1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as “GTC”) of the company Acrontum GmbH (hereinafter referred to as “Seller”) shall apply to all contracts concluded between a consumer or a trader (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) and the Seller relating to all goods and/or services presented in the Seller’s online store. The inclusion of the customer’s own terms and conditions is hereby objected to, unless otherwise agreed.
1. 2 These GTC apply accordingly to contracts for the delivery of vouchers, unless otherwise agreed.
1.3 A consumer within the meaning of these GTC is any natural person who concludes a legal transaction for purposes that cannot be attributed primarily to their commercial or independent professional activity.
1.4 An entrepreneur within the meaning of these GTC is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity that acts in the exercise of its commercial or independent professional activity when concluding a legal transaction.
1.5 Depending on the content description of the seller, the subject of the contract may be both the one-off provision of digital content and the regular provision of digital content (hereinafter “subscription contract”). In the case of a subscription contract, the seller undertakes to provide the customer with the contractually owed digital content for the duration of the agreed contract term at the contractually agreed time intervals.
2. 1 The product descriptions contained in the seller’s online store 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 via the online order form integrated into the seller’s online store. After placing the selected goods in the virtual shopping cart and going through 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 concludes the ordering process. Furthermore, the customer can also submit the offer to the seller by e-mail, online contact form or by telephone.
2.3 The seller may accept the customer’s offer within five days,
If several of the aforementioned alternatives exist, the contract is concluded at the point in 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 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 consequence that the customer is no longer bound by his declaration of intent.
2.4 If a payment method offered by PayPal is selected, payment is processed via the payment service provider PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as “PayPal”), subject to the PayPal Terms of Use, which can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com
2.5 When submitting an offer via the seller’s online order form, the text of the contract is saved 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’s order has been sent. The seller will not make the text of the contract available beyond this. If the customer has set up a user account in the seller’s online store before sending his order, the order data will be archived on the seller’s website and can be accessed free of charge by the customer via his password-protected user account by entering the corresponding login data.
2.6 Before submitting a binding order via the seller’s online order form, the customer can recognize possible input errors by carefully reading the information displayed on the screen. An effective technical tool for better recognition of input errors can be the browser’s magnification function, which enlarges the display on the screen. The customer can correct his entries during the electronic ordering process using the usual keyboard and mouse functions until he clicks on the button that completes the ordering process.
2.7 Different languages are available for the conclusion of the contract. The specific language selection is displayed in the online store.
2. 8 Order processing and contact are generally carried out by e-mail and automated order processing. The customer must ensure that the e-mail address provided by him for order processing is correct so that the e-mails sent by the seller can be received at this address. In particular, when using SPAM filters, the customer must ensure that all e-mails sent by the seller or third parties commissioned by the seller to process the order can be delivered.
3.1 If the option “order on approval” (purchase on approval) is selected, the contract is concluded under the condition that the customer approves the ordered goods within a period of fourteen days by express declaration (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or e-mail) to the seller or that the customer does not reject the goods already handed over within a period of fourteen days by express declaration (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or e-mail) to the seller. The approval period begins on the day after receipt of the goods by the customer.
3.2 During the approval period, the customer is entitled to inspect the goods delivered to him with regard to their condition, properties and functionality and to keep them for these purposes. In doing so, he must handle the goods with care with regard to a possible obligation to return them. If the customer uses the goods in a way that is not necessary to test their condition, properties and functionality, he shall be liable for any loss in value of the goods.
3. 3 If the customer declares approval of the goods within the approval period or if he does not reject the goods within the approval period, he shall be obliged to pay the agreed purchase price to the seller. In this case, the buyer must transfer the agreed purchase price to the seller’s bank account immediately, but at the latest within a period of seven days, unless otherwise agreed. The payment period shall commence on the day following the customer’s declaration of approval or – if no express approval is given – on the day following the expiry of the approval period. The timely receipt of payment on the seller’s bank account is decisive for compliance with the deadline.
3.4 If the customer declares his rejection of the goods within the approval period, he must return the goods to the seller within a period of seven days at his own expense, unless otherwise agreed. The period for returning the goods begins on the day after the customer’s declaration of rejection. The timely dispatch of the goods by the customer is sufficient to meet the deadline. The customer must use suitable transport packaging to avoid transport damage.
3.5 If the customer culpably violates his duty of care and/or return, he is obliged to compensate the seller for the resulting damage.
3.6 The customer’s statutory right of withdrawal shall not be affected by the aforementioned provisions.
4.1 Consumers are generally entitled to a right of withdrawal.
4.2 Further information on the right of withdrawal can be found in the seller’s withdrawal policy.
4.3 The right of withdrawal does not apply to consumers who do not belong to a member state of the European Union at the time the contract is concluded and whose sole place of residence and delivery address are outside the European Union at the time the contract is concluded.
5.1 Unless otherwise stated in the seller’s product description, the prices quoted are total prices that include statutory VAT. Any additional delivery and shipping costs will be indicated separately in the respective product description.
5.2 For deliveries to countries outside the European Union, further costs may be incurred in individual cases for which the seller is not responsible and which are to 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 be incurred in relation to the transfer of funds 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.
5. 3 The payment option(s) will be communicated to the customer in the seller’s online store.
5.4 If a payment method offered via the “PayPal” payment service is selected, the 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 he makes advance payments to the customer (e.g. purchase on account or payment by installments), he assigns his payment claim in this respect 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 carries out a credit check using the transmitted customer data. The seller reserves the right to refuse the customer the selected payment method in the event of a negative test 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, he can only make payment to PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal with debt-discharging effect. However, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries, e.g. regarding goods, delivery time, dispatch, returns, complaints, revocation declarations and deliveries or credit notes, even in the event of assignment of claims.
