ShowerSealUK.com Terms and Conditions for website use and sales.
These terms and conditions were last updated on 10th October 2024
1. Introduction
1.1 These terms & conditions set out the terms between you the customer and us the website owner.
1.2 Your use of this website and any service contained within constitutes acceptance of these terms & conditions in full.
1.3 You should not use this website if you do not accept these terms & conditions in full.
1.4 By placing an order you constitute your acceptance of the terms and conditions in full, which constitutes a legally enforceable contract.
2. Customer Information
2.1 You should always check that the contact information you provide is correct before creating a customer account or proceeding to payment. Changes to contact or delivery details after purchase will be subject to any additional courier charges we incur.
2.2 Our website is only intended for use by adults.
2.3 We reserve the right to restrict or remove your access to this website where you breach these terms and conditions. Such restriction or removal will take place without recourse or explanation to you where we solely deem it appropriate or necessary.
3. Privacy
We take your privacy seriously. For further details please see our Privacy Policy.
We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties
4. Product Pricing and Title
4.1 We make every effort to ensure that the pricing displayed on our website is
correct. However, if an error in the pricing of a product is found we reserve the right to either cancel your order or contact you to arrange payment of any extra sum due or refund any over-payment made by you (as applicable). The processing of an order can be cancelled or corrected by us at anytime up to the shipment of that order and any related items.
4.2 We reserve the right to alter all product pricing without notice.
4.3 The lengths of each product given on site are approximate as the items are cut down to the specified lengths by hand. To save wastage your item may be sent longer than the size ordered, but will not be sent more than 3mm shorter than the size ordered.
4.4 The exception to this is for customers that order a seal to be cut to an exact size using the cut to exact length service, who can expect the length of the product to be within +/- 2mm tolerance of their specified measurement. Any offcuts from cut to lengths are not sent with the cut to length product.
4.5 Title in any products ordered from us does not pass to you, the purchaser until we have received and processed a valid payment, and that payment has been made into our own bank account and your order has been shipped.
5. Your Order
5.1 When you place an order you will automatically receive a confirmation email from us to confirm your order. Your order constitutes an offer made to us to purchase the goods specified in the order.
5.2 Your offer is only accepted by us once we have emailed you to confirm the dispatch of your order.
5.3 Product items not included within the dispatch email are not included in the order and contract between you and us.
5.4 We reserve the right to delay or refuse orders where a transaction contains incomplete details or details that cannot be verified or where fraud is suspected.
5.5 If we are unable to reasonably ascertain these details or resolve these issues a full refund will be made against the card used at the time of purchase. No other form
of refund or credit will be offered nor will a refund be made to any third party card or account.
6. Shipping and Customs Duty
6.1 All orders received by us are shipped subject to availability.
6.2 We reserve the right to ship products at a later date (up to 28 days after purchase) where the product ordered is not in stock at the time of purchase.
6.3 We cannot be held responsible for disruption to shipping caused by industrial disputes, weather related delays or any other action outside our direct control.
6.4 Any delivery date given is an estimate, not a guarantee. We cannot be held responsible for any costs incurred by the customer due to late delivery, wrong or damaged items.
6.5 We advise you not to book any tradesmen until your order has arrived and been checked.
6.7 If you are ordering a product from outside the UK, the recipient of the product is responsible for all customs duties or tariffs incurred in the country to which the products are shipped, unless the order is under 150 Euros and vat is paid at the point of sale. These orders will be sent using the IOSS Scheme. Furthermore your order may be subject to delay or be opened and searched by local customs authorities when entering the destination country. Please note we are unable to provide specific advice on customs duties or tariffs.
6.8 All orders placed before 2pm on a working day will be dispatched on that same day. Any orders received after 2pm will be dispatched on the following working day. Once an order has been dispatched, we cannot be held responsible for any delays incurred by the courier that breach their stated delivery times for the service selected.
6.9 All deliveries need to be checked for obvious delivery damage or shortages before they are signed for. Any delivery damage or shortages needs to be reported to us by email within 48 hours of delivery. Photos may be required for any subsequesnt claim with the courier, so please ensure you keep all the packaging. Claims for shortages or delivery damage can not be accepted if not reported within 48 hours of delivery.
7. Cancellation Rights, Returns and Refunds
7.1 Under the The Consumer Contracts Regulations you have a right to cancel your purchase. However, to exercise this right you must notify us in writing, (email or letter) within 14 days from the day after you receive your goods. The product(s) which you intend to return must then be returned within 14 days of receiving our acknowledgement.
7.2 As stated above notification of cancellation must be in writing, a telephone call is not a valid cancellation.
7.3 No right of cancellation, refund or return exists under the Consumer Contracts Regulations once you have used your product, unless the product is defective and you are returning it for this reason.
7.4 Goods that are sealed or shrink-wrapped and this is removed can only be returned if they are defective.
7.5 No right of cancellation exists for products cut to length or goods or products damaged during installation.
7.6 Please observe the following procedure for all returns to us:
7.6.1 On the back of your delivery note or on another piece of paper, (if you no longer have your delivery note), include your order number and the reason for the return
7.6.2 If you are returning your product because it is defective, please state the defect or defects.
7.6.3 Repackage the product in its original packaging, including any accessories, brochures, manuals, guarantees or warranties that came with the product. Unfortunately we will be unable to issue a refund where the product is in an incomplete state.
7.7 If the original packaging surrounding the product has been damaged or destroyed we will only issue a refund if the product is being returned due to a defect. If the original packaging of a defective product has been damaged or destroyed you should ensure that the returned product is adequately packed for shipment back to us.
