2. PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE WEBSITE
- BUYER:
- You agree and warrant to each Seller and separately to us that your information:
- is accurate and not false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent;
- does not breach any Intellectual Property Rights of a third party;
- is made in compliance with all applicable laws, government regulations or guidelines;
- is not forged, threatening or offensive or otherwise constitutes harassment;
- does not contain confidential information or trade secrets of a third party unless you have obtained the consent of the third party owner;
- does not contain any viruses, worms, trojan horses or other invidious programs or data, whether attached to or embedded in other programs or data or not;
- will not defame (libel or slander) another person or transmit misleading or inaccurate information of any kind, whether of a personal or commercial nature;
- your information will be kept up to date and that you will edit your account/profile and any other information accordingly. These changes may be effected as described in clause 16.15.
- you have the legal capacity to purchase any goods or services that you bid for, and, will not otherwise be breaching any law in purchasing those goods or services;
- you will not bid for any goods or services on this Site unless you are able, and have sufficient, available capacity to pay for those goods or services;
- the purchase of any goods and/or services on this Site is absolutely at your own risk;
- to the extent permitted by law, the Seller may exclude all terms, conditions and warranties whether express, implied, statutory, common law, or otherwise, relating to those goods and services, in all of the Seller's dealings in connection with the goods and services that you may purchase from the Seller on this Site; and
- you have obtained the necessary information required to comply with the Second Hand Goods Act from the Seller; (if applicable);
- if you are bidding for adult goods and services, that you have the legal right to purchase those goods and services.
2.2. SELLER:
- Subject to this Agreement you may post the goods and services that you wish to offer for sale on the Site;
- You agree that we or our nominated agent may undertake any necessary credit checks on you and/or your credit card where applicable.
- In addition to any other rights we may have under this Agreement, if you fail to comply with this Agreement; we may prevent you from participating in any auction on this Site, or using the Services.
- If you do so, you agree and warrant to the Buyer of those goods and services and separately to us that:
- your information:
- is accurate and not false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent;
- does not breach any Intellectual Property Rights of a third party;
- is made in compliance with all applicable laws, government regulations or guidelines;
- is not forged, threatening or offensive or otherwise constitutes harassment;
- does not contain confidential information or trade secrets of a third party unless you have obtained the consent of the third party owner;
- does not contain any viruses, worms, trojan horses or other invidious programs or data, whether attached to or embedded in other programs or data or not;
- will not defame (libel or slander) another person or transmit misleading or inaccurate information of any kind, whether of a personal or commercial nature; and
- does not contain child pornography, bestiality or any other obscene or offensive material;
- you are the legal owner of the goods and services you are offering for sale on this Site and you have the legal capacity to conclude the sale and to pass the title in the goods and services to the successful Buyer;
- you will not hyperlink to or include descriptions of goods and services that you are not offering for sale on this Site;
- if a Buyer who is a dealer in terms of the Second Hand Goods Act makes a request for the information necessary to complete his register, you agree that the said information will not be unnecessarily withheld;
- you will adhere to the Listing Policy.
- You represent and warrant to us and to the Buyer separately that your information will be kept up to date and that you will edit your account/profile and any other information accordingly. These changes may be effected as described in the Agreement.
- In addition to this, you represent and warrant to us and separately to the successful Buyer that:
- the goods and services you offer for sale and sell, on this Site:
- are reasonably fit for the purpose or purposes for which goods of that kind are commonly bought as it is reasonable to expect having regard to matters including, without limitation, the description of those goods and their price; and
- correspond with the description that you have posted on this Site; and
- if sold in bulk, will correspond with any samples; and
- are not defective; and
- are free of any charge or encumbrance such that the Buyer will be able to enjoy quiet possession of those goods;
- the services you offer for sale, and sell, on this Site:
- will be rendered with due care and skill; and
- any materials supplied in connection with any services will be reasonably fit for the purpose for which they have been supplied; an
- If the Buyer has made it known to you the particular purpose for which the services are required or the result the Buyer wishes any services to achieve, then those services and any materials supplied in connection with those services will be reasonably fit for that purpose or are of such nature and quality that they might be reasonably expected to achieve that result;
- the goods and/or services you offer for sale, and sell on this Site
- will be offered for sale, and sold, in compliance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa and especially that of the Consumer Protection Act that became effective 1 April 2011;
- are legally able to be offered for sale, and sold on this Site, and otherwise, that the offer and sale of those goods and services is not in contravention of any law
- The Seller may set a reserve price, or minimum price for the goods and services, but that reserve price or minimum price, as the case may be, must not be set out in the information provided about the goods or services to which that reserve price or minimum price, whichever is applicable, applies, or otherwise disclosed to any person at any time.
