Terms customer information
Table of Contents
- Scope
- conclusion of contract
- Right to cancel
- Prices and terms of payment
- Delivery and shipping conditions
- Retention of title
- Liability for defects (warranty)
- Special conditions for repair services
- Redeeming promotional vouchers
- Applicable Law
- Jurisdiction
- Code of Conduct
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
1) Scope
1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter “GTC”) of Kaufmann Sortimentsgrosshandel GmbH (hereinafter “Seller”) apply to all contracts for the delivery of goods that a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter “Customer”) concludes with 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 rejected, unless otherwise agreed.
1.2 For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, a consumer is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly neither attributable to their commercial nor their independent professional activity.
1.3 For the purposes of these General Terms and Conditions, an entrepreneur is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity who, when concluding a legal transaction, acts in the exercise of their 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 enable the customer to submit a binding offer.
2.2 The customer can submit the 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 offer to purchase the goods contained in the shopping cart by clicking the button that completes the order 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), in which case the receipt of the order confirmation by the customer is decisive, or
- By delivering the ordered goods to the customer, in so far as the access of the goods to the customer is relevant, or
- by asking the customer to pay after placing his order.
Where several of the above alternatives are present, the contract shall come into force at the time when one of the above alternatives occurs first. The deadline for the acceptance of the offer begins on the day after the submission of the offer by the customer and ends with the expiry of the fifth day following the submission of the offer. If the seller does not accept the offer of the customer within the aforementioned deadline, this shall be deemed a rejection of the offer with the result that the customer is no longer bound to his consent.
2.4 When selecting a payment method offered by PayPal, payment processing is handled by 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 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 moment the customer clicks the button to complete the order process.
2.5 When selecting the payment method “Amazon Payments”, payment processing is handled by the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe sca, 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter: “Amazon”), subject to the Amazon Payments Europe User Agreement, which can be viewed at https://payments.amazon.de/help/201751590 . If the customer selects “Amazon Payments” as the payment method during the online ordering process, they simultaneously issue a payment order to Amazon by clicking the button that completes the order. In this case, the seller hereby declares acceptance of the customer's offer at the moment the customer initiates the payment process by clicking the button that completes the order.
2.6 When submitting an offer via the seller's online order form, the contract text is stored by the seller after the conclusion of the contract and sent to the customer in text form (e.g., email, fax, or letter) after the order has been placed. The seller does not make the contract text available in any other way. If the customer has created a user account in the seller's online shop before placing their order, the order data is archived on the seller's website and can be accessed free of charge by the customer via their password-protected user account using the corresponding login details.
2.7 Before submitting a binding order via the seller's online order form, the customer can identify potential input errors by carefully reading the information displayed on the screen. An effective technical aid for better identifying input errors is the browser's zoom function, which enlarges the screen display. The customer can correct their entries during the electronic ordering process using standard keyboard and mouse functions until they click the button to finalize the order.
2.8 The German and English languages are available for concluding the contract.
2.9 Order processing and communication generally take place 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 that address. In particular, if using spam filters, the customer must ensure that all emails sent by the seller or by third parties commissioned by the seller for order processing 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 terms of payment
4.1 Unless otherwise stated in the seller's product description, the prices quoted are total prices including statutory VAT. Any additional delivery and shipping costs will be specified 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 is agreed, payment is due immediately after conclusion of the contract, unless the parties have agreed on a later due date.
4.4 When selecting the payment method "SOFORT," payment processing is handled by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich (hereinafter "SOFORT"). To pay the invoice amount via "SOFORT," the customer must have an online banking account enabled for participation in "SOFORT," authenticate themselves accordingly during the payment process, and confirm the payment instruction to "SOFORT." The payment transaction is then carried out immediately by "SOFORT," and the customer's bank account is debited. Further information on the "SOFORT" payment method can be found online at https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.
4.5 When selecting a payment method offered via the payment service "Stripe," payment processing is handled by the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter "Stripe"). The individual payment methods offered via Stripe are displayed to the customer in the seller's online shop. Stripe may use other payment services to process payments, for which separate terms and conditions may apply. The customer will be notified separately of any such terms and conditions. Further information about Stripe is available online at https://stripe.com/de.
4.6 When selecting a payment method offered via the payment service “Klarna”, payment processing is handled 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 is available at the following web address:
https://moovi.de/zahlungsweisen/
5) Delivery and shipping conditions
5.1 If the seller offers shipping of 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 specified in the seller's order processing system is decisive for the processing of the transaction.
5.2 If delivery of the goods fails for reasons attributable to the customer, the customer shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by the seller as a result. This does not apply to the initial shipping costs if the customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal. Regarding return shipping costs, the provisions set forth in the seller's cancellation policy apply if the customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal.
5.3 If the customer is acting as a business, the risk of accidental loss or damage to the goods sold passes to the customer as soon as the seller has handed the goods over to the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or entity designated to carry out the shipment. If the customer is acting as a consumer, the risk of accidental loss or damage to the goods sold generally only passes to the customer upon delivery of the goods to the customer or an authorized recipient. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the risk of accidental loss or damage to the goods sold also passes to the customer in the case of consumers as soon as the seller has handed the goods over to the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or entity designated to carry out the shipment, provided that the customer has commissioned the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or entity designated to carry out the shipment and the seller has not previously informed the customer of the identity of this person or entity.
