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GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS

Introduction

These terms and conditions apply between you, the User of this Website (including any sub-domains, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions), and  Crafty Monkey Ltd,  the owner and operator of this Website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they affect your legal rights. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Website. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should stop using the Website immediately.

In these terms and conditions, User or Users means any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by  Crafty Monkey Ltd and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to  Crafty Monkey Ltd and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.

You must be at least 18 years of age to use this Website. By using the Website and agreeing to these terms and conditions, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age.

Intellectual property and acceptable use:

1.     All Content included on the Website, unless uploaded by Users, is the property of  Crafty Monkey Ltd,  our affiliates or other relevant third parties. In these terms and conditions, Content means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website, including any such content uploaded by Users. By continuing to use the Website you acknowledge that such Content is protected by copyright, trademarks, database rights and other intellectual property rights. Nothing on this site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on the site without the owner's prior written permission

2.     You may, for your own personal, non-commercial use only, do the following:

a.   retrieve, display and view the Content on a computer screen

3.     You must not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy, distribute or use for commercial purposes any Content without the written permission of  Crafty Monkey Ltd. 

Prohibited use

4.     You may not use the Website for any of the following purposes:

a.   in any way which causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or interferes with any other person's use or enjoyment of the Website;

b.   in any way which is harmful, unlawful, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable law, regulation, or governmental order;

c.    making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of Content protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.

Registration

5.     You must ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete.

6.     You must inform us immediately of any changes to the information that you provide when registering by updating your personal details to ensure we can communicate with you effectively.

7.     We may suspend or cancel your registration with immediate effect for any reasonable purposes or if you breach these terms and conditions.

8.     You may cancel your registration at any time by informing us in writing to the address at the end of these terms and conditions. If you do so, you must immediately stop using the Website. Cancellation or suspension of your registration does not affect any statutory rights.

Links to other websites

9.     This Website may contain links to other sites. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under the control of Crafty Monkey Ltd or that of our affiliates.

10.           We assume no responsibility for the content of such Websites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of the use of them.

11.           The inclusion of a link to another site on this Website does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.

Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy

12.           Use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy, which are incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference. To view the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy, please click on the following: https://www.craftymonkeypotterypainting.com/privacy-policy

Availability of the Website and disclaimers

13.           Any online facilities, tools, services or information that Crafty Monkey Ltd makes available through the Website (the Service) is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis. We give no warranty that the Service will be free of defects and/or faults. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, we provide no warranties (express or implied) of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of information, compatibility and satisfactory quality. Crafty Monkey Ltd is under no obligation to update information on the Website.

14.           Whilst  Crafty Monkey Ltd uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website is secure and free of errors, viruses and other malware, we give no warranty or guaranty in that regard and all Users take responsibility for their own security, that of their personal details and their computers.

15.     Crafty Monkey Ltd accepts no liability for any disruption or non-availability of the Website.

16.           Crafty Monkey Ltd reserves the right to alter, suspend or discontinue any part (or the whole of) the Website including, but not limited to, any products and/or services available. These terms and conditions shall continue to apply to any modified version of the Website unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

Limitation of liability

17.           Nothing in these terms and conditions will: (a) limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from our or your negligence, as applicable; (b) limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) limit or exclude any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law.

18.           We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of events beyond our reasonable control.

19.           To the maximum extent permitted by law, Crafty Monkey Ltd accepts no liability for any of the following:

a.   any business losses, such as loss of profits, income, revenue, anticipated savings, business, contracts, goodwill or commercial opportunities;

b.   loss or corruption of any data, database or software;

c.    any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

General

20.           You may not transfer any of your rights under these terms and conditions to any other person. We may transfer our rights under these terms and conditions where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.

21.           These terms and conditions may be varied by us from time to time. Such revised terms will apply to the Website from the date of publication. Users should check the terms and conditions regularly to ensure familiarity with the then current version.

22.           These terms and conditions together with the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy  contain the whole agreement between the parties relating to its subject matter and supersede all prior discussions, arrangements or agreements that might have taken place in relation to the terms and conditions.

23.           The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to these terms and conditions and no third party will have any right to enforce or rely on any provision of these terms and conditions.

24.           If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of these terms and conditions (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of these terms and conditions will not be affected.

25.           Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.

26.           This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales and all disputes arising under the Agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

Crafty Monkey Ltd  details

27.          Crafty Monkey Ltd of 12 Moores Walk, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1AG operates the Website www.craftymonkeypotterypainting.com

You can contact Crafty Monkey Ltd by email on info@mycraftymonkey.com.