- In the information provided about the goods or services the Seller offers for sale, or sells on this Site, the Seller must set out the terms and conditions for sale of those goods or services, including the following:
- whether the auction is a Standard Auction, Credit Card Guaranteed Auction, or Buy Now Item, or a combination of any of the preceding auctions;
- as applicable, the minimum bid increments;
- in the case of a Buy Now Item, a Buy Now Price,
- date and time of opening, and closing, of the auction;
- payment terms;
- terms of delivery;
- returns policy
- taxes, duties and costs (including, without limitation, VAT, or other consumption taxes, customs and other import duties and tariffs) payable by the Buyer; and
- unless stated to the contrary, any value will be construed to refer to South African Rands;
- that both buy now and auction selling prices will be considered to include VAT
- and the Seller agrees that such terms and conditions will include any matters prescribed by us under this Agreement including the matters set out in this Agreement as well as any matter specified in the Aniware Guidelines
- If you are a Aniware approved Seller the payment-processing fee on all payments conducted through Aniware Credit Card are included in the success fee and final order value fee charged to the transaction. Any fees due will be deducted directly from the amount collected from the Buyer on behalf of the Seller. Currently there are no fees charged for payments made through Aniware EFT.
2.3 PAYMENT DETAILS – BUYER
- In addition to the above, we may request you to provide your valid and current credit card or bank account details to us at any time, whether before or after the bidding commences in respect of any goods or services, or at any time whatsoever.
- In addition to any other rights we may have under this Agreement, if you fail to comply with all clauses in this Agreement we may prevent you from participating in any auction in respect of any goods or services, or using the Services unless and until you provide those credit card details to us.
- By initiating and sending payment through any form of payment you acknowledge that Aniware may obtain the funds by any one or combination of the following means; by debiting the funds from your Aniware account, obtaining the funds per your instructions by debiting a bank account that you designate or charging your credit card. When you send a payment, until that payment is accepted by the recipient (which may occur instantly), you remain the owner of those funds and Aniware holds those funds as your agent, but you will not be able to withdraw those funds or send the funds to any other recipient unless the initial transaction is cancelled.
- In providing us with the information specified in this Agreement above, you consent to the processing and/or further processing of such personal information by Aniware in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act.
- In making use of the payment service you also acknowledge that (i) Aniware is not a bank and the Service is a payment processing service rather than a banking service, and (ii) Aniware is not acting as a trustee, fiduciary or escrow with respect to your funds.
2.4 ANIWARE DISCRETION
- We reserve the right in our sole discretion to alter or remove any information or withdraw any goods or services offered for sale by you, or a bid placed by you, if:
- that information and/or those goods or services, as applicable;
- infringe or is suspected of infringing the Intellectual Property Rights of any person (other than the Seller in question); or
- may create any liability for us whatsoever;
- In relation to the goods and services set out in the clauses above if we are not entirely satisfied that you are legally permitted to offer for sale or sell, those goods and/or services;
- you have not complied with any of the Clauses in this or any Agreement which is linked to this agreement
- in relation to a bid, we reasonably believe that bid is not a legitimate, or commercially realistic bid for the goods and/or services;
- it is otherwise in our commercial interests to do so;
- we are required by law to do so;
- you breach any provision of this Agreement;
- or for any other reason whatsoever, and you irrevocably and unconditionally agree that any rights that you may have had against us in respect of any action we may have taken under this Agreement are hereby waived.
