Terms and Conditions
Table of contents
- scope
- conclusion of the contract
- right of withdrawal
- Prices and payment terms
- delivery and shipping conditions
- retention of title
- liability for defects (warranty)
- redemption of promotional vouchers
- redemption of gift vouchers
- Applicable Law
- jurisdiction
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
1. Scope of application
1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as "GTC") of Melega Fashion GmbH (hereinafter referred to as "Seller") apply to all contracts for the delivery of goods that a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter referred to as "Customer") concludes with the Seller with regard to the goods presented by the Seller in his online shop. The inclusion of the Customer's own conditions is hereby contradicted, unless otherwise agreed.
1.2 These General Terms and Conditions shall apply accordingly to contracts for the delivery of vouchers, unless expressly agreed otherwise.
1.3 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 neither be attributed to their commercial nor their independent professional activity.
1.4 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 the offer using 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 contract offer in relation to the goods contained in the shopping cart by clicking the button that completes the ordering process. The customer can also submit the offer to the seller by telephone or email.
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 at which 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 sending of the offer. If the seller does not accept the customer's offer within the aforementioned period, this is deemed to be a rejection of the offer with the consequence that the customer is no longer bound by his declaration of intent.
2.4 If a payment method offered via the payment service “PayPal” has been 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, which can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full or – if the customer does not have a PayPal account – under the conditions for payments without a PayPal account, available at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacywax-full . If the customer selects a PayPal payment method 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 is saved by the seller 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. If the customer has set up a user account in the seller's online shop before sending 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 relevant login data.
2.6 Before submitting the 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 helps to enlarge the display on the screen. The customer can correct his entries as part of the electronic ordering process using the usual keyboard and mouse functions until he clicks the button that concludes the ordering process.
2.7 The German language is available for the conclusion of the contract.
2.8 Order processing and contact are usually 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 by 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 stated are total prices that include statutory sales tax. Any additional delivery and shipping costs that may arise are stated separately in the respective product description.
4.2 For deliveries to countries outside the European Union, additional costs may arise in individual cases for which the seller is not responsible and which must be borne by the customer. These include, for example, costs for the transfer of money by credit institutions (e.g. transfer fees, exchange rate fees) or import duties or taxes (e.g. customs duties). Such costs may also arise in relation to the transfer of money 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 options 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 If a payment method offered via the “PayPal” payment service is selected, payment processing takes place via PayPal, whereby PayPal may use the services of third-party payment service providers. If the seller offers payment methods via PayPal where the seller makes an advance payment to the customer (e.g. purchase on account or installment payment), the seller assigns its payment claim to PayPal or the payment service provider designated by PayPal and separately named to the customer. Before accepting the seller's declaration of assignment, PayPal or the payment service provider designated by PayPal carries out a credit check using the customer's transmitted data. The seller reserves the right to refuse the selected payment method to the customer if the result of the credit check is negative. If the selected payment method is approved, the customer must pay the invoice amount within the agreed payment term or in the agreed payment intervals. In this case, the customer can only make the payment to PayPal or the payment service provider designated by PayPal with a debt-discharging effect. However, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries, for example regarding the goods, delivery times, shipping, returns, complaints, cancellation notices and returns or credit notes.
5. Delivery and shipping conditions
5.1 If the seller offers to deliver the goods, delivery will be made within the delivery area specified by the seller to the delivery address specified by the customer, unless otherwise agreed. The delivery address specified in the seller's ordering process is decisive for the execution of the contract.
5.2 The Seller may also deliver in several partial deliveries if this is reasonable for the Customer. In this case, the Seller shall bear the additional costs.
6. Retention of title
6.1 The Seller reserves title to the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full by the Consumer.
6.2 The Seller reserves title to the goods delivered to entrepreneurs until all claims arising from an ongoing business relationship have been settled in full.
