Terms and conditions
Welcome to the Robotic Control & Automation
(RCAuk) website terms and conditions for use. These terms and
conditions apply to the use of this Website and by accessing
this Website and/or placing an order you agree to be bound by
the terms and conditions set out below. If you do not agree to
be bound by these terms and conditions you may not use or access
this Website.
Before you place an order,
if you have any questions relating to these
terms and conditions please contact us by
e-mail, or call us on +44 (0) 7812025724 |
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Definitions
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"Conditions" means these terms and
conditions and the Special Conditions; "Product" means a product
displayed for sale on the Website; "Product Description" means
that part of the Website where certain terms and conditions in
respect of the individual Product are provided; "Special
Conditions" means the terms and conditions in the Product
Description; "Users" means the users of the Website
collectively; "Personal Information" means the details provided
by you on registration; "We/us" means Robotic
Control & Automation (RCAuk); "Website" means the website
located at
www.rcauk.com or any subsequent URL which may replace it;
"Cookies" means small text files which our Website places on
your computer's hard drive to store information about your
shopping session and to identify your computer; "United Kingdom"
means England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Channel
Islands and "You" means a user of this Website.
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Use of the website
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Access
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You are provided with access to
this Website in accordance with these Conditions and any orders
placed by you must be placed strictly in accordance with these
Conditions.
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Registration
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You warrant that:
- The Personal Information which you are required to
provide when you register as a customer is true, accurate,
current and complete in all respects; and
- You will notify us immediately of any changes to the
Personal Information by contacting us by e-mail, or calling
us on +44 (0) 7812025724.
You agree not to impersonate any other person or entity or to
use a false name or a name that you are not authorised to use.
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Privacy policy
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We will treat all your Personal
Information as confidential (although we reserve the right to
disclose this information in the circumstances set out below).
We will keep it secure and we will fully comply with all
applicable UK Data Protection and consumer legislation from time
to time in place.
When you shop on this Website, we will ask you to input and
will collect Personal Information from you such as your name,
e-mail address, billing address, delivery address, telephone
number, product selections, credit card or other payment
information and a password. We may also collect, and our third
party providers of advertisements and content may collect,
information about where you are on the internet (eg the URL you
came from, IP address, domain types like .co.uk and .com), your
browser type, the country and telephone area code where your
computer is located, the pages of our website that were viewed
during your visit, the advertisements you clicked on, and any
search terms that you entered on our website ("User
Information"). We may collect this information even if you do
not register with us.
You should be aware that this site is being monitored and may
capture information about your visit that will help us improve
the quality of our service.
We confirm that any Personal Information which you provide to
us (or which is available on public registers) and any User
Information from which we can identify you, is held in
accordance with the registration we have with the Data
Commissioner's Office. We use your information only for the
following purposes:
- Processing your orders;
- For statistical or survey purposes to improve this
Website and its services to you;
- To serve website content and advertisements to you;
- To administer this website;
- If you consent, to notify you of products or special
offers that may be of interest to you.
You agree that you do not object to us contacting you for any
of the above purposes whether by telephone, e-mail or in writing
and you confirm that you do not and will not consider any of the
above as being a breach of any of your rights under the Privacy
and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
Your Personal Information will mot be disclosed to other
businesses and to third parties beyond those required to process
your order. RCAuk requires all such third parties to treat your
personal information as fully confidential and to fully comply
with all applicable UK Data Protection and consumer legislation
from time to time in place. We will not release your Personal
Information to any company for mailing or marketing purposes.
You should be aware that if we are requested by the police or
any other regulatory or government authority investigating
suspected illegal activities to provide your Personal
Information and /or User Information we are entitled do so.
When entering any of our contests or prize draws, you provide
your name, email address and mailing address. If you win, we
will send the prize to the address entered and notify you by
email. When you enter a contest or prize draw, you are also
included in our newsletter list to receive notice of promotions,
specials and new additions to the Website. You may unsubscribe
from this news list by following the unsubscribe instructions in
any email received.
We may use Cookies to keep track of your current shopping
session to personalise your experience and so that you may
retrieve your shopping basket at any time - if you do not accept
Cookies you may be unable to use all the features this Website:
Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to
our privacy policy.
Questions regarding this Policy should be directed to RCAuk
via email or at the address shown at the top of this page |
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Indemnity
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You agree fully to indemnify,
defend and hold us, and our officers, directors, employees,
agents and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and
against all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and
expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of any
breach of the Conditions by you or any other liabilities arising
out of your use of this Website, or the use by any other person
accessing the Website using your shopping account and/or your
Personal Information. |
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Our rights
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We reserve the right to:
- modify or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, this
Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice to you
and you confirm that we shall not be liable to you or any
third party for any modification to or withdrawal of the
Website; and/or
- change the Conditions from time to time, and your
continued use of the Website (or any part thereof) following
such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such
change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to
determine whether the Conditions have been changed. If you
do not agree to any change to the Conditions then you must
immediately stop using the Website.
