General terms and conditions of business

General terms and conditions with customer information

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. Special conditions for processing goods according to specific customer specifications
  9. Redemption of gift vouchers
  10. Applicable Law
  11. Place of jurisdiction
  12. Alternative dispute resolution

1) Scope

1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter “GTC”) of Black Syndicate GmbH (hereinafter “Seller”) apply to all contracts for the delivery of goods that a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter “Customer”) enters into with the Seller with regard to the terms and conditions agreed by the Seller the goods presented in his online shop. The inclusion of the customer's own terms and conditions is hereby objected to, unless otherwise agreed.

1.2 These General Terms and Conditions apply accordingly to contracts for the delivery of vouchers, unless expressly stipulated otherwise.

1.3 A consumer within the meaning of these General Terms and Conditions is any natural person who concludes a legal transaction for purposes that cannot primarily be attributed to their commercial or independent professional activity. An entrepreneur within the meaning of these General Terms and Conditions 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 represent binding offers on the part of the seller, but rather serve to make a binding offer by the customer.

2.2 The customer can submit the offer using the online order form integrated into the seller's online shop. 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 on the button that completes the ordering process. The customer can also submit the offer to the seller via email or online contact form.

2.3 The seller can 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 email), whereby the receipt of the order confirmation by the customer is decisive, or
  • by delivering the ordered goods to the customer, whereby the receipt of the goods by the customer is decisive, or
  • by asking the customer to pay after placing their order.

If several of the aforementioned alternatives are present, 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 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 is deemed to be a rejection of the offer with the result that the customer is no longer bound by his declaration of intent.

2.4 When submitting an offer via the seller's online order form, the contract text is saved 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 order has been sent. The seller will not make the contract text available beyond this. If the customer has set up a user account in the seller's online shop 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 providing the corresponding login data.

2.5 Before bindingly submitting the 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 of better detecting input errors can be the browser's magnification function, which enlarges the display on the screen. As part of the electronic ordering process, the customer can correct his entries using the usual keyboard and mouse functions until he clicks on the button that completes the ordering process.

2.6 The German and English languages ​​are available for concluding the contract.

2.7 Order processing and contact usually take place via email and automated order processing. The customer must ensure that the email address he provided to process the order is correct so that emails sent by the seller can be received at this address. In particular, when using SPAM filters, the customer must ensure that all emails 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 generally have a right of withdrawal.

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

3.3 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 is outside the European Union at the time the contract is concluded.

4) Prices and payment terms

4.1 Unless otherwise stated in the seller's product description, the prices stated are total prices and include statutory sales tax. Any additional delivery and shipping costs that may arise will be stated separately in the respective product description.

4.2 For deliveries to countries outside the European Union, additional costs may arise in individual cases for which the seller is not responsible and which must be borne by the customer. These include, for example, costs for transferring money through credit institutions (e.g. transfer fees, exchange rate fees) or import duties or taxes (e.g. customs duties). Such costs may arise in relation to the money transfer even if the delivery does not take place to a country outside the European Union but the customer makes the payment from a country outside the European Union.

4.3 The payment option(s) will be communicated to the customer in the seller's online shop.

4.4 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.

4.5 If you select the payment method “SOFORT”, payment is processed via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich (hereinafter “SOFORT”). In order to be able to pay the invoice amount via “SOFORT”, the customer must have an online banking account activated for participation in “SOFORT”, identify themselves accordingly during the payment process and confirm the payment instruction to “SOFORT”. The payment transaction will be carried out immediately afterwards by “SOFORT” and the customer’s bank account will be debited. The customer can find further information about the “SOFORT” payment method online at https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.

4.6 If you select a payment method offered via the “Shopify Payments” payment service, payment is processed via 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 are communicated to the customer in the seller's online shop. To process payments, Stripe may use other payment services to which special payment conditions may apply, to which the customer may be notified separately. Further information about “Shopify Payments” is available online at https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms-payments-de.

4.7 If you choose the credit card payment method, the invoice amount is due immediately upon conclusion of the contract. The credit card payment method is processed in collaboration with secupay AG, Goethestr. 6, 01896 Pulsnitz (www.secupay.ag) to which the provider assigns his payment claim. secupay AG collects the invoice amount from the customer's specified credit card account. In the event of an assignment, payments can only be made to secupay AG with debt-discharging effect. The credit card will be charged immediately after the customer order has been sent in the online shop. Even if the payment method of credit card payment is selected via secupay AG, the provider remains responsible for general customer inquiries, e.g. regarding goods, delivery times, shipping, returns, complaints, cancellation declarations and mailings or credit notes.

4.8 If you select the credit card payment method via Stripe, the invoice amount is due immediately upon conclusion of the contract. Payment is processed via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter: “Stripe”). Stripe reserves the right to carry out a credit check and to reject this payment method if the credit check is negative.

