EFFECTIVE from 1st February 2003 until further notice.References in these Terms and Conditions of Supply to (a) 'The German Bookshop', 'we', 'our', 'us', 'ourselves' and like expressions shall mean The European Bookshop, the Young Europeans Bookstore or The German Bookshop, and/or their parent company European Schoolbooks Limited as appropriate, and (b) to 'Customer', 'you', 'yourselves' and like expressions shall mean any party contracting with The German Bookshop through this website for the purchase of goods or services.
This document sets out our complete Terms and Conditions of Supply, and our Shopping facility asks you to confirm that you have read and accepted them before submitting your orders.
These Terms and Conditions, which may be updated from time to time, govern all transactions between The German Bookshop and the Customer, and may not be varied or supplemented by any Customer's terms of purchase which have not been explicitly agreed in writing by the manager of The German Bookshop.
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Bibliographical services
Returns
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Non-observance
Variations of terms and conditions
Copyright
Liability
A contract is formal between the Customer and The German Bookshop when (and not before) we notify you by email that your order has been accepted. We reserve the right not to accept any order or part thereof for any reasons. While the price and other conditions shown are given in good faith on the basis of the latest information at our disposal, we are dealing with over 130,000 titles, and hundreds of publishers, and accordingly we reserve the right to withdraw our acceptance of any order or part thereof if any ordered goods are not readily available to us.
You may cancel an order at any time up to seven (7) days after it has been accepted.
You may not cancel it after that time without the written agreement of a director of The German Bookshop.The titles in our main catalogue (the 'Main Catalogue') (The German Bookshop's code numbers below 100000) are selected by The German Bookshop as suitable for the purpose (language learning, study of literature, leisure reading etc), age-groups and ability levels indicated. If any title in this section is shown to be unsuitable for the suggested purpose or category, we will accept its return without question for full refund.
The titles with code numbers above 100000 in our extended title database are those additional titles which we have handled in the past 2 years and we make no guarantees whatever as to their quality, suitability or availability. No titles in this category may be returned as being unsuitable.
Prices shown in the Main Catalogue are current and, errors and omissions excepted, will be honoured as shown at the time of ordering. Prices shown as 0.00 have not yet been fixed.
Prices in the Extended Title database are given as guidelines only, and may be varied according to the publisher's current prices and terms at the time of ordering. Any such price change will not apply to orders for goods which The German Bookshop has accepted.
Without prejudice to the above, The German Bookshop reserves the right to change prices shown on this site at any time, and for whatever reason, without prior notice.
Educational discounts are available to schools and colleges on multiple copy orders. Special terms may be available on larger orders. All discounts must be agreed in writing by a director of The German Bookshop before or at the time of ordering. No retrospective adjustments can be allowed.
If you do not wish to use the Shopping facility on this site for transmission of your orders, you can still use it to compile and print them, and then send them by fax, e-mail or ordinary mail.
Please quote The ESB catalogue numbers wherever possible when ordering.
a) The German Bookshop will arrange the method of shipment of all consignments unless specifically instructed otherwise by the Customer.
b) Where The German Bookshop arranges the method of shipment, deliveries within the UK mainland with a value of up to £50 are charged at a standard rate of 10% of invoice value with a minimum charge of £1.50. Deliveries with a value of over £50 are carriage free, and The German Bookshop retains full responsibility for the condition of the goods until delivery at the Customer's premises.
c) Where the Customer specifies the carrier and/or method of delivery for all or any part of the delivery journey, the Customer is responsible for his carrier's charges, and for the condition of the goods from the moment they are delivered to that carrier and/or other agent.
d) VAT may be added to carriage charges according to the contents of the consignment: if they comprise only zero-rated items, then the carriage charges are also zero-rated; otherwise VAT must be added to carriage charges.
e) In the cases of special delivery instructions, delivery to any address other than a recognised Customer address, and all overseas deliveries, The German Bookshop may invoice related charges, on a separate invoice if necessary, after determining the total costs involved. In the case of overseas deliveries, the Customer shall be responsible for all taxes, levies, duties and charges of a similar nature arising outside the United Kingdom.
f) The goods will be delivered to the address entered by you on the order form. Goods will normally be despatched within the delivery delay indicated in the catalogue title details, However time for delivery shall not be of the essence, and The German Bookshop shall not be liable for any excess delay in delivery.
a) The German Bookshop's terms are strictly nett. No settlement discounts or other deductions may be taken against the amount due. All amounts shown are in Sterling unless clearly indicated otherwise.
b) The Customer may apply all credit notes received from The German Bookshop against the oldest outstanding amounts due to The German Bookshop.
c) The German Bookshop offers registered account customers standard credit terms of 30 days from the end of the month of invoicing. Any special terms must be agreed in writing by a director of The German Bookshop at the time of ordering. No retrospective adjustments can be allowed. Payment is due on or before the "due date" shown on each invoice. The German Bookshop will charge interest on all overdue amounts at an annual rate of 5% above Barclay's Bank Base Rate for the time being in force, for the period from the due date shown on the invoice to the date of payment (as well after as before judgement).
d) All legal costs and other expenses of any kind incurred by The German Bookshop in recovering overdue amounts will be payable by the Customer on a full indemnity basis.
All goods supplied by The German Bookshop to the Customer remain the property of The German Bookshop and/or The German Bookshop's suppliers until fully paid for, when ownership passes to the Customer. The German Bookshop reserves the right to repossess, or to pass to an agent or other third party the right of possession of, any goods which shall not have been fully paid for by the due date as shown on the invoice.
