General terms and conditions with customer information

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1. Scope

2. Conclusion of contract

3. Right of withdrawal

4. Prices and payment terms

5. Delivery and shipping conditions

6. Retention of title

7. Liability for defects (warranty)

8. Redemption of promotional vouchers

9. Applicable law

10. Alternative dispute resolution

1) Scope

1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter "GTC") of Victor Garcia, trading under "vgr-technology" (hereinafter "Seller"), apply to all contracts for the delivery of goods concluded between a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter "Customer") and the Seller regarding the goods presented by the Seller in its online shop. The inclusion of the Customer's own terms and conditions is hereby excluded, unless otherwise agreed.

1.2 A consumer within the meaning of these General Terms and Conditions is any natural person who concludes a legal transaction for purposes that can predominantly be attributed neither to his commercial nor to his independent professional activity.

1.3 An entrepreneur within the meaning of these General Terms and Conditions is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity who, when concluding a legal transaction, acts in the exercise of his or her commercial or independent professional activity.

2) Conclusion of contract

2.1 The product descriptions contained in the Seller's online shop do not constitute binding offers on the part of the Seller, but serve to submit a binding offer by the Customer.

2.2 The customer can submit an offer via the online order form integrated into the seller's online shop. After placing the selected goods in the virtual shopping cart and completing the electronic ordering process, the customer submits a legally binding contractual offer for the goods contained in the shopping cart by clicking the button that completes the ordering process.

2.3 The Seller may accept the Customer’s offer within five days,

- by sending the customer a written order confirmation or an order confirmation in text form (fax or e-mail), whereby the receipt of the order confirmation by the customer is decisive, or

- by delivering the ordered goods to the customer, whereby the receipt of the goods by the customer is decisive, or

- by requesting payment from the customer after placing his order.

If several of the aforementioned alternatives exist, the contract is concluded at the time one of the aforementioned alternatives occurs first. The period for accepting the offer begins on the day after the offer is sent by the customer and ends on the expiry of the fifth day following the dispatch of the offer. If the seller does not accept the customer's offer within the aforementioned period, this shall be deemed a rejection of the offer, with the consequence that the customer is no longer bound by their declaration of intent.

2.4 If a payment method offered by PayPal is selected, payment processing will be carried out via the payment service provider PayPal (Europe) S.à rl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter: "PayPal"), subject to the PayPal Terms of Use, available at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full or - if the customer does not have a PayPal account - subject to the terms and conditions for payments without a PayPal account, available at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacywax-full. If the customer pays using a payment method offered by PayPal that can be selected during the online ordering process, the seller hereby declares acceptance of the customer's offer at the time the customer clicks the button that completes the ordering process.

2.5 When submitting an offer via the Seller's online order form, the contract text will be saved by the Seller after the contract has been concluded and sent to the Customer in text form (e.g., email, fax, or letter) after the order has been sent. The Seller will not make the contract text available beyond this time. If the Customer has set up a user account in the Seller's online shop before submitting their order, the order data will be archived on the Seller's website and can be accessed free of charge by the Customer via their password-protected user account by entering the corresponding login data.

2.6 Before submitting a binding order via the Seller's online order form, the Customer can identify possible input errors by carefully reading the information displayed on the screen. An effective technical means for better detection of input errors can be the browser's zoom function, which enlarges the display on the screen. During the electronic ordering process, the Customer can correct their entries using standard keyboard and mouse functions until they click the button that completes the order process.

2.7 The German and English languages ​​are available for the conclusion of the contract.

2.8 Order processing and contact are generally carried out via email and automated order processing. The customer must ensure that the email address provided for order processing is correct, so that emails sent by the seller can be received at this address. In particular, when using spam filters, the customer must ensure that all emails sent by the seller or third parties commissioned by the seller to process the order can be delivered.

3) Right of withdrawal

3.1 Consumers generally have a right of withdrawal.

3.2 Further information on the right of withdrawal can be found in the seller’s cancellation policy.

4) Prices and payment terms

4.1 Unless otherwise stated in the Seller's product description, the prices quoted are total prices including statutory sales tax. Any additional delivery and shipping costs will be stated separately in the respective product description.

4.2 The payment option(s) will be communicated to the customer in the seller’s online shop.

4.3 If advance payment by bank transfer has been agreed, payment is due immediately after conclusion of the contract, unless the parties have agreed on a later due date.

4.4 If a payment method offered via the “PayPal” payment service is selected, payment will be processed via PayPal, although PayPal may also use the services of third-party payment service providers for this purpose. If the seller also offers payment methods via PayPal for which he makes advance payments to the customer (e.g. purchase on account or payment by installments), he assigns his payment claim to PayPal or to the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal and specifically named to the customer. Before accepting the seller’s declaration of assignment, PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal will carry out a credit check using the customer data transmitted. The seller reserves the right to refuse the selected payment method to the customer if the check result is negative. If the selected payment method is accepted, the customer must pay the invoice amount within the agreed payment period or at the agreed payment intervals. In this case, he can only pay PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal with debt-discharging effect. However, even in the event of an assignment of claims, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries, e.g. B. about the goods, delivery time, shipping, returns, complaints, declarations of revocation and sending or credit notes.