Terms & Conditions: Text

PURCHASE OF GOODS

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, email us at enquiries@mycraftymonkey.com

Application

1. These Terms and Conditions will apply to the purchase of the goods by you (the Customer or you).  We are Crafty Monkey Ltd of 12 Moores Walk, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1AG   with  email address enquiries@mycraftymonkey.com;   telephone number 01480 219222; (the Supplier or us or we).

2. These are the terms on which we sell all Goods to you. By ordering any of the Goods, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.  By ordering any of the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.  You can only purchase the Goods from the Website if you are eligible to enter into a contract and are at least 18 years old.

Interpretation

3. Consumer means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside his or her trade, business, craft or profession;

4. Contract means the legally-binding agreement between you and us for the supply of the Goods;

5. Delivery Location means the Supplier's premises or other location where the Goods are to be supplied, as set out in the Order;

6. 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;

7. Goods means the goods advertised on the Website that we supply to you of the number and description as set out in the Order;

8. Order means the Customer's order for the Goods from the Supplier as submitted following the step by step process set out on the Website;

9. Privacy Policy means the terms which set out how we will deal with confidential and personal information received from you via the Website;

10. Website means our website www.craftymonkeypotterypainting.com on which the Goods are advertised.

Goods

11. The description of the Goods is as set out in the Website, catalogues, brochures or other form of advertisement. Any description is for illustrative purposes only and there may be small discrepancies in the size and colour of the Goods supplied as we use different suppliers so items can vary.

12. In the case of any Goods made to your special requirements, it is your responsibility to ensure that any information or specification you provide is accurate.

13. All Goods which appear on the Website are subject to availability.

14. We can make changes to the Goods which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement. We will notify you of these changes.

Personal information

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

16. We may contact you by using e-mail or other electronic communication methods and by pre-paid post and you expressly agree to this.

Basis of Sale

17. The description of the Goods in our website does not constitute a contractual offer to sell the 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.

18. 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.

19. A Contract will be formed for the sale of Goods 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 not later than the delivery of any Goods supplied under the Contract.

20. Any quotation is valid for a maximum period of  5  days  from its date, unless we expressly withdraw it at an earlier time.

21. No variation of the Contract, whether about description of the Goods, 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, eg by giving you rights as a business.

Price and Payment

23. The price of the Goods and any additional delivery or other charges is that set out on the Website at the date of the Order or such other price as we may agree in writing.

24. Prices and charges include 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 Goods.

Delivery

26. We will deliver the Goods, to the Delivery Location by the time or within the agreed period or, failing any agreement, without undue delay and, in any event, not more than 30 days after the day on which the Contract is entered into.

27. In any case, regardless of events beyond our control, if we do not deliver the Goods on time, you can (in addition to any other remedies) treat the Contract at an end if:

  1. we have refused to deliver the Goods, or if delivery on time is essential taking into account all the relevant circumstances at the time the Contract was made, or you said to us before the Contract was made that delivery on time was essential; or

  2. after we have failed to deliver on time, you have specified a later period which is appropriate to the circumstances and we have not delivered within that period.

 

28. If you treat the Contract at an end, we will (in addition to other remedies) promptly return all payments made under the Contract.

29. If you were entitled to treat the Contract at an end, but do not do so, you are not prevented from cancelling the Order for any Goods or rejecting Goods that have been delivered and, if you do this, we will (in addition to other remedies) without delay return all payments made under the Contract for any such cancelled or rejected Goods. If the Goods have been delivered, you must return them to us or allow us to collect them from you and we will pay the costs of this.

30. If any Goods form a commercial unit (a unit is a commercial unit if division of the unit would materially impair the value of the goods or the character of the unit) you cannot cancel or reject the Order for some of those Goods without also cancelling or rejecting the Order for the rest of them.

 

31. We do not generally deliver to addresses outside England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Channels Islands. If, however, we accept an Order for delivery outside that area, you may need to pay import duties or other taxes, as we will not pay them.

 

32. You agree we may deliver the Goods in instalments if we suffer a shortage of stock or other genuine and fair reason, subject to the above provisions and provided you are not liable for extra charges.

 

33. If you or your nominee fail, through no fault of ours, to take delivery of the Goods at the Delivery Location, we may charge the reasonable costs of storing and redelivering them.

 

34. The Goods will become your responsibility from the completion of delivery or Customer collection. You must, if reasonably practicable, examine the Goods before accepting them.

Risk and Title

 

35. Risk of damage to, or loss of, any Goods will pass to you when the Goods are delivered to you.

 

36. You do not own the Goods until we have received payment in full. If full payment is overdue or a step occurs towards your bankruptcy, we can choose, by notice to cancel any delivery and end any right to use the Goods still owned by you, in which case you must return them or allow us to collect them.

