Terms of service

Table of Contents

  1. Scope
  2. Conclusion of Contract
  3. Right of Withdrawal
  4. Prices and Payment Terms
  5. Delivery and Shipping Conditions
  6. Retention of Title
  7. Liability for Defects (Warranty)
  8. Liability
  9. Redemption of Promotional Vouchers
  10. Applicable Law
  11. Place of Jurisdiction
  12. Alternative Dispute Resolution

1) Scope

1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter "GTC") of SL Schwedt Logistik GmbH (hereinafter "Seller"), apply to all contracts for the delivery of goods that a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter "Customer") concludes with the Seller regarding the goods presented by the Seller in its online shop. The inclusion of the Customer's own terms and conditions is hereby objected to, unless otherwise agreed.

1.2 A consumer within the meaning of these GTC is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly not attributable to their commercial or independent professional activity.

1.3 An entrepreneur within the meaning of these GTC 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

2.1 The product descriptions contained in the Seller's online shop 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 shop. In doing so, 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 concludes the ordering process. Furthermore, the Customer can also submit the offer to the Seller by e-mail, online contact form, post, or telephone.

2.3 The 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 e-mail), whereby receipt of the order confirmation by the Customer is decisive, or
  • delivering the ordered goods to the Customer, whereby receipt of the goods by the Customer is decisive, or
  • requesting payment from the Customer after the Customer has placed the order.

If several of the aforementioned alternatives exist, the contract is concluded at the time when one of the aforementioned alternatives occurs first. The period for acceptance of 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 consequence that the Customer is no longer bound by their declaration of intent.

2.4 If a payment method offered by PayPal is selected, payment processing is carried out via 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, available at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full or – if the Customer does not have a PayPal account – subject to the terms for payments without a PayPal account, available at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacywax-full. If the Customer pays using a payment method offered by PayPal that can be selected during the online ordering process, the Seller hereby declares acceptance of the Customer's offer at the time the Customer clicks the button that concludes the ordering process.

2.5 When submitting an offer via the Seller's online order form, the contract text is stored by the Seller after the contract has been concluded and sent to the Customer in text form (e.g., e-mail, fax, or letter) after the Customer has sent their order. The Seller does not provide any further access to the contract text. If the Customer has set up a user account in the Seller's online shop before submitting 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.

2.6 Before submitting a binding 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 for better recognition of input errors can be the browser's magnification 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 the button that concludes the ordering process.

2.7 The German language is available for the conclusion of the contract.

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 them for order processing is correct so that 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 by third parties commissioned by the Seller to process the order can be delivered.

3) Right of Withdrawal

3.1 Consumers are generally entitled to a right of withdrawal.

3.2 Further information on the right of withdrawal can be found in the Seller's withdrawal policy.

4) Prices and Payment Terms

4.1 Unless otherwise stated in the Seller's product description, the prices quoted are total prices that include statutory value-added tax. Any additional delivery and shipping costs that may be incurred are stated separately in the respective product description.

4.2 The payment option(s) will be communicated to the Customer in the Seller's online shop.

4.3 If 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.

4.4 If a payment method offered via the payment service "Shopify Payments" is selected, payment processing is carried out 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 Shopify Payments will be communicated to the Customer in the Seller's online shop. Stripe may use other payment services for payment processing, for which special payment conditions may apply, to which the Customer may be separately referred. Further information on "Shopify Payments" is available online at https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms-payments-de.

5) Delivery and Shipping Conditions

5.1 If the Seller offers shipping of the goods, delivery will be made within the delivery area specified by the Seller to the delivery address provided by the Customer, unless otherwise agreed. The delivery address specified in the Seller's order processing is decisive for the transaction.

5.2 For goods delivered by freight forwarding, delivery is made "free curbside", i.e., to the public curbside nearest to the delivery address, unless otherwise stated in the shipping information in the Seller's online shop and unless otherwise agreed.

5.3 If delivery of the goods fails for reasons attributable to the Customer, the Customer shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by the Seller as a result. This does not apply with regard to the costs for sending the goods if the Customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal. For return shipping costs, the provision in the Seller's withdrawal policy applies if the Customer effectively exercises the right of withdrawal.

