Terms and Conditions for use of the Ricodeco website.

Welcome to Ricodeco (Pty) Ltd.

In addition to its five stores in the Limpopo area, Ricodeco showcases its business and products on the website platform, https://ricodeco.co.za, allowing you to browse products and find out more about us.

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Definitions

“Platform” means all Ricodeco websites, mobile or other applications, software, processes and any other products provided by or through Ricodeco.

“User” means a person who completes Ricodeco’s account registration process or a person who submits or receives a request through Ricodeco, including but not limited to Customers.

“Customers” means a User who is registered to requests quotes for product purchases, receive quotes for such requests, or otherwise uses the Platform for any other purposes.

Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of use set forth legally binding terms for your use of our Platforms. By using, installing or accessing our Platforms, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Ricodeco’s relationship with you in relation to this website. Please read them carefully.

Modifications of terms of use

Ricodeco reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, to amend, modify, revise, update, suspend, remove and/or otherwise change these Terms of Use without prior notice to you. All such amendments and modifications shall take effect immediately when posted on the Website. By continuing to access the Website or use the Products after any such amendments or modifications, you agree to be bound by such amended or modified Terms of Use. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms of Use whenever you use the Products. If you do not agree to any change to these Terms of Use, then you must immediately stop using the Website and the Products.

Eligibility for Use

By using the Ricodeco Platform to make a purchase, you represent and warrant that: (i) you are at least 18 years old, are at least of the legally required age in the jurisdiction in which you reside, and are otherwise capable of entering into binding contracts; and (ii) you have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and that you will so abide. Where you enter into this Agreement on behalf of a company or other organisation, you represent and warrant that you have authority to act on behalf of that entity and to bind that entity to this Agreement.

Registration

If you sign up for an account on the website, you must select a username and password and provide accurate, complete, and updated contact information, identification details, and any other form of authentication requested on the Service at Ricodeco’s sole discretion. Failure to do so constitutes a violation of these Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your licence to access and use the website. You agree not to impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your identity or affiliation with a person or entity.

By registering on the Website, the user agrees that:
(i) the user’s account and password are personal to the user and may not be used by anyone else to access the Website;
(ii) user will not do anything which would assist anyone who is not a registered user to gain access to any area of the Website requiring registration; and (iii) user will not pass off as and/or impersonate another user.;
The User agrees to notify us immediately in case of any unauthorised use of the user’s password or account identifiers by others.

Termination of registration

If the user no longer wishes to have a registered account, the user may terminate his account by deleting the same as provided on the Website. If the user no longer accepts these terms and conditions, or any future modification to these Terms & Conditions, the User must cease using the Website. Continued use of the Website indicates the user’s continued acceptance of these terms and conditions.
If for any reason, we believe that the user has not complied with these terms and conditions, we may, at our sole discretion, cancel the user’s access to the registration areas of the Website immediately and without prior notice.
We may terminate the user’s registered account, at our sole discretion, by emailing the user at the email address used for registration stating that the agreement has terminated.

Prices and payment

1. The price of products on the Website will be as quoted on the Website from time to time, except in the case of obvious errors. We may change the price and details of products at any time before we accept your order to purchase them. 
2. All prices are inclusive of VAT. 
3. Our fees are quoted in South African Rand, and we may change them from time to time. 
4. All prices listed on the Ricodeco Website for products are correct at the time of publication and Ricodeco will ensure all possible attention to keep these up to date.

Improper claims for client service compensation

Ricodeco reserves the right to verify that products claimed to have been provided by Ricodeco have in fact been provided for their intended use, and you will provide such information and take such other steps as reasonably requested by us to assist with such verification. 
If it is determined that a customer has claimed compensation for products that were not used according to their intended use, you may be liable to reimburse Ricodeco for the costs of the product(s) themselves and the time spent in investigating the improper claim for compensation.