Withdrawal, returns and cancellation

 

37. You can withdraw the Order by telling us before the Contract is made, if you simply wish to change your mind and without giving us a reason, and without incurring any liability.

 

38. This is a distance contract (as defined below) which has the cancellation rights (Cancellation Rights) set out below. These Cancellation Rights, however, do not apply, to a contract for the following goods (with no others) in the following circumstances:

  1. goods that are made to your specifications or are clearly personalised;

  2. goods which are liable to deteriorate or expire rapidly.

 

39. Also, the Cancellation Rights for a Contract cease to be available in the following circumstances:

  1. in the case of any sales contract, if the goods become mixed inseparably (according to their nature) with other items after delivery.

Right to cancel

 

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

 

41. The cancellation period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party, other than the carrier indicated by you, acquires physical possession of the last of the Goods. In a contract for the supply of goods over time (ie subscriptions), the right to cancel will be 14 days after the first delivery.

 

42. 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 (eg an email). You must be able to show clear evidence of when the cancellation was made.

 

43. 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.

Effects of cancellation in the cancellation period

 

44. Except as set out below, if you cancel this Contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us). 

45. For workshop cancellations:

 

If cancelled within 3 weeks of the workshop you will receive a full refund minus the admin fee.

Within 14 days 75% refund or we can apply 100% credit to your account minus the admin fee

Within 7 days there will be no 50% or we can apply 75% credit to your account minus the admin fee

Within 3 days we will not give a refund but can apply 50% credit to your account minus the admin fee.

Admin fee £2.50 applies.

Deduction for Goods supplied

 

46. We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any Goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you (ie handling the Goods beyond what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the Goods: eg it goes beyond the sort of handling that might be reasonably allowed in a shop). This is because you are liable for that loss and, if that deduction is not made, you must pay us the amount of that loss.

Timing of reimbursement

 

47. If we have not offered to collect the Goods, we will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than:

  1. 14 days after the day we receive back from you any Goods supplied, or

  2. (if earlier) 14 days after the day you provide evidence that you have sent back the Goods.

 

48. If we have offered to collect the Goods or if no Goods were supplied, we will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to cancel this Contract.

 

49. We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of the reimbursement.

Returning Goods

 

50. If you have received Goods in connection with the Contract which you have cancelled, you must send back the Goods or hand them over to us at 12 Moores Walk, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1AG    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.

51. For the purposes of these Cancellation Rights, these words have the following meanings:

  1. distance contract means a contract concluded between a trader and a consumer under an organised distance sales or service-provision scheme without the simultaneous physical presence of the trader and the consumer, with the exclusive use of one or more means of distance communication up to and including the time at which the contract is concluded;

  2. sales contract means a contract under which a trader transfers or agrees to transfer the ownership of goods to a consumer and the consumer pays or agrees to pay the price, including any contract that has both goods and services as its object.

Conformity

52. We have a legal duty to supply the Goods in conformity with the Contract, and will not have conformed if it does not meet the following obligation.

53. Upon delivery, the Goods will:

  1. be of satisfactory quality;

  2. be reasonably fit for any particular purpose for which you buy the Goods which, before the Contract is made, you made known to us (unless you do not actually rely, or it is unreasonable for you to rely, on our skill and judgment) and be fit for any purpose held out by us or set out in the Contract; and

  3. conform to their description.

 

54. It is not a failure to conform if the failure has its origin in your materials.

 

55. We will provide the following after-sales service: The seller will be on hand to answer any queries and will also glaze and fire the items when they have been returned. .

Successors and our sub-contractors

 

56. Either party 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

 

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

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

  2. 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 any right to cancel, below.

 

Privacy

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

59. These Terms and Conditions should be read alongside, and are in addition to our policies, including our privacy policy and cookies policy (https://www.craftymonkeypotterypainting.com/privacy-policy/).

60. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:

  1. '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.

  2. 'GDPR' means the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

  3. 'Data Controller', 'Personal Data' and 'Processing' shall have the same meaning as in the GDPR.

 

61. We are a Data Controller of the Personal Data we Process in providing Goods to you.

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

  1. before or at the time of collecting Personal Data, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected;

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

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

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

 

63. For any enquiries or complaints regarding data privacy, you can e-mail: info@mycraftymonkey.com.

 

Excluding liability

64. The Supplier does not exclude liability for: (i) any fraudulent act or omission; or (ii) for death or personal injury caused by negligence or breach of the Supplier's other legal obligations. Subject to this, the Supplier is 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 the Customer's business, trade, craft or profession which would not be suffered by a Consumer - because the Supplier believes the Customer is not buying the Goods wholly or mainly for its business, trade, craft or profession.