7.8 The customer is responsible for paying any postage or shipping costs incurred when returning the product.
7.9 We recommend that all returns be sent by registered post, so that a record of the return is available for you.
7.10 We will not issue refunds for any items lost or stolen in transit to us.
7.11 Where a return is lost or stolen in transit to us, you should claim compensation from the company that shipped the return.
7.12 If you fail to return a product to us, we may make arrangements to have the
product collected from you. The cost of this collection will be passed on to you.
7.13 Unused products may be returned promptly by customers to our address listed at the end of these terms and conditions.
7.14 Subject to the above, we will refund the purchase price of a returned product within thirty days of receiving written notification of your intention to return the product.
7.15 Any optional extras selected at checkout, eg a quicker delivery service, are non refundable.
8. Customer Complaints
Please refer to our complaints policy and complaints procedure.
9. Faulty Products
Where you experience a fault with a product in the first instance please contact us by email for advice.
10. Events outside our control
We shall not be liable for delay or failure to perform any obligation under these terms & conditions if the delay or failure is caused by any circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of god, war, civil disorder or industrial dispute.
11. Licence
11.1 We grant you a licence to access the content, information and services contained within our website for personal use only.
11.2 This licence allows you to download and cache (using your browser) individual pages from our website.
11.3 This licence does not allow you to download and modify individual pages or substantial parts of our website nor to make our website available via an intranet,
where our website or a substantial part of it is hosted locally on the intranet in question.
11.4 Our website design, layout, content or text cannot be copied, edited or otherwise manipulated without our express prior written permission.
11.5 Our website cannot be placed within the frame-set of another site.
11.6 Third parties are not allowed to "deep link" to pages within our website, without our express prior written permission. All links (unless expressly permitted by us) should be to the main index page of our website. Furthermore, the content of such links, whether graphic or text should not be misleading, false, derogatory or in any other way offensive.
11.7 The restriction on "deep linking" does not apply to affiliate partners who wish to send customers directly to a particular page or product in order to increase their affiliate sales.
12. Copyright
12.1 All content, databases, graphics, buttons, icons, logos, layouts and look & feel are our copyright, unless expressly acknowledged as otherwise.
12.2 The data mining, extraction or utilisation of product information from our website is not permitted without our express prior written permission.
13. User Generated Content
13.1 Where the facility exists you may provide reviews or public feedback on the website of products purchased by you, also known as user-generated content.
13.2 Where the facility exists such user-generated content can be provided in different formats and mediums; text, audio, video and still photographs.
13.3 As part of providing this content to us you agree to grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive and royalty-free license to use, distribute, edit, translate and repurpose such content, as we require, including sub-licensing to other parties.
13.4 Such content shall not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other party. Furthermore the content shall not be illegal or capable of breaching the laws of any jurisdiction in which it may be displayed.
13.5 We reserve the right to remove any content, which breaches or risks breaching
these terms and conditions.
13.6 However, we shall not assume any responsibility for auditing or monitoring any user generated content.
13.7 Any complaints about such content by rights holders or any user or visitor to our website should be directed to us using our contact details listed at the end of these terms and conditions.
14. Limitations and Exclusions of Liability
14.1 Where content and information is provided on the website without charge we exclude all liability for such content and information.
14.2 All business losses (including, but not limited to) loss of profits, income, revenue, damage to goodwill, loss of other commercial contracts, other commercial opportunities are all excluded.
14.3 All indirect, consequential or special losses or damage are all excluded.
14.4 All other losses or damages not reasonably foreseeable at the time of the contract between you and us are also excluded.
14.5 All losses relating to the loss or corruption of data, databases, systems, software or hardware are all excluded.
14.6 These terms and conditions do not exclude or limit liability for death or personal injury caused by you or us.
14.7 These terms and conditions do not exclude or limit liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation caused by you or us.
14.8 These terms and conditions do not exclude or limit liability where this conflicts with the applicable law for this jurisdiction.
15. Indemnity
By your use of our website you hereby indemnify us and undertake to keep us indemnified at all times now and in the future against all possible claims relating to any breach of these terms and conditions by you. Such indemnities to include, (but not be limited to) all costs legal and otherwise, all other expenses, damages or settlements arising from your breach of these terms and conditions.
16. Variation
We reserve the right to vary these terms & conditions at any time, without giving notice to you. Such varied terms and conditions shall automatically apply to the use of our website from the date of publication on our website.
17. Assignment
We reserve the right to assign our rights and also our obligations under these terms and conditions, without giving notice to you. This right of assignment shall only apply to us and shall not apply to you in any way.
18. Severability
The foregoing paragraphs, sub-paragraphs and clauses of these terms & conditions shall be read and construed independently of each other. Should any part of this agreement or its paragraphs, sub-paragraphs or clauses be found invalid it shall not affect the remaining paragraphs, sub-paragraphs and clauses.
19. Waiver
Failure by us to enforce any accrued rights under these terms & conditions is not to be taken as or deemed to be a waiver of those rights by us unless we acknowledge the waiver in writing.
20. Third Parties
These terms and conditions are between you and us. They do not apply to, or benefit any third party and are not reliant on any third party.
21. Entire Terms & Conditions
These terms & conditions set out the entire agreement and understanding between you and us.
22. Your Statutory Rights
Where acting as a consumer your statutory rights are unaffected.
23. Jurisdiction
These terms & conditions shall be interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with English law and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. Our contact details are as follows:
Shower Seal UK Ltd.
Unit 11E, Hoo Marina Industrial Estate
Vicarage Lane
Hoo
Rochester
Kent ME3 9LB