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The Small Print

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Welcome to MONKEY CHAR LOOSE LEAF TEA, the online tea place where you can buy ethically sourced, organic loose leaf teas, herbal infusions, tea accessories and original art work.  We’d much rather be off creating new tea blends but apparently we’ve got to put all the legal stuff down in writing. 

So here it is – “The Small Print”.  Take a deep breath, grab a pot of your favourite tea and take a few moments to read these terms and conditions (T&Cs) as well as our privacy policy. (Our T&Cs apply if you are placing an order via the internet or by phone). We reserve the right to vary these T&Cs at any time, but in respect of any ordered goods, the T&Cs which apply shall be those which you accept at the time of placing your order.


CONTACT DETAILS 

MONKEY CHAR is the trading name of MONKEY CHAR LOOSE LEAF TEA.  You can contact us via email on [email protected] or write to us at: 46 Highclere Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU21 2PJ

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS

We may from time to time make changes to these Terms and Conditions, so please review them regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made by us. If you place orders for Products after changes are posted and you are notified in this way this will indicate that you agree to be legally bound by the Terms and Conditions as updated and/or amended. In the event you do not agree to any revised Terms and Conditions, you should not place further orders for Products. By accessing or using this website, you are agreeing to be bound by the Terms & Conditions of this website. Your continued access of this website shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of these terms & conditions.


AGE REQUIREMENT & ACCURACY OF INFORMATION

The purchase of goods is limited to parties that lawfully can enter into and form contracts on this site under English law. To purchase, you must provide your real name, phone number, e-mail address, and postal address, or have an account with PAYPAL. This site is available only to individuals and others who meet the terms of eligibility, who have been issued a valid credit card or cheque by a bank acceptable to PAYPAL, whose applications are acceptable to PAYPAL and who have authorised MONKEY CHAR via PAYPAL to process a charge or charges in the amount of the total purchase price for the goods which they purchase.


HOW THE CONTRACT IS FORMED

All orders are subject to acceptance by us. After you place an order, we will acknowledge receipt of your order by sending you an order acknowledgement email. This acknowledgement email will not constitute our acceptance of your order. Your order will only be accepted by us when we send you a shipping confirmation email when we have dispatched your order. MONKEY CHAR will use its reasonable endeavours to keep copies of all contracts for orders placed for Products by you, but cannot guarantee that it will keep a copy of every agreement for an unlimited time due to the number of orders for Products that it receives. You should therefore print out a copy of these Terms and Conditions and the shipping confirmation email in relation to all purchases and keep them in a safe place as a record of each transaction. Contracts with MONKEY CHAR are concluded in English.


PRICES & PAYMENT

The prices for any Products ordered will be as quoted on our web site from time to time, except in the case of obvious errors. All prices are inclusive of VAT and the cost of delivery will be separately itemised at the PAYPAL Checkout.  PLEASE NOTE: Only UK Standard Delivery is calculated on this website, if you would like an express or signed for delivery please contact us to let us know before placing your order.


AVAILABILITY

Goods are subject to availability.  Our acceptance of your offer to purchase our goods is subject to their availability. Our acknowledgement of order acceptance via the web or email is not a guarantee of delivery. If we are unable to deliver the goods which you have offered to purchase, we will let you know as quickly as possible and a full refund will be given. Orders that include sale items may be sent incomplete if certain sale lines are out of stock. Your card will be refunded and you will be notified as above.


DELIVERY

PLEASE NOTE: Only UK Standard Delivery is calculated on this website, if you would like an express or signed for delivery please contact us to let us know before placing your order.

For all European and overseas orders please email us to place your order.  Details on approximate shipping costs can be found on our Delivery Costs page. When ordering goods from outside the UK, you are responsible for ensuring compliance with the laws of the importing country and for paying all applicable customs duties, taxes and import charges.

Whilst we do our utmost to ensure your order is dispatched and delivered as promptly as possible, on rare occasions, orders can take longer than the suggested time frame. Where possible, should we be unable to dispatch an item within the designated time frame, we shall contact the buyer via email used to place the order. Once an item has been dispatched, as advised by the designated courier, in rare cases, items sent can take up to 15 working days to be delivered.


OUR REFUND POLICY

You may cancel your order at any time and for any reason within 7 working days of delivery of the Products ordered. ('working' days do not include Saturdays, Sundays and UK public holidays). Orders for certain Products may not be cancelled - these include: (a) Products that have been clearly personalised; and (b) Products that are perishable and have been opened, including all teas, infusions and food products. If you wish to cancel your order you must notify us of your wish to cancel in writing and you must return the Product(s) to us (at your expense) in their original wrapping, intact and accompanied by all accessories and documentation which were part of the delivery. We will refund any monies paid to us in respect of a cancelled order within 30 days of receiving your notice of cancellation and having received the returned goods in re-saleable condition.

Notices:

Where these Terms and Conditions require you to notify us of certain things in writing, notices should be sent to us by post to our address above or by e-mail to [email protected]. If we need to notify you of anything, we will do so by e-mail or the postal address you provide during the order process. Notices will be deemed received 24 hours after the e-mail is sent or three days after the date of posting.

