
sales TERMS
THE CONTRACT BELOW HAS BEEN PREPARED AND RECOMMENDED FOR USE BY THE NORWEGIAN CONCUMER AGENCY.
IT CORRESPONDS TO STANDARD SALES CONDITIONS FOR CONSUMER PURCHASES OF GODS OVER THE INTERNET.
THE CONTRACT
Introduction
This purchase is regulated by the Standard Sales Conditions for Consumer Purchases of Goods over the Internet, given below. Consumer purchases via the Internet are regulated primarily by the Contracts Act, the Consumer Purchases Act, the Marketing Control Act, the Cancellation Act and the E-Commerce Act, and these laws provide consumers with man- datory rights. These laws are available (in Norwegian) at www.lovdata.no. The terms of the contract are not to be understood as a limitation on legal rights, but present the parties’ most important rights and duties in regard to the purchase.
The Sales Conditions have been created and are recommended by the Norwegian Consumer Authority. For a better understanding of these Sales Conditions, see the Consumer Authority’s guidelines.
1 Contract
The contract consists of these Sales Conditions, information given in the ordering solution, and any specially agreed conditions. In the event of a conflict between pieces of information, precedence goes to what has been specially agreed between the parties, as long as this does not conflict with mandatory legislation.
In addition, the contract will be complemented by relevant statutory provisions that regulate the pur- chase of goods between traders and consumers.
2 Parties
SELLER Helene Jellestad - ROOM & WALL ART
Bogstadvegen 15A, 0355 Oslo, Norway
E-mail: contact@roomandwallart.com
Phone: (+47) 45 000 630
Organization number: 920519512.
BUYER is the person who makes the order.
The purchaser is the consumer who places the order, and is designated in the following as the Purchaser.
3 Price
The stated price for the good and services is the total price to be paid by the Purchaser. This price includes all taxes and additional costs. The Purchaser shall not be charged for any further costs of which the Seller has not informed the Purchaser before the purchase.
4 Conclusion of contract
The contract is binding for both parties as soon as the Purchaser has sent the order to the Seller.
However, a party is not bound by the contract if there are orthographical or typological errors in the offer from the Seller in the ordering solution of the online shop or in the Purchaser’s order, and the other party realised or should have realised that such an error was present.
5 Payment
The Seller may charge the Purchaser for the good from the time it is sent from the Seller to the Purchaser.
If the Purchaser uses a credit or debit card to make the payment, the Seller may hold the funds on the card when the order is placed. The card will be charged on the same day the good is sent.
If the Seller offers post-delivery invoicing, the invoice shall be issued when the good is dispatched. The due date shall be written on the invoice and must be a minimum of 14 days from when the Purchaser receives the delivery.
Purchasers under the age of 18 may not pay via post-delivery invoicing.
6 Delivery
Delivery has occurred once the Purchaser or his/ her representative has taken possession of the item.
Domestic shipping
Orders from Room & Wall Art are sent free of charge and will be delivered to the customer's door by our carrier. Estimated arrival time is normally within 14 days from when the order was received by Room & Wall Art.
Abroad shipping
For goods delivered outside of Norway please note; orders from Room & Wall Art are sent free of charge but may be imposed customs duties on import! The amount of potential customs duty depends on the tariffs of the country that the customer has ordered the goods to. The customs duty is not included in the purchase price and will be charged the customer directly - this part of the process will not be managed by Room & Wall Art.
If the delivery time is not stated in the ordering solution, the Seller shall deliver the good to the Purchaser within a reasonable time frame and no later than 30 days after the order is placed by the customer. The good shall be delivered to the Purchaser unless other, special arrangements are made between the parties.
7 Product risk
Product risk is assumed by the Purchaser as soon as the item is taken over by the Purchaser or his/ her representative in accordance with Section 6.
8 Right to cancel
Products from Room & Wall Art are produced upon order by customer. When the order is made it goes directly to the manufacturer and can hence not be changed nor be canceled after the payment has gone through.
9 Delays and non-delivery: the Purchaser’s rights and time limit to make a claim
If the Seller does not deliver the good or delivers it late according to the terms of the parties’ contract, and this is not due to the Purchaser or to conditions on the part of the Purchaser, the Purchaser may, in accordance with Chapter 5 of the Consumer Purchases Act, withhold the purchase sum, de- mand performance of the contract, terminate the contract and/or demand compensation from the Seller, according to the relevant circumstances.
For demands of remedy for breach of contract, notice should be given in writing for the purposes of documentation (e.g. by email).
Performance
The Purchaser may affirm the purchase and demand performance from the Seller. The Purchaser may not however demand performance if there is a barrier to performance the Seller cannot overcome, or if performance would cause a great disadvantage or expense to the Seller that is out of proportion to the Purchaser’s interest in the performance. Should these obstacles be removed within a reasonable amount of time, however, the Purchaser may demand performance.