5.5 If the payment method purchase on account is selected, the purchase price is due after the goods have been delivered and invoiced. In this case, the purchase price must be paid within 7 (seven) days of receipt of the invoice without deduction, unless otherwise agreed. The seller reserves the right to offer the payment method purchase on account only up to a certain order volume and to reject this payment method if the specified order volume is exceeded. In this case, the seller will inform the customer of a corresponding payment restriction in his payment information in the online store.
6.1 If the Seller offers to ship the goods, delivery shall 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 processing of the transaction. Notwithstanding this, if the payment method PayPal is selected, the delivery address stored by the customer with PayPal at the time of payment shall be decisive.
6.2 If the 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 with regard to the costs for the return shipment if the customer effectively exercises his right of withdrawal. If the customer effectively exercises the right of withdrawal, the provision in the seller’s withdrawal policy shall apply to the return costs.
6.3 If the customer acts 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, carrier or 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 not pass until the goods are handed over to the customer or a person authorized to receive them. Notwithstanding the above, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the goods sold shall pass to the customer, even in the case of consumers, as soon as the seller has delivered the goods to the forwarding agent, the carrier or the person or institution otherwise designated to carry out the shipment, if the customer has commissioned the forwarding agent, the carrier or the person or institution otherwise designated to carry out the shipment and the seller has not previously named this person or institution to the customer.
6.4 The Seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper self-delivery. This shall only apply in the event that the seller is not responsible for the non-delivery and the seller has concluded a specific covering transaction with the supplier with due care. The Seller shall 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.
6.5 Self-collection is not possible for logistical reasons.
6.6 Vouchers are provided to the customer as follows:
– by e-mail
If the seller makes advance payment, he shall retain title to the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full.
Unless otherwise stated in the following provisions, the provisions of statutory liability for defects shall apply. This does not apply to contracts for the delivery of goods:
8.1 If the customer acts as an entrepreneur,
8.2 The aforementioned limitations of liability and shortening of time limits do not apply
8.3 In addition, for entrepreneurs, the statutory limitation periods for any existing statutory right of recourse shall remain unaffected.
8.4 If the customer acts as a merchant within the meaning of § 1 HGB (German Commercial Code), he shall be subject to the commercial obligation to inspect and give notice of defects pursuant to § 377 HGB. If the customer fails to comply with the notification obligations regulated therein, the goods shall be deemed to have been approved.
8.5 If the customer is acting as a consumer, he is requested to complain to the deliverer about delivered goods with obvious transport damage and to inform the seller of this. If the customer does not comply with this, this has no effect on his statutory or contractual claims for defects.
9. 1 Vouchers that are issued free of charge by the seller as part of promotions with a specific period of validity and that cannot be purchased by the customer (hereinafter “promotional vouchers”) can only be redeemed in the seller’s online store and only during the specified period.
9.2 Individual products may be excluded from the voucher promotion if a corresponding restriction results from the content of the promotional voucher.
9.3 Promotional vouchers can only be redeemed before completing the order process. Subsequent offsetting is not possible.
9.4 Only one promotional voucher can be redeemed per order.
9.5 The value of the goods must be at least equal to the amount of the promotional voucher. Any remaining credit will not be refunded by the seller.
9.6 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.
9.7 The balance of a promotional voucher is neither paid out in cash nor does it bear interest.
9.8 The promotional voucher will not be refunded if the customer returns the goods paid for in full or in part with the promotional voucher within the scope of their statutory right of withdrawal.
9.9 The promotional voucher is transferable. The seller can make payment with discharging effect to the respective holder who redeems the promotional voucher in the seller’s online store. This does not apply if the seller has knowledge or grossly negligent ignorance of the non-authorization, legal incapacity or lack of power of representation of the respective holder.
10. 1 Vouchers that can be purchased via the seller’s online store (hereinafter referred to as “gift vouchers”) can only be redeemed in the seller’s online store, unless otherwise stated in the voucher.
10.2 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. Remaining credit will be credited to the customer until the expiration date.
10.3 Gift vouchers can only be redeemed before completing the order process. Subsequent offsetting is not possible.
10.4 Only one gift voucher can be redeemed per order.
10.5 Gift vouchers can only be used for the purchase of goods and not for the purchase of further gift vouchers.
10.6 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 chosen to settle the difference.
10.7 The balance of a gift voucher is neither paid out in cash nor does it bear interest.
10.8 The gift voucher is transferable. The seller can make payment with discharging effect to the respective holder who redeems the gift voucher in the seller’s online store. This does not apply if the seller has knowledge or grossly negligent ignorance of the non-authorization, legal incapacity or lack of power of representation of the respective holder.
11.1 The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply to all legal relationships between the parties to the exclusion of the laws on the international purchase of movable goods. In the case of consumers, this choice of law only applies insofar as the protection granted is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has his habitual residence.
11.2 Furthermore, this choice of law with regard to the statutory right of withdrawal does not apply to consumers who do not belong to a member state of the European Union at the time of conclusion of the contract and whose sole place of residence and delivery address are outside the European Union at the time of conclusion of the contract.
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 shall be the registered office of the seller. If the customer is domiciled 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 is in any case entitled to appeal to the court at the customer’s place of business.
13.1 The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution on the Internet at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu
This platform serves as a contact point for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online purchase or service contracts in which a consumer is involved.
13.2 The seller is not obliged to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board, but is prepared to do so.
