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Terms and Conditions
The Lounge Furniture – Terms of Business
1. Interpretation
In these Conditions:
“theloungefurniture.co.uk”, “The Lounge Furniture” and “TLF” means The Lounge Furniture, who’s registered office is at Unit 8, Rosewood Business Park, St James Road, BB21 8ET.
“TLF site” means the website published by TLF with the web address http://www.theloungefurniture.co.uk/.
“Conditions” means these Terms of Business for website sale of furniture.
“Contract” means the contract for the purchase and sale of the Goods as constituted and evidenced by the Customer’s Order and the Order Confirmation.
“Customer” means the person whose offer for the Goods is accepted by TLF.
“Customer’s Order” means an order from the Customer submitted to TLF through the TLF site by completion of the staged ordering process set out therein.
“Force Majeure” means any Act of God, explosion, flood, tempest, lightning strike, fire, accident, war or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition, acts, restrictions, regulations, bye laws, prohibitions, or measures of any kind on the part of governmental, parliamentary or local authority, import or export regulations or embargoes, strikes, lock outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes 9whether involving employees of TLF or of a third party), difficulties in obtaining raw materials, labour, fuel, parts or machinery or power failure or breakdown of machinery.
“Goods” means the furniture (including any parts for them) or services which TLF is to supply in accordance with these Conditions.
“Mail Order Service” means the service provided by TLF via the TLF site for the sale and delivery of furniture to Customers.
“Order Confirmation” means confirmation in Writing by TLF of acceptance of the Customer’s Order issued prior to supply of the Goods to the Customer
“Writing” includes electronic mail transmission and comparable means of communication.
2. Basis of the Sale
TLF shall sell and the Customer shall purchase the Goods in accordance with the Customer’s Order and Order Confirmation, subject to these Conditions which shall given the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions subject to which any such offer is made or purported to be made by the Customer.
The Customer acknowledges that the website text, price lists, lists of items for sale or other sales literature published on the TLF Site constitute an invitation to treat and may not be construed by the Customer as an offer by or binding obligation upon TLF to sell any items to the Customer.
No variation to these Conditions shall be binding unless agreed in Writing between authorised representatives of the Customer and TLF.
TLF’s employees or agents are not authorised to make any representations concerning the Goods unless confirmed by TLF in Writing. In entering into the Contract, the Customer acknowledges that it does not rely on any such representations which are not so confirmed.
Any advice or recommendation given by TLF or its employees or agents to the Customer or its employees or agents as to the storage, application or use of the Goods which is not confirmed in Writing by TLF is followed or acted upon entirely at the Customer’s own risk, and accordingly TLF shall not be liable for any such advice or recommendation which is not so confirmed.
Whilst every effort is made by TLF to ensure that no such error or omission occurs, any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in any sales literature, price list, website text, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document ort information issued by TLF shall be subject to correction without any liability on the part of TLF.
3. Offers and specification.
The Customer’s Order shall not be deemed to be accepted by TLF unless and until the Order Confirmation has been issued to the Customer.
The Customer shall be responsible to TLF for ensuring the accuracy of the terms of the Customer’s Order submitted by the Customer, and for giving TLF any necessary information relating to the Goods within a sufficient time to enable TLF to perform the Contract in accordance with its terms. TLF shall incur no liability resulting from inaccurate information being supplied by the Customer.
The quantity, quality and description of and any specification for the Goods shall be those set out in the Order Confirmation.
TLF reserves the right to change the Goods or any relative specifications (whether such specifications have been submitted by the Customer in the Customers Order or otherwise) and designs at any time, without notice, as a result of changes in the law or at the sole discretion of TLF.
Subject to Clause 8(1), the Customer’s Order may not be cancelled by the Customer after the Order Confirmation has been issued except with the agreement in Writing of TLF and on terms that the Customer shall indemnify TLF in full against any loss (including loss of profit), costs, (including the costs of all labour and materials used), damages, charges and expenses incurred by TLF as a result of the cancellation by the Customer of the Customer’s Order.
4. Price of the Goods.
The price of the Goods shall be the price specified by TLF in the Order Confirmation, or, where no price is quoted in the order Confirmation, the price listed in TLF’s price list or website text on the TLF Suite current at the date and time of the order Confirmation.
