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General terms and conditions

1. Scope

The following Terms and Conditions apply to all orders placed via our online shop. Our online shop is for consumers only.

2. Contractual partner, formation of contract, options for corrections

The contract is concluded with General Leather Store GmbH.

By placing the products in the online shop, we make a binding offer on our part to enter into a contract regarding those items. You may place our products in the shopping basket without obligation and amend your entries at any time prior to submitting your binding order by using the correction facilities that are provided for this purpose and explained during the ordering process. The contract is formed by clicking on the order button which indicates your acceptance of our offer concerning the products contained in the shopping basket. Once you have sent your order you will immediately receive a confirmation via e-mail.

3. Contract language, saving of the contract text

The language(s) available for concluding the contract: German, English

We save the text of the contract and forward the order data and our Terms and Conditions to you on a durable medium. You may also view the text of the contract in our customer login area.

4. Delivery conditions

We deliver free of charge.

Delivery options

We ship the products to the delivery address specified in the order process.

We only dispatch goods en route; pick up by the customer is not possible.

5. Payment

The following payment methods are basically available in our online shop.

Advance payment
If you select advance payment we provide you with our bank details in a separate e-mail and deliver the goods on receipt of funds.

PayPal, PayPal Express
In order to pay 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, legitimise yourself with your access data and confirm the payment instruction. The payment transaction will be processed by PayPal after placing the order. You will receive further instructions during the ordering process.

PayPal may offer registered PayPal customers further payment modalities in the customer account selected according to its own criteria. However, we have no influence on the offering of these modalities; further individually offered payment modalities affect your legal relationship with PayPal. You can find more information on this in your PayPal account.

PayPal
In cooperation with the payment service provider PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg ("PayPal"), we offer you the following payment options as PayPal services. Unless otherwise specified below, payment via PayPal does not require registration with PayPal. You will find further information within the respective payment option and in the ordering process.

PayPal
In order to be able to pay the invoice amount via the PayPal payment option, you must be registered with PayPal, legitimise yourself with your access data and confirm the payment instruction. The payment transaction will be processed by PayPal immediately after placing the order.

Credit card via PayPal
Your card will be charged by PayPal after the goods have been sent out.

Direct debit via PayPal
Precondition for payment by direct debit via PayPal is an address and credit check, the payment is made directly to PayPal. By confirming the payment instruction, you grant PayPal a direct debit mandate. You will be informed by PayPal about the date your account is charged (so-called prenotification). The account will be charged before the goods are sent out.

Invoice payment via PayPal
Precondition for the invoice payment via PayPal is an address and credit check, the payment is made directly to PayPal.

Invoice payment via PayPal and Ratepay
Precondition for the invoice payment via PayPal is an address and credit check, the payment is made directly to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin („Ratepay“).

SOFORT by Klarna
In order to pay the invoice amount via the payment service provider Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany, you must have a bank account activated for online banking, identify yourself accordingly and confirm the payment instruction. Your account will be charged immediately after placing the order. You will receive further instructions in the ordering process.

Amazon Pay
In order to pay the invoice amount via 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, legitimise yourself with your access data and confirm the payment instruction. The payment transaction will be processed within one banking day after the order is placed. A banking day is any working day except Saturdays, national public holidays and 24th and 31st December each year. You will receive further information in the ordering process.

Klarna
In cooperation with the payment service provider Klarna Bank AB (publ.), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden ("Klarna") we offer you the following payment options. Payment via Klarna is only available to consumers. Unless otherwise specified below, payment via Klarna requires a successful address and credit check and is made directly to Klarna. Further information is provided with the respective payment option and in the ordering process.

Purchase on account via Klarna
The invoice amount is due 14 days after shipping the goods and receipt of the invoice.

Financing via Klarna
You can pay the invoice amount in monthly instalments of at least 1/24 of the total amount. The amount of the minimum instalment is 6.95 euros.

Direct debiting via Klarna PayNow
You grant Klarna a SEPA direct debit mandate. Klarna will inform you about the date of charging your account (so-called prenotification). The account will be charged after the goods have been sent out.

Credit card via Klarna PayNow
You enter your credit card details in the ordering process. Your card will be charged by Klarna immediately after placing the order. An address and credit check does not take place.

6. Warranty and guarantees

6.1 Liability for defects

We are under a legal duty to supply products that are in conformity with this contract.

The statutory guarantee provisions (liability for defects) shall apply. With respect to consumers, statutory warranty rights governed by the law of the country where the consumer has his habitual residence shall apply. Information on any additional guarantees and their precise conditions that may apply can be found next to the product and on specific information pages in the shop, if applicable. Complaints can be submitted by consumers and businesses to our contact details given in the supplier identification.

When you exercise your warranty rights and we deem it necessary to receive the goods back in order to examine your complaint, you must send back the goods at our cost to the address provided for this purpose. We are committed to respond to any complaint immediately, but no later than within 14 days of its submission.

6.2 Guarantees and customer service

Information on any additional voluntary guarantees that may apply and their exact conditions can be found with the product and on special information pages in the online shop, if applicable.

7. Code of conduct

We have submitted to the following codes of conduct:

Trusted Shops (https://www.trustedshops.com/tsdocument/TS_QUALITY_CRITERIA_en.pdf)

8. Agreement on the use of Trusted Shops Buyer Protection

You can insure orders placed with us up to an order value of 2500 EUR free of charge via the buyer protection of Trusted Shops AG. The Trusted Shops buyer protection conditions apply, which you can find here. The buyer protection is concluded by clicking on the correspondingly designated button of the so-called Trustcard, which appears as a pop-up on the order thank-you page after an order has been placed. If you are already registered for buyer protection, your order will be automatically protected (automatic buyer protection) without you having to click on the button. In order to be able to offer you (automatic) buyer protection, the Trustcard must access order data stored in the cache of your browser. For this purpose, a hash value of your e-mail address as well as the order number and order total are transmitted to Trusted Shops. If you are already registered for buyer protection, your order is automatically protected. If you are not yet registered for buyer protection, you can register via the Trustcard as described above. Information on data protection at Trusted Shops is attached to the Buyer Protection Terms and Conditions linked above.

9. Online dispute resolution

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolutions (ODR) which can be accessed at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. In order to settle disputes arising from a contractual relationship with a consumer or from whether such a contractual relationship exists at all, we will participate in dispute settlement proceedings before a consumer dispute resolution body. Consumers can contact their national European Consumer Centre in this regard. The respective contact details of the individual ECCs can be found at https://www.evz.de/en/alternative-dispute-resolution/adr-in-europe/. The competent body in this matter is: Universalschlichtungsstelle des Bundes am Zentrum für Schlichtung e.V., Straßburger Straße 8, 77694 Kehl am Rhein, Germany, https://www.universalschlichtungsstelle.de/.