure Event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations under the Contract may be performed despite the Force Majeure Event.
21. WAIVER
If we fail, at any time during the term of a Contract, to insist upon strict performance of any of your obligations under the Contract or any of these Terms, or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled under these Terms, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve You from compliance with such obligations.
A waiver by us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default arising from the Contract or the Terms.
No waiver by us of any of these Terms or of any rights or remedies arising from the Contract shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to you in writing in accordance with the provisions of the paragraph on Notices above.
22. SEVERABILITY
If any of these Terms or any provisions of a Contract are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms and any document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between you and us in relation to the subject matter of any Contract and supersede any prior agreement, understanding or arrangement between you and us, whether oral or in writing.
Both you and us acknowledge that, in entering into this Contract, neither you nor us has relied on any representation, undertaking or promise given by the other or be implied from anything said or written in negotiations between you and us prior to such Contract except as expressly stated in these Terms.
Neither you nor us shall have any remedy in respect of any untrue statement made by the other, whether orally or in writing, prior to the date of any Contract (unless such untrue statement was made fraudulently) and the other party's only remedy shall be for breach of contract as provided in these Terms.
24. OUR RIGHT TO VARY THESE TERMS
We have the right to revise and amend these Terms from time to time.
You will be subject to the policies, Terms in force at the time that you use this website or order products from us, unless any change to those policies, Terms or Privacy Statement is required to be made by law or governmental authority (in which case it will apply to orders previously placed by you).
25. LAW AND JURISDICTION
Contracts for the purchase of products through our site will be governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Any dispute arising from, or related to, such Contracts shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
If You are contracting as a consumer, nothing in this clause will affect your statutory rights as such.
26. FEEDBACK
We welcome your comments and feedback. Please send all feedback and comments to us via e-mail info@blahblahblah.uk
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