TLF reserves the right, by giving notice to the Customer at any time before issuing the Order Confirmation, to increase the price of the Goods to reflect:-
- Any increase in the cost to TLF which is due to factors beyond the control of TLF (such as, without limitation, any foreign exchange fluctuations, current regulation, alteration of duties, significant increase in the costs of labour, materials or other costs of manufacture),
- Any change in delivery dates, quantities or specifications for the Goods which is requested by the Customer, or
Any delay caused by any instructions of the Customer or failure of the Customer to give TLF adequate information or instruction.
The price of the Goods shall be inclusive of any applicable Value Added Tax.
5. Terms of payment.
Subject to any special terms agreed in Writing between the Customer and TLF, TLF shall be entitled to payment in full for the price of the Goods (including VAT) on the date of the Customer’s Order. TLF shall debit the Customer’s credit/debit card with payment in full for the Goods and applicable VAT on or after the date of the Customer’s Order.
The Customer shall be obliged to pay the price of the Goods on the date of the Customer’s Order. TLF shall be entitled to recover the price of the Goods, notwithstanding that delivery may not have taken place and the property in the Goods has not passed to the Customer. The time of payment of the price shall be of the essence of the Contract. Receipts for payment will be issued.
If the Customer fails to make any payment by the relevant due date or if payment is declined or not authorised by the issuer of the Customer’s credit/debit card when processed by TLF then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to TLF, TLF shall be entitled to:
- Cancel the contract or suspend any further deliveries to the Customer,
- Appropriate any payment made by the Customer to such of the Goods (or the goods supplied under any other contract between the Customer and TLF) as TLF may think fit (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Customer), and
Charge the Customer interest (both before and after any decree or judgment) on any amount unpaid, at the rate of four percent per annum above the Bank of England base rate from time to time, until payment in full is made (a part of a month being treated as a full month for the purpose of calculating interest).
6. Delivery
Delivery of the Goods shall be made by TLF or its nominated carrier delivering the Goods to the delivery address specified in the Order Confirmation.
The delivery address specified in the Customer’s Order and in the Order Confirmation must be the same as the Customer’s billing address. TLF will not deliver goods to any alternative address.
Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only and not guaranteed and TLF shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods howsoever caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence of the Contract unless previously agreed in Writing by TLF. The Goods may be delivered by TLF in advance of the quoted delivery date upon giving reasonable notice to the Customer.
If the Customer fails to take delivery of the Goods or fails to give TLF adequate delivery instructions in the Customer’s Order then, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to TLF, TLF may:
- Store the Goods until actual delivery and charge the Customer for the reasonable cost (including insurance) of storage, or
- Sell the Goods at the best price readily obtainable and after deducting all reasonable storage and selling expenses) account to the Customer for the excess over the price under the Contract or charge the Customer for any shortfall below the price under the Contract, or
Return the Goods to the supplier and charge the Customer for any costs incurred as a result of such return.
Delivery of the Goods shall be evidenced by the return to TLF of its authorised carriers’ official packing/delivery note which, howsoever signed as acknowledgement of receipt of the Goods, shall constitute absolute proof of delivery of the items specified in it.
7. Risk and Property.
Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Customer at the time when the Goods are delivered to the delivery address specified in the Customer’s Order.
Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Goods, or any other provision in these Conditions, the title to and in the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until all sums due by the Customer to TLF (including any applicable interest and charges) have been paid in full.
Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Customer, the Customer shall keep the Goods separate from those of third parties and properly stored, protected and insured and identified as TLF’s property.
Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Customer, TLF shall be entitled at any time to require the Customer to deliver up the Goods to TLF and, if the Customer fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises of the Customer or any third party where the Goods are stored and repossess the Goods. The Customer shall be obliged to assist and allow TLF to repossess the Goods.
The Customer shall not be entitled in any way to charge by way of security for any indebtedness any of the Goods which remain the property of TLF, but if the Customer does so, all moneys owing by the Customer to TLF shall (without prejudice to any other right or remedy of TLF) forthwith become due and payable.
