General Terms and Conditions (GTC)
Table of Contents
- scope of application
- conclusion of contract
- right of withdrawal
- Prices and payment terms
- Delivery and shipping terms
- retention of title
- Liability for defects (warranty)
- liability
- Redeeming promotional vouchers
- Applicable law
- jurisdiction
- code of conduct
- Alternative dispute resolution
1) Scope of application
1.1These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as "GTC") of prepare4it 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 its online store. The inclusion of the Customer's own terms and conditions is hereby rejected, unless otherwise agreed.
1.2For the purposes of these General Terms and Conditions, a consumer is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly neither commercial nor their independent professional activity.
1.3An 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 their commercial or independent professional activity.
2) Conclusion of contract
2.1The 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.
2.2The 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 contractual offer with regard to the goods contained in the shopping cart by clicking the button that completes the ordering process.
2.3The 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), whereby receipt of the order confirmation by the customer is decisive, or
- by delivering the ordered goods to the customer, whereby the date of receipt of the goods by the customer shall be decisive, or
- by requesting payment from the customer after the customer has placed their order.
If several of the aforementioned alternatives apply, the contract shall be concluded at the point in time when one of the aforementioned alternatives occurs first. The period for accepting the offer begins on the day after the customer sends the offer 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 shall be deemed a rejection of the offer, with the result 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 r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 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
2.5When an offer is submitted via the seller's online order form, the contract text is stored by the seller after the contract is concluded and sent to the customer in text form (e.g., email, fax, or letter) after the customer has submitted their order. The seller will not make the contract text available in any other way. 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 corresponding login data.
2.6Before bindingly submitting the 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 of better recognizing input errors can be the browser's zoom function, which enlarges the display on the screen. The customer can correct their entries during the electronic ordering process using the usual keyboard and mouse functions until they click on the button that completes the ordering process.
2.7Different languages are available for concluding the contract. The specific language selection is displayed in the online shop.
2.8Order processing and contact are usually carried out by 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 third parties commissioned by the seller to process the order can be delivered.
3) Right of withdrawal
3.1Consumers are generally entitled to a right of withdrawal.
3.2Further information on the right of withdrawal can be found in the seller's withdrawal policy.
4) Prices and payment terms
4.1Unless otherwise stated in the seller's product description, the prices quoted are total prices that include statutory sales tax. Any additional delivery and shipping costs will be indicated separately in the respective product description.
4.2The payment option(s) will be communicated to the customer in the seller's online shop.
4.3If advance payment by bank transfer has been agreed, payment is due immediately after conclusion of the contract, unless the parties have agreed on a later due date.
4.4If a payment method offered via the PayPal payment service is selected, payment will be processed via PayPal, whereby PayPal may also use the services of third-party payment service providers for this purpose. If the seller also offers payment methods via PayPal for which it makes advance payments to the customer (e.g., purchase on account or installment payment), it assigns its payment claim to PayPal or to the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal and specifically named to the customer. Before accepting the seller's declaration of assignment, PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal will carry out a credit check using the customer data provided. The seller reserves the right to refuse the customer the selected payment method 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, the customer can only make payments to PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal with debt-discharging effect. However, even in the event of assignment of claims, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries, e.g., regarding goods, delivery times, shipping, returns, complaints, revocation declarations and returns, or credit notes.
4.5 If you select a payment method offered via the payment service "Stripe," payment processing will be handled by the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter "Stripe"). The individual payment methods offered via Stripe are communicated to the customer in the seller's online shop. Stripe may use other payment services to process payments, for which special payment terms may apply, which will be communicated to the customer separately if necessary. Further information about Stripe is available on the Internet at https://stripe.com
4.6If you choose to pay by credit card via Stripe, the invoice amount is due immediately upon conclusion of the contract. Payment processing is handled by the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter: "Stripe"). Stripe reserves the right to perform a credit check and to reject this payment method if the credit check is negative.
5) Delivery and shipping conditions
5.1If the seller offers to ship 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 order processing is decisive for the transaction. Notwithstanding this, if PayPal is selected as the payment method, the delivery address provided by the customer to PayPal at the time of payment shall be decisive.
5.2If delivery of the goods fails for reasons for which the customer is responsible, the customer shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by the seller as a result. This does not apply to the costs of delivery if the customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal. In the event of effective exercise of the right of withdrawal by the customer, the provisions set out in the seller's withdrawal policy shall apply to the costs of return shipment.
5.3If the customer is acting as an entrepreneur, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the goods sold shall pass to the customer as soon as the seller has delivered the goods to the forwarding agent, the carrier, or any other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment. If the customer is acting as a consumer, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the goods sold shall generally only pass to the customer or an authorized recipient upon delivery of the goods. Notwithstanding this, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the goods sold shall also pass to the customer in the case of consumers as soon as the seller has delivered the goods to the forwarding agent, the carrier, or any other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment, if the customer has commissioned the forwarding agent, the carrier, or any other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment, and the seller has not previously named this person or institution to the customer.
5.4The seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper delivery to itself. This shall only apply if the seller is not responsible for the non-delivery and has concluded a specific covering transaction with the supplier with due care. 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 consideration will be refunded without delay.
5.5For logistical reasons, it is not possible to collect the goods yourself.
6) Retention of title
6.1The seller retains ownership of the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full by the consumer.
6.2The seller reserves title to the delivered goods vis-à-vis entrepreneurs until all claims arising from an ongoing business relationship have been settled in full.