Content

a. Feedback
You may from time to time provide suggestions, comments or other feedback with respect to the products either directly to Ricodeco or through the Site. Both parties agree that all feedback is and shall be given entirely voluntarily. Feedback, even if designated as confidential by the party offering the feedback, shall not be deemed to constitute confidential information or to impose any confidentiality or privacy obligations on Ricodeco. We ask that you limit your feedback to your first-hand experience (not what you heard from someone else) and that all feedback be factually accurate. If appropriate, we request that you update your feedback to reflect new experiences.

b. Content
For the purposes of this Agreement, any content, including your information, photos, feedback, or any other data or information that you upload through the Site shall be “Content.” We reserve the right to remove any content that we feel, in our sole discretion, violates this Agreement or Ricodeco’s guidelines. We shall be free to use, disclose, reproduce, license or otherwise distribute and exploit any content entirely without obligation or restriction of any kind on account of intellectual property rights or otherwise.

c. Content Restrictions
You will not post on the Site, transmit to third parties, or communicate any content (including links to content), or otherwise engage in any activity on the Site or through the Ricodeco Products, that:
i. contains photographs or images of another person unless you are that person’s parent or legal guardian;

ii. contains others’ copyrighted content unless you have written permission from the copyright owner;

iii. contains or discloses another person’s personal information without his or her written permission, or collects or solicits another person’s personal information for commercial or unlawful purposes;

iv. implies that the content is in any way endorsed or sponsored by Ricodeco;

v. is implicitly or explicitly offensive, such as content that engages in, endorses or promotes racism, bigotry, discrimination, hatred or physical harm of any kind;

vi. is intended to harass, annoy, threaten or intimidate any other users of the Site;

vii. is false, misleading, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented, or otherwise objectionable;

viii. involves the transmission of junk mail, chain letters, or unsolicited mass mailing or spamming, phishing, trolling or other similar activities;

ix. contains any malware (including but not limited to viruses, time bombs, trojan horses, cancelbots, worms or other harmful, or disruptive codes, components or devices);

x. is off-topic, meaningless, or otherwise intended to annoy or interfere with others’ use of the Site;

xi. uses scripts, bots or other automated technology to access the Site;

xii. attempts to circumvent Ricodeco’s messaging tools or booking platform, or attempts to avoid applicable fees;

xiii. otherwise violates (A) the rights of third parties, including rights of privacy or publicity, or (B) violates applicable laws and regulations.

Termination or suspension

You agree that Ricodeco may at any time terminate your access to the Ricodeco Website or restrict or suspend your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability. Ricodeco shall be entitled at any time without giving any reason to terminate the purchasing of products carried out by you.

Ownership

1. Except for the Content submitted by members or users, the Ricodeco service and all aspects thereof, including all copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights therein, is owned by Ricodeco.co.za or its licensors. 
2. You acknowledge that Ricodeco.co.za and any underlying technology or software used in connection with Ricodeco products contain Ricodeco’s proprietary information. 
3. You may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publically display or in any way exploit, any of the content, software, and/or materials available on the Ricodeco.co.za Site, or Ricodeco products in whole or in part except as expressly provided in Ricodeco’s policies and procedures. 
4. Except as expressly and unambiguously provided herein, Ricodeco.co.za and its suppliers do not grant you any express or implied rights, and all rights in the Ricodeco.co.za website not expressly granted by Ricodeco.co.za to you are retained by Ricodeco.co.za.

Disclaimer of Warranties

1. You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code.
2. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. 
3. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the site or any products or items obtained through the site or on any website linked to it.

The site, its content and any products or items obtained through the site are used at your own risk and are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Neither Ricodeco nor any person associated with us makes any warranty or representation with respect to the completeness, security, reliability, quality, accuracy, or availability of the site or that any products or items obtained through the site will otherwise meet your needs or expectations. We hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise. The foregoing does not affect any warranties which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Indemnity

The user agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith and interest chargeable thereon) asserted against or incurred by Company that arise out of, result from, or may be payable by virtue of, any breach or non-performance of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made or obligation to be performed by the user pursuant to these terms.
The user agrees that the user is solely responsible for anything he/she/it may post such as any information, content, user information, personal or sensitive data or any sort of query, response, information, etc. on the Website and that the user agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from the user’s violation of these Terms and Conditions, or any claims based upon the user’s posts/submissions on the Website.

Privacy

Any personal information you supply to us when you use this Website or the products will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement.