Terms of Use
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
for your purchase of goods and/or services from and/or through this
website
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT. These Terms and Conditions and the
WarrantyShopping.com Quote Form (collectively, this "Agreement")
contains the entire agreement between you ("you" or "Customer") and WarrantyShopping.com and any Affiliate (as defined in Section 7 below)
with respect to your purchase of any goods and/or services through
WarrantyShopping.com's website. This Agreement supersedes any prior
written or oral agreements
between the parties. This Agreement may not be amended except
by a written agreement
executed by the party to be charged with the amendment. In the
event of a conflict between these Terms and Conditions and the WarrantyShopping.com
Quote
Form, these Terms and Conditions shall control. The WarrantyShopping.com
Disclaimer is deemed to be a part of, and is incorporated by
reference
into, these Terms
and Conditions.
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SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall
be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining
provisions shall continue
to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision
of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting
such provision
it would
become valid and enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed
to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited.
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WAIVER OF CONTRACTUAL RIGHT.
The failure of WarrantyShopping.com to enforce any provision
of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver
or limitation of WarrantyShopping.com's right to subsequently
enforce and compel strict compliance with that provision or any other
provision
of this
Agreement.
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APPLICABLE LAW; FORUM. All questions concerning
the construction, validity, and interpretation of this Agreement and
the performance of
the obligations
imposed by this Agreement shall be governed by the internal law,
not the law of conflicts, of the State of Maryland. NOTWITHSTANDING
THE FOREGOING,
THE
PARTIES EXPRESSLY OPT OUT OF THE MARYLAND UNIFORM COMPUTER TRANSACTIONS
ACT ("MUCITA")
AS PERMITTED BY SECTION 22-104 OF MUCITA. Any suit, action or
proceeding against a party to this Agreement brought by another
party with regard
to this Agreement
or the rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement
shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District
of Maryland
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Northern Division, located in Baltimore City, Maryland or, if
federal jurisdiction is not available, in the appropriate court
of the State
of Maryland that is
located in Baltimore City, Maryland. The parties hereby irrevocably
consent to the jurisdiction of the aforementioned courts. In addition,
and notwithstanding
the foregoing, Customer irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have
to the laying
of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in
any such court and
any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in
any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Final judgment in any such
suit,
action or proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive
and binding upon Customer and may be enforced in any court in which
Customer
is subject to jurisdiction
by a suit upon such judgment.
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WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO
THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY COURT AND IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING,
WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, IN WHICH ANY SUCH PARTY,
OR ANY SUCCESSOR OR ASSIGN OF SUCH PARTY, ARE PARTIES, AS TO ALL MATTERS
AND
THINGS ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING, DIRECT OR INDIRECTLY, TO THIS AGREEMENT AND
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES HEREUNDER.
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PARTIES IN INTEREST. This
Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable
by the parties to this Agreement and
their respective successors, heirs, legatees, personal representatives
and permitted
assigns permitted by this section. No assignment, delegation
or other conveyance of this Agreement or of any rights or obligations
hereunder
may be made by
Customer (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior
written consent of WarrantyShopping.com. WarrantyShopping.com may assign,
delegate
or otherwise
convey its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any
other party.
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REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. WITH THE SOLE
EXCEPTION OF THE GUARANTEE STATED IN THE WARRANTYSHOPPING.COM DISCLAIMER,
ANY GOODS
AND/OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU BY WARRANTYSHOPPING.COM
ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS" BY WARRANTYSHOPPING.COM, WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND TO YOU
OR ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES (I) OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE;
(II) OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT OR ACCURACY; (III) OF NON-INFRINGEMENT;
(IV) OF QUIET
ENJOYMENT; OR (V) OF TITLE.
WARRANTYSHOPPING.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO ANY GOODS AND/OR SERVICES PROVIDED
TO YOU
BY OR THROUGH
OTHER PERSONS VIA THIS WEBSITE, COLLECTIVELY, ALL SUCH
PERSONSARE REFERRED TO HEREIN
AS "AFFILIATES".
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LIMITATION OF REMEDY. Customer agrees that the aggregate
liability of WarrantyShopping.com and its stockholders, members, partners,
directors,
managers,
officers, employees, agents and Affiliates (each, a "WarrantyShopping.com
Indemnified Party" and collectively, the "WarrantyShopping.com Indemnified Parties") to Customer or to Customer's stockholders, members, partners, managers, directors,
officers, employees or agents for any action, damage, claim,
liability, cost, expense or loss in any way arising out of or related
to this Agreement
and/or
any inspection of any vehicle by WarrantyShopping.com or any
of its agents, and/or out of other goods and/or services provided
by WarrantyShopping.com
or any Affiliate shall be limited to (i.e., may not be more than,
but can be less than) the fees paid by Customer to WarrantyShopping.com
pursuant
to
this Agreement. In no event shall any of the WarrantyShopping.com
Indemnified Parties be liable to Customer or to Customer's stockholders,
members,
partners, managers, directors, officers, employees or agents
for consequential, exemplary,
special, direct, indirect, incidental or punitive damages, including,
without limitation, lost profits or opportunity costs even if
any or all of the WarrantyShopping.com
Indemnified Parties were notified of the possibility or likelihood
of such damages occurring. The provisions of this section shall
apply regardless
of the form of action, damage, claim, liability, cost, expense
or loss, whether in contract, statute, tort (including, without
limitation, negligence).