5.4 The seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper delivery to the seller by its own suppliers. This applies only if the non-delivery is not the seller's fault and the seller has concluded a specific cover transaction with the supplier with due diligence. The seller will make every reasonable effort to procure the goods. In the event of non-availability or only partial availability of the goods, the customer will be informed immediately and the payment will be refunded immediately.
5.5 If the seller offers the goods for collection, the customer can collect the ordered goods within the business hours specified by the seller at the address specified by the seller. In this case, no shipping costs will be charged.
6) Retention of title
If the seller delivers in advance, he retains title to the delivered goods until full payment of the owed purchase price.
7) Liability for defects (guarantee)
7.1 Unless otherwise stipulated in the following provisions, the regulations governing statutory warranty rights apply. Notwithstanding the above, the following applies to contracts for the supply of goods:
7.2 If the customer is acting as an entrepreneur,
- the seller has the choice of the type of supplementary 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, the rights and claims due to defects are excluded;
- the statute of limitations does not start again if a replacement delivery takes place within the scope of the liability for defects.
7.3 The aforementioned limitations of liability and reductions of time limits do 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 that have been used for a building in accordance with their normal use and have caused its defectiveness,
- for any existing obligation on the part of the seller to provide updates for digital products in the case of contracts for the delivery of goods with digital elements.
7.4 Furthermore, for entrepreneurs, the statutory limitation periods for any existing statutory right of recourse remain unaffected.
7.5 If the customer is a merchant within the meaning of Section 1 of the German Commercial Code (HGB), he is subject to the commercial duty to inspect and give notice of defects pursuant to Section 377 of the HGB. If the customer fails to comply with the notification obligations stipulated therein, the goods are deemed to have been approved.
7.6 If the customer is a consumer, they are requested to report any delivered goods with obvious transport damage to the delivery service and to inform the seller. Failure to do so will not affect their statutory or contractual warranty rights.
8) Special conditions for repair services
If the seller owes the repair of an item of the customer according to the content of the contract, the following applies:
8.1 Repair services will be performed at the seller's place of business.
8.2 The seller will perform its services at its own discretion, either personally or through qualified personnel selected by it. The seller may also utilize the services of third parties (subcontractors) acting on its behalf. Unless otherwise specified in the seller's service description, the customer has no right to select a specific person to perform the desired service.
8.3 The customer must provide the seller with all information necessary for the repair of the item, unless obtaining this information is the seller's responsibility under the contract. In particular, the customer must provide the seller with a comprehensive description of the defect and inform the seller of all circumstances that may have caused the identified defect.
8.4 Unless otherwise agreed, the customer shall ship the item to be repaired to the seller's premises at their own expense and risk. The seller recommends that the customer take out transport insurance for this purpose. Furthermore, the seller recommends that the customer ship the item in suitable packaging to reduce the risk of damage during transport and to conceal the contents of the package. The seller will inform the customer immediately of any obvious damage during transport so that the customer can assert any rights they may have against the carrier.
8.5 The return of the goods is at the customer's expense. The risk of accidental loss or damage to the goods passes to the customer upon handover of the goods to a suitable carrier at the seller's place of business. At the customer's request, the seller will take out transport insurance for the goods.
8.6 The aforementioned provisions do not limit the customer's statutory rights in the event of the purchase of goods from the seller.
8.7 The seller is liable for defects in the repair service provided in accordance with the provisions of the statutory warranty for defects.
9) Redeeming Promotional Vouchers
9.1 Vouchers issued free of charge by the seller as part of promotional campaigns with a specific validity period and which cannot be purchased by the customer (hereinafter referred to as “promotional vouchers”) can only be redeemed in the seller’s online shop and only within the specified period.
9.2 Promotional vouchers can only be redeemed by consumers.
9.3 Individual products may be excluded from the voucher promotion, provided that a corresponding restriction is stated in the content of the promotional voucher.
9.4 Promotional vouchers can only be redeemed before completing the order process. Subsequent crediting is not possible.
9.5 Only one promotional voucher can be redeemed per order.
9.6 The value of the goods must be at least equal to the value of the promotional voucher. Any remaining balance will not be refunded by the seller.
9.7 If the value of the promotional voucher is insufficient to cover the order, one of the other payment methods offered by the seller can be chosen to pay the difference.
9.8 The balance of a promotional voucher will neither be paid out in cash nor accrue interest.
9.9 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 their statutory right of withdrawal.
9.10 The promotional voucher is intended for use only by the person named on it. Transfer of the promotional voucher to third parties is prohibited. The seller is entitled, but not obligated, to verify the voucher holder's eligibility.
10) Applicable law
For all legal relations of the parties, the law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies to the exclusion of the laws on the international purchase of movable goods. In the case of consumers, this choice is valid only in so far as the protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has his habitual residence is not withdrawn.
11) Jurisdiction
If the customer acts as a merchant, legal entity under public law or special fund under public law with its seat in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract shall be the place of business of the seller. If the customer is located outside the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the place of business of the seller is the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract, if the contract or claims from the contract can be attributed to the customer's professional or commercial activity. However, in the above cases, the seller is in any case entitled to call the court at the customer's place of business.
12) behavioral code
– The seller has submitted to the Trusted Shops quality criteria, which can be viewed on the internet at http://www.trustedshops.com/tsdocument/TS_QUALITY_CRITERIA_de.pdf.
13) Alternative Dispute Resolution
13.1 The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr
This platform serves as a point of entry for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online purchase or service contracts in which a consumer is involved.
13.2 The seller is neither obligated nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.