2.5 COMPLETION OF SALE AND PURCHASE OF GOODS OR SERVICES
- We will notify the Seller and the successful Buyer of the successful sale (if any) of any goods or services by automated email when an auction closes.
- Following receipt of the Confirmation Notice the Seller and the successful Buyer will be solely responsible for the following matters, including, but not limited to:
- implementation of the sale and purchase of the goods or services, including reaching agreement on when risk in relation to the goods or services is passed onto the Buyer, and when title in the goods or services will be delivered to the Buyer;
- ensuring they comply with the laws applicable in the jurisdiction in which the Buyer and Seller are located, with respect to completion of the sale and purchase of the goods and services (including without limitation, any formalities required to be undertaken in relation to that sale and purchase as well as the formalities required in terms of the Second Hand Goods Act) and, if the Buyer and Seller are from different jurisdictions, then the governing law of any resultant contract or agreement between the Buyer and Seller will be Gauteng, the Republic of South Africa;
- arranging for payment of the goods or services;
- arranging any insurance (if any) in respect of the goods or services;
- as applicable, agreeing on a date for delivery of the goods or services; and
- payment of all applicable taxes, duties and costs (including, without limitation, VAT or other consumption taxes and customs and other import duties and tariffs) incurred in connection with the sale and purchase of the goods and services.
- Each Buyer agrees that we, or our nominated agent, may undertake any necessary credit checks on that Buyer's credit card and authorise us to provide those credit card details to the Seller in the relevant Confirmation Notice where such information was required and specified by the Seller under this Agreement
- We have no involvement in the sale and purchase of any goods and services other than providing a venue for an auction and as described in this Agreement so we will never accept returns of any goods and services purchased on this Site as we are not the Seller. You must therefore direct all enquiries, of whatever nature, including, but not limited to, goods and services being of a defective nature, not fit for a particular purpose, or non-delivery of any goods and services, to the Seller, at whose sole discretion, the goods or services may be replaced or the price refunded.
- Property Auctions - The successful conclusion of a Property auction is subject to the signed acceptance (signed contract) of the offer (final winning bid amount) by the seller or their duly authorized representative.
2.6 COMPLIANCE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- You agree to promptly inform us of any breach by you of the terms of this Agreement and of any conduct of another user that you think may be a breach of this Agreement, whether the conduct has ceased, is continuing, or may occur in the future.
- You agree that we may and will monitor your conduct if we believe that you are not complying with the terms of this Agreement. If we do, then we will respect your confidentiality, unless:
- doing so would or could implicate us in criminal behavior, a civil wrong, or any other claim by a person for which we may have to pay compensation;
- the law compels, requires, or makes it prudent and desirable for us to divulge or disclose the information we hold or know or any documents we possess; or
- we consider it necessary or desirable to make disclosures to preserve or enforce our interests or rights.
- If we believe, whether or not we have conducted any monitoring, that you are not, or may be in danger of not, complying with any of the provisions of this Agreement, then we may send you a warning asking you to rectify your conduct (although we will not be obliged to do so).
- If you:
- infringe or are suspected of infringing the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person;
- are suspected of having, or are found by conviction, settlement insurance or escrow investigation or otherwise, to have engaged in any fraudulent or other criminal activity in connection with this Site or any other web site; or
- have an over due payment on your Aniware Account; or
- otherwise breach this Agreement, we may, in our absolute discretion:
- withhold from you, your use of any or all of the Services;
- delete or remove, without incurring any liability to you, any or all of your information and block in-coming and out-going data or message transfers;
- restore the Services if and when you can demonstrate clear and complete adherence to the terms of this Agreement on a permanent and consistent basis; and
- terminate the Agreement that we have entered into with you, and cancel our obligations to provide the Services, if we are not satisfied that you will clearly and completely adhere to the terms of this Agreement, on a permanent and consistent basis, if the Services are restored to you.