6.3If the customer is acting as an entrepreneur, the following shall also apply:
In the event that the delivered goods are processed, the seller shall be deemed the manufacturer and shall acquire ownership of the newly created goods. If the processing is carried out together with other materials, the seller shall acquire ownership in proportion to the invoice values of its goods to those of the other materials. If, in the event of the combination or mixing of the seller's goods with an item belonging to the customer, the latter is to be regarded as the main item, co-ownership of the item shall pass to the seller in the ratio of the invoice value of the seller's goods to the invoice value or, in the absence thereof, to the market value of the main item. In such cases, the customer shall be deemed to be the custodian.
The customer may not pledge or transfer ownership of items subject to retention of title or legal reservation. The customer is only entitled to resell the goods subject to retention of title in the ordinary course of business. The customer assigns all claims against third parties arising from this in advance to the seller in the amount of the respective invoice value (including sales tax). This assignment applies regardless of whether the goods subject to retention of title have been 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 itself remains unaffected. However, the seller will not collect the claims as long as the customer meets its payment obligations to the seller, is not in default of payment, and no application for the opening of insolvency proceedings has been filed.
The customer must immediately notify the seller of any access to goods owned or co-owned by the seller or to assigned claims. The customer must immediately transfer any amounts assigned to the seller and collected by the customer to the seller, insofar as the seller's claim is due.
If the value of the seller's security interests exceeds the amount of the secured claims by more than 10%, the seller shall release a corresponding portion of the security interests at the customer's request.
7) Liability for defects (warranty)
Unless otherwise specified in the following provisions, the statutory liability for defects shall apply. Notwithstanding this, the following shall apply to contracts for the delivery of goods:
7.1If the customer is acting as an entrepreneur,
- the seller has the choice of the type of subsequent performance;
- for new goods, the limitation period for warranty claims is one year from delivery of the goods;
- the rights to claim for defects are excluded for used goods;
- the limitation period does not recommence if a replacement delivery is made within the scope of liability for defects.
7.2The above limitations of liability and shortened periods shall not apply
- for claims for damages and reimbursement of expenses by the customer,
- in the event that the seller has fraudulently concealed the defect,
- for goods that have been used for a building in accordance with their normal use and have caused its defectiveness,
- for any obligation on the part of the seller to provide updates for digital products in the case of contracts for the delivery of goods with digital elements.
7.3Furthermore, for entrepreneurs, the statutory limitation periods for any existing statutory right of recourse remain unaffected.
7.4If the customer acts as a merchant within the meaning of § 1 HGB (German Commercial Code), they are subject to the commercial obligation to inspect and give notice of defects in accordance with § 377 HGB. If the customer fails to comply with the notification obligations stipulated therein, the goods shall be deemed to have been approved.
7.5If the customer is acting as a consumer, they are requested to report any goods delivered with obvious transport damage to the delivery service and to inform the seller thereof. Failure to do so shall not affect the customer's statutory or contractual claims for defects.
8) Liability
The seller shall be liable to the customer for all contractual, quasi-contractual, and statutory claims, including tortious claims, for damages and reimbursement of expenses as follows:
8.1The seller shall be liable without limitation for any legal reason.
- in cases of intent or gross negligence,
- in the event of intentional or negligent injury to life, limb, or health,
- on the basis of a warranty promise, unless otherwise specified in this regard,
- due to mandatory liability, such as under the Product Liability Act.
8.2If the seller negligently breaches an essential contractual obligation, liability shall be limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract, unless unlimited liability applies in accordance with the above clause. Essential contractual obligations are obligations that the contract imposes on the seller according to its content in order to achieve the purpose of the contract, the fulfillment of which is essential for the proper execution of the contract and on the observance of which the customer may regularly rely.
8.3Otherwise, the seller shall not be liable.
8.4The above liability provisions shall also apply with regard to the seller's liability for its vicarious agents and legal representatives.
9) Redemption of promotional vouchers
9.1Vouchers that are issued free of charge by the seller as part of promotional campaigns with a specific period of validity and that cannot be purchased by the customer (hereinafter referred to as "promotional vouchers") can only be redeemed in the seller's online shop and only during the specified period.
9.2Individual products may be excluded from the voucher promotion if a corresponding restriction is specified in the content of the promotional voucher.
9.3Promotional vouchers can only be redeemed before completing the order process. Subsequent offsetting is not possible.
9.4Only one promotional voucher can be redeemed per order.
9.5If the promotional voucher refers to a specific value and not to a percentage discount, the value of the goods must at least correspond to the amount of the promotional voucher. Any remaining credit will not be refunded by the seller.
9.6If 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.
9.7The credit balance of a promotional voucher will not be paid out in cash or bear interest.
9.8The 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.
9.9The promotional voucher is transferable. The seller can redeem it with liberating effect to the respective holder who redeems the promotional voucher in the seller's online shop. This does not apply if the seller has knowledge or grossly negligent ignorance of the respective holder's lack of entitlement, legal incapacity, or lack of power of representation.
10) Applicable law
All legal relationships between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the laws on the international sale of movable goods. For consumers, this choice of law shall only apply insofar as the protection granted by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has his or her habitual residence is not withdrawn.
11) Place of jurisdiction
If the customer is acting 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 shall be the registered office of the seller. If the customer is based 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 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 shall in any case be entitled to bring an action before the court at the customer's place of business.
12) Code of Conduct
- The seller has submitted to the Trusted Shops quality criteria, which can be found online at https://www.trustedshops.com
13) Alternative dispute resolution
The seller is not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board, but is willing to do so.