Terms & Conditions

www.droidsdirect.co.uk 

Terms and Conditions for Use and Sales: DroidsDirect

 
1. Introduction
1.1 These terms & conditions set out the terms between you the customer and us the website owner. 
 
2. Customer Information
2.1 You should always check that the contact information you provide is correct & truthful before creating a customer account or proceeding to payment. 
2.2 You are responsible for maintaining your own username and password, where required to access your customer account. You should ensure that you store your username and password securely and that the details required to access your customer account are not provided to another party. 
2.3 As a customer you are responsible for your customer account and actions taken within it. If you are aware or suspect that your customer account username and password or other details have become known to a third party, you should inform us immediately. 
2.4 Our website is only intended for use by adults. Adults may purchase products for children as long as the products purchased are intended by the manufacturer for use or consumption by children. 
2.5 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. We comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. For further details please see our Privacy Policy. 
 
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 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. In this situation you will be contacted and offered a full refund instead of delivery of the product. 
6.3 We cannot be held responsible for disruption to shipping caused by industrial disputes or action outside our direct control. If such disruption occurs you will be offered delivery via an alternative delivery or fulfilment company or a full refund. 
6.4 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. 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. 
6.4 UK Orders for Tablets or Phones will be shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class Recorded Post. Accessories will be shipped by Royal Mail 2nd Class Standard Post. Please purchase the Express Delivery add-on if next business day delivery is required. Please contact us for prices on delivery outside the UK. 
6.5 Orders will be shipped to the address specified in the transaction.
6.6 If there is any damage in-transit, it must be notified to us within 24 hours. Please retain all outer packaging including the wrapping, postage stamp and bar coded sticker.
 
7. Cancellation Rights, Returns and Refunds
7.1 Under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 you have a right to cancel your purchase. However, to exercise this right you must notify us in writing, (email or letter or by using this Form) within 14 working days from the day after you receive your goods. 
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 exists for personalised goods or goods that are intimate in their nature or goods where there may be hygiene issues, unless defective. 
7.4 Please observe the following procedure for all returns to us: 
7.4.1 On the back of your delivery note, on the returns form or on another piece of paper, (if you no longer have your delivery note), include your order number and the reason for the return. 
7.4.2 If you are returning your product because it is defective, please state the defect or defects. 
7.4.3 The product(s) must be returned within 14 days of informing us of your decision to cancel.
7.5 You are responsible for paying any postage or shipping costs incurred when returning the product. 
7.6 We recommend that all returns be sent by registered post, so that a record of the return is available for you. 
7.7 Where a return is lost or stolen in transit to us, you should claim compensation from the company that shipped the return.  
7.8 Subject to the above, we will refund the purchase price of a returned product within fourteen days of receiving the goods back (or, if earlier, 14 days from the date we receive proof that the products were sent back). We will reimburse using the same payment method originally used (unless mutually agreed otherwise).
7.9 Where a delivery method that is more expensive than our basic delivery cost was originally selected and paid for, we will only refund for the basic delivery costs. For example, if Express Delivery is selected and paid for, we would not refund this additional cost.
7.10 We will refund the cost of standard or recorded postage incurred returning a product, if incorrectly sent by us or where the product has been returned due to a defect. Please note that we will not refund any courier, overnight or express element of any delivery or postage charge, including Royal Mail Special Delivery.
7.11 We reserve the right to deduct an amount form the reimbursement (or charge the consumer) if they have diminished the value of the goods by handling them beyond what is necessary to establish their nature, characteristics and function.
7.12 Any issues arising from “rooting” an Android device or installing new firmware versions would not be classed as a defect.
 
8. Customer Complaints
We endeavour to respond to all customer complaints or queries within two working days. 
 
9. Faulty Products & Warranty
9.1 Where you experience a fault with a product it can be returned to us subject to our returns policy above. 
9.2 Tablet and phones come with one year's manufacturer’s warranty. Android tablet and phone batteries, chargers and bundled accessories have three months warranty.
9.3 Any issues arising from “rooting” your Tablet or installing new firmware versions would not be covered by the manufacturer's warranty
 
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
14.6 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. 
 
 
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.