Terms & Conditions
TERMS & CONDITIONS
These Terms and Conditions apply to your use of the Strongscountrystore.com website and every order placed with Strongscountrystore.com. We’re passionate about our customers and making sure that you’re happy and so the following sets out the terms and conditions that apply to your order in what we hope is a straight-forward and customer-friendly way.
OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU
When you place an order, you are offering to buy the product(s) from us, and we will send you an order acknowledgement. However, your order will only be accepted by us once your product(s) have been delivered to you. Until then we can decline to supply the goods – we will try to ensure that this never happens but we do, however, reserve the right not to fulfil your order for any reason if, for example; we have made an error on the price, the manufacturer cannot fulfil or similar or we are transitioning stock or simply can no longer obtain the product you need. In the event of these circumstances, we will refund you any price you’ve paid to us. Please note that we reserve the right not to accept an order for any reason and we won’t be liable to you or anyone else in these circumstances.
AVAILABILITY
We complete lots of deliveries a week, and so we have to rely on both a computer system and manual procedures for our stock control. Computers are better than people at this stuff but occasionally things can go wrong. If we get this wrong, we will tell you as soon as we know, and we will try to sort it out for you as quickly as possible via a refund, substitute or extended delivery (with your agreement).
OUR PRODUCTS
The images of the products on our website are for illustrative purposes only. Although we have made every effort to display the colours and the latest packaging accurately, but we cannot guarantee that a device’s display of the colours accurately reflects the colour of the products. On rare occasions your product may vary slightly from the images on our website as manufacturers and our supply chain do have a habit of refreshing their packaging periodically as so the packaging of the product may vary from that shown in images on our website. The image may also show only a particular size, and so be careful to choose the correct size if there are any variants or options available. With regards to our wood log and other fuel related products, there will be natural variations, but the parameters of each product’s specification are clearly shown on the website and may periodically be reviewed and amended by us.
DELIVERY
Strong’s Country Store uses a variety of delivery couriers to provide best service based upon weight, package dimensions and delivery location. Delivery options for most products supplied are normally available for you to choose at ‘Check Out’.
These include; 24hr, 48hr, Saturday deliveries or 3 – 5 workings days (and free delivery for orders over £40 - currently only in YO41/42/43 Postcodes)
All large, heavy or bulky deliveries (eg; large deliveries of Feeds, bedding, chaff etc) will be delivered on a pallet using a tail lift lorry with a hand pump truck. (No crane facilities). Unless stated at checkout, all these deliveries will be ‘Economy’ which is 3-5 working days from despatch.
WEEKEND DELIVERYS
Currently we do not offer timed deliveries, however;
- All packages weighing 2kg or under will be delivered Monday to Saturday (no Sunday delivery)
- All packages weighing over 2kg and up to 30kg will be delivered Monday to Friday. Saturday delivery can be specified for these heaver items at checkout but will incur a £10 charge for each package up to 30kg. Every 1kg over 30kg will incur a £0.30p per kilogramme additional charge.
All other delivery charges will be notified at checkout.
Orders received by 1:00 pm for items under 2kg and 3pm for items over 2kg will be despatched on the same working day and delivered within the specified lead time as quoted on the website.
PALLET DELIVERIES
Strong’s Country Store can despatch deliveries in the following sizes and weights;
- Light Pallet - 2.2m x 1.2m x 1m up to 750kg
- Half Pallet - 1.1m x 1.2m x 1m up to 500kg
- Quarter Pallet – 0.8m x 1.2m x 1m up to 250kg
- Mini Quarter pallet – 0.6m x 1.2m x 1m up to 150kg
Unless otherwise specified, our pallet deliveries will
Economy Delivery Service which is 48hr to 72hr for most of UK mainland and has delivery times between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. This is termed as an ‘open booking’ with no time specified, just the day that you have selected for delivery.
In addition you can choose the following;
- Weekday AM Delivery Service is available with delivery between 9.00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. for an additional charge of £15.00 per pallet.
- Weekday PM Delivery Service is available with delivery between 5:00 p.m and 9p.m. for an additional charge of £40.00 per pallet.
