Terms & Conditions
This page (together with the documents
referred to on it) tells you the terms and conditions on which we supply any of
the products (Products) listed on our website celtickustoms.com (our site) to
you. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before ordering any
Products from our site. You should understand that by ordering any of our
Products, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
You should print a copy of these terms and
conditions for future reference.
Placing an order means "You
Accept" these terms and conditions.
1. Information about us
celtickustoms.com is a site operated by
Celtic Kustoms Ltd which trades as Celtic Kustoms (we). We are registered in the
Republic of Ireland under company number 675975 and with our registered office
at Clonmeen, Rhode, Co Offaly R35 DH56. Our VAT number is IE3713674LH
2. your status
By placing an order through our site, you
warrant that:
(i) You are legally capable of entering
into binding contracts; [and]
(ii) You are at least 18 years old.
3. How the contract is formed between you
and us
3.1 After placing an order, you will
receive an e-mail from us acknowledging that we have received your order (the
Acknowledgement of Receipt). Please note that this does not mean that your
order has been accepted. Your order constitutes an offer to us to buy a
Product. 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 Order Confirmation). The contract between us (Contract)
will only be formed when we send you the Order Confirmation.
3.2 The Contract will relate only to those
Products whose dispatch we have confirmed in the Order Confirmation. We will
not be obliged 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
Order Confirmation.
4. Consumer rights
4.1 If you are contracting as a consumer,
exclusively you may cancel a Contract at any time within seven working days,
beginning on the day after you received the Products. In this case, you will
receive a full refund of the price paid for the Products in accordance with our
refunds policy (set out in clause 8).
4.2 To cancel a Contract, you must inform
us in writing. You must also return the Product(s) to us immediately, in the
same condition in which you received them, and at your own cost and risk. You
have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the Products while they are
in your possession. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a
right of action against you for compensation.
4.3 This provision does not affect your
statutory rights.
5. Availability and delivery
5.1 Each product displays a stock message
prior to adding to shopping cart. When an estimated dispatch lead time is
displayed the number of days quoted are based on business working days (Monday
to Friday).
5.2 Your order will be fulfilled by the estimated
dispatch date set out set out in the order confirmation email, unless there are
exceptional circumstances.
5.3 The delivery transit lead times quoted
are approximate, which are given to us by the shipping companies, and Celtic
Kustoms hold no obligation to guarantee delivery within these times.
5.4 To guarantee same day dispatch orders must be placed before 14:00.
Any order placed after this time may still be dispatched same day depending on
the carrier.
6. Risk and title
6.1 The Products will be at your risk from
the time of delivery.
6.2 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.
7. Price and payment
7.1 The price of any Products will be as
quoted on our site from time to time, except in cases of obvious error.
7.2 These prices will be shown excluding
and including VAT but exclude delivery costs, which will be added to the total
amount due.
7.3 Prices are liable to change at any
time, but changes will not affect orders in respect of which we have already
sent you an Order Confirmation.
7.4 Our site contains a large number of
Products and it is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the
Products listed on our site may be incorrectly priced. We will normally verify
prices as part of our dispatch procedures so that, where a Product's correct
price is less than our stated price, we will charge the lower amount when
dispatching the Product to you. If a Product's correct price is higher than the
price stated on our site, we will normally, at our discretion, either contact
you for instructions before dispatching the Product, or reject your order and
notify you of such rejection.
7.5 We are under no obligation to provide
the Product to you at the incorrect (lower) price, even after we have sent you
an Order Confirmation, if the pricing error is obvious and unmistakeable and
could have reasonably been recognised by you as a mis-pricing.
7.6 Payment for all Products must be by bank
transfer, credit or debit card. We accept payment with all major credit and
debit cards. We will not charge your credit or debit card until we accept your
order.
8. Our refunds policy
8.1 When you return a Product to us:
(a) because you have cancelled the Contract
between us within the seven-day cooling-off period (see clause 4.1)we will
process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30
days of the day you have given notice of your cancellation. In this case, we
will refund the price of the Product in full, including the cost of sending the
item to you. However, you will be responsible for the cost of returning the
item to us.
(b) for any other reason (for instance,
because you have notified us in accordance with paragraph 20 that you do not
agree to any change in these terms and conditions or in any of our policies, or
because you claim that the Product is defective), we will examine the returned
Product and will notify you of your refund via e-mail within a reasonable
period of time. We will usually process the refund due to you as soon as
possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day we confirmed to you via
e-mail that you were entitled to a refund for the defective Product. Products
returned by you because of a defect will be refunded in full, including a
refund of the delivery charges for sending the item to you and the cost
incurred by you in returning the item to us.