In
jurisdictions that prohibit the exclusion or limitation of liability
for consequential, incidental or other damages, the liability
of each WarrantyShopping.com Indemnified
Party is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
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INDEMNITY. Customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each WarrantyShopping.com
Indemnified Party from and against (and will pay upon demand
each WarrantyShopping.com Indemnified Party the amount of) any and
all losses, liabilities, claims,
costs (including costs of investigation and defense), damages
and expenses (including attorneys' fees) which any WarrantyShopping.com
Indemnified
Party may sustain resulting from, arising out of, relating
to or caused by (a) any
breach by Customer of any covenant or other agreement of Customer
contained in this Agreement; (b) any breach of any representation or
warranty made
by Customer in this Agreement; and/or (c) any third-party claim,
including claims
of WarrantyShopping.com inspectors and Affiliates, brought
against WarrantyShopping.com as a result of Customer's actions. In
connection with any action or proceeding
that may give rise to an obligation of Customer to indemnify
a WarrantyShopping.com
Indemnified Party, the WarrantyShopping.com Indemnified Party
shall have the exclusive right, at its option, to defend, compromise
and/or
settle the action or proceeding, and the Customer shall be
bound by the determination
of any action or proceeding so defended or any compromise or
settlement so effected. The remedies provided in this section are not
exclusive
of and do
not limit any other remedies that may be available to any WarrantyShopping.com
Indemnified Party.
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FORCE MAJEURE. In the event WarrantyShopping.com
or any Affiliate shall be delayed or hindered in, or prevented
from, the performance of
any act required
of it by reason of failure of power, telecommunications or connectivity
failure, computer malfunctions, restrictive governmental laws
or regulations, a labor
dispute, industry disturbance, fire, unusually severe weather
conditions, riot, insurrection, war, act of terrorism, act of God or
any circumstance
or cause beyond the control of such party in the reasonable conduct
of its business (each such cause or event being hereinafter referred
to
as a "Force
Majeure"), then performance of such acts will be excused for the period of the delay
and the period for performance of any such act shall be extended
for a period equivalent to the period of such delay.
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WarrantyShopping.com
OPPORTUNITY TO CURE. Prior to taking any action against WarrantyShopping.com
or any Affiliate as a result of a breach
by such party of its obligations under this Agreement, Customer
shall provide WarrantyShopping.com
with written notice of the breach and WarrantyShopping.com or
the Affiliate shall have thirty days to cure such breach.
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TAXES. The price to Customer
set forth on WarrantyShopping.com'S website does not include
sales, use, excise or any other applicable ad
valorem taxes
or assessments. Such taxes or assessments, if any, will be added
to Customer's price. Customer agrees to pay to WarrantyShopping.com
on demand any such
tax or assessment.
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SURVIVAL. The provisions of this Agreement that
by their nature are reasonably intended to survive the Agreement's
termination, including,
but not limited to, sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of these Terms
and Conditions, shall survive the termination of this Agreement. In
addition, any of
Customer's
obligations under any provision of this Agreement which have
accrued but have not been fully satisfied, performed or complied with
prior to
the termination
of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement
to the extent necessary for the full and complete performance of such
provisions.
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NOTICES. All notices, requests, consents, demands
or other communications given under this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be deemed
duly given and received (a) upon personal delivery to the party to
whom it
is directed;
(b) seven days after being sent by certified or registered mail
return receipt requested, to the party to whom it is directed, postage
and charges
pre-paid;
(c) one business day after being sent by express overnight delivery
by a national carrier to the party to whom it is directed; (d) upon
being
transmitted by
facsimile to the party to whom it is directed so long as the
sender retains the confirmation copy indicating that the facsimile
was received by the
party to whom its is directed; or (e) upon actual delivery if
sent by electronic mail or any other electronic means (electronic mail
or any
other electronic
means shall constitute a writing for purposes of this Agreement).
All notices,
requests, consents, demands and other communications (i) to Customer
shall be addressed at the
addresses set forth in the WarrantyShopping.com Quote Form and (ii) to
WarrantyShopping.com, shall be addressed to feedback@WarrantyShopping.com.com
or the address set forth
in the "contact us" section of WarrantyShopping.com.
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HEADINGS. The headings and other captions
in this Agreement are for convenience and reference only and
shall not be used in interpreting,
construing or enforcing any of the provisions of this Agreement.
Common nouns and pronouns
will be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter,
singular, and plural, as the context may require.