5.4 If the Customer acts as an entrepreneur, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the sold goods passes to the Customer as soon as the Seller has delivered the item to the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment. If the Customer acts as a consumer, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the sold goods generally passes to the Customer or a person authorized to receive the goods only upon handover. Notwithstanding this, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the sold goods also passes to the Customer as soon as the Seller has delivered the item to the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment, if the Customer has commissioned the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment and the Seller has not previously named this person or institution to the Customer.

5.5 The Seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper self-supply. This only applies 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 all reasonable efforts 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.

5.6 If the Seller offers collection of the goods, the Customer may collect the ordered goods during the business hours specified by the Seller at the address specified by the Seller. In this case, no shipping costs will be charged.

6) Retention of Title

If the Seller makes advance payment, they retain title to the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full.

7) Liability for Defects (Warranty)

Unless otherwise provided in the following provisions, the statutory provisions on liability for defects apply. Notwithstanding this, the following applies to contracts for the delivery of goods:

7.1 If the Customer acts as an entrepreneur,

  • the Seller has the choice of the type of subsequent performance;
  • for new goods, the limitation period for defect claims is one year from delivery of the goods;
  • for used goods, defect claims are excluded;
  • the limitation period does not start anew if a replacement delivery is made within the scope of liability for defects.

7.2 The above limitations of liability and shortening of periods do not apply

  • to 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 usual use and have caused its defectiveness,
  • for any existing obligation of the Seller to provide updates for digital products, in contracts for the delivery of goods with digital elements.

7.3 Furthermore, for entrepreneurs, the statutory limitation periods for any existing statutory right of recourse remain unaffected.

7.4 If the Customer acts as a merchant within the meaning of § 1 HGB, they are subject to the commercial duty to examine and give notice of defects in accordance with § 377 HGB. If the Customer fails to comply with the notification obligations regulated there, the goods shall be deemed approved.

7.5 If the Customer acts as a consumer, they are requested to report goods delivered with obvious transport damage to the deliverer and to inform the Seller thereof. Failure to do so has no effect on the Customer's statutory or contractual claims for defects.

8) Liability

The Seller is liable to the Customer for all contractual, quasi-contractual, and statutory, including tortious, claims for damages and reimbursement of expenses as follows:

8.1 The Seller is liable without limitation on any legal grounds

  • in the event of intent or gross negligence,
  • in the event of intentional or negligent injury to life, body, or health,
  • on the basis of a guarantee promise, unless otherwise regulated in this respect,
  • on the basis of mandatory liability, such as under the Product Liability Act.

8.2 If the Seller negligently breaches a material contractual obligation, liability is limited to the foreseeable, contract-typical damage, unless liability is unlimited in accordance with the above clause. Material contractual obligations are obligations that the contract imposes on the Seller according to its content to achieve the purpose of the contract, the fulfillment of which enables the proper execution of the contract in the first place and on whose compliance the Customer may regularly rely.

8.3 Otherwise, liability of the Seller is excluded.

8.4 The above liability provisions also apply with regard to the Seller's liability for their vicarious agents and legal representatives.

9) Redemption of Promotional Vouchers

9.1 Vouchers issued by the Seller free of charge as part of promotional campaigns with a certain validity period and which cannot be purchased by the Customer (hereinafter "promotional vouchers") can only be redeemed in the Seller's online shop and only within 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 balance 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 chosen to pay the difference.

9.7 The balance of a promotional voucher will not be paid out in cash or bear interest.

9.8 The 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.

9.9 The promotional voucher is intended for use only by the person named on it. Transfer of the promotional voucher to third parties is excluded. The Seller is entitled, but not obliged, to verify the material entitlement of the respective voucher holder.

10) Applicable Law

All legal relationships of the parties shall be governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany to the exclusion of the laws on the international sale of movable goods. For consumers, this choice of law applies only insofar as the protection granted is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law of the state in which the consumer has their habitual residence.

11) Place of Jurisdiction

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 is the Seller's place of business. If the Customer's registered office is outside the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Seller's place of business is 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 always entitled to appeal to the court at the Customer's place of business.

12) Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Seller is neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.