Terms & Conditions
Introduction
These terms and conditions apply between you, the User of this Website (including any sub-domains, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions), and Past Pastiche the owner and operator of this Website domain name https://www.pastpastiche.com.
It documents your rights and responsibilities and ours with regards to (a) your access to the Site; (b) your use of the Site; (c) any communications sent from Past Pastiche; (d) all information, products, services, and materials contained on our site.
Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they affect your legal rights. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Website. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (set out below) and any future alterations we may make subsequently, you should stop using the Website immediately.
1) Users
1a) In these terms and conditions, User or Users means any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by Past Pastiche. and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Past Pastiche and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.
1b) Users are free to enter the site whenever they wish whilst adhering to all of the relevant terms and conditions and other relevant policies.
1c) The use of this website is for personal use only. Please be aware that republishing images, products or reproducing or otherwise exploiting any items on this website for material purposes is illegal.
1d) Any information sent to us is entirely your responsibility to ensure that it is accurate and valid.
1e) All Content included on the Website, unless uploaded by Users, is the property of Past Pastiche, our affiliates or other relevant third parties. In these terms and conditions, Content means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website. By continuing to use the Website you acknowledge that such content is protected by copyright, trademarks, database rights and other intellectual property rights. Nothing on this site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on the site without the owner’s prior written permission.
1f) You may, for your own personal, non-commercial use only do the following:
- Share our blog posts with the link to our website (acknowledging Past Pastiche as the owners of the content) on social media.
- Share any videos that we own the rights to, along with the link to our website (acknowledging us as the owners of the content), on social media.
1g) You must not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy, distribute or use for commercial purposes any Content without the written permission of Past Pastiche.
Any YouTube videos on our website have been used on our Website in line with YouTube’s Terms of Service, section 8.
1h) You may not use the Website for any of the following purposes:
- In any way which causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or interferes with any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Website;
- In any way which is harmful, unlawful, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable law, regulation, governmental order;
- Making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of Content protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.
2) General
2a) Any online facilities, tools, services or information that Past Pastiche makes available through the Website (the Service) is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We give no warranty that the Service will be free of defects and/or faults. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, we provide no warranties (express or implied) of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of the information, compatibility and satisfactory quality Past Pastiche is under no obligation to update information on the Website.
2b) Whilst Past Pastiche uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website is secure and free of errors, viruses and other malware, we give no warranty or guarantee in that regard and all Users take responsibility for their own security, that of their personal details and their computers.
2c) Past Pastiche accepts no liability for any disruption or non-availability of the Website.
2d) Past Pastiche reserves the right to alter, suspend or discontinue any part (or the whole of) the Website including, but not limited to, any products and/or services available. These terms and conditions shall continue to apply to any modified version of the Website unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
2e) The content found on the website should not be viewed as any form of advice and it is not intended to be as such. We reserve the right to change our website at any time and will not be held liable for any software failures during a purchase, or any other time when using our website.
2f) Please ensure you are fully committed to purchasing an item as we cannot offer refunds due to you changing your mind. If we do not receive payment for an item by the agreed date, we cannot hold the item and we will make it available to other buyers.
Products
3a) All of our items are truthfully described to the best of our knowledge. All Antiques on our website are genuine, and any metals sold as silver or gold without a mark have been tested to make sure that we are selling you the real deal.
3b) All items sold on the website are the property of Past Pastiche.
3c) All of our items are pre-loved and most are likely to show some evidence of use or age. We have described these as accurately as possible and have provided photographs as well. By purchasing the item, you are agreeing to purchase it based on an understanding of these signs of use / age that have been mentioned within the description.
Delivery and Shipping
4a) We offer free UK delivery using Royal Mail’s tracking and signature services, which insures the item for it’s purchase value.
4b) Whilst we endeavour to ship items within the time frames set out in our Delivery information, there may be times when this is delayed due to Royal Mail or other extenuating circumstances.
4c) It is the purchaser’s responsibility to be available to sign for the package when delivered.
4d) Items will only be shipped once your money has cleared.
4e) Where we have arranged international shipping (prior to the purchase of the item), the customer is responsible for all additional duties, taxes and/or tariffs that occur. It is the customers’ responsibility to ensure that the item will be accepted into their country of residence, through customs.
4f) We are unable to send orders to PO boxes.
Please see our Delivery information for further guidance.
Returns and Refunds
5a) Please see our Returns and Refunds Policy.
Privacy
6a) Please see our Privacy Policy.
Disclaimers
7a) Nothing in these terms and conditions will: (a) limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from our or your negligence, as applicable; (b) limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) limit or exclude any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law.
7b) Through this website, you can access other websites. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those websites. The inclusion of any link does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
7c) We make every effort to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, Past Pastiche takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
7d) We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of events beyond our reasonable control.
7e) To the maximum extent permitted by law, Past Pastiche accepts no liability for any of the following:
- any business losses, such as loss of profits, income, revenue, anticipated savings, business, contracts, goodwill or commercial opportunities;
- loss or corruption of any data, database, or software;
- any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
7f) These terms and conditions may be varied by us from time to time. Such revised terms will apply to the Website from the date of publication. Users should check the terms and conditions regularly to ensure familiarity with the then current version.
7g) These terms and conditions contain the whole agreement between the parties relating to its subject matter and supersede all prior discussions, arrangements or agreements that might have taken place concerning the terms and conditions.
7h) If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of these terms and conditions (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of these terms and conditions will not be affected.
7i) This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales and all disputes arising under the Agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
You can contact Past Pastiche by email at info@pastpastiche.com
Thank you for reading our terms and conditions, we hope you enjoy using our website and the products and service that we provide.