- Saturday AM Delivery Service is available with delivery between 9:00 a.m and 2p.m. (latest) for an additional charge of £40.00 per pallet but Economy Delivery orders must be received by Tuesday 3:00 p.m. otherwise it will be delivered the following Saturday. N.B. Saturday deliveries WILL NOT BE BOOKED IN, they will just appear on your chosen day and will be delivered between the hours of 9 a.m and 2.00 p.m.
Premium Next Day Delivery Service is also available, and goods will be delivered the day after despatch and within 1-2 working days of order. This will be delivered on your chosen day between 9.00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. You will receive an email to confirm that it has been despatched – it will then be delivered the following day as an ‘open booking’, but you will NOT receive a further call.
If you require a
Premium Next Day Delivery Service to be delivered on a
Saturday a.m then orders must be received by Tuesday 3:00 p.m. otherwise it will be delivered the following Saturday (or during the following week should you so wish)
In the event of you agreeing to delivery and not being at home during the agreed time period, or there not being a safe place to leave the goods, a redelivery charge of £20.00 per pallet will be made.
DELIVERY & ACCESS
Delivery drivers are not expected to manoeuvre the pallet beyond the rear of the vehicle but will risk assess each delivery and always be as helpful as possible where conditions allow.
In the event of a delivery not being possible due to poor access, steep incline or gravel drive then the delivery will have to be “kerbside” (i.e. left as near to the property as possible). If this is still not possible on the day, a re-delivery charge of £20 may be imposed.
All goods must be checked on arrival and delivery paperwork signed unless a prior agreement has been made with the delivery company to leave the goods at the property at which point these will be left at the customer’s risk. Goods which have arrived damaged and cannot be reasonably repaired must be disposed of by the customer at the cost of the customer.
On making a bulk purchase, once delivered the pallet on which the product is delivered automatically becomes the property of the purchaser.
Any delivery issues must be reported immediately to Strongscountrystore.com.
Lead times may extend during busy periods.
THINGS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these terms that are caused by events outside our reasonable control. Such events include any act, non-occurrence, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and include, in particular (without limitation), the following:
- Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action; or civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war; or
- Fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster or adverse weather; or
- Impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport; or
- Impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks
Our obligations under these terms are suspended for the period that such event continues, and we will have an extension of time to perform these obligations for the duration of that period. We will take reasonable steps to bring the event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations under these terms can be performed despite the event.
OUR LIABILTY TO YOU
At Strong’s Country Store, we strive to deliver great service to every customer. We also like to be honest and fair in all we do, so we acknowledge that sometimes mistakes happen. If a circumstance arises where we are accountable for a mistake, we want to ensure that we take full responsibility.
We are not liable for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption or business opportunity you may suffer.
We do not exclude liability for the following heads of loss:
Death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors.
Fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (title and quiet possession).
Breach of the terms implied by sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (description, satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and samples).
Defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Any customer reviews of the products we sell are the opinions of our customers and do not form part of the specification or description of the product. We shall not be liable if any of the information contained in a customer review proves inaccurate.
You acknowledge and agree that:
- The copyright in the photos, videos, data and text used on our website belongs to us and/or our suppliers and the general look and feel and format of our website belongs to us. You are permitted to use this material only as expressly authorised by us or our suppliers.
- We are entitled to change or amend our website without giving you notice (but the terms and conditions applicable when you placed your order will continue to apply to those products).
PAYMENT
You won’t be surprised to learn that you can pay with more or less any type of credit/debit card. This includes Maestro, Delta, MasterCard, American Express or Visa card and we do all we can to ensure your details are secure. We also accept PayPal on all online orders, and this doesn’t cost you any extra. If there are any problems with receiving payment we’ll let you know.
YOUR RIGHTS TO END THE CONTRACT
Your rights when you end the contract will depend on what you have bought, whether there is anything wrong with it, how we are performing when you decide to end the contract and whether you are a consumer or business customer. If you are a consumer then for products bought online you have a legal right to change your mind within 14 days of receiving the goods and receive a refund.