The German Bookshop's bibliographical research facilities are based on a variety of CD-Rom databases of books in print in the German and English languages.
Customers are asked to submit bibliographical enquiries by fax on 0897 161153. This is a premium line. An A4 sheet costs c.75p to transmit, the premium covering The German Bookshop's return fax cost.
Bibliographical information is given in good faith, but without warranty or guarantee on the part of The German Bookshop. Sterling prices in particular are quoted as guidelines only.
We regret we cannot answer bibliographic enquiries by phone.
The German Bookshop has very limited possibilities for returning goods to the publishers, or recycling them. Even when it is possible, the costs are usually prohibitive. We must therefore apply the following general rules:
12.1 No returns will be accepted for any reason of any goods not supplied by The German Bookshop, or of any title which the Customer does not buy exclusively from The German Bookshop.
12.2 Returns not requiring authorisation
German Bookshop errors, faulty manufacture, damage in transit
Returns will be accepted at any time without prior authorisation of goods which have manufacturing faults, or which have been supplied in error, or (subject to paragraph 7 (c) above) have arrived damaged, provided that such returns are notified to The German Bookshop by the Customer in writing not more than two (2) weeks after receipt of the goods.
The complete book or article must be returned in clean and resaleable condition subject to the fault or damage in question; title pages or covers alone are not sufficient.
The German Bookshop will refund the carriage costs of all such returns.
The German Bookshop reserves the right to refuse or reduce any claim for damage or error submitted by the Customer more than two weeks after receipted delivery of the goods.
12.3 Returns requiring authorisation
The German Bookshop may agree, exceptionally and at its own discretion, to take back specific Overstocks. All such returns must comply with the following conditions:
i) All Overstock returns must be authorised beforehand in writing by a director or a manager of The German Bookshop.
ii) No Overstock returns requests will be considered for goods delivered more than six (6) months before the date of the request.
vi) All Overstock Returns must be in clean and resaleable condition. No books stickered, priced or otherwise marked other than by The German Bookshop will be processed or credited.
vii) Credit for Overstock returns can only be issued when the goods have been received at The German Bookshop, and checked as fit for re-sale. No money can be refunded.
viii) In the event of receiving unauthorised returns, The German Bookshop will notify the Customer and request her/him to make arrangements for their collection or disposal. If no such arrangements have been made within four (4) weeks of such notification, The German Bookshop may dispose of the goods as most convenient to itself, and without compensation of any kind.
ix) The Customer is responsible for carriage charges for all Overstock returns, and for all costs arising from the treatment of unauthorised returns by The German Bookshop.
13 Subscriptions (periodicals)The German Bookshop offers its subscription service on the following conditions:
i) in accepting subscription instructions The German Bookshop is agreeing only to act for and on behalf of the Customer in the performance of those administrative tasks and functions which are required to initiate, administer and pay for the subscription;
ii) in that capacity, and because The German Bookshop at no stage has sight of or any control over the physical publication or its distribution and delivery, The German Bookshop accepts responsibility only for its own actions, errors and omissions, and explicity disclaims responsibility for any default on the part of the Publisher of the periodical, or his Distributor or the postal or other delivery service used to deliver the periodical to the Customer;
iii) the Customer will carefully check all invoices and other documentation received from The German Bookshop and/or the Publisher and/or the Distributor, and will ensure that all material details conform to his wishes, to what is actually received from the Publisher, and to what has been invoiced or otherwise notified by The German Bookshop;
iv) the Customer recognises that subscription invoices are payable in advance and, notwithstanding any credit arrangements that may otherwise be in force between The German Bookshop and the Customer, The German Bookshop shall have absolute discretion to delay or cancel the subscription unless and until the related invoice has been paid;
v) in the event of having any complaint, the Customer will promptly notify The German Bookshop in writing giving full and accurate details of the default;
vi) in the event of any default whatsover, whether on the part of The German Bookshop or of the Publisher and/or his Distributor and/or the delivery service, The German Bookshop will use its reasonable endeavours to obtain appropriate redress or compensation, which will however be limited to one of the following remedies at its discretion:
a) replacement of any missing issue(s);
b) a refund of a proportionate part of the subscription paid;
c) a proportionate extension of the subscription period.The German Bookshop shall be entitled to infer that a complaint has been settled to the Customer's satisfaction if the Customer has not informed it otherwise after an appropriate interval.
14 Non-observance of terms and conditionsAll services, discounts and credit facilities offered to the Customer in this document or by any other contract or agreement are subject to these Terms and Conditions, and may be withdrawn at any time in the event of non-observance. In particular, The German Bookshop reserves the right to withdraw all such facilities without prior notice if at any time the Customer's account becomes overdue.
15 Variation of terms and conditionsThe German Bookshop is always willing to consider specific variations to these Terms and Conditions to meet particular needs, or to support initiatives by the Customer which may promote the learning of the German language and the study of German literature. But to avoid any misunderstandings, all such variations must be agreed in advance, and in writing.
All books and other materials are sold subject to the overriding condition that the Customer will strictly observe the copyright conditions printed in or on them.
The German Bookshop shall not be liable to the Customer for any loss or damage which may be suffered by the Customer as a direct or indirect result of the supply or use of any goods or the purpose of the contract for supply being directly or indirectly hindered or delayed by reason of any circumstance outside the reasonable control of The German Bookshop including (without limitation) any act of God, war, riot, trade dispute or labour disturbance, accident, breakdown of machinery or plant, difficulty in obtaining workmen, materials or transport, refusal of any licence or permit.