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Third party links
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To provide increased value to our
Users, we may provide links to other websites or resources for
you to access at your sole discretion. You acknowledge and agree
that, as you have chosen to enter the linked website we are not
responsible for the availability of such external sites or
resources, and do not review or endorse and are not responsible
or liable, directly or indirectly, for (i) the privacy practices
of such websites, (ii) the content of such websites, including
(without limitation) any advertising, content, products, goods
or other materials or services on or available from such
websites or resources or (iii) the use to which others make of
these websites or resources, nor for any damage, loss or offence
caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, the
use of or reliance on any such advertising, content, products,
goods or other materials or services available on such external
websites or resources. |
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Purchase of products
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Orders
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We will take all reasonable care,
in so far as it is in our power to do so, to keep the details of
your order and payment secure, but in the absence of negligence
on our part we cannot be held liable for any loss you may suffer
if a third party procures unauthorised access to any data you
provide when accessing or ordering from the Website. |
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Contract creation and electronic contracting
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The technical steps required to
create the contract between you and us are as follows:
- You place the order for your products on the Website by
pressing the confirm order button at the end of the checkout
process. You will be guided through the process of placing
an order by a series of simple instructions on the Website.
- We will send to you an order acknowledgement email
detailing the products you have ordered. This is not an
order confirmation or order acceptance.
- As your product is shipped from our warehouse we will
send you a despatch confirmation email.
- Order acceptance and the completion of the contract
between you and us will take place on the despatch to you of
the Products ordered unless we have notified you that we do
not accept your order or you have cancelled it in accordance
with the instructions in How to cancel your order.
Non-acceptance of an order may be a result of one of the
following:
- The product you ordered being unavailable from stock.
- Our inability to obtain authorisation for your payment.
- The identification of a pricing or product description
error.
- You not meeting the eligibility to order criteria set
out in the main Terms & Conditions.
The contract will be concluded in English. |
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Contract cancellation
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Please note that you are entitled
to cancel this contract if you so wish provided that you
exercise your right no longer than eight working days after the
day on which you receive the Products. If you wish to exercise
your right to cancel this contract prior to order despatch,
click on the link and follow the procedure set out in the How do
I change or cancel an order section. If your order has already
been despatched please follow the procedure set out in our
Returns policy.
Please note that your right to return Products does NOT apply
to Products which fall into the following categories:
- Goods made to your specification
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Description of products
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Each Product purchased is sold
subject to its Product Description which sets out additional
Specific Conditions related to that Product including, without
limitation, terms and conditions concerning estimated delivery
dates and times, warranties, after-sales service and guarantees.
We will take all reasonable care to ensure that all details,
descriptions and prices of Products appearing on the Website are
correct at the time when the relevant information was entered
onto the system. Although we aim to keep the Website as up to
date as possible, the information including Product Descriptions
appearing on this Website at a particular time may not always
reflect the position exactly at the moment you place an order.
We cannot confirm the price of a Product until your order is
accepted in accordance with our Order acceptance policy. |
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Payment
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All prices are inclusive of VAT
(where applicable) at the current rates and are correct at the
time of entering the information onto the system. The total cost
of your order is the price of the Products ordered plus delivery
charges as set out in the Delivery section of this Website.
Payment can be made by any of the methods specified in the
Payment section of this Website and payment will be debited and
cleared from your account as set out in the Payment section of
this Website.
You confirm that the credit, debit or store card that is
being used is yours.
All credit/debit cardholders are subject to validation checks
and authorisation by the card issuer. If the issuer of your
payment card refuses to or does not, for any reason, authorise
payment to us, we will not be liable for any delay or
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Refusal of transaction
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We reserve the right to withdraw
any Products from this Website at any time and/or remove or edit
any materials or content on this Website. We may refuse to
process a transaction for any reason or refuse service to anyone
at any time at our sole discretion. We will not be liable to you
or any third party by reason of our withdrawing any Product from
this Website whether or not that Product has been sold; removing
or editing any materials or content on the Website; refusing to
process a transaction or unwinding or suspending any transaction
after processing has begun.
To be eligible to purchase Products on this Website and
lawfully enter into and form contracts on this Website under
English law you must:
- Register by providing your real name, phone number,
e-mail address, payment details and other requested
information
- Be over 18 years of age
- Stipulate a delivery address in the United Kingdom.
Please note that PO box numbers, hotels and accommodation
addresses are not acceptable
- Possess a valid credit or debit card issued by a bank
acceptable to us
- Agree payment terms if paying by invoice from RCAuk
prior to order been placed
By making an offer to buy a Product, you specifically
authorise us to transmit information (including any updated
information) or to obtain information about you from third
parties from time to time, including but not limited to your
debit or credit card number or credit reports, to authenticate
your identity, to validate your credit card, to obtain an
initial credit card authorisation and to authorise individual
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Returns
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Returns are dealt with on a case by
case basis.