Cancellation or Damage:

If you receive a Product which is faulty or damaged please notify us immediately by one of the methods specified in the Contact Details section and return the relevant Product to us together with a brief explanation of the fault or damage. Upon receipt of the Product, we will examine it to see if it is faulty or damaged. We may, as we think appropriate, either credit you with an appropriate sum in respect of the Product or we shall (subject to availability) send you a replacement Product. This does not affect your statutory rights. 

Lost Items:

Only items sent by Next Day Special Delivery for the UK are insured, and will benefit from a replacement if lost or damaged in transit. MONKEY CHAR is not responsible for lost or damaged items sent in the UK by Standard Delivery or abroad by Airmail. Please ensure someone is in to receive all deliveries.  

IMPORTANT: The default delivery method available on this website is UK Standard Royal Mail ONLY.  Please get in touch with us if you would like a tracked service, for your own peace of mind to avoid lost or delayed parcels.  UK Royal Mail Recorded Delivery starts from £4.95 and Express Next Day Courier starts from £7.95 a parcel.  These orders will be processed via email.

General:

We shall not be liable for any failure to provide the web site and/or the failures or delays in delivery where this is due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unenforceable, it shall so far as it is unenforceable, be deemed deleted and the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall continue to apply. The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to this web site and all Products. English Law will apply to these terms and conditions.


OWNERSHIP & RISK

We retain ownership of all Products ordered until they have been delivered to you. Ownership of and risk in all Products shall pass to you upon delivery.


DISCOUNTS & PROMOTIONS

All MONKEY CHAR discounts and promotions are subject to standard and any individual terms as outlined. MONKEY CHAR reserves the right to withdraw any given discount or promotional activity at any time, without prior notice. Discounts and promotions are only applicable to online purchases on this website unless otherwise stated. Discounts and promotions cannot be combined unless otherwise stated. All orders received by MONKEY CHAR using discount codes or during promotional activities are all subject to the standard order terms and conditions without exception. All discounts and promotions are for personal use of MONKEY CHAR customers only and must not be used for commercial or 3rd party promotional purposes.


RESTRICTIONS ON USE

All copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights, in our web site and all material published on it are owned by, or are licensed to, Monkey Char. All such rights are expressly reserved. You may print off one copy of any page(s) from our web site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on it. Our status (or that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on this web site, should always be acknowledged. You agree that you will access the Monkey Char web site solely for your own private use and not for any commercial or public use. You agree that you may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, adapt, create a derivative work from, distribute, store in any medium (including framing our web site within any other web site), broadcast, transmit, re-transmit, modify or communicate to the public all or any part of the web site without our prior written permission.


CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE

We update our web site regularly and so may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we reserve the right to suspend the web site or to close it indefinitely. We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please review the terms of our Privacy Policy to check that you are happy for us to use your information in accordance with its terms. You are responsible for ensuring that all data provided by you to us is accurate.


LINKING TO OUR WEBSITE

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and which does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it or suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our web site must not be framed on any other web site, nor should you establish a link to any part of our web site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to make any use of material on our web site other than that as permitted by this Agreement, or wish to contact us about any material on the web site, please address your request to [email protected]. Our web site may from time to time contain links to various web sites and other resources provided by third parties. These links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those web sites and resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may be suffered in connection with your use of them.


OUR LIABILITY

Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude our liability for: (a) death or personal injury arising through negligence, (b) fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) breach of implied terms relating to title and quiet enjoyment under Section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Section 2 of the Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1982. Commentary and other materials posted on our web site are only general remarks or comments and are not intended to be relied upon by you. Other than as stated otherwise in this Agreement, we exclude all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed by you on the content of the web site or anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Whilst we have taken every care in the preparation of the content of our web site, we cannot guarantee uninterrupted and totally reliable access to it. We cannot therefore guarantee that the information will always be completely up to date and free of mistakes. Other than as stated otherwise in this Agreement, Monkey Char disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials on our web site and will accept no liability for any loss or damage arising out of problems with access. We do not warrant or represent that material downloaded and/or accessed via or from our web site will be free of viruses or other similar contaminants and you should operate the most up-to-date virus protection software at all times. We do not accept responsibility for any loss, damages or costs suffered or incurred by you arising from viruses or contaminants contracted by you or your machine via accessing or using our web site.


PRIVACY

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. When you order with us through PayPal, we need to know your name, address, e-mail and card details. This allows us to process and fulfil your order.

We will use your personal information to notify you about your order and to send you updates about our products and services that we believe will be of interest. This will be predominantly by email. Please let us know if you would prefer not to hear from us. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required to do so by law. For more on this please see our Privacy Policy page.

Our web site may from time to time contain links to and from our partners' and affiliates' web sites. If you follow a link to their web sites, please note that these web sites have their own privacy policy and that Monkey Char does not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies and will be subject to separate terms and conditions. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these web sites.


COOKIE POLICY

What's a cookie?

A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.

Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.


How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.

Cookies are either:

– Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or

– Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.

Cookies can also be categorised as follows:

 – Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service, and therefore cannot be turned off. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.

 – Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.

 – Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.


JURISDICTION & APPLICABLE LAW

The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to this web site. English Law will apply to these terms and conditions.


YOUR CONCERNS

If you have any concerns or queries about material which appears on our web site or would like to contact us please email [email protected]. We are here to help. Thank you for visiting our web site. 

You should print a copy of these Terms and Conditions for your future reference.  

Phew… well done on making it to the end. You’ll definitely need another cup of tea after that!

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