You may be able to get a refund if you are within the cooling-off period, but this may be subject to deductions, such as restocking charges, and you will have to pay the costs of return of any goods.
If you are ending a contract for a reason set out below the contract will end immediately and we will refund you in full for any products which have not been provided and you may also be entitled to compensation. The reasons are:
- the products do not meet the specifications shown on our website at the time of order. In this instance we offer a Money-Back Guarantee and shall arrange for the collection of the goods at our own costs and a full refund;
- we have told you about an error in the price or description of the product you have ordered and you do not wish to proceed;
- there is a risk supply of the products may be significantly delayed because of events outside our control;
- we have suspended supply of the products for technical reasons, or notify you we are going to suspend them for technical reasons, in each case for a period of more than one month; or
- you have a legal right to end the contract because of something we have done wrong.
Even if we are not at fault and you are not a consumer who has a right to change their mind, you can still end the contract before it is completed, but you may have to pay us compensation.
If you want to end a contract before it is completed where we are not at fault and you are not a consumer who has changed their mind, just contact us to let us know. The contract will end immediately, and we will refund any sums paid by you for products not provided but we may deduct from that refund reasonable compensation for the nett costs we will incur as a result of your ending the contract
How to end the contract with us (including if you are a consumer who has changed their mind)
To end the contract with us, please let us know by doing one of the following:
Call customer services on the telephone numbers on the 'Home' page or
contact us. or write to us at;
Strong’s Country Store
Tall Timbers
Chapel Street
Barmby Moor
YO42 4EN
Please simply email or write to us at the address above, including details of what you bought, your order number, when you ordered or received it and your name and address and contact details. However, we always suggest you ring first to discuss the issue.
If you end the contract for any reason after products have been dispatched to you or you have received them, you must return them to us at your cost. You must either return the goods in person to where you bought them or allow us to collect them from you. Please email us at
[email protected] for a return label or to arrange collection or visit the 'Returns' page on this website.
We will ONLY pay the costs of return:
- if the products are faulty or misdescribed, or
- if you are ending the contract because we have told you of an upcoming change to the product or these terms, or
- an error in pricing or description, or
- a delay in delivery due to events outside our control,or
- because you have a legal right to do so as a result of something we have done wrong;
In all other circumstances (including where you are a consumer exercising your right to change your mind) you must pay the costs of return which will be calculated at that time.If you are responsible for the costs of return and we are collecting the product from you, we will charge you the direct cost to us of collection.
If you are entitled to a refund under these terms, we will refund you the price you paid for the products including delivery costs, by the method you used for payment. However, we may make deductions from the price, as described below.
We will make any refunds due to you as soon as possible and in any event, within 14 days of your telling us you have changed your mind and receiving the goods returned to us in ‘as new’ saleable condition.
OUR RIGHTS TO END THE CONTRACT
We may end the contract for a product at any time by writing to you if:
- you do not make any payment to us when it is due and you still do not make payment within 7 days of us reminding you that payment is due, or you do not, within a reasonable time, allow us to deliver the products to you or collect them from us.
- We may write to you to let you know that we are going to stop providing the product. We will let you know at least 7 days in advance of our stopping the supply of the product and will refund any sums you have paid in advance for products which will not be provided.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will use the personal information you provide to us to:
- Supply and deliver the products. Process your payment for such products.
- Inform you about similar products or services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us.
- You agree that we may pass your personal information to our delivery agents or credit reference/fraud preventions agencies and that they may keep a record of any search that they do.
- We will not give your personal data to any other third party without your consent.
- Telephone calls may be recorded for training and monitoring purposes.
- If you attempt to make a payment but there is an error or delay in processing, we may use this information submitted to contact you to complete your order.
GENERAL
The contract made between us and all our and your rights and obligations shall be governed by English law and any disputes arising under it shall be heard in the English courts.
If you require any further information, please contact us at;
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Post: Assent Ltd (trading as Strong’s Country Store) Tall Timbers, Chapel St, Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire YO42 4EN (not open to visitors or the public)
Strong's Country Store.