WriteUnite CIC Terms & Conditions of Sale

1. These terms

1. What these terms cover. These are the terms and conditions on which we supply products to you. 

2. Why you should read them. Please read these terms carefully before you submit your order to us. These terms tell you who we are, how we will provide goods to you, how you and we may change or end the contract, what to do if there is a problem and other important information. If you have any questions regarding the content of these terms, please contact us at hello@writeunite.org to discuss.

2. Information about us and how to contact us

1. Who we are. We are WriteUnite CIC, a Community Interest Company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 13532796 and our registered office is at 99 Western Road, Lewes, England, BN7 1RS.

2. How to contact us. You can contact us by writing to us at hello@writeunite.org 

3. How we may contact you. If we have to contact you we will do so by writing to you at the email address or postal address you provided to us in your order or by telephone using the number you have provided to us.

4. "Writing" includes emails. When we use the words "writing" or "written" in these terms, this includes emails.

3. Our contract with you

1. How we will accept your order. When you place an order with us, you will receive an e-mail to tell you that your order has been received. This e-mail represents our confirmation that your order has been received (“Order Confirmation Email”). Our acceptance of your order will take place when we email you to confirm that the products have been dispatched (“Dispatch Confirmation”), at which point a contract will come into existence between you and us.

2. If we cannot accept your order. If we are unable to accept your order, we will inform you of this via email and will issue a refund. This might be because the product is out of stock, because of unexpected limits on our resources for which we could not reasonably plan or because we have identified an error in the price or description of the product. 

3. Your order number. We will assign an order number to your order and tell you what it is in our Order Confirmation Email. It will help us if you can tell us the order number whenever you contact us about your order.

4. We sell our products internationally. We accept orders from inside and outside of the UK and ship our products internationally.

4. Our products

1. Products may vary slightly from their pictures. The images of the products on our website are for illustrative purposes only. Although we have made every effort to display the colours accurately, we cannot guarantee that a device's display of the colours accurately reflects the colour of the products. Your product may vary slightly from those images.

2. Product packaging may vary. The packaging of the product may vary from that shown in images on our website. 

5. Your rights to make changes

If you wish to make a change to the product you have ordered please contact us. We will let you know if the change is possible. If it is possible we will let you know about any changes to the price of the product, the timing of supply or anything else which would be necessary as a result of your requested change and ask you to confirm whether you wish to go ahead with the change. If we cannot make the change or the consequences of making the change are unacceptable to you, you may want to end the contract (see clause 8- Your rights to end the contract).

6. Our rights to make changes

1. Minor changes to the products. We may change the product:

   a. to reflect changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements; and

   b. to implement minor technical adjustments and improvements. These changes will not affect your use of the product.

2. Updates to digital content. We may update or require you to update digital content, provided that the digital content shall always match the description of it that we provided to you before you bought it.

7. Providing the products

1. Delivery costs. The costs of delivery will be as displayed to you on our website and will vary depending on the destination of the delivery. Delivery costs for products that require delivery to an address outside of the UK will be more expensive than delivery costs for products delivered within the UK. If you have any questions about the shipping costs, please email hello@writeunite.org

2. When we will provide the products. During the order process we will let you know when we will provide the products to you. 

3. We are not responsible for delays outside our control. If our supply of the products is delayed by an event outside our control then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay. We will not be liable for delays caused by the event, but if there is a risk of substantial delay you may contact us to end the contract and receive a refund for any products you have paid for but not received. 

4. If you are not at home when the product is delivered. If no one is available at your address to take delivery and the products cannot be posted through your letterbox, the postal service should leave you a note informing you of how to rearrange delivery.

5. If you do not re-arrange delivery. If you do not collect the products from us as arranged or if, after a failed delivery to you, you do not re-arrange delivery or collect them from a delivery depot we will contact you for further instructions and may charge you for storage costs and any further delivery costs. If, despite our reasonable efforts, we are unable to contact you or re-arrange delivery or collection we may end the contract and clause 10.2 will apply.

6. When you become responsible for the goods. A product which is goods will be your responsibility from the time we deliver the product to the address you gave us.

7. When you own goods. You own a product which is goods once we have received payment in full.

8. What will happen if you do not give required information to us. We may need certain information from you so that we can supply the products to you, for example, your name and delivery address. We will contact you in writing to ask for this information. If you do not give us this information within a reasonable time of us asking for it, or if you give us incomplete or incorrect information, we may either end the contract (and clause 10.2 will apply) or make an additional charge of a reasonable sum to compensate us for any extra work that is required as a result. We will not be responsible for supplying the products late or not supplying any part of them if this is caused by you not giving us the information we need within a reasonable time of us asking for it.

9. Reasons we may suspend the supply of products to you. We may have to suspend the supply of a product to:

   a. deal with technical problems or make minor technical changes;

   b. update the product to reflect changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements;

   c. make changes to the product as requested by you or notified by us to you (see clause 6).