The Purchaser loses his/her right to demand per- formance if he/she waits an unreasonably long time to make the claim.
Termination
If the Seller does not deliver the good at the time set for delivery, the Purchaser shall call on the Seller to deliver within a reasonable additional time frame for performance. If the seller does not deliver the good within the additional time frame, the Purchaser may cancel the purchase.
The Purchaser may however cancel the purchase immediately if the Seller refuses to deliver the good. This also applies to cases in which delivery at the agreed time was a decisive factor in the conclusion of the contract, or if the Purchaser has informed the Seller that the delivery time is a decisive factor.
If the item is delivered after the additional time frame set by the consumer or after the delivery time that was a decisive factor in the conclusion of the contract, termination must be asserted within a reasonable time frame after the Purchaser was informed of the delivery.
Compensation
The Purchaser may demand compensation for losses incurred as a result of the delay. However, this does not apply to cases in which the Seller can assert that the delay was due to obstacles outside the Seller’s control that could not have reasonably been fore- seen at the time the contract was concluded, could not have been avoided or the consequences of which could not have been overcome.
10 Defective goods: the Purchaser’s rights and time limit to give notice
In the event of the receipt of:
The wrong goods in accordance to actual order
The wrong goods must be returned to Room & Wall Art immediately and no later than one week after the reception. A new item will be shipped to the customer immediately when the wrong goods is returned and received by Room & Wall Art.
Damaged goods due to production error, or damaged goods due to freight
The customer must document the damage by photo and return the damaged item - attached the photo documentation and freight number, immediately and no later than one week after the reception, in order to promoting a complaint. A new item will be shipped to the customer immediately when the damaged goods is returned and received by Room & Wall Art.
Refund
In situations such as the above mentioned the order can be adjourned upon request by the customer and the full amount willl be returned to the credit card or PayPal acount that was charged in accordance to the purchase.
11 Seller’s rights in case of Purchaser’s breach of contract
If the Purchaser does not pay or otherwise fulfil his/her duties according to the contract and/or the law, and this is not due to the Seller or to conditions on the part of the Seller, the Seller may, in accor- dance with the rules in Chapter 9 of the Consumer Purchases Act, withhold the good, demand perfor- mance of the contract, terminate the contract and demand compensation from the Purchaser, accor- ding to the relevant circumstances. The Seller may also, according to the relevant circumstances, charge interest for late payment, a collection fee and a reasonable fee for uncollected goods.
Fulfilment
If the Purchaser does not pay, the Seller may af- firm the purchase and demand that the Purchaser pay the purchase sum. If the good is not delivered, the Seller will lose its right if it takes an unreaso- nably long time to make the claim.
Termination
Upon significant non-payment breach or any oth- er significant breach by the Purchaser, the Seller may terminate the contract. However, the Seller may not terminate the contract after the purchase sum has been paid. The Seller may also terminate the purchase if the Purchaser does not pay within a reasonable additional time frame for fulfilment set by the Seller.
Interest relating to late payment/collection fee If the Purchaser does not pay the purchase sum specified in the contract, the Seller may charge interest on the purchase sum according to the Act Relating to Interest on Overdue Payments. In cases where payment is not made, the debt may be sent for collection after a warning has been issued, and the Purchaser may then be held responsible for fees according to the Act relating to Debt Collection and Other Debt Recovery.
Fees for uncollected, non-prepaid items
If the Purchaser fails to collect unpaid goods, the Seller may charge the Purchaser a fee. The fee shall at maximum cover the Seller’s actual expenses for delivering the good to the Purchaser. Purchasers under 18 years of age cannot be charged this fee.
12 Warranties
Warranties given by the Seller or manufacturer give the Purchaser additional rights beyond those mandatory rights he/she has by mandatory law. Thus, a warranty does not imply any limitation on the Purchaser’s right to give notice or make claims in case of delay or defect according to Sections 9 and 10.
13 Personal data
The Seller is the party responsible for handling collected personal data. Unless the Purchaser consents otherwise, the Seller may only obtain and store whatever personal data is necessary for the Seller to complete its duties according to the con- tract. The Purchaser’s personal data shall only be given to others if this is necessary for the Seller to fulfil the contract with the Purchaser, or in cases where this is required by law.
14 Conflict resolution
Claims must be directed to the Seller within a reasonable time frame in accordance with Sections 9 and 10. The parties shall attempt to resolve any disputes out of court. If this is not successful, the Purchaser may contact the Consumer Council of Norway for mediation. The Consumer Council may be reached on (+47) 23 400 500 or at www.forbrukerradet.no