6.3 If the customer acts as an entrepreneur, he is entitled to resell the reserved goods in the ordinary course of business. The customer hereby assigns to the seller all claims against third parties arising from this in the amount of the respective invoice value (including sales tax). This assignment applies regardless of whether the reserved goods were resold without or after processing. The customer remains authorized to collect the claims even after the assignment. The seller's authority to collect the claims himself remains unaffected. However, the seller will not collect the claims as long as the customer meets his payment obligations to the seller, does not fall into arrears and no application for the opening of insolvency proceedings has been filed.
7. Liability for defects (warranty)
7.1 If the purchased item is defective, the statutory liability for defects applies.
7.2 If the customer is a consumer, he is requested to complain to the deliverer about goods that have obvious transport damage and to inform the seller of this. If the customer does not do this, this will have no effect on his legal or contractual claims for defects.
7.3 If the customer acts as an entrepreneur, the following applies:
- Only the seller's own information and the manufacturer's product description are deemed to be agreed upon as the quality of the goods, but not other advertising, public praise and statements by the manufacturer.
- The customer is obliged to inspect the goods immediately and with due care for deviations in quality and quantity and to notify the seller of obvious defects within 7 days of receipt of the goods. To meet the deadline, it is sufficient to send the goods on time. This also applies to hidden defects discovered later. If the obligation to inspect and give notice of defects is violated, the assertion of warranty claims is excluded.
- In case of defects, the seller will, at his discretion, repair or replace the goods.
8. Redemption of promotional vouchers
8.1 Vouchers issued free of charge by the Seller as part of promotional campaigns and which the Customer cannot purchase (hereinafter referred to as “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 offsetting 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 and will not accrue 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 can make a payment to the respective holder who redeems the promotional voucher in the seller's online shop with a discharging effect. This does not apply if the seller has knowledge or grossly negligent ignorance of the ineligibility, incapacity or lack of authority to represent the respective holder.
9. Redemption of gift vouchers
9.1 Vouchers that can be purchased via the Seller’s online shop (hereinafter “gift vouchers”) can only be redeemed in the Seller’s online shop, unless otherwise stated in the voucher.
9.2 Gift vouchers and remaining credit on gift vouchers can be redeemed until the end of the third year after the year in which the voucher was purchased. Any remaining credit will be credited to the customer until the expiry date.
9.3 Gift vouchers can only be redeemed before the order process is completed. Subsequent offsetting is not possible.
9.4 Only one gift voucher can be redeemed per order.
9.5 Gift vouchers can only be used to purchase goods and not to purchase additional gift vouchers.
9.6 If the value of the gift 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.
9.7 The balance of a gift voucher will not be paid out in cash and will not accrue interest.
9.8 The gift voucher is transferable. The seller can make a payment to the respective holder who redeems the gift voucher in the seller's online shop, with a discharging effect. This does not apply if the seller has knowledge or grossly negligent ignorance of the ineligibility, incapacity or lack of authority to represent the respective holder.
10. Applicable Law
10.1 All legal relationships between the parties shall be governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the laws governing the international sale of movable goods. For consumers, this choice of law shall only apply to the extent that the protection granted is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law of the state in which the consumer has his or her habitual residence.
10.2 Furthermore, this choice of law with regard to the statutory right of withdrawal does not apply to consumers who, at the time the contract is concluded, are not members of a member state of the European Union and whose sole place of residence and delivery address are outside the European Union at the time the contract is concluded.
11. Place of jurisdiction
If the customer acts as a merchant, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law with its registered office in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract is the seller's place of business. If the customer is based outside the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the seller's place of business is the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract if the contract or claims arising from the contract can be attributed to the customer's professional or commercial activity. In the above cases, however, the seller is in any case entitled to take legal action before the court at the customer's place of business.
12. Alternative dispute resolution
12.1 The EU Commission provides a platform for out-of-court online dispute resolution, available at: ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr
12.2 The Seller is neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute settlement procedure before a consumer arbitration board.