10. Your rights if we suspend the supply of products. We will contact you in advance to tell you we will be suspending supply of the product, unless the problem is urgent or an emergency. If we have to suspend the product we will adjust the price so that you do not pay for products while they are suspended. You may contact us to end the contract for a product if we suspend it, or tell you we are going to suspend it, in each case for a period of more than 14 days and we will refund any sums you have paid in advance for the product in respect of the period after you end the contract.

11. We may also suspend supply of the products if you do not pay. If you do not pay us for the products when you are supposed to (see clause 12.3) and you still do not make payment within 14 days of us reminding you that payment is due, we may suspend supply of the products until you have paid us the outstanding amounts. We will contact you to tell you we are suspending supply of the products. We will not suspend the products where you dispute the unpaid invoice (see clause 12.5). We will not charge you for the products during the period for which they are suspended. As well as suspending the products we can also charge you interest on your overdue payments (see clause 12.4). 

8. Your rights to end the contract

1. You can always end your contract with us. Your rights when you end the contract will depend on what you have bought, whether there is anything wrong with it, how we are performing and when you decide to end the contract:

   a. If what you have bought is faulty or misdescribed you may have a legal right to end the contract (or to get the product repaired or replaced or to get some or all of your money back), see clause 11;

   b. If you want to end the contract because of something we have done or have told you we are going to do, see clause 8.2;

   c. If you have just changed your mind about the product, see clause 8.3. You may be able to get a refund if you are within the cooling-off period, but this may be subject to deductions and you will have to pay the costs of return of any goods;

   d. In all other cases (if we are not at fault and there is no right to change your mind), see clause 8.6.

2. Ending the contract because of something we have done or are going to do. If you are ending a contract for a reason set out at (a) to (d) below the contract will end immediately and we will refund you in full for any products which have not been provided and you may also be entitled to compensation. The reasons are:

   a. we have told you about an error in the price or description of the product you have ordered and you do not wish to proceed;

   b. there is a risk that supply of the products may be significantly delayed because of events outside our control; 

   c. we have suspended supply of the products for technical reasons, or notify you we are going to suspend them for technical reasons; or

   d. you have a legal right to end the contract because of something we have done wrong. 

3. Exercising your right to change your mind (Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013). For most products bought online you have a legal right to change your mind within 14 days and receive a refund.  These rights, under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, are explained in more detail in these terms.

4. Our goodwill guarantee. Please note, these terms reflect the goodwill guarantee offered by WriteUnite CIC of 99 Western Road, Lewes, England, BN7 1RS to its UK customers, which is more generous than your legal rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations in the ways set out below. This goodwill guarantee does not affect your legal rights in relation to faulty or misdescribed products (see clause 11.2):

   Right under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013: 14 day period to change your mind.

   How our goodwill guarantee is more generous: 21 day period to change your mind.

5. When you don't have the right to change your mind.  You do not have a right to change your mind in respect of:

   a. products personalised for a specific customer, for example, products signed and addressed by the author;

   b. digital products after you have started to download these.

6. Ending the contract where we are not at fault and there is no right to change your mind. Even if we are not at fault and you do not have a right to change your mind (see clause 8.1), you can still end the contract before it is completed, but you may have to pay us compensation. A contract for goods or digital content is completed when the product is delivered, downloaded or streamed and paid for. If you want to end a contract before it is completed where we are not at fault and you have not changed your mind, just contact us to let us know. The contract will end immediately and we will refund any sums paid by you for products not provided but we may deduct from that refund (or, if you have not made an advance payment, charge you) reasonable compensation for the net costs we will incur as a result of your ending the contract.

9. How to end the contract with us

1. Tell us you want to end the contract. To end the contract with us, please let us know by emailing us at hello@writeunite.org  Please provide your name, home address, details of the order and, where possible, your phone number and email address. 

2. Returning products after ending the contract. If you end the contract for any reason after products have been dispatched to you or you have received them, you must return them to us. You must post them back to us at 99 Western Road, Lewes, BN7 1RS, UK.

3. When we will pay the costs of return. We will pay the costs of return if the products are faulty or misdescribed or you are ending the contract because of something we have done as listed in 7.2 above.   

4. How we will refund you. We will refund you the price you paid for the products including delivery costs, by the method you used for payment. However, we may make deductions from the price, as described below.

5. Deductions from refunds if you are exercising your right to change your mind. 

   a. We may reduce your refund of the price (excluding delivery costs) to reflect any reduction in the value of the goods, if this has been caused by your handling them in a way which would not be permitted in a shop. If we refund you the price paid before we are able to inspect the goods and later discover you have handled them in an unacceptable way, you must pay us an appropriate amount.

   b. The maximum refund for delivery costs will be the costs of delivery by the least expensive delivery method we offer. For example, if we offer delivery of a product within 3-5 days at one cost but you choose to have the product delivered within 24 hours at a higher cost, then we will only refund what you would have paid for the cheaper delivery option.

