Terms and
Conditions
Application of Terms
1.1 Words
and phrases that are defined in clause 14 have
the same meaning when used elsewhere in these
Terms. Defined terms are generally indicated by
the use of a capital letter.
1.2 The
supply of Products and Services by CULT WINES
LTD, and business undertaken by CULT WINES LTD,
is in all cases subject to these Terms. No
person acting or purporting to act on behalf of
CULT WINES LTD has any authority to waive, add
or to vary these Terms, unless the waiver,
addition or variation is reduced to writing and
signed by a duly authorised representative on
behalf of CULT WINES LTD
1.3 The
use of a Customer’s own terms and conditions is
no derogation from these Terms. In particular,
CULT WINES LTD will not be bound by any terms
attaching to or accompanying any Customer order,
and the Customer agrees that all such terms are
excluded.
1.4 CULT
WINES LTD may add to or amend these Terms at any
time by giving notice to the Customer by e- mail
or post. Such addition or amendment will take
effect 30 days after notice is given, or later
in accordance with its terms. Without
limitation, continued placement of orders by the
Customer with CULT WINES LTD after the notice
has been given will be conclusive evidence that
the Customer has accepted the terms as added to
or amended.
Customer Orders
2.1 An
order placed by a Customer, by whatever means,
with CULT WINES LTD:
2.1.1 may
not be cancelled except in accordance with
clause 2.3 hereof; and
2.1.2 may
be accepted or rejected by CULT WINES LTD in its
absolute discretion. Acceptance of an order by
CULT WINES LTD is not effective until it is
confirmed in writing by CULT WINES LTD to the
Customer.
2.2
Without limiting clause 2.1, CULT WINES LTD may
reject any order placed by a Customer if there
is not a sufficient quantity of Products
available to CULT WINES LTD or if the terms upon
which such Products are available are not
acceptable to CULT WINES LTD in its sole
discretion.
2.3 The Customer has a right to cancel an order. The Customer can do this by sending to CULT WINES LTD a written notice of cancellation during the period of cancellation as set out by the 2000 Distance Selling Regulations. This starts on the day the contract is concluded and ends seven working days after the goods have been delivered to the buyer or to an appointed third party, for example a bonded warehouse. If the Customer cancels the order, then any money that has been paid to CULT WINES LTD will be returned by CULT WINES LTD.
Brokerage Fees
3.1 CULT
WINES LTD levies a charge of 10%, which covers
administration, shipping, bond transfers, sale
of the Product, analysis and market updates on
all portfolio management purchases.
3.1.1 this
charge does not apply to merchant purchases.
Payment
4.1 The
price payable by the Customer for any Products
or Services ordered by a Customer and supplied
by CULT WINES LTD will be:
4.1.1 the
price quoted by CULT WINES LTD at the time the
Customer places the order; or
4.1.2 such
other price as CULT WINES LTD may advise to the
Customer at or before the time CULT WINES LTD
accepts the Customer’s order.
4.2
Payment in full for Products (and any associated
Services) ordered by a Customer, together with
any taxes or expenses payable by the Customer
under clause 5, must accompany the Customer’s
order and must be made in cash or in such other
form as CULT WINES LTD agrees to accept from
time to time. Any variation in the price
notified by CULT WINES LTD pursuant to clause
4.1.2 will (if a reduction) be refunded by CULT
WINES LTD to the Customer at the time the
Products or Services are delivered by CULT WINES
LTD.
Taxes and Expenses
5.1 Taxes,
levies, duties and imposts, including VAT, which
apply to the supply of any Product or the
performance of any Service:
5.1.1 will
be borne by CULT WINES LTD, if the price at
which CULT WINES LTD supplies such Product or
Service is expressed to be inclusive of the
particular taxes, levies, duties and imposts;
and
5.1.2 in
every other case, must be borne by the Customer.
5.2 The
Customer must pay on demand, and must indemnify
CULT WINES LTD in full against:
5.2.1 any
agent’s fees, costs of handling and delivery or
other expenses incurred as a result of delivery
of any Product to an address other than the
Storage Facility; and
5.2.2 any
taxes, levies, duties and imposts which are to
be borne by the Customer under clause 5.1,
together with any fine, penalty or interest paid
or payable by CULT WINES LTD because of a
default by the Customer in paying such amounts.
