Terms and Conditions

Please read all these terms and conditions.

As we can accept your order and make a legally enforceable agreement without further reference to you, you must read these terms and conditions to make sure that they contain all that you want and nothing that you are not happy with. If you are not sure about anything, just phone us on 03702186330. 

Application

  1. These Terms and Conditions will apply to the purchase of the services and goods by you (the Customer or you). We are Alter Eco whose trading name is Alter Eco Ltd of International House, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ, with email address hello@alter-eco.uk; telephone number 03702186330; (the Supplier or us or we).
  2. These are the terms on which we sell all Services to you.  By ordering any of the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. 

Interpretation

  1. Consumer means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside his or her trade, business, craft or profession;
  2. Contract means the legally-binding agreement between you and us for the supply of the Services;
  3. Durable Medium means paper or email, or any other medium that allows information to be addressed personally to the recipient, enables the recipient to store the information in a way accessible for future reference for a period that is long enough for the purposes of the information, and allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored;
  4. Order means the Customer’s order for the Services from the Supplier as submitted following the step by step process set out on the Website;
  5. Privacy Policy means the terms which set out how we will deal with confidential and personal information received from you via the Website;
  6. Services means the services advertised on the Website, including any Goods, of the number and description set out in the Order;

Website means our website alter-eco.uk on which the Services are advertised.

Services

9.  The description of the Services and any Goods is as set out in the Website, catalogues, brochures or other form of advertisement. Any description is for illustrative purposes only.

10. In the case of Services, it is your responsibility to check your order before proceeding.

11. All Services which appear on the Website are subject to availability.

12. We can make changes to the Services which are necessary based on availability of services. We will notify you of these changes.

Customer responsibilities

13. You must provide payment as agreed in the order, and provide us with all information required to perform the Services.

14. Failure to comply with the above entitles us to suspend the Services until you remedy it or if you fail to remedy it following our request, we can terminate the Contract with immediate effect on written notice to you, via email.

Personal information and Registration

15. When registering to use the Website you must set up a username and password. You remain responsible for all actions taken under the chosen username and password and undertake not to disclose your username and password to anyone else and keep them secret.

16. We retain and use all information strictly under the Privacy Policy.

17. We may contact you by using e-mail or other electronic communication methods.

Basis of Sale

18. The description of the Services and any Goods in our website does not constitute a contractual offer to sell the Services or Goods. When an Order has been submitted on the Website, we can reject it for any reason, although we will try to tell you the reason without delay.

19. The Order process is set out on the Website. Each step allows you to check and amend any errors before submitting the Order. It is your responsibility to check that you have used the ordering process correctly.

20. A Contract will be formed for the Services ordered only when you receive an email from us confirming the Order (Order Confirmation). You must ensure that the Order Confirmation is complete and accurate and inform us immediately of any errors. We are not responsible for any inaccuracies in the Order placed by you. By placing an Order you agree to us giving you confirmation of the Contract by means of an email with all information in it (ie the Order Confirmation). You will receive the Order Confirmation within a reasonable time after making the Contract, but in any event before performance begins of any of the Services.

21. No variation of the Contract, whether about description of the Services, Fees or otherwise, can be made after it has been entered into unless the variation is agreed by the Customer and the Supplier in writing.

22. We intend that these Terms and Conditions apply only to a Contract entered into by you as a Consumer. If this is not the case, you must tell us, so that we can provide you with a different contract with terms which are more appropriate for you and which might, in some respects, be better for you, e.g. by giving you rights as a business.

Fees and Payment

23. The fees (Fees) for the Services, the price of any Goods (if not included in the Fees) and any additional delivery or other charges is that set out on the Website at the date we accept the Order or such other price as we may agree in writing. 

24. Fees and charges include any applicable VAT at the rate applicable at the time of the Order.

25. You must pay by submitting your credit or debit card details with your Order and we can take payment immediately or otherwise before delivery of the Services.

Withdrawal  and cancellation

Right to cancel

26. Subject as stated in these Terms and Conditions, you can cancel this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.

27. In a contract for the supply of goods over time (ie subscriptions), the right to cancel will be 14 days after the order confirmation.