6. When your refund will be made. We will make any refunds due to you as soon as possible. If you are exercising your right to change your mind then:

   a. If the products are goods our refund will be made within 14 days from the day on which we receive the product back from you. For information about how to return a product to us, see clause 9.2.

   b. In all other cases, your refund will be made within 14 days of your telling us you have changed your mind

10. Our rights to end the contract

1. We may end the contract if you break it. We may end the contract for a product at any time by writing to you if:

   a. you do not make any payment to us when it is due and you still do not make payment within 14 days of us reminding you that payment is due;

   b. you do not, within a reasonable time of us asking for it, provide us with information that is necessary for us to provide the products;

   c. you do not, within a reasonable time, allow us to deliver the products to you or collect them from us.

2. You must compensate us if you break the contract. If we end the contract in the situations set out in clause 10.1 we will refund any money you have paid in advance for products we have not provided but we may deduct or charge you reasonable compensation for the net costs we will incur as a result of your breaking the contract.

11. If there is a problem with the product

1. How to tell us about problems. If you have any questions or complaints about the product, please contact us. You can write to us at hello@writeunite.org.

2. Summary of your legal rights. We are under a legal duty to supply products that are in conformity with this contract. See the box below for a summary of your key legal rights in relation to the product. Nothing in these terms will affect your legal rights.

3. Your obligation to return rejected products. If you wish to exercise your legal rights to reject products you must post them back to us or (if they are not suitable for posting) allow us to collect them from you. We will pay the costs of postage or collection. Please email us at hello@writeunite.org for a return label or to arrange collection.

12. Price and payment

1. Where to find the price for the product. The price of the product will be the price indicated on the order pages when you placed your order. We take all reasonable care to ensure that the price of the product advised to you is correct. However please see clause 12.2 for what happens if we discover an error in the price of the product you order.

2. What happens if we got the price wrong. It is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the products we sell may be incorrectly priced. We will normally check prices before accepting your order so that, where the product's correct price at your order date is less than our stated price at your order date, we will charge the lower amount. If the product's correct price at your order date is higher than the price stated to you, we will contact you for your instructions before we accept your order.

3. When you must pay and how you must pay. We accept payment with Visa, Mastercard, American Express and China UnionPay as well as with Apple Pay and Google Pay. You must pay for the products before we dispatch them.

   a. For digital content, you must pay for the products before you download them.

   b. For goods, you must pay for the products before we dispatch them.

4. We can charge interest if you pay late. If you do not make any payment to us by the due date we may charge interest to you on the overdue amount at the rate of 4% a year above the base lending rate of Barclays Bank from time to time. This interest shall accrue on a daily basis from the due date until the date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. You must pay us interest together with any overdue amount.

5. What to do if you think an invoice is wrong. If you think an invoice is wrong please contact us promptly to let us know. You will not have to pay any interest until the dispute is resolved. Once the dispute is resolved we will charge you interest on correctly invoiced sums from the original due date.

13. Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

1. We are responsible to you for foreseeable loss and damage caused by us. If we fail to comply with these terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breaking this contract or our failing to use reasonable care and skill, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen, for example, if you discussed it with us during the sales process.

2. We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; for breach of your legal rights in relation to the products; and for defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.

3. We are not liable for business losses. We only supply the products for domestic and private use. If you use the products for any commercial, business or re-sale purpose we will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

14. How we may use your personal information

1. How we may use your personal information. We will only use your personal information as set out in our privacy policy which can be accessed here: https://www.writeunite.org/privacy

15. Other important terms

1. We may transfer this agreement to someone else. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation.

2. You need our consent to transfer your rights to someone else (except that you can always transfer our guarantee). You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these terms to another person if we agree to this in writing.

3. Nobody else has any rights under this contract (except someone you pass your guarantee on to). This contract is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.

4. If a court finds part of this contract illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

5. Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later. If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking this contract, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date. For example, if you miss a payment and we do not chase you but we continue to provide the products, we can still require you to make the payment at a later date.

6. Which laws apply to this contract and where you may bring legal proceedings. These terms are governed by English law and you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the products in the English courts. If you live in Scotland you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the products in either the Scottish or the English courts. If you live in Northern Ireland you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the products in either the Northern Irish or the English courts.

Model Cancellation Form

(Complete and return this form only if you wish to withdraw from the contract)

To WriteUnite CIC, 99 Western Road, Lewes BN7 1RS, UK, hello@writeunite.org

I/We [*] hereby give notice that I/We [*] cancel my/our [*] contract of sale of the following goods [*]

Ordered on [*]/received on [*],

Name of consumer(s),

Address of consumer(s),

Signature of consumer(s) (only if this form is notified on paper),

Date

[*] Delete as appropriate