8.2 We will usually refund any money
received from you using the same method originally used by you to pay for your
purchase.
9. Our liability
9.1 We warrant to you that any Product
purchased from us through our site is of satisfactory quality and reasonably
fit for all the purposes for which products of the kind are commonly supplied.
9.2 Our liability for losses you suffer as
a result of us breaking this agreement [including deliberate breaches] is
strictly limited to the purchase price of the Product you purchased [and any
losses which are a foreseeable consequence of us breaking the agreement. Losses
are foreseeable where they could be contemplated by you and us at the time your
order is accepted by us].
9.3 This does not include or limit in any way our liability:
(a) For death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
(b) Under section 2(3) of Liability for
Defective Products Act, 1991;
(c) For fraud or fraudulent
misrepresentation; or
(d) For any matter for which it would be
illegal for us to exclude, or attempt to exclude, our liability.
9.4 We are not responsible for indirect
losses which happen as a side effect of the main loss or damage including but
not limited to:
(a) loss of income or revenue
(b) loss of business
(c) loss of profits or contracts
(d) loss of anticipated savings
(e) loss of data, or
(f) waste of management or office time however
arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract
or otherwise [, even if foreseeable];
provided that this clause 9.4 shall not
prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property that fall within
the terms of clause 9.1 or clause 9.2 or any other claims for direct financial
loss that are not excluded by any of categories (a) to (g) inclusive of this
clause9.4.
10. Import duty
10.1 If you order Products from our site for delivery outside the
Republic of Ireland, they may be subject to import duties and taxes which are
levied when the delivery reaches the specified destination. You will be
responsible for payment of any such import duties and taxes. Please note that
we have no control over these charges and cannot predict their amount. Please
contact your local customs office for further information before placing your
order.
10.2 Please also note that you must comply with all applicable laws and
regulations of the country for which the products are destined. We will not be
liable for any breach by you of any such laws.
11. Written communications
Applicable laws require that some of the
information or communications we send to you should 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.
12. Notices
All notices given by you to us must be
given to Celtic Kustoms at Clonmee, Rhode, Co. Offaly OR info@celtickustoms.com.
We may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide to
us when placing an order, or in any of the ways specified in clause 11. 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 e-mail was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.
13. Transfer of rights and obligations
13.1 The contract between you and us is
binding on you and us and on our respective successors and assigns.
13.2 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.
13.3 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.
14. Events outside our control
14.1 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).
14.2 A Force Majeure Event includes any
act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control
and includes in particular (without limitation) the following:
(a) Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial
action.
(b) Civil commotion, riot, invasion,
terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not)
or threat or preparation for war.
(c) Fire, explosion, storm, flood,
earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster.
(d) Impossibility of the use of railways,
shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private
transport.
(e) Impossibility of the use of public or
private telecommunications networks.
(f) The acts, decrees, legislation,
regulations or restrictions of any government.
14.3 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.
15. Waiver
15.1 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 and conditions, or if we
fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled under
the Contract, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and
shall not relieve you from compliance with such obligations.
15.2 A waiver by us of any default shall
not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.
15.3 No waiver by us of any of these terms
and conditions shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver
and is communicated to you in writing in accordance with clause 12.
16. Severability
If any of these terms and Conditions 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.
17. Entire agreement
17.1 These terms and conditions and any
document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between
us in relation to the subject matter of any Contract and supersede any prior
agreement, understanding or arrangement between us, whether oral or in writing.
17.2 We each acknowledge that, in entering
into a Contract, neither of us has relied on any representation, undertaking or
promise given by the other or be implied from anything said or written in
negotiations between us prior to such Contract except as expressly stated in
these terms and conditions.
17.3 Neither of 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 and conditions.
18. Our right to vary these terms and
conditions
18.1 We have the right to revise and amend
these terms and conditions from time to time to reflect changes in market
conditions affecting our business, changes in technology, changes in payment
methods, changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements and changes in
our system's capabilities.
18.2 You will be subject to the policies
and terms and conditions in force at the time that you order products from us,
unless any change to those policies or these terms and conditions is required
to be made by law or governmental authority (in which case it will apply to
orders previously placed by you), or if we notify you of the change to those
policies or these terms and conditions before we send you the Order Confirmation
(in which case we have the right to assume that you have accepted the change to
the terms and conditions, unless you notify us to the contrary within seven
working days of receipt by you of the Products).
19. Law and jurisdiction
Contracts for the purchase of Products
through our site and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with
them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes
or claims) will be governed by Irish law. Any dispute or claim arising out of
or in connection with such Contracts or their formation (including
non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Ireland.