4.9 If you select the credit card payment method via Wirecard, payment is processed via Wirecard Bank AG, Einsteinring 35, 85609 Aschheim (https://www.wirecardbank.com/), to which the seller assigns his payment claim. Wirecard Bank AG collects the invoice amount from the customer's specified credit card account. In the event of an assignment, payments can only be made to Wirecard Bank AG with debt-discharging effect. The credit card is debited immediately after the customer order has been sent via the seller's online shop. Even if you select the credit card payment method via Wirecard, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries, e.g. B. about the goods, delivery time, shipping, returns, complaints, cancellation declarations and shipments or credit notes. Reference is made to the information from Wirecard Bank AG in accordance with Article 13 GDPR in the context of processing credit card payments at https://www.wirecardbank.de/DSGVO.

5) Delivery and shipping conditions

5.1 Goods are delivered by shipping to the delivery address specified by the customer, unless otherwise agreed. When processing the transaction, the delivery address specified in the seller's order processing is decisive.

5.2 If 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 shipping costs if the customer effectively exercises his right of cancellation. If the customer effectively exercises the right of cancellation, the return shipping costs will be subject to the provisions set out in the seller's cancellation policy.

5.3 The seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper delivery. This only applies in the event that the non-delivery is not the fault of the seller and the seller has concluded a specific cover 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 immediately.

5.4 In the case of self-collection, the seller first informs the customer by email that the goods he has ordered are ready for collection. After receiving this email, the customer can pick up the goods at the seller's headquarters after consultation with the seller. In this case, no shipping costs will be charged.

5.5 Vouchers are provided to the customer as follows:

  • by email
  • by post

6) Retention of title

If the seller makes advance payments, he reserves ownership of the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full.

7) Liability for defects (warranty)

7.1 If the purchased item is defective, the provisions of statutory liability for defects apply.

7.2 If the customer acts as a consumer, he is asked 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 will have no impact on his legal or contractual claims for defects.

8) Special conditions for processing goods according to specific customer specifications

8.1 If, according to the content of the contract, the seller owes not only the delivery of the goods but also the processing of the goods according to the customer's specific specifications, the customer must provide the seller with all the content required for processing, such as texts, images or graphics in the file formats, formatting, image specified by the seller - and file sizes and to grant him the necessary usage rights. The customer is solely responsible for obtaining and acquiring rights to this content. The customer declares and assumes responsibility for having the right to use the content provided to the seller. In particular, he ensures that no third-party rights are violated, in particular copyright, trademark and personal rights.

8.2 The customer releases the seller from claims by third parties that they may assert against the seller in connection with a violation of their rights through the contractual use of the customer's content. The customer also assumes the appropriate costs of the necessary legal defense, including all court and legal fees at the statutory rate. This does not apply if the customer is not responsible for the infringement. In the event of a claim by a third party, the customer is obliged to provide the seller immediately, truthfully and completely with all information required to examine the claims and defend them.

8.3 The seller reserves the right to reject processing orders if the content provided by the customer violates legal or official prohibitions or morality. This applies in particular to the provision of unconstitutional, racist, xenophobic, discriminatory, offensive, youth-endangering and/or violence-glorifying content.

9) Gift voucher redemption

9.1 Vouchers that can be purchased via the seller's online shop (hereinafter "gift vouchers") can only be redeemed in the seller's online shop, unless the voucher states otherwise.

9.2 Gift vouchers and remaining balance of gift vouchers can be redeemed until the end of the third year following the year in which the voucher was purchased. Remaining credit will be credited to the customer until the expiry date.

9.3 Gift vouchers can only be redeemed before completing the ordering process. Subsequent billing is not possible.

9.4 Only one gift voucher can be redeemed per order.

9.5 Gift vouchers can only be used to purchase goods and not to purchase additional gift vouchers.

9.6 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.

9.7 The balance of a gift voucher will neither be paid out in cash nor interest.

9.8 The gift voucher is only intended for use by the person named on it. A transfer of the gift voucher to third parties is excluded. The seller is entitled, but not obliged, to check the material eligibility of the respective voucher holder.

10) Applicable Law

The law of the Republic of Austria applies to all legal relationships between the parties, excluding the laws on the international purchase of movable goods. For consumers, this choice of law only applies to the extent that the protection granted is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has his or her 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 based in the territory of the Republic of Austria, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract is the seller's place of business. If the customer is based outside the territory of the Republic of Austria, 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 in any case entitled to appeal to the court at the customer's registered office.

12) Alternative Dispute Resolution

12.1 The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution on the Internet at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

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.

12.2 The seller is neither obliged nor willing to take part in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.