Terms & Conditions
All orders are
subject to the following terms and conditions. These shall form part of any
contract concluded
between Party in a Box Direct Ltd. This does not affect your statutory rights
as a consumer.
TRANSACTION SECURITY
Party in a Box
Direct Ltd use the services of World Pay a leading online credit payment agency
who have
secure server
software to keep your transaction private and protected. For further
information on transaction
security go to
www.worldpay.com.
GENERAL
A binding contract for the sale of all products will
be created upon a communication being sent by Party in a
Box Direct to the
buyer confirming acceptance of the buyer's order and upon no other event.
'Acceptance'
shall for the
avoidance of doubt be at the time the communication is 'sent' by Party in a Box
Direct.
The completion of an
order form and payment for the products shall be deemed conclusive evidence
that the
buyer agrees to be bound by these
conditions of sale.
DELIVERY
OF PRODUCTS
Party in a Box
Direct Ltd will normally dispatch boxes within 7 working days of the order
being confirmed and
payment being
received, however during busy periods this cannot be guaranteed.
Delivery within the UK will normally be made within 4 to 5 working days of
dispatch. However, please allow
up to 14 days for
arrival.
Delivery within the
EC will normally be made within 5 to 10 working days of dispatch. Please allow
up to
21 days for arrival.
Delivery to anywhere
else in the World will normally be made within 10 working days of dispatch.
Please allow
up to 28 days for
arrival.
For overseas
deliveries, the buyer is regarded as the importer of record. If the buyer is
subject to additional
charges duties
and/or taxes these are the sole responsibility of the buyer
CUSTOMER
SERVICES AND RETURNS
If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase
we guarantee to exchange it or provide a refund, (less
the cost of
postage), whatever your preference. Once you have received the goods you have
seven working
days in which you
may contact us to reject the goods.
This 7 working day cancellation period starts the "day
after" the day
that the goods are received and we will provide a refund within 30 days of
receipt of the
returned goods.
When returning goods
to Party in a Box Direct Ltd, please ask your Post Office for proof of postage.
We regret
that we are only
able to refund postage costs for the return of goods when they are faulty.
CANCELLED
ORDERS
On occasions even if the order was despatched on the
day of receipt, the postal system may be unable to deliver
in time as the customer
has not allowed sufficient time to receive the goods. On these occasions ‘Party
in a Box
Direct’ will
try and offer express postage, for which there will be an extra charge. When orders
need to be
cancelled as a
result of the customer allowing insufficient time for the order to be delivered
or if a customer
decides to cancel
their order before the items are despatched then ‘Party in a Box Direct
Ltd’ reserves the right
to charge an administration
fee to cover the costs of credit
card transactions, packing and packaging.
LOSS
OR DAMAGE IN TRANSIT
When goods are lost or damaged in transit, Party in a Box Direct Ltd will replace the damaged
products or provide
a refund, which ever the buyer prefers.
We will make every effort to ensure that the
products which we supply to you, will be of satisfactory quality.
If you discover a defect in the quality of the
products you should notify us within 7 days of receiving your
order. If you do notify us of a defect in the
quality of the products and as a result of the defect, those products
are not of satisfactory quality, we will replace
the products free of charge or, if preferred we will give you a
full refund including the cost of returning the
goods to us.
HANDLING COMPLAINTS
Any
communications should be directed to our Customer Service Dept, by email to
info@partyinaboxdirect.com, by fax
on +44 (0)1483 286792 or by phone on
+44
(0)1483 282869, Monday to Friday from 08.00am to 3.00pm GMT (excluding
Public
Holidays). Answer machine service also available 24 hours per day. Please quote
your
name and date of order during any correspondence.
TOY SAFETY
All products sold by Party in a Box Direct Ltd comply
with the European Toy Safety Regulations and where
appropriate bear the
CE mark. Products are suitable for use for children aged three years and above.
The use of any
product should be supervised at all times by an adult.
CHANGES
IN SPECIFICATION
Party in a Box Direct Ltd reserves the right to make
changes at any time and without notice in the materials,
dimensions, colours
and design of its products and such changes shall not affect the validity of
any contract
with the buyer
provided that such variations and modification do not adversely affect in any
material way
the performance of
the products or the quality of workmanship or of materials used. Where there
has been
a material change to
any product ordered by the buyer, Party in a Box Direct Ltd will endeavour to
supply the
buyer with a product
that is identical to that ordered or a product that is as far as is possible
similar to that
ordered.
The buyer has the
option to accept or decline any replacement with a full refund given if any
replacement is
unacceptable.
PRICES
The price of products confirmed at the point of
purchase will remain fixed during the transaction.
All prices quoted on
the site are subject to alterations without notice to take account of
fluctuations in the
cost of labour and
materials and of alterations in rates of exchange and import duty which may
occur it the
course of
manufacturing the products. All prices quoted include sales tax/VAT. Party in a
Box Direct Ltd shall
be entitled to
adjust the price to take account of any delay on the part of the buyer in
supplying information
required to complete
his order or of any alteration made by the buyer to the specifications or other
information supplied
by the buyer.
GOVERNING LAW
The construction, validity and performance of these
Conditions of Sale and of any agreement that exists
between Party in a
Box Direct Ltd and the buyer shall be governed in all respects by English Law.
In any
dispute with Party
in a Box Direct Ltd regarding these Conditions of Sale or the supply of
products to the
buyer, the parties
shall submit to the jurisdiction of the English Courts.