Non-payment
6.1 If any
amount is due and payable to CULT WINES LTD by a
Customer but remains unpaid, CULT WINES LTD may
(without the need for further notice or demand
and without prejudice to any other rights or
remedies which may be available to it) do any
one or more of the following:
6.1.1
charge and recover interest on the outstanding
amount, calculated daily at the rate 12%
(percent) per annum;
6.1.2 take
possession of any Products or any other goods
held in the Storage Facility on the Customer’s
behalf, sell the same and, after deducting the
costs of such sale and the amount owing to CULT
WINES LTD, remit the balance (if any) to the
Customer;
6.1.3
cancel any outstanding order placed by the
Customer and apply any amount paid in respect of
such order to the payment of amounts owing to
CULT WINES LTD
Delivery
7.1 All
Products ordered by a Customer will be delivered
into the Storage Facility unless at the time of
accepting the order CULT WINES LTD has agreed in
writing to make delivery to a different
location.
7.2
Although CULT WINES LTD will make every effort
to deliver Products ordered by a Customer in
accordance with the Customer’s requested date
for delivery, no warranty is given by CULT WINES
LTD that the Products will be delivered on the
nominated or any other date. CULT WINES LTD is
not liable for any Claim arising from or
relating to any delay or failure to deliver any
Products.
7.3 If,
following acceptance of a Customer’s order, any
Product specified therein becomes unavailable
for any reason, CULT WINES LTD will use its best
endeavours to offer an alternative Product to
the Customer. CULT WINES LTD will refund to the
Customer:
7.3.1 the
difference between the amount paid for the
unavailable Product and any alternative Product
which the Customer agrees to take; or
7.3.2 the
amount paid in respect of the unavailable
Product, if the Customer does not choose to
purchase the alternative Product
Any additional amount payable in respect of an
alternative Product must be paid by the Customer
at the time of agreeing to purchase the
alternative Product.
7.4 CULT
WINES LTD is deemed to have delivered Products
when, in the ordinary course of events, the
Products would have arrived at the Storage
Facility or at such other location as is agreed
by CULT WINES LTD pursuant to clause 7.1
Storage and Collection
8.1
Products delivered into the Storage Facility
will be stored until the Customer arranges to
collect them. The Customer will pay for storage
of the Products on the following basis:
8.1.1
during the first 5 year period following
delivery of the Products into the Storage
Facility – 5%, this cost is levied on the
purchase of our Portfolio Management package.
8.1.2
during any subsequent period of storage – at the
storage charge applicable from time to time, at
the Storage Facility and payable by a customer
direct to the Storage Facility.
8.2 At
least 3 Business Days notice of collection,
specifying the particular Products to be
collected, must be given by a Customer to ensure
that those Products will be available for
collection by or on behalf of the Customer. CULT
WINES LTD is under no obligation to make
Products available for collection from the
Storage Facility until the Customer has paid to
CULT WINES LTD (and/or the storage facility) all
amounts owing to CULT WINES LTD in respect of
purchase of the Products, their storage and any
other amounts then owing to CULT WINES LTD by
the Customer.
8.3 CULT
WINES LTD may agree to dispatch the Products to
the Customer or to an address nominated by the
Customer, but the costs of so dispatching the
Products, and any other expenses of collection
will be the sole responsibility of the Customer.
8.4 By
making Products available to the Customer (or to
a person who CULT WINES LTD in good faith
believes to be authorised by the Customer to
collect the Products for collection) or (if
instructed by the Customer) dispatching the
Products in accordance with clause 8.3, CULT
WINES LTD discharges all of its obligations
under this clause 8. CULT WINES LTD is not
responsible for any Claim that arises after the
Products are made available for collection or
dispatched
Insurance
9.1 CULT
WINES LTD will take out and maintain a policy of
insurance which covers the Products for their
declared replacement value against the risks of
physical loss, destruction and damage, at all
times from actual receipt of the Products into
the Storage Facility until they are made
available for collection or dispatched in
accordance with clause 8. Such policy of
insurance:
9.1.1 will
be subject to maximum limits in the aggregate
and for each loss or series of losses; and
9.1.2 will
be subject to exclusions, limitations and other
terms as set out in the policy terms and
conditions.
9.2 CULT
WINES LTD will promptly provide to a Customer on
whose behalf CULT WINES LTD holds or has at any
time held Products in the Storage Facility a
copy of the terms and conditions of the
insurance policy taken out pursuant to this
clause 9.1.
9.3 The
liability of CULT WINES LTD to the Customer in
respect of any Products insured pursuant to
clause 9.1 is limited to the proceeds actually
recovered by CULT WINES LTD under such policies
of insurance, less:
9.3.1 any
excess paid or payable by CULT WINES LTD in
respect of the claim; and
9.3.2 any
other costs (including, but not limited to,
legal and administrative costs) incurred by CULT
WINES LTD in making or pursuing such claim, and,
in the case of a claim also involving property
of a customer or customers of CULT WINES LTD
other than the Customer, will be the same
proportion of the insurance proceeds recovered
(net of the expenses referred to in clauses
9.3.1 and 9.3.2) as the value of the property of
the Customer which has been lost, destroyed or
damaged bears to the value of all of CULT WINES
LTD’s customers’ property which has been lost,
destroyed or damaged.
