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USER AGREEMENT
THE
FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE TERMS ON WHICH EpetsonlineOFFERS YOU ACCESS TO OUR
SERVICES:
Welcome to our Epetsonline User Agreement. This Agreement describes the terms
and conditions applicable to you use of our services at
http://www.epetsonline.com if you have any questions,please refer to
our User Agreement Frequently Asked Questions. We may amend this Agreement at
any time by posting the amended terms on our site. Except as states below, all
amended terms shall automaticall be effective 30 days after they are initially
posted on our site. This Agreement may not be otherwise amended except in a
writing signed by you and Epetsonline. This agreement is effective for all
registered users.
1. Membership Eligibility : Our services are available only to
individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law.
Without limiting the foregoing, our services are not available to minors or to
temporarily or indefinitely suspended Epetsonline members. If you do not
qualify, please do not use our services. Further, your Epetsonline account
(including feedback) and User Id may not be transferred or sold to another
party.
2. Fees and Services : Joining and bidding on items at
Epetsonline is free. Our Fees and Credit policy is available. We may change our
Fees and Credits policy and the fees for our service from time to time. Our
changes to the policy are effective after we provide you with at least fourteen
(14) days' notice of the changes by posting the changes on the site. However,
we may choose to temporarily change our Fees and Credits Policy and the fees
for our services for promotional events (for example, free listing days). When
you list an item you have an opportunity to review and accept the fees that you
will be charged for the use of our listing services. We may in our sole
discretion change some or all of our services at any time. In the event we
introduce a new service, the fees for that service are effective at the launch
of the service. Unless otherwise stated, all fees associated with using our
service and our website and all applicable taxes.
3. Pets is Only a Venue :
3.1 Online Auctions : Although we are commonly referred to as an
online auction web site, it is important to realize that we are not a
traditional "auctioneer". Instead, our site acts as a venue to allow anyone to
offer, sell, and buy at anytime, from anywhere, in a variety of formats,
including a fixed price format and an auction-style format commonly referred to
as an "online auction". We are not involved in the actual transaction between
buyers and sellers. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety or
legality of the items advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the
ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We
cannot ensure that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction.
3.2 Safe Trading : Because user authentication on the Internet is
difficult, Epetsonline cannot and does not confirm each user's purported
identity. Thus, we have established a user-initiated feedback system to help
you evalute with whom you are dealing. We also encourage you to communicate
directly with potential trading partners through the tools available on our
Site. You may also wish to consider using a third party escrow service or
services that provide additional user verification.
3.3 Release : Because we are not involved in the actual
transaction between buyers and sellers, in the event that you have a dispute
with one or more users, you release Epetsonline ( and our officers, directors,
agents, subsidiaries and employees) from claims, demand and damages (actual and
consequential)of every kind and and nature, known and unkown, suspected and
unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected
with such disputes.
3.4 Information control : We do not control the information
provided by other users which is made available through our system. Please use
caution, common sense, and practice safe trading when using our site. Please
note that there are also risks of dealing with underage persons or people
acting under false pretense.
4. Bidding and Buying : You are obligated to complete the
transaction with the seller if you purchase an item through one of our fixed
price formats or are the the highest bidder as described below. If you are the
highest bidder at the end of an auction( meeting the applicable minimum bid or
reserve requirments) and your bid is accepted by the seller, you are
obligated tom should be to complete the transaction with the seller,
unless the transaction is prohibited by law or by this Agreement. By bidding on
an item's description so long as those conditions of sale are not in violation
of this Agreement or unlawful. Bids are not retractable except in exceptional
circumstances such as when the seller materially changes the item's description
after you bid, a clear typographical error is made, or you cannot authenticate
the seller's identity.
5. Listing and Selling :
5.1
Listing Description : You must be legally able to sell the item(s) you
list for sale on our Site. You must describe your item and all terms of sale on
the listing page of our Site.Tour listing may only include text
description,pictures and other content relevant to the sale of that item. All
listed items must be listed in an appropriate category. All Dutch auction item
must be identical. At any one time you may not promote identical items in more
than twelve(12) listing(whether Dutch or Regular auction style) on our Site.
5.2 Binding Bids : If you recieve at least one bid at or above
your stated minimum price(or in the case of reserve auctions, at or above the
reserve price), you are obligated to complete the transaction with the highest
bidder upon the auction's completion, unless there is an exceptional
circumstance, such as: (a) the buyer fails to meet the terms of your listing (
such as payment method) or (b) you cannot authenticate the buyer's identity.
5.3 Fraud : Without limiting any other remedies, Epetsonline may
suspend or terminate your account if we suspect that you(by convicition,
settlement,insurance or escrow investigation,or otherwise) have engaged in
fraudulent activity in connection with our site.
5.4 Manipulation : Neither you, bidders nor sellers may manipulate the
price of any item nor may you interfere with other user's Listings or auctions.
6. Your Information :
6.1 Definition : "Your Information" is defined as any information
you provide to us or other users in the registration, bidding or listing
process, in any public message area( including the feedback area) or through
any email feature. You are solely responsible for your informnation, and we act
as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of Your
Information.
