Welcome to the Universal Shop Equipment website conditions for use. These conditions apply to the use of this Website and by accessing this Website and/or placing an order you agree to be bound by the conditions set out below. If you do not agree to be bound by these conditions you may not use or access this Website.
Before you place an order, if you have any questions relating to these conditions please contact us by e-mail or telephone.
Access
You are provided with access to this Website in accordance with these
Conditions and any orders placed by you must be placed strictly in accordance
with these Conditions.
Registration
You warrant that:
The Personal Information which you are required to provide when you
register as a customer is true, accurate, current and complete in all
respects; and
You will notify us immediately of any changes to the Personal Information
by contacting us by e-mail, or telephone.
You agree not to impersonate any other person or entity or to use a
false name or a name that you are not authorised to use.
Indemnity
You agree fully to indemnify, defend and hold us, and our officers,
directors, employees, agents and suppliers, harmless immediately on
demand, from and against all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs
and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of any breach
of the Conditions by you or any other liabilities arising out of your
use of this Website, or the use by any other person accessing the Website
using your shopping account and/or your Personal Information.
Purchase of products
Description of products
Each Product purchased is sold subject to its Product Description.
We will take all reasonable care to ensure that all details, descriptions
and prices of Products appearing on the Website are correct at the time
when the relevant information was entered onto the system. Although
we aim to keep the Website as up to date as possible, the information
including Product Descriptions appearing on this Website at a particular
time may not always reflect the position exactly at the moment you place
an order. We cannot confirm the price of a Product until your order
is accepted in accordance with our Order acceptance policy.
All measurements are given in millimetres , centimetres or inches and
are taken from the maximum points of measurement unless otherwise stated.
Orders
We will take all reasonable care, in so far as it is in our power to
do so, to keep the details of your order and payment secure, but in
the absence of negligence on our part we cannot be held liable for any
loss you may suffer if a third party procures unauthorised access to
any data you provide when accessing or ordering from the Website.
The technical steps required to create the contract between you and
us are as follows:
You place the order for your products on the web-site by pressing the
confirm order button at the end of the check-out process. You will be
guided through the process of placing an order by a series of simple
instructions on the web-site.
We will send to you an order acknowledgement email detailing the products
you have ordered and whether they are held in stock or are required
to be ordered and likely despatch date.
As your product is shipped from our warehouse we will send you a despatch
confirmation email.
Order acceptance and the completion of the contract between you and
us will take place on the despatch to you of the Products ordered unless
we have notified you that we do not accept your order or you have cancelled
it in accordance with our conditions set out below.
Non acceptance of an order may take place in the following circumstances
:
• The product you ordered being unavailable from stock.
• Our inability to obtain authorisation for your payment.
• The identification of a pricing or product description error.
• You not meeting the eligibility to order criteria set out in the main
Conditions of Use.
This contract is concluded in English.
Refusal of transaction
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.
We may refuse to process a transaction for any reason or refuse service
to anyone at any time at our sole discretion. We will not be liable
to you or any third party by reason of our withdrawing any Product from
this Website whether or not that Product has been sold; removing or
editing any materials or content on the Website; refusing to process
a transaction or unwinding or suspending any transaction after processing
has begun.
To be eligible to purchase Products on this Website and lawfully enter
into and form contracts on this Website under English law you must:
• Register by providing your real name, phone number,
postal/delivery address, e-mail address, payment details and other requested
information
• Be over 18 years of age
• Possess a valid credit or debit card issued by a bank acceptable to
us
By making an offer to buy a Product, you specifically authorise us to
transmit information (including any updated information) or to obtain
information about you from third parties from time to time, including
but not limited to your debit or credit card number or credit reports,
to authenticate your identity, to validate your credit card, to obtain
an initial credit card authorisation and to authorise individual purchase
transactions.
PRIVACY POLICY
We will treat all your Personal Information as confidential (although
we reserve the right to disclose this information in the circumstances
set out below). We will keep it on a secure server and we will fully
comply with all applicable UK Data Protection and consumer legislation
from time to time in place.
When you shop on this Website, we will ask you to input and will collect
Personal Information from you such as your name, e-mail address, billing
address, delivery address, telephone number, product selections, credit
card or other payment information and a password. We may also collect,
and our third party providers of advertisements and content may collect,
information about where you are on the internet (eg the URL you came
from, IP address, domain types like .co.uk and .com), your browser type,
the country and telephone area code where your computer is located,
the pages of our website that were viewed during your visit, the advertisements
you clicked on, and any search terms that you entered on our website
("User Information"). We may collect this information even
if you do not register with us.
You should be aware that this site is being monitored and may capture
information about your visit that will help us improve the quality of
our service.
We confirm that any Personal Information which you provide to us (or
which is available on public registers) and any User Information from
which we can identify you, is held in accordance with the registration
we have with the Data Commissioner's Office. We use your information
only for the following purposes:
• Processing your orders;
• For statistical purposes to improve this Website and its services
to you;
• To serve website content and advertisements to you;
• To administer this website;
• If you consent, to notify you of products or special offers that may
be of interest to you.