Title & Documentation
10.1 Title
to the Products does not pass to the Customer
until all amounts outstanding in respect of the
Products, and otherwise owing by the Customer to
CULT WINES LTD (whether on account of Products,
Services or otherwise) have been paid in full to
CULT WINES LTD.
10.2 CULT
WINES LTD will provide the Customer with
certificate of ownership in relation to the
Product
Sale
11.1 The
Customer may ask CULT WINES LTD at any time
after the Delivery Date to value the Product and
to arrange for the sale of the Product on the
Customer’s behalf. In doing so, the Customer
appoints CULT WINES LTD as their agent and
authorises CULT WINES LTD to do and undertake
any acts it may consider necessary or desirable
in order to facilitate such a sale, whether by
auction, private bargain or otherwise.
11.2 CULT
WINES LTD will try to sell the Product at the
best price reasonably obtainable within a
reasonable time of receiving instructions from
the Customer to sell. Prior to any sale CULT
WINES LTD will agree with the Customer a minimum
or reserve price they will accept.
11.3 CULT
WINES LTD charges no fees or commissions for the
sale of the Product, however, expenses may be
incurred if the Product is sold through a third
party such as an auction house
CULT WINES LTD Liability
12.1 The
Customer acknowledges that the nature of the
Products is such that CULT WINES LTD cannot and
does not warrant:
12.1.1 the
quality, drink-ability, fitness for use or
purpose or freedom from defect or deterioration
of the Products, either at the time of delivery
or deemed delivery under clause 7 or at the time
of collection or dispatch under clause 8; or
12.1.2 the
market value or appreciation in value of the
Products.
12.2
Without limiting clause 12.1, and to the fullest
extent permitted by law:
12.2.1
CULT WINES LTD expressly excludes all
warranties, conditions and representations,
whether express or implied, and whether
contained in statute or common law. To the
extent to which such warranties, conditions and
representations cannot be excluded or
restricted, these Terms will be read subject to
those warranties, conditions and
representations;
12.2.2
subject to clause 9.3, CULT WINES LTD’s
liability is limited, at its option:
12.2.2.1
in the case of Products – to replacing the
Products or re-supplying equivalent products, or
paying to the Customer the cost of such
replacement or re-supply; and
12.2.2.2
in the case of Services – to supplying the
Services again or paying to the Customer the
cost of having the Services supplied again.
12.3 CULT
WINES LTD shall not in any circumstances be
liable for any indirect or consequential loss or
damage arising from wastage, spoilage or the
deterioration of any Products, the loss of
market for any Products, decline in the value of
any Products or for any other damages arising
from or attributable to any cause, including the
wilful or negligent act or omission of CULT
WINES LTD.
General
13.1 Any
part of these Terms which is invalid or
unenforceable will be read down or severed to
the extent of such invalidity or
unenforceability, without affecting the
remaining provisions.
13.2 CULT
WINES LTD may in its discretion sub-contract the
performance of any part of its obligations under
these Terms.
13.3 The
Customer may not assign the benefit of these
Terms without CULT WINES LTD’s prior consent in
writing.
13.4 These
Terms shall be governed by English Law and be
subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
English courts.
Definitions and Interpretation
14.1 In
these Terms the following definitions apply:
14.1.2
“Business Day” means any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the United
Kingdom
14.1.3
Claim” includes any loss, claim, demand,
damages, expense or cost (including legal costs)
incurred by the Customer or brought against the
Customer by any other person whether in contract
or tort, under statute or otherwise
14.1.4
“Customer” includes:
14.1.4.1 a
person with whom any contract for the provision
of Products or Services is made by CULT WINES
LTD; and
14.1.4.2 a
person to whom CULT WINES LTD provides Products
or Services
14.1.5
“VAT” Value Added Tax
14.1.6
“Products” means any wine or other goods of any
kind provided by CULT WINES LTD to a Customer
14.1.7
“Services” means any storage, delivery or other
services provided or performed by CULT WINES LTD
for a Customer
14.1.8
“Storage Facility” means a suitable facility for
storage of the Products as determined from time
to time by CULT WINES LTD in its discretion
14.1.9
“Terms” means these terms and conditions as
varied from time to time in accordance with
clause 1.4
14.2 cks
means that the case is made of the preceding
numbers bottle quantity
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