Terms and Conditions

Table of contents

  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. Redeeming gift vouchers
  10. Applicable law
  11. Jurisdiction
  12. Alternative Dispute Resolution

 

1) Scope

1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter "GTC") of Terra Connect 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 These terms and conditions apply accordingly to contracts for the delivery of vouchers, unless otherwise stipulated.

1.3 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.

1.4 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 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 offer to purchase the goods in the shopping cart by clicking the button that finalizes the order. Alternatively, the customer can also submit the offer to the seller by telephone, fax, email, post, or via the online contact form.

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 email), in which case the receipt of the order confirmation by the customer is decisive, or by delivering the ordered goods to the customer, in which case the receipt of the goods by the customer is decisive, or by requesting payment from the customer after the customer has placed the order. If several of the aforementioned alternatives apply, the contract is concluded at the point in time when one of the aforementioned alternatives first occurs. The period for accepting the offer begins on the day after the offer is sent by the customer and ends at the end of the fifth day following the sending of the offer. If the seller does not accept the customer's offer within the aforementioned period, this is considered a rejection of the offer, with the consequence that the customer is no longer bound by their declaration of intent.

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 that completes 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, clicking the button to complete the order simultaneously authorizes a payment to Amazon. 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 to complete 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 that completes the order.

2.8 The German language is the only language 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.

3.3 The right of withdrawal does not apply to consumers who are not citizens of a Member State of the European Union at the time of conclusion of the contract and whose sole residence and delivery address are outside the European Union at the time of conclusion of the contract.

4) Prices and payment terms

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 For deliveries to countries outside the European Union, additional costs may be incurred in individual cases, which are beyond the seller's control and must be borne by the customer. These include, for example, costs for money transfers by credit institutions (e.g., transfer fees, exchange rate fees) or import duties and taxes (e.g., customs duties). Such costs may also be incurred with regard to money transfers even if the delivery is not made to a country outside the European Union, but the customer makes the payment from a country outside the European Union.

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

4.4 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.

4.5 When selecting a payment method offered via the "PayPal" payment service, payment processing is handled by PayPal, which may also utilize the services of third-party payment service providers. If the seller also offers payment methods via PayPal where they provide services to the customer in advance (e.g., purchase on account or installment payment), they assign their payment claim to PayPal or to the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal and specifically named to the customer. Before accepting the seller's assignment, PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal conducts a credit check using the transmitted customer data. The seller reserves the right to refuse the selected payment method to the customer in the event of a negative credit check result. If the selected payment method is approved, the customer must pay the invoice amount within the agreed payment period or at the agreed payment intervals. In this case, payment can only be made to PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal with legally binding effect. However, even in the case of assignment of the claim, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries. B. regarding goods, delivery time, shipping, returns, complaints, notices of cancellation and returns or credit notes.

4.6 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/.

4.7 When selecting a payment method offered via the payment service "mollie", payment processing is handled by the payment service provider Mollie BV, Keizersgracht 313, 1016 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands (hereinafter: "mollie"). The individual payment methods offered via mollie are displayed 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. The customer will be notified separately of any such terms. Further information about "mollie" is available online at https://www.mollie.com/de/.

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 For goods delivered by freight forwarder, delivery is made "free to the curb", i.e. to the nearest public curb to the delivery address, unless otherwise stated in the shipping information in the seller's online shop or otherwise agreed.

5.3 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.

5.4 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.

5.5 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.

5.6 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.

5.7 Vouchers will be provided to the customer as follows:

  • by email

6) Retention of title

If the seller makes advance payment, 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 warranty provisions shall 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 right to choose the type of subsequent performance; for new goods, the limitation period for defects is one year from delivery of the goods; for used goods, rights and claims due to defects are excluded; the limitation period does not restart if a replacement delivery is made within the scope of the warranty for defects.

7.3 The aforementioned limitations of liability and reductions of time limits do not apply to claims for damages and reimbursement of expenses by the customer, in the event that the seller has fraudulently concealed the defect, for goods which, according to their usual purpose, have been used for a building and have caused its defectiveness, for any existing obligation of the seller to provide updates for digital products, or 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 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) Redemption of promotional vouchers

8.1 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.

8.2 Individual products may be excluded from the voucher promotion, provided that a corresponding restriction is stated in the content of the promotional voucher.

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

8.4 Multiple promotional vouchers can be redeemed in one order.

8.5 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.

8.6 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.

8.7 The balance of a promotional voucher will neither be paid out in cash nor accrue interest.

8.8 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.

8.9 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.

9) Redemption of gift vouchers

9.1 Vouchers that can be purchased via the seller's online shop (hereinafter referred to as "gift vouchers") can only be redeemed in the seller's online shop, unless otherwise stated on the voucher.

9.2 Gift vouchers and remaining balances on gift vouchers are redeemable until the end of the third year following the year of purchase. Remaining balances will be credited to the customer until the expiry date.

9.3 Gift vouchers can only be redeemed before completing the order process. Subsequent crediting is not possible.

9.4 Multiple gift vouchers can be redeemed in one order.

9.5 Gift vouchers can only be used to purchase goods and not to purchase other gift vouchers.

9.6 If the value of the gift voucher is insufficient to cover the order, one of the other payment methods offered by the seller can be chosen to pay the difference.

9.7 The balance of a gift voucher will neither be paid out in cash nor accrue interest.

9.8 The gift voucher is intended solely for use by the person named on it. Transfer of the gift voucher to third parties is prohibited. The seller is entitled, but not obligated, to verify the voucher holder's eligibility to redeem it.

10) Applicable Law

10.1 All legal relations between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the laws on the international sale of goods. For consumers, this choice of law applies only to the extent that it does not deprive them of the protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law of the state in which they have their habitual residence.

10.2 Furthermore, this choice of law does not apply with regard to the statutory right of withdrawal to consumers who, at the time of conclusion of the contract, are not resident in a Member State of the European Union and whose sole residence and delivery address at the time of conclusion of the contract are outside the European Union.

11) Place of jurisdiction

If the customer is a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, and has its registered office within the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract shall be the seller's place of business. If the customer has its registered office outside the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the seller's place of business shall be the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract, provided that the contract or claims arising from the contract can be attributed to the customer's professional or commercial activities. In the aforementioned cases, however, the seller shall in any event be entitled to bring an action before the court at the customer's registered office.

12) Alternative Dispute Resolution

12.1 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 contact point for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online purchase or service contracts involving a consumer.

12.2 The seller is neither obligated nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.