Terms and Conditions of Business
Description of Goods
(i) All goods offered for sale on this website are of satisfactory quality and meet any description of them.
(ii) Whilst every effort as been made to accurately reproduce the colours and dimensions of the paintings, variation in both user settings and monitors may cause fluctuation under some circumstances for which I cannot be held responsible.
(iii) I reserve the right to alter without notice or prior warning, products, prices and conditions of sale.
Stocking and Availability
(i) Many of the items offered for sale on my website are manufactured upon demand. Discontinued products are removed from the site immediately and not offered for sale.
(ii) Mounted paintings will take between 5 and 7 working days to deliver and framed paintings will take approximately 15 working days to deliver. However, I do sometimes experience unexpected delays with my suppliers and in such exceptional circumstances, should there be any exception to my normal timetable, I will contact you immediately.
Ordering
(i) Orders must be placed either through my website or by telephone.
(ii) I reserve the right to accept or decline an order.
(iii) Customers placing an order by telephone do so on the understanding that by so doing they are in acceptance of my terms and conditions of business.
(iv) Payment for the paintings ordered using the online shop are made via the PayPal portal.
(v) A deposit may be requested for a commission and payment will be via PayPal invoice, the final payment will be arranged using the same method.
Shipping Costs
(i) Wherever shipping is charged, I endeavour to keep shipping costs to a minimum, and the charges I make are directly related to the value and weight of your order and its destination.
(ii) The amount you are to be charged for shipping, if applicable, will be clearly shown at the checkout stage BEFORE you are requested for payment.
Invoice and Delivery
(i) With few exceptions I normally start work on your order immediately upon receipt, and a commercial invoice will be provided at that time. I will send you an e-mail to advise you that I am about to despatch your order, and again when it has been despatched with the appropriate tracking number.
(ii) I cannot give any precise guarantees on delivery once the item is in the hands of the courier, but if you have not received your order within 5 working days of the shipping e-mail please contact me immediately.
(iii) All shipments are of either a weight or bulk that require someone to be present at the delivery address. Please, therefore ensure that someone is available to accept the shipment at the addresss offered for delivery. In most circumstances, my carriers will leave a card and make a further call to deliver items if they cannot do so at first attempt. I do offer the option of delivery to an alternative delivery address at checkout; if this is more suitable or convenient to you – then please use it.
(iv) An additional delivery charge will be levied if the items are returned to me for repeat shipment or if a change of delivery address is requested once the items have been shipped.
(v) If you have any urgent or special delivery requirements, then please contact me by telephone – before you place an order.
Tax Charges
I am not VAT registered, so tax will not be applied to my charges.
Guarantee
(i) All of my products come with a 14 day no-quibble money-back guarantee.
(ii) My framed paintings are manufactured individually for each customer and they are inspected before shipment to ensure that they are in perfect condition. If you are not satisfied with the merchantable quality of my products, or if they arrive in a damaged condition, then I will replace them or provide a full credit including postal charges upon safe receipt of the returned goods.
(iii) Any damages must be advised to me within 14 days of receipt of your order.
(iv) My guarantee is additional to, and in no way affects, your statutory rights as a consumer.
Cancellation and Returns Policy
(i) My cancellation and returns policy conforms to the requirements set out in the Customer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 as amended by the Consumer Contracts Regulations (2014).
(ii) Customers are perfectly entitled to cancel an order that they have placed and request a full refund before it has been shipped, however that is not the case once an order has been manufactured and shipped.
(iii) After an order has been shipped, a refund will be issued only upon the safe return of the product and all its original packaging within 14 days of its receipt by the customer. However, except in the case where the goods are received faulty or damaged and the customer wishes to return them for a full refund, the arrangements for, and cost of the return shipping, are the responsibility of the customer.
Complaints
If for any reason you have a complaint about my products, services or method of carrying out my business then please do not hesitate to write to me at :
Sandra Hugill, Iola, Glendale Park, Invermoriston, Highland, IV63 7AB, Scotland.
I endeavour to reply to any complaint within 48 hours.
Disputes
Contracts formed between Sandra Hugill Landscape Artist and my customers shall be governed in all respects by English law and all customers hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.