4.5 If the "SOFORT" payment method is selected, payment processing will be carried out by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich (hereinafter "SOFORT"). In order to pay the invoice amount via "SOFORT," the customer must have an online banking account activated for participation in "SOFORT," verify their identity during the payment process, and confirm the payment instruction to "SOFORT." The payment transaction will be processed immediately afterwards by "SOFORT," and the customer's bank account will be debited. Further information on the "SOFORT" payment method can be found online at https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.

4.6 If a payment method offered via the "mollie" payment service is selected, payment processing will be carried out by the payment service provider Mollie BV, Keizersgracht 313, 1016 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands (hereinafter: "mollie"). The individual payment methods offered via mollie will be communicated to the customer in the seller's online shop. Mollie may use other payment services to process payments, for which special payment terms may apply, to which the customer will be informed separately if necessary. Further information about "mollie" can be found online at https://www.mollie.com/de/.

4.7 If credit card payment is selected, the invoice amount is due immediately upon conclusion of the contract. Credit card payments are processed in cooperation with PAYONE GmbH, Lyoner Str. 9, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, which the seller authorizes to collect the debt on its behalf. PAYONE GmbH collects the invoice amount from the customer's specified credit card account. The credit card is charged immediately after the customer submits the order in the online shop. Even if credit card payment is selected via PAYONE GmbH, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries, e.g., regarding goods, delivery times, shipping, returns, complaints, cancellation notices and shipments, or credit notes.

4.8 If credit card is selected as the payment method, the invoice amount is due immediately upon conclusion of the contract. Credit card payments are processed in cooperation with secupay AG, Goethestr. 6, 01896 Pulsnitz (www.secupay.ag), to which the provider assigns its payment claim. secupay AG collects the invoice amount from the customer's specified credit card account. In the event of assignment, payments can only be made to secupay AG with debt-discharging effect. The credit card is charged immediately after the customer submits the order in the online shop. Even if credit card payments are selected via secupay AG, the provider remains responsible for general customer inquiries, e.g., regarding goods, delivery times, shipping, returns, complaints, cancellation notices and shipments, or credit notes.

4.9 If you select the payment method via Stripe, the invoice amount is due immediately upon conclusion of the contract. Payment is processed via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter: "Stripe"). Stripe reserves the right to conduct a credit check and reject this payment method if the credit check is negative.

4.10 If you select a payment method offered through the "Klarna" payment service, payment processing will be carried out by Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter "Klarna"). Further information and Klarna's terms and conditions can be found in the seller's payment information, which can be viewed at the following website:

https://www.vgr-technology.de/l/shipping

5) Delivery and shipping conditions

5.1 If the seller offers to ship the goods, delivery will be made within the delivery area specified by the seller to the delivery address provided by the customer, unless otherwise agreed. The delivery address provided by the seller during order processing is decisive for the processing of the transaction. Exception: If PayPal is selected as the payment method, the delivery address provided by the customer to PayPal at the time of payment is decisive.

5.2 If delivery of the goods fails for reasons for which the customer is responsible, the customer shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by the seller as a result. This does not apply to the shipping costs if the customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal. If the customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal, the provisions in the seller's cancellation policy apply to the return shipping costs.

5.3 If the customer is an entrepreneur, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the sold goods shall pass to the customer as soon as the seller has delivered the item to the freight forwarder, carrier or other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment. If the customer is a consumer, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the sold goods shall generally only pass to the customer upon handover of the goods to the customer or a person authorized to receive them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the sold goods shall pass to the customer, even in the case of consumers, as soon as the seller has delivered the item to the freight forwarder, carrier or other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment, provided that the customer has commissioned the freight forwarder, carrier or other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment and the seller has not previously named this person or institution to the customer.

5.4 The Seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper delivery. This only applies if the non-delivery is not the Seller's responsibility and the Seller has entered into a specific hedging transaction with the supplier with due diligence. The Seller will make all reasonable efforts to procure the goods. In the event of unavailability or only partial availability of the goods, the Customer will be informed immediately and the consideration will be refunded immediately.

5.5 Self-collection is not possible for logistical reasons.

6) Retention of title

If the seller makes advance payments, he retains ownership of the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full.

7) Liability for defects (warranty)

7.1 Unless otherwise stipulated in the following provisions, the statutory liability for defects shall apply. The following applies to contracts for the delivery of goods:

7.2 If the customer acts as an entrepreneur,

- the seller has the choice of the type of subsequent performance;

- in the case of new goods, the limitation period for defects is one year from delivery of the goods;

- in the case of used goods, rights and claims due to defects are excluded;

- the limitation period does not begin again if a replacement delivery is made within the scope of liability for defects.

