Terms and Conditions

SUPPLY

This page, together with our Privacy Policy (https://www.helmsdalehives.co.nz/privacy-policy and Terms of Use https://www.helmsdalehives.co.nz/terms-of-use tells you information about us and the legal Terms and Conditions (Terms) on which we sell any of the products (Products) listed on our website (our site) to you.

These Terms will apply to any contract between us for the sale of Products to you (Contract). Please read these Terms carefully and make sure that you understand them before ordering any Products from our site. Please note that by ordering any of our Products, you agree to be bound by these Terms and the other documents expressly referred to in them.

We amend these Terms from time to time as set out in clause 6. Every time you wish to order Products, please check these Terms to ensure you understand the terms that will apply at that time. These Terms were adopted on 1st April 2018 and have been updated since then.

1 Our Products

1.1 The images of the Products on our site are for illustrative purposes only. Although we have made every effort to display the colours accurately, we cannot guarantee that your computer's display of the colours accurately reflects the colour of the Products. Your Products may vary slightly from those images.

1.2 All Products shown on our site are subject to availability.

2 Use of Our Site

Your use of our site is governed by our Terms of Website Use https://www.helmsdalehives.co.nz/terms-of-use. Please take the time to read them, as they include important terms which apply to you.

3 How We Use Your Personal Information

We only use your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

4 Age

You may only purchase Products from our site if you are at least 18 years old.

5 How the Contract is Formed Between You and Us

5.1 Our order process allows you to check and amend any errors before submitting your order to us. Please take the time to read and check your order at each page of the order process.

5.2 After you place an order, you will receive an email from us acknowledging that we have received your order. However, please note that this does not mean that your order has been accepted. Our acceptance of your order will take place as described in clause 5.3.

5.3 We will confirm our acceptance to you by sending you an email that confirms that the Product(s) have been dispatched (Dispatch Confirmation). The Contract between us will only be formed when we send you the Dispatch Confirmation.

5.4 If we are unable to supply you with a Product, for example because the Product is not in stock or no longer available or because of an error in the price on our site as referred to in clause 10.5, this will be noted on your tax invoice. If you have already paid for the Product, we will refund you the full amount as soon as possible.

6 Our Right to Vary These Terms

6.1 We may revise these Terms from time to time including, in particular, to reflect changes in:

(a) how we accept payment from you;

(b) our delivery arrangements; and

(c) relevant laws and regulatory requirements.

6.2 Every time you order Products from us, the Terms in force at that time will apply to the Contract between you and us.

6.3 Whenever we revise these Terms in accordance with this clause 6, we will keep you informed and give you notice of this by stating that these Terms have been amended and the relevant date at the top of this page.

7 Right of Return

Details of your right to return Products are set out in our Returns Policy https://www.helmsdalehives.co.nz/returns-policy

8 Delivery

8.1 We will endeavour to dispatch the Products within three to five working days from the date of your order. For North Island Deliveries, your order should arrive the following day, after dispatch. For South Island deliveries, your order should arrive 2 days after dispatch. For rural delivery outside of metropolitan areas, please allow an extra two to three working days for delivery. If we anticipate we will be unable to meet this delivery date, we will contact you with a revised delivery date and you may, if you wish, cancel your order.

8.2 All orders will be delivered by Courier Post. The Dispatch Confirmation will include the Track & Trace reference number for the package containing your Product. You will be able to track delivery of the package by clicking on the hyperlink in your delivery confirmation email.

8.3 Delivery will be completed when the Products are delivered to the address you gave us.

8.4 If no one is available at your address to take delivery, Courier Post will leave you a 'card to call', advising you that the Products have been returned to their premises. In that case, please contact them to rearrange delivery.

8.5 The Products will be your responsibility from the completion of delivery.

8.6 You own the Products once we have received payment in full, including all applicable delivery charges.

9 No International Delivery

9.1 We are able to deliver anywhere in New Zealand (excluding the Chatham Islands and Great Barrier Island). Unfortunately, we do not deliver outside New Zealand.

9.2 You may place an order for Products from outside New Zealand, but this order must be for delivery to an address in New Zealand.

10 Price of Products and Delivery Charges

10.1 The prices of the Products will be as quoted on our site from time to time. All prices are in New Zealand dollars. We take all reasonable care to ensure that the prices of the Products are correct at the time when the relevant information is entered on to the system. However, if we discover an error in the price of Product(s) you ordered, please see clause 10.5 for what happens in this event.

10.2 Prices for our Products may change from time to time, but changes will not affect any order which we have confirmed with a Dispatch Confirmation.

10.3 The price of a Product includes GST at the applicable current rate chargeable in New Zealand for the time the order is placed.

10.4 The price of a Product does not include delivery charges. Our delivery charges are as quoted on our site at checkout. To check relevant delivery charges, please refer to our Delivery Information page https://www.helmsdalehives.co.nz/delivery-information

 10.5 It is always possible that, despite our reasonable efforts, some of the Products on our site may be incorrectly priced. If we discover an error in the price of the Products you have ordered we will inform you in writing of this error and we will give you the option of continuing to purchase the Product at the correct price or cancelling your order. We will not process your order until we have your instructions. If we are unable to contact you using the contact details you provided during the order process, we will treat the order as cancelled and notify you in writing. Please note that if the pricing error is obvious and unmistakable and could have reasonably been recognised by you as a mispricing, we do not have to provide the Products to you at the incorrect (lower) price.

10.6 Where deals contain multiple items at a reduction of price for a specified quantity, the item that is lowest or equally priced will have the discount applied, whether that is FREE or at a discount. All items must be added to your cart to receive the discount.

10.7 Payments are made through Stripe

11 How to Pay

11.1 You can only pay for Products using a credit card. We accept Mastercard, Visa and American Express and a limited number of other cards. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept credit vouchers online, or bank transfer.

11.2 Payment for the Products and all applicable delivery charges is in advance, at the time you place your order.

12 Our Liability to You

12.1 If we fail to comply with these Terms, we are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable.

12.2 We only supply the Products for domestic and private use. You agree not to use the Products for any commercial, business or resale purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

12.3 We do not in any way exclude or limit our liability under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.

13 Events Outside Our Control

13.1 We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by an Event Outside Our Control.

13.2 An Event Outside Our Control means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, lock outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks.

13.3 If an Event Outside Our Control takes place that affects the performance of our obligations under a Contract:

(a) we will contact you as soon as reasonably possible to notify you; and

(b) our obligations under a Contract will be suspended and the time for performance of our obligations will be extended for the duration of the Event Outside Our Control. Where the Event Outside Our Control affects our delivery of Products to you, we will arrange a new delivery date with you after the Event Outside Our Control is over.

14 Communications Between Us

14.1 If you wish to contact us for any reason, you can send this to us using the contact page on our site or by email at info@helmsdalehives.co.nz

14.2 If we have to contact you or give you notice in writing, we will do so by email to the email address you provide us in your order.

15 Other Important Terms

15.1 We may transfer our rights and obligations under a Contract to another organisation, but this will not affect your rights or our obligations under these Terms. We will always notify you by posting on this webpage if this happens.

15.2 You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these Terms to another person if we agree in writing.

15.3 This Contract is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.

15.4 Each of the paragraphs of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

15.5 If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.

15.6 Please note that these Terms are governed by New Zealand law. This means a Contract for the purchase of Products through our site and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it will be governed by New Zealand law. You and we both agree that the courts of New Zealand will have non-exclusive jurisdiction.