Terms and conditions
- scope
The following terms and conditions apply to all orders placed through our online shop by consumers and entrepreneurs.
A consumer is any natural person who concludes a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly neither commercial nor self-employed. An entrepreneur is a natural or legal person or a legal partnership who, when concluding a legal transaction, acts in the exercise of their commercial or independent professional activity.
The following applies to entrepreneurs: If the entrepreneur uses conflicting or supplementary general terms and conditions, their validity is hereby contradicted; they only become part of the contract if we have expressly consented to this.
- Contractual partner, conclusion of contract, correction options
The purchase contract is concluded with The Distilling Doctors GmbH.
The presentation of the products in the online shop is not a legally binding offer, but a non-binding online catalog. You can initially place our products in the shopping cart without obligation and correct your entries at any time before submitting your binding order by using the information provided in the order process and use the explained proofing tools. By clicking the order button, you are making a binding offer for the goods in the shopping cart. Confirmation of receipt of your order will be sent by email immediately after the order has been sent.
We accept your offer within two days by submitting a declaration of acceptance in a separate email or by having the goods delivered or, if applicable, the payment transaction being carried out by our service provider or the selected payment service provider. The time of execution of the payment transaction depends on the selected payment method (see under “Payment”). The alternative that is relevant for you depends on which of the listed events occurs first.
- Contract language, contract text storage
The language (s) available for the conclusion of the contract: German, English
The contract text is not stored by us.
- delivery terms
In addition to the stated product prices, shipping costs may also apply. You can find more detailed provisions on any shipping costs incurred in the offers.
- Payment
The following payment methods are generally available in our shop:
Payment in advance
If you choose the payment method in advance, we will give you our bank details in a separate email and deliver the goods after receipt of payment.
Credit card
When you place your order, you enter your credit card details. Your card will be charged immediately after you have placed your order.
PayPal, PayPal Express
In order to receive the invoice amount via the payment service provider PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (“PayPal”), you must be registered with PayPal, identify yourself with your access data and confirm the payment order. The payment transaction is carried out by PayPal immediately after the order has been placed. You will receive further information during the ordering process.
Amazon Pay
In order to receive the invoice amount through the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A. 38 avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (“Amazon”), you must be registered with Amazon, identify yourself with your access data and confirm the payment order. The payment transaction is carried out within one banking day after the order has been placed. A bank business day is every working day with the exception of Saturdays, national public holidays and December 24th and 31st of each year. You will receive further information during the ordering process.
- Retention of title
The goods remain our property until full payment.
For entrepreneurs, the following also applies: We reserve ownership of the goods until all claims from an ongoing business relationship have been settled in full. You may resell the reserved goods in the ordinary course of business; You assign all claims arising from this resale – regardless of a combination or mixing of the reserved goods with a new item – in the amount of the invoice amount to us in advance, and we accept this assignment. You remain authorized to collect the claims, but we may also collect claims ourselves if you fail to meet your payment obligations. At your request, we will release the securities to which we are entitled insofar as the realizable value of the securities exceeds the value of the outstanding claims by more than 10%.
- Transport damage
The following applies to consumers: If goods are delivered with obvious transport damage, please report such errors to the deliverer as soon as possible and contact us immediately. Failure to lodge a complaint or to contact you has no consequences for your legal claims and their enforcement, in particular your warranty rights. However, they help us to assert our own claims against the carrier or the transport insurance.
The following applies to entrepreneurs: The risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration is transferred to you as soon as we have delivered the item to the freight forwarder, the carrier or the person or institution otherwise assigned to carry out the shipment.
- Warranties and guarantees
The statutory right to liability for defects applies. Information on any additional guarantees that may apply and their precise conditions can be found with the product and on special information pages in the online shop.
- Liability
We are always unrestrictedly liable for claims based on damage caused by us, our legal representatives or vicarious agents.
- in the event of injury to life, body or health,
- in the event of willful or grossly negligent breach of duty,
- in the case of guarantee promises, if agreed, or
- as far as the scope of the product liability law is opened.
In the event of a breach of essential contractual obligations, the fulfillment of which makes the proper execution of the contract possible in the first place and on whose compliance the contractual partner may regularly rely (cardinal obligations) through slight negligence on the part of us, our legal representatives or vicarious agents, the amount of liability is foreseeable at the time the contract was concluded Damage limited, the occurrence of which can typically be expected.
In addition, claims for damages are excluded.
- Dispute resolution
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution, which you can find here. We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute settlement procedure before a consumer arbitration board.
- Protection of minors
If your order includes goods whose sale is subject to age restrictions, we use a reliable process that includes a personal identity and age check to ensure that the customer has reached the required minimum age. The deliverer only hands over the goods after the age check and only to the customer personally. In this case, delivery to packing stations is not possible.
- Final provisions
If you are an entrepreneur, German law applies to the exclusion of the UN sales law.
If you are a merchant within the meaning of the Commercial Code, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from contractual relationships between us and you is our place of business.