8. Clause
Subject to Clause 8(2) below, within 14 days of the day after the day of delivery of the Goods to the Customer, the Customer shall be entitled to cancel the Contract, return the Goods and receive a full refund, provided strictly that the Goods have not been used in any way, are in the same good condition in which they were received by the Customer and are returned to TLF. In such event the Customer shall be responsible for the costs of returning the Goods and shall indemnify TLF against all and any such costs. TLF retains the right to charge the Customer for any direct costs associated with the return of the Goods. Customers returning Goods directly to TLF must do so within 14 days. For information on your right to withdraw from your purchase within the cooling off period, visit the government website at www.gov.uk/accepting-returns-and-giving-refunds.
Subject to Clause 8(1), refunds to the Customer are entirely at the discretion of TLF. In the event that TLF, in their sole discretion, grant a refund to a Customer, any costs incurred by TLF in procuring that refund shall be borne by the Customer.
9. Liability
TLF shall be under no liability in respect of any defect in the Goods arising from any inaccuracy in the Customer’s Order. TLF shall have no liability for errors in any Customer’s Order and any loss (or otherwise) that may arise therefrom.
TLF shall be under no liability in respect of any defect in the Goods arising from wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow TLF’s instructions (whether oral or in writing) or misuse or alteration or repair of the Goods without TLF’s approval.
Save as expressly provided in these Conditions, all warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute or Common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Any claim by the Customer which is based on any defect in the quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to correspond with the specification shall (whether or not delivery is refused by the Customer) be notified to TLF in Writing within 48 hours from the date of delivery or where the defect or failure was not apparent on reasonable inspection within 24 hours after the discovery of the defect or failure.
Subject to Clause 8(1), if delivery is not refused, and the Customer does not notify TLF in accordance with Clause 9(4), the Customer shall be not entitled to reject the Goods and TLF shall have no liability for such defect or failure.
Where any valid claim in respect of the Goods which is based on any defect in the quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to meet specification is notified to TLF in accordance with these Conditions, TLF shall be entitled to replace the Goods (or the part in question) free of charge or, at TLF’s sole discretion, refund to the Customer the price of the Goods (or a proportionate part of the price), but TLF shall have no further liability to the Customer or any other person.
Except in respect of death or personal injury caused by TLF’s negligence, TLF shall not be liable to the Customer by reason of any representation (unless fraudulent), or any implied warranty, condition or other term, or any duty at common law, or under the express terms of the Contract, for any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage (whether for loss of profit or otherwise), costs, expenses or other claims for compensation whatsoever (whether caused by negligence of TLF, its employees or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the supply of the Goods or their use or resale by the Customer, and the entire liability of
TLF under or in connection with the Contract shall not exceed the price of the Goods, except as expressly provided in these Conditions.
TLF shall not be liable to the Customer or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of TLF’s obligations in relation to the Goods, if the delay or failure was due to any Force majeure or other cause beyond TLF’s reasonable control.
10. Insolvency of Customer.
If the Customer makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or (being an individual or firm) becomes bankrupt or (being a company) becomes subject to an administration order or goes into liquidation (otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction), has a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over any of its property or assets, ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business, or if TLF reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in relation to the Customer and notifies the Customer accordingly, then without prejudice to any other available right or remedy, TLF shall be entitled to cancel the Contract or suspend and further deliveries without any liability to the Customer, and if the Goods have been delivered, but not paid for, the price of Goods shall become immediately due and payable in full notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangements to the contrary.
11.
TLF may perform any of its obligations or exercise any of its rights hereunder by itself or where applicable through any other persons (legal or otherwise) or entities.
Any notice required or permitted to be given by either party to the other under these Conditions shall be in Writing addressed to that party at its registered office or principal place of business or such other address as may at the relevant time have been notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving the notice.
No waiver by TLF of any breach of the Contract by the Customer shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
If any provision of these Conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of the Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.
The Contract and these Conditions shall constitute the entire agreement between the Customer and TLF in respect of the supply of Goods and shall supersede all previous oral or written representations or agreements relating thereto. In particular, the Customer may not rely on any statements made by any employee, representative or agent of TLF.
TLF may assign the Contract with the Customer or sub-contract the whole, or any part thereof to any other person (legal or otherwise) or entity. Unless otherwise agreed in Writing, the Customer may not assign either the benefit or the burden of any contract with TLF.
The Contract shall be governed by the law of England and Wales and the Customer agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