Governing law, jurisdiction and complaints

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

66. 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.

67. We try to avoid any dispute, so we deal with complaints in the following way: If a dispute occurs customers should contact us to find a solution. We will aim to respond with an appropriate solution within 3 working days.

Purchase of goods Ts&Cs

WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

We strive to please our customers and while we estimate 98% of the time everything goes to plan and items are fine, occasionally things can go wrong.  If it does we work hard to try and correct it be it refiring to fix glazing problems or perhaps offering you a redo or repainting, depending on the issue. 

 

However, if this is not suitable then depending on the cause and extent of the issue we will look to offer you a partial credit to your account to be used in the future or we may be able to offer a partial refund. 

 

Please note we do not offer full refunds when the issue is beyond our control.  We also can't offer full refunds and allow you to also keep the piece.

 

If a refund is offered it will be made in the manner you have paid. If you have paid by card we will need to refund it to the card it was paid on and our card machine requires the person with the card to be present so we are unable to issue the refund remotely. If you bought the item online then we will refund it online which can take 5-10 days. If you paid in cash we will refund in cash or by bank transfer.

WHEN ITEMS ARE READY INCLUDING SPEEDY FIRING DISCLAIMER

We aim to get items ready within 10 days and within 3-5 days for our speedy firing service however sometimes items need to go back in the kiln for several reasons (see below) and this can delay when they are ready.  Also in very busy periods such as before Fathers Day and in the lead up to Christmas items can be delayed particularly if you want us to do any writing or decoration on the piece.  

With speedy firing, while the majority of items are ready in time, if your item needs to go back in the kiln or it's an extremely busy time we may not be able to deliver it in time.  If we can't we will of course refund your speedy fee.   Also if the studio is very quiet we may not be able to offer people this service.

 

We always advise you book in enough time if you need a piece by a particular date.

POTTERY DEFECTS AND KILN DISCLAIMER

 

Clay and pottery is renowned for being somewhat unpredictable in the making and firing process with defects and imperfections plaguing the whole of the industry whether a hobbyist or producing on a commercial scale. 

There are many things that can go wrong in the kiln but luckily our procedures in place greatly minimise the occurrence of things happening so when they do it's generally beyond our control. There are also things that may be a result of the customer applying too many coats of paint, touching the piece with greasy/dirty fingers, using a pencil on the piece or wet wipes. 

 

Things that can happen include firing cracks, pit holes, shivering, crawling, kiln dust and crazing.  With crazing it can be present when we take the item out of the kiln or it can develop days, weeks or even months after. Some of these problems can be fixed dealing with the issue and refiring but some will get worse.

 

 

HUMAN ERROR DISCLAIMER

Due to the handmade nature of what we offer, like most things, there can also be an element of human error, so while we employ perfectionists who strive to do their best, mistakes can happen especially during busy periods or if we have new staff (we limit this by training people well and not letting them loose on things before they are proficient, however some aspects like decorating pottery is perfected over time).  Believe us, we hate it when we make mistakes but luckily they are few and far between.

 

DECORATING/WRITING/COMMISSIONS DISCLAIMER

 

Please be aware that while we attempt to standardise the way we decorate and write on pottery or paint up the commissions, due to the handmade nature and the fact we have several staff who may have slightly different writing and decorating styles,  your items cannot be exact replica's although they will look very similar.  Sometimes, we may use our initiative to space things out a little differently to perhaps a piece on display or our website you have seen if we think it will look better. 

 

Obviously, if work done on your piece is substandard or we have not done it to how it was specified (within reason) then that is a different issue and we would look to rectify the situation.

IMPRINT/OUTPRINT/3D CAST DISCLAIMER

There are several things that can go wrong during the making process to do with the nature of the materials used.  We try to limit this where we can but some things are beyond our control and it may be necessary that we need to ask for you to come back in so we can redo them for you. This very rarely happens.

CLAY WORKSHOPS DISCLAIMER

 

If attending a clay workshop, be aware that while you may leave your item in one piece with us to dry and fire, things can happen in the drying process such as cracks, curling up at the edges or items you may have attached falling off if they have not been suitably scored and slipped. Items could also collapse as they dry.  It is the nature of clay and a common occurrence! There is also the risk of items exploding in the kiln if they have air pockets, however, we would hope this would all be minimised with the instruction given on the workshop.

I'm afraid if something does happen that is down to your workmanship we cannot be held responsible. 


 

When things go wrong disclaimers
decorating/writing/commissions disclaimer
Imprint/Outprnt/3D Cast Disclaimer
Clay Workshops Disclaimer
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