Terms and Conditions for Online Shop

ExpatChild.com is a website operated by Carole Hallett Mobbs. Hereafter known as ‘ExpatChild’. ‘ExpatChild.com’ ‘us’, ‘we’ and ‘our’.

ExpatChild.com and its affiliates provide access to our website (the ‘Website’) and sell our products to you subject to the conditions set out on this page.

Please read these conditions carefully before using our Website. By using the Website, you signify your agreement to be bound by these conditions. We reserve the right to vary the conditions of use at any time and will post any variations here. You are advised to review the conditions of use on a regular basis as you will be deemed to have accepted variations if you continue to use the Website after they have been posted.

Any reference to any product or service which has been or may be provided by us or any other company does not amount to a promise that such product or service will be available at any time. Changes to or improvements in such products or services may be made at any time without notice.

The release, publication or distribution of items and documents on the website in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law and therefore persons in a jurisdiction other than the UK into which such documents are released, published, distributed or otherwise accessible should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Access to the website will not constitute an offer in jurisdictions in which it would be illegal to make such an offer and in such circumstances it will be deemed to have been sent for information purposes only.

Buying On-Line

Conditions Relating to the Sale of Products to You

This section deals with conditions relating to the sale of products by ExpatChild.com to you.

Our Contract

When you place an order to purchase a product from ExpatChild, we will send you an e-mail confirming receipt of your order. The email confirmation will be produced automatically so that you have confirmation of your order details. An automatic confirmation does not necessarily mean that we will be able to meet your order.

Availability and Pricing

All prices are stated in pounds sterling (£). In the rare case a product is ordered and is found later to be out of stock we will notify you as soon as possible and cancel your order. Despite our best efforts, items in our catalogue may be mis-priced. Rest assured, however, that we verify prices as part of our dispatch procedures. If a product’s correct price is lower than our stated price, we charge the lower amount and send you the product. If a product’s correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before dispatch or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation.

Delivery Costs & Times

These items are dispatched from the UK. We cannot be held responsible for any delays that may occur with the postal service in the UK or the rest of the world. If delivering overseas we have to rely on carriers in that country which may also cause unexpected delays. This is entirely out of our control and in some cases may delay delivery for some time. Unless you purchased Tracked Shipping, we are unable to follow your delivery.

Customs

When ordering goods from us for delivery overseas you may be subject to import duties and taxes, which are levied once the package reaches the specified destination. Any additional charges for customs clearance must be borne by you; we have no control over these charges and cannot predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country, so you should contact your local customs office for further information. Additionally, please note that when ordering from us, you are considered the importer of record and must comply with all laws and regulations of the country in which you are receiving the goods. Your privacy is important to us and we know that you care about how information about your order is used and shared. We would like our international customers and customers dispatching products internationally to be aware that cross-border deliveries are subject to opening and inspection by customs authorities.

Your Account

Your personal data will be used to provide the information, goods and services offered through our website to you, for billing and order fulfilment.

If you use the ‘My Account’ section of the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer to prevent unauthorised access to your account. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that the password is kept confidential and secure and should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorised manner.

Please ensure that the details you provide us with are correct and complete and inform us immediately of any changes to the information that you provided when registering.

We reserve the right to refuse access to the Website, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders at our discretion. If we cancel an order, it will be without charge to you.

Privacy

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to the Website, to understand our practices.

Access to our Website

We will do our utmost to ensure that availability of the Website will be uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, due to the nature of the Internet, this cannot be guaranteed. Also, your access to the Website may also be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance, or the introduction of new facilities or services. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such suspension or restriction.

Electronic Communications

When you visit our website or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. We communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Website. For contractual purposes, you consent to receive communications from us electronically and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

Alteration of Service or Amendments to the Conditions

We reserve the right to make changes to our Website, policies, and these Conditions of Use & Sale at any time. You will be subject to the policies and Conditions of Conditions of Use & Sale in force at the time that you use the Website or that you order goods from us, unless any change to those policies or these conditions is required to be made by law or government authority (in which case it will apply to orders previously placed by you). If any of these conditions is deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Events beyond our reasonable control

We will not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with our obligations under these conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond our reasonable control. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.