6.2 Restrictions : Your Information (or any items listed):
(a) shall not be false, inaccurate or misleading;
(b) shall not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen
items,
(c) shall not violate any law, statute, ordinance or
regulation(including, but not limited to, those governing export control,
consumer protection, unfair competion, antidiscrimination or false
advertising);
(d)shall not be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or
unlawfully harassing;
(e) shall not contain any virusess, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs
cancelbots,easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any
system, data or personal information;
(f)shall not creat liability for us or cause us to lose(in whole or in
part) the service of our ISPs or other suppliers; and
(g) shall not link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of
goods or services that
(aa) are prohibited under this agreement;
(bb) are identical to other items you have up for auction but are priced
lower than your item's reserve or minimun bid amount;
(cc) are concurrently listed for sale on a web site other than
Epetsonline( this does not prevent linking to or advertising an Epetsonline
item from another web site); or
(dd) you do not have aright to link to or include. Futhermore, you may
not list any item on our site( or consummate any tranaction that was initiated
using our service) that, by paying to us the listing fee or the final value
fee, could cause us to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or
regulation.
6.3 License : Solely to enable Epetsonline to use the information
you supply us with, so that we are not violating any rights you might have in
that information, you agree to grant us a non-exclusive,worldwide,perpetual,
irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable ( through multiple tiers) right to
exercise the copyright,publicity, and database rights( but no other right) you
have Your Information, in any media now known or not currently known, with
respect to Your Information Epetsonline will only use your information in
accordance with our Privacy Policy.
7. Access and Interference : Our web site contains robot
exclusion headers and you agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other
automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the
content contained herein without our prior expressed written permission. You
agree that you will not use any device,software or routine to bypass our robot
exclusion headers, or to interfere or attempt tp interfere with the proper
working of the Epetsonline site or any auction being conducted on our site. You
agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on
our site is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to
Epetsonline by our users or third parties. You agree that you will not copy,
reproduce, alter,modify, creat derivative works, or publicly display any
content ( except for Your Information) from our website without the prior
expresses written permission of Epetsonline or the appropriate third party.
8. Feedback : You may not take any actions that may undermine the
integrity of the feedback system. If you earn a net feedback rating of - 3
(minus three), your membership will be suspended, and you will be unable to
list or bid.
8.1 Export : You acknowledge that your feedback consists of
comments left by other users and a composite feedback number compiled by
Epetsonline and that the composite number without comments does not convey your
full user profile. Because feedback ratings are not designed for any purpose
other than for facilitating trading between Epetsonline users, you agree that
you shall not market or export your Epetsonline feedback rating in any venue
other than an Epetsonline operated website.
8.2 Import : We do not provide the technical ability to allow you
to import feedback from other websites to Epetsonline because a composite
number, without the corresponding feedback does not reflect your true online
reputation within our community.
9. Breach : Without limiting other remedies, we may immediately
issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your
membership and refuse to provide our services to you
(a)
If you breach this agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference;
(b) if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you
provide to us; or
(c) if we believe that your actions may cause legal liability for you,
our users or us.
10.
Privacy : We use third parties to verify and certify our privacy
principles. These organizations are dedicated to building trust in the internet
by having member organizations such as E-petonline disclose information
practices. Our policy on privacy is held to high standards by these independent
third party organzations.
11. No Warranty : WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS PROVIDE OUR WEB SITE AND SERVICES
"AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS,IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. WE
AND OUR SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some
States do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing
disclaimer may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights
and you may have other legal rights that vary from state to state.
12. Liability Limit : IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE
FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER
ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE).
OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABBILITY OF OUR SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES
IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF
(A)
THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING
RISE TO LIABILITY, AND
(B) $ 100. Some States do not allow the exclusion or limitations of incidental
or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to
you.
13.
Indemnity : You agree to indemnify and hold us and( as appilcable) our
parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees,
harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made
by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or
the documents it incorporates by reference, or by your violation of any law or
the rights of a third party.
14. Legal Compliance : You shall comply with all applicable domestic and
international laws, statutes,ordinances and regulations regarding your use of
our services and your bidding on,listing, purshase, solicitation of offers to
purchase, and sale of items.
15. No Agency : You and Epetsonline are independent contractors, and no
agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee
relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
16. Additional terms : - Privacy Policy We may change our Privacy Policy
from time to time and our changes are effective after we provide you with at
least (30) days' notice of the changes by posting the changes on our site and
sending emails to users who select such notification.
17. General : This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the
laws of the state of Mo. as such laws are applied to agreements entered into
and to be performed entirel within Mo between Mo residents. We do not guarantee
continuous, uninterruped or secure access to our services, and operation of our
site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside our control. If any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such
provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. You
agree that this Agreement and all incorporated agreements may automatically
assigned by Epetsonline, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event
of a merger or acquisition. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no
way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our
right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. This Agreement
sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to
the subject matter hereof. Section 2 ( Fees And Service) with respect to fees
owed for our services, 3.3 ( Release), 6.3 (License), 7 (Access And
Interference), 12 (Liability Limit), and 13 (Indemnity) shall survive any
termination or expiration of this Agreement.
3.4 All users agree that all information of and from PBT ,including but
not limited to, user names, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers,
processes, functions etc, are proprietary and confidential. It is the
propery of PBT and cannot be usesd in any manner without the written consent
of PBT's board of directors.
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