7.3 The limitations of liability and shortening of deadlines set out above shall not apply

- for claims for damages and reimbursement of expenses by the customer,

- in the event that the seller has fraudulently concealed the defect,

- for goods which have been used for a building in accordance with their usual purpose and which have caused its defectiveness,

- for any obligation of the seller to provide updates for digital products, in the case of contracts for the supply of goods with digital elements.

7.4 Furthermore, for entrepreneurs, the statutory limitation periods for any existing statutory recourse claim remain unaffected.

7.5 If the customer acts as a merchant within the meaning of Section 1 of the German Commercial Code (HGB), he or she is subject to the commercial duty of inspection and notification of defects pursuant to Section 377 of the HGB. If the customer fails to comply with the notification obligations stipulated therein, the goods shall be deemed approved.

7.6 If the customer is a consumer, they are requested to report any goods delivered with obvious transport damage to the delivery company and to notify the seller of this. Failure by the customer to do so will have no effect on their statutory or contractual claims for defects.

8) Redemption of promotional vouchers

8.1 Vouchers issued free of charge by the Seller as part of promotional campaigns with a specific period of validity and which cannot be purchased by the Customer (hereinafter "promotional vouchers") can only be redeemed in the Seller's online shop and only during the specified period.

8.2 Promotional vouchers can only be redeemed by consumers.

8.3 Individual products may be excluded from the voucher promotion if a corresponding restriction arises from the content of the promotional voucher.

8.4 Promotional vouchers can only be redeemed before the order process is completed. Subsequent crediting is not possible.

8.5 Only one promotional voucher can be redeemed per order.

8.6 The value of the goods must be at least equal to the amount of the promotional voucher. Any remaining balance will not be refunded by the seller.

8.7 If the value of the promotional voucher is not sufficient to cover the order, one of the other payment methods offered by the Seller can be selected to settle the difference.

8.8 The balance of a promotional voucher will not be paid out in cash or bear interest.

8.9 The promotional voucher will not be refunded if the customer returns the goods paid for in whole or in part with the promotional voucher within the scope of his statutory right of withdrawal.

8.10 The promotional voucher is transferable. The seller may, with discharging effect, make a payment to the respective holder who redeems the promotional voucher in the seller's online shop. This shall not apply if the seller has knowledge or grossly negligent ignorance of the respective holder's ineligibility, legal incapacity, or lack of authority to represent the seller.

9) Applicable law

All legal relationships between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the laws governing the international sale of movable goods. For consumers, this choice of law applies only to the extent that the protection granted is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has his or her habitual residence.

10) Alternative dispute resolution

10.1 The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution on the Internet at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

This platform serves as a contact point for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online sales or service contracts involving a consumer.

10.2 The Seller is neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Our email address for consumer complaints is: info@vgr-technology.de

Produced by © IT Law Firm Keller-Stoltenhoff, Keller. IT Law

As of 04.01.2025

CANCELLATION POLICY

Right of withdrawal

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason.

The cancellation period shall be fourteen days from the day on which you or a third party other than the carrier designated by you takes possession of the goods.

To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform us (VGR Technology, Höfferhofer Str. 6, 53819 Neunkirchen, info@vgr-technology.de, telephone: 004915121415555) of your decision to withdraw from this contract by means of a clear statement (e.g., a letter sent by post, fax, or email). You may use the attached model withdrawal form for this purpose, but this is not mandatory.

To comply with the cancellation period, it is sufficient that you send the notification of the exercise of the right of cancellation before the cancellation period has expired.

Consequences of revocation

If you cancel this contract, we will refund all payments we have received from you, including delivery costs (with the exception of additional costs resulting from your choice of a delivery method other than the cheapest standard delivery offered by us), promptly and at the latest within fourteen days from the day on which we received notification of your cancellation of this contract. For this refund, we will use the same means of payment that you used for the original transaction, unless something else was expressly agreed with you; under no circumstances will you be charged any fees for this refund. We may refuse to refund until we have received the goods back or until you have provided evidence that you have returned the goods, whichever is earlier. You must return or hand over the goods to us promptly and in any event no later than fourteen days from the date on which you notify us that you have canceled this contract. This deadline is met if you send the goods before the expiry of the fourteen-day period.

You will bear the direct cost of returning the goods. These costs are estimated at a maximum of approximately 5 euros.

You only have to pay for any loss of value of the goods if this loss of value is due to handling of the goods which is not necessary to check their quality, properties and functioning.

(If you wish to cancel the contract, please fill out this form and return it.) To VGR Technology, Höfferhofer Str. 6, 53819 Neunkirchen, info@vgr-technology.de

I/we (*) hereby revoke the contract concluded by me/us (*) for the purchase of the following goods (*) / the provision of the following service (*) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

Ordered on ___________________ (*)/received on _______________________(*) Name of consumer(s) ______________________________________

Address of the consumer(s) _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Date:________________ Signature of the consumer(s):___________________________________________ (only for notification on paper)

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