Please contact RCAuk via email or on
07812025724 for details. No return will be accepted without a
prior agreed returns authorisation number issued by RCAuk.
Once agreed factored product returns
should be made in the original, undamaged packaging, and we
reserve the right to withhold a percentage of the refund value
of returned goods if the product or packaging is in such a
condition that the item needs to be reduced in price for resale |
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Change or cancel an order
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If you wish to change or cancel an order
contact RCAuk via email or on 07812025724. Please have the order
number and date the order was placed to hand.
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Installation
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Any installation carried out by
installers whose details are provided by RCAuk is covered by the
contract between you and the installer. Therefore we can accept
no liability for claims arising from installation of products
purchased from us, and in the event of any queries or problems
arising from work carried out by the installers, customers must
contact the installer concerned. We strongly advise that you
arrange for your installer to call the day after scheduled
delivery at the earliest, since we are unable to guarantee a
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What to do if your product breaks down?
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1. Look for visible signs of the
breakdown and consult the fault finding guide in the
manufacturer's handbook, if any. 2. If the product still fails
to function, telephone 07812025724 within 14 days to report the
breakdown and to receive authorisation and service details. |
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Customer service
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In the unlikely event of a
complaint concerning this insurance please contact us via email
or at the address above: We will confirm to you receipt of
your complaint within five working days and make every effort to
resolve the problem within four weeks. If we cannot we will let
you know when an answer may be expected. |
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General
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Intellectual property and right to use
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You acknowledge and agree that all
copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights
in all material or content supplied as part of the Website shall
remain at all times vested in us or our licensors. You are
permitted to use this material only as expressly authorised by
us or our licensors. You acknowledge and agree that the
material and content contained within the Website is made
available for your personal non-commercial use only and that you
may (if necessary to make a Purchase) download such material and
content onto only one computer hard drive for such purpose. Any
other use of the material and content of the Website is strictly
prohibited. You agree not to (and agree not to assist or
facilitate any third party to) copy, reproduce, transmit,
publish, display, distribute, commercially exploit or create
derivative works of such material and content. |
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Compliance with laws
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The Website may be used only for
lawful purposes and in a lawful manner. You agree to comply with
all applicable laws, statutes and regulations regarding the
Website and any transactions conducted on or through the
Website. |
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Limitation of liability
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While we will use reasonable
endeavours to verify the accuracy of any information we place on
the Website, we make no warranties, whether express or implied
in relation to its accuracy. The Website is provided on an "as
is" and "as available" basis without any representation or
endorsement made and we make no warranties of any kind, whether
express or implied, in relation to the Website, or any
transaction that may be conducted on or through the Website
including but not limited to, implied warranties of
non-infringement, compatibility, security, accuracy, conditions
of completeness, or any implied warranty arising from course of
dealing or usage or trade.
We make no warranty that the Website will meet your
requirements or will be uninterrupted, timely or error-free,
that defects will be corrected, or that the site or the server
that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or
represents the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the
Website. We will not be responsible or liable to you for any
loss of content or material uploaded or transmitted through the
Website.
To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, we
disclaim any and all warranties of any kind, whether express or
implied, in relation to the Products.
This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer, nor
does it affect your Contract Cancellation Rights.
We will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without
limitation, negligence), pre-contract or other representations
(other than fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations) or
otherwise out of or in connection with the Conditions for:
- any economic losses (including without limitation loss
of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated
savings); or
- any loss of goodwill or reputation; or
- any special or indirect losses,
suffered or incurred by that party arising out of or in
connection with the provisions of any matter under the
Conditions.
Nothing in the Conditions shall exclude or limit our
liability for death or personal injury resulting from our
negligence or that of our servants, agents or employees. |
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Severance
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If any part of the Conditions shall
be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then
that provision shall be deemed to be severable from the
Conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability
of any of the remaining provisions of the Conditions.
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Waiver
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No waiver by us shall be construed
as a waiver of any proceeding or succeeding breach of any
provision.
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Survival
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Each provision of the Conditions
shall be construed as separately applying and surviving even if
for any reason one or other of those provisions is held to be
inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances. |
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Entire agreement
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These Conditions govern our
relationship with you. Any changes to these Conditions must be
in writing and signed by both parties. In this way, we can avoid
any problems surrounding what RCAuk and you are expected to do.
You confirm that, in agreeing to accept the Conditions, you
have not relied on any representation save insofar as the same
has expressly been made a term of these Conditions and you agree
that you shall have no remedy in respect of any representation.
Your Statutory Rights are not affected by these terms and
conditions.
Nothing in this Clause shall limit or exclude our liability
in respect of any fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation
whether or not such has become a term of the Conditions. |
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Law
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The Conditions shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of England and you
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of England. |
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