28. To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us of your decision to cancel this Contract by a clear statement setting out your decision (via email). 

29. To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.

Timing of reimbursement

30. We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day we receive the cancellation from you

31. We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction.

Returning Goods

32. If you have received Goods in connection with the Service Contract which you have cancelled, you must send back the Goods  without delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate to us your cancellation of this Contract. The deadline is met if you send back the Goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You agree that you will have to bear the cost of returning the Goods.

Conformity

33. We will supply the Services with reasonable skill and care.

34. In relation to the Services, anything we say or write to you, or anything someone else says or writes to you on our behalf, about us or about the Services, is a term of the Contract (which we must comply with) if you take it into account when deciding to enter this Contract, or when making any decision about the Services after entering into this Contract. Anything you take into account is subject to anything that qualified it and was said or written to you by us or on behalf of us on the same occasion, and any change to it that has been expressly agreed between us (before entering this Contract or later).

Duration, termination and suspension

35. The Contract continues as long as it takes us to perform the Services.

36. Either you or we may terminate the Contract or suspend the Services at any time by a written notice of termination or suspension to the other if that other:

a. commits a serious breach, or series of breaches resulting in a serious breach, of the Contract and the breach either cannot be fixed or is not fixed within 30 days of the written notice; or

b. is subject to any step towards its bankruptcy or liquidation, or ceases trading.

37. On termination of the Contract for any reason, any of our respective remaining rights and liabilities will not be affected.

Successors and our sub-contractors

38. We can transfer the benefit of this Contract to someone else, and will remain liable to the other for its obligations under the Contract. The Supplier will be liable for the acts of any sub-contractors who it chooses to help perform its duties.

Circumstances beyond the control of either party

39. In the event of any failure by a party because of something beyond its reasonable control:

a. the party will advise the other party as soon as reasonably practicable; and

b. the party’s obligations will be suspended so far as is reasonable, provided that that party will act reasonably, and the party will not be liable for any failure which it could not reasonably avoid, but this will not affect the Customer’s above rights relating to delivery (and the right to cancel below).

Privacy

40. Your privacy is critical to us. We respect your privacy and comply with the General Data Protection Regulation with regard to your personal information.

41. These Terms and Conditions should be read alongside, and are in addition to our policies, including our privacy policy.

42. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:

    • ‘Data Protection Laws’ means any applicable law relating to the processing of Personal Data, including, but not limited to the Directive 95/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) or the GDPR.
    • ‘GDPR’ means the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
    • ‘Data Controller’, ‘Personal Data’ and ‘Processing’ shall have the same meaning as in the GDPR.
    • We are a Data Controller of the Personal Data we Process in providing the Services and Goods to you.

43. Where you supply Personal Data to us so we can provide Services and Goods to you, and we Process that Personal Data in the course of providing the Services and Goods to you, we will comply with our obligations imposed by the Data Protection Laws:

a. before or at the time of collecting Personal Data, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected (including the use of cookies on the website);

b. we will only Process Personal Data for the purposes identified;

c. we will respect your rights in relation to your Personal Data; and

d. we will implement technical and organisational measures to ensure your Personal Data is secure.

44. For any enquiries or complaints regarding data privacy, you can e-mail: hello@alter-eco.uk.

Excluding liability

45. The Supplier does not exclude liability for: (i) any fraudulent act or omission. Subject to this, we are not liable for (i) loss which was not reasonably foreseeable to both parties at the time when the Contract was made, or (ii) loss (eg loss of profit) to your business, trade, craft or profession which would not be suffered by a Consumer – because we believe you are not buying the Services and Goods wholly or mainly for your business, trade, craft or profession.

Governing law, jurisdiction and complaints

46. The Contract (including any non-contractual matters) is governed by the law of England and Wales.

47. Disputes can be submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales or, where the Customer lives in Scotland or Northern Ireland, in the courts of respectively Scotland or Northern Ireland.

48. We try to avoid any dispute, so we deal with complaints as follows: If a dispute occurs, customers should contact us to find a solution. We will aim to respond within 5 days.