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Blue Chip Windsurfing Ltd. Terms and Conditions of Trade
  1. ORDERING
    You can place orders via telephone, email or our websites. Please always quote your full name and address as well as the delivery address if it is different from your home address, your telephone number in case of any question. Please always quote your full post code as this will speed up the process, please note it clearly. If you have any further question, please do not hesitate to contact us.
     
  2. MINIMUM ORDER VALUE
    There is a minimum order value which is £5. The minimum order value is calculated including any delivery charge.
     
  3. DELIVERIES
    The delivery will be effected by a carrier appointed by us.

    For current delivery charges within UK:
    see
    "Deliveries"

    A VAT receipt will be enclosed as part of the package address label.
    Royal Mail will not leave parcels elsewhere (regardless of your instructions) if they require a signature.
    Goods sent to your delivery address must be signed for. When Carriers are unable to obtain a signature they leave  a card asking you to contact them. If no one contacts the carriers, goods are returned to Blue Chip Warehouse and you are liable for carriage charges incurred. We will contact you concerning re-delivery.
    (Please see our Terms and Conditions.)
    Please ensure that the receiver of the consignment inspects the outer packaging and the contents of all parcels before signing the carrier's delivery note.
    If any part of your order is defective or missing, please reflect this on the carrier's note e.g. "damaged in transit" or "1 parcel only received" etc. and refuse delivery of the damaged parcel only and contact us immediately. Tel 0208 715 0040 or info@windsurfer.co.uk 
    A signature of "received in good condition" will void any subsequent claim for damage in transit.
    Damaged Goods or Non deliveries:
    All claims for damaged goods must be made to us in writing within 2 days of receiving the consignment. All claims for non delivery of an order must be made to us in writing within 5 days of this email. Due to carrier and Royal Mail insurance time restrictions, we cannot enter into any claims for damaged or missing deliveries if the above dates are exceeded.
    Please retain all original packaging. Please note that for courier companies to accept liability for damage caused in transit we must inform them of any damage within 24 hours of delivery. Therefore, you should inform us as soon as possible following delivery of the Goods. Any claims made after this time but within 5 days will be subject to our discretion and thereafter any such claims may be considered unreasonable.
     
  4. Non Deliveries:
    In the case where we (our designated delivery partner) have attempted to deliver your order and there is no reply and / or no response to a card left by our delivery partner, The goods will be returned back to our warehouse where upon we will unpack and allocate the items from the shipment
    back into stock and credit your account with the cost of the goods only less a 10% re-stocking charge and less the cost of returning the shipment back to us.
     

  5. Deliveries outside UK mainland:
    For deliveries outside the UK mainland, we will charge you with the accruing freight costs. Should you need further information on this point, just send us an email stating your required articles and we will let you know the exact amount of freight costs. Please see
    "Deliveries" for a table of typical UK freight charges.
     
  6. Non delivery of posted items to outside the UK mainland: To claim for non delivery to any address outside the UK mainland, we must be notified within 21 days of our dispatch date of a non delivery. Any claims made for non delivery after this time will be subject to our discretion and may be considered unreasonable.
     
  7. PRICES
    All prices are expressed inclusive of any VAT payable (where applicable). Prices do not include the cost of delivery or any other services.

    All quotations and/or estimates to supply goods and/or services are only valid for 1 month (and subject to availability of stock) from the date of the quotation/estimate unless specifically otherwise specified within the written quotation/estimate.

    We reserve the right, however, to change prices at any time without notice to you. Every effort is made to ensure that prices shown are accurate at the time you place your order. Provided that your order has not already been delivered, then if within 14 days of accepting your order a pricing error is found in respect of any or all of the goods you have ordered, we will notify you as soon as possible detailing the mis-priced goods and offer you the option of:-

    ·          placing a new order at the correct price for those goods;
    ·         
    cancelling the whole of your order; or
    ·         
    cancelling your order for the mis-priced goods and reconfirming your order for the correctly priced goods

    If, within 7 days of receipt of our notice to you, you have not responded by selecting one of the available options above then:

    ·         
    if all of the goods you have ordered are found to be mis-priced the entire order will be cancelled automatically and we will
            refund or re-credit you for any sum you have paid for those goods; or

    ·         
    If only some of the goods you have ordered are found to be mis-priced, we will deliver the correctly priced goods but we will
            not be obliged to supply you with the mis-priced goods. In these circumstances we will refund or re-credit you for any sum
            you have paid for the mis-priced goods.
    ·          In the event that a pricing error is found by us, then the above options shall only apply if your order delivery has not
            been completed.
     

  8. PAYMENT
    The prices quoted in our Online Shop are including UK VAT at the current rate. Unless paying in person with cash, we have a minimum transaction amount of £5 for all card payments.
     
  9. VAT:
    If you reside outside the UK but within the EEC and can supply a valid VAT number with your order which will be verified by UK Customs and Excise  we will be able to deduct the VAT element of your order from your invoice.
     
  10. VAT Form 407 Refunds: if you are purchasing goods in the UK and reside as a non UK resident, you can use the "vat form 407" to reclaim your vat at the airport/ferry port as you take your purchase out of the UK.
     
  11. Jersey or Guernsey VAT free: If you are resident in Jersey or Guernsey, we will automatically deduct the VAT element of your order from your invoice. 
     
  12. For payment of your online order, you can choose between payment via valid payment cards including:
    or payment in advance on our bank account.
     
  13. Sterling
    We accept most major debit/ credit cards which will be charged in sterling. Due to excessive bank administrative charges, we no longer accept cheques.
     
  14. Euros
    We accept Euros in cash at our current exchange rate. We also accept most major debit/ credit cards which will be charged at the point of sale in sterling and converted into Euros by your credit card company.
     
  15. Credit Card/Debit Card/Switch
    No service charges for our customers using credit / debit card payments
    In case of payment with credit card, we ask you to state the complete number of the card (16 numbers), the expiry date, the owner of the card and the card verification number, which is on the backside of your card in the signature field, the last three digits. We will charge the invoice amount before despatching the goods.
     
  16. Export customers
    Unfortunately, we are not able to accept card payments for non UK residents for orders valued over £20. You may place an order in excess of £20 and we will send an order confirmation with details for you to complete your payment via a bank transfer.

    RETURN OF GOODS
  17. Items that on reflection you feel are not right for you:
    You can return any item (apart from boards, DVDs, electrical items, paints, water proof bags and all items that are offered at reduced prices in our end of season or end of line sale) within 14 days after original invoice date and we will refund the selling price of the item on condition that the item is returned to us as originally packed, unused and undamaged. The customer will bear the freight costs of the return of articles. All items offered at reduced prices will be deemed to be part of an end of season or end on line sale.
     
  18. The above return of goods policy does not apply to "Special order items "
    "Special order items" cannot be returned for credit or exchange.
     
  19. Item that show possible defects in materials and/or production processes:
    Should the item show possible defects in materials or production processes, we ask you to notify us about this immediately, whereas probable transport damages should be notified immediately to the driver. Please return these faulty goods back to us including a brief note describing the problem for us. Please contact us before returning bulky articles in order to find the most favourable way of sending it back. The customer will bear the freight costs of the return of articles. Please understand we will not accept receipt of goods that are not prepaid carriage.
    Full warranty details
     
  20. In case of a warranty warranty repair or exchange, Gun Sails will bear the costs of returning the item in question to a suitable UK address.

    CHANGES
  21. We reserve the right to make technical alterations for improvement of products and quality without prior notice. There could be minimal differences in colour due to the graphic representation on the screen and our catalogue or changes in production materials.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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