You agree that you do not object to us contacting you for any of the
above purposes whether by telephone, e-mail or in writing and you confirm
that you do not and will not consider any of the above as being a breach
of any of your rights under the Privacy and Electronic Communications
(EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
When you create a shopping account while ordering online you will be
given the option to receive information from Universal Shop Equipment
by post, e-mail or telephone, about products, promotions or special
offers which we feel may be of interest to you. In the event that you
do not wish to be contacted for such purposes please e-mail or telephone.
Your Personal Information may be disclosed to other reputable third
parties who will help process your order. Universal Shop Equipment requires
all such third parties to treat your personal information as fully confidential
and to fully comply with all applicable UK Data Protection and consumer
legislation from time to time in place. We will not release your Personal
Information to any company outside of Universal Shop Equipment for mailing
or marketing purposes.
You should be aware that if we are requested by the police or any other
regulatory or government authority investigating suspected illegal activities
to provide your Personal Information and /or User Information we are
entitled do so.
SHIPPING & RETURNS
Our standard delivery charge on all small orders
to mainland UK addresses are as below.
| Orders up to | £100.00 | £12.95 + VAT |
| Orders between | £100.00 - £200.00 | £15.95 + VAT |
| Orders between | £200.00 - £300.00 | £20.00 + VAT |
| Orders between | £300.00 - £400.00 | £30.00 + VAT |
| Orders over | £400.00+ | £40.00 + VAT |
Larger items are subject to bespoke delivery pricing . We can only ship furniture to mainland UK at the present time.
POSTCODES |
2 To 3 Days |
COLLECT ONLY |
FREE |
AL.B.BA.BB.BD.BR.BL.BS.CB. CH.CR.CV.CW.DA.DE.DN.DY. EN.FY.GL.GU.HA.HD.HG.HP.HX. IG.KT.LE.LS.LU.L.M.MK.NG.NN. OL.OX.PR.RG.RH.RM.S.SG,SK, SL,SM,SN,ST,TF,TW,UB,WA,WD, WF,WN,WR,WS,WV |
44.00 |
E,EC,N,NW,SE,SW,W.WC |
50.00 |
BH,BN,CM,CO,DH,DL,DT,HR,HU, IP,LA ,LN,ME,NE,NR,PE,PO,SO, SP,SR,SS,TA,TN,TS,YO |
56.00 |
CF,CT,EX,LD,NP,PL,SY,TQ |
56.00 |
CA,DG,EH,FK,G,KA,KY,LL,ML, PA,(1-19) SA,TD,TR |
66.00 |
DD,PH,AB,IV,KW,PA,(20+) |
77.00 |
NORTH IRELAND |
89.00 |
DUBLIN, REP OF IRELAND |
99.00 |
JERSEY, GUERNSEY |
165.00 |
Area outside the UK will be charged at cost. Please contact us for further
details.
Stock items are normally despatched the same day and will be delivered
within 1-3 working days within the UK mainland. Non mainland/oversees
customers will be advised by e-mail of the likely delivery date.
For out of stock items we will advise you by e-mail on the progress
of your order and the likely delivery date.
All deliveries must be signed for and any damages notified to us within
two days of receipt of delivery. Any items not received must be advised
within 14 days of the despatch confirmation e-mail in order that this
can be investigated. We will not be responsible for any non delivered
items after this time or failure to advise us accordingly. Someone must
be available to sign for the goods during normal working hours and this
person should be known to you. We will not be responsible where the
person signing for the goods is not the person who has placed the order/paid
for the goods or the incorrect address details have been supplied..
Delivery will take place during normal business hours Monday to Friday.
Weekend deliveries can be arranged but these will be charged at the
couriers cost over and above the standard delivery charge.
Delivery to a work address can also be arranged but this must be specified
at the time of order and be signed for by the purchaser.
Returns/Refunds
Unwanted Items
We guarantee your satisfaction and all products (ie : except bespoke)
come with a 14 day no quibble guarantee. If you wish to exercise this
option you should contact us by e-mail in the first instance. Returns
should be made in the original, undamaged packaging. We recommend returning
the goods by registered/insured post. We will not be liable for any
loss or damage incurred whilst returns are held by third parties. Refunds
will be made once the items are received by us and a confirmation e-mail
will be sent advising the refund amount.
We reserve the right to withhold a percentage of the refund value of
returned goods if the product or packaging is in such a condition that
the item needs to be reduced in price for resale.
Postage costs will not be refunded. Where items have been sent but postage
has not been charged any refund will be credited, less the actual cost
of delivery.
We will only refund the card from which the original payment was made.
Refunds can not be given on unwanted bespoke items ie : upholstery.
It is up to the customer to ensure that they are satisfied with the
product specification before ordering and to ensure access is uninhibited.
Damaged Items
Damages must be notified to us within 2 days of receipt by e-mail. We
will respond and advise what course of action must be taken in these
circumstances.
Questions regarding this Policy should be directed to us at info@universalshopequipment.com
