These general terms and conditions of sale (“General Terms and Conditions of Sale”) apply to any order you place through www.abwak.org including memberships and event tickets, and any products you purchase from ABWAK in person at one of our events.

IN PERSON PURCHASES

PAYMENT

All card payments are subject to authorisation by your card issuer. We take full payment immediately for all products.

Memberships and Event Tickets

These can be paid for in person with cash during one of our events.  However, details still need to be registered and conditions verified through the Website before the purchase is confirmed and the membership is valid or the place on the event is reserved.

REFUNDS

Our refund policy does not affect your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act or other applicable legislation.  Refunds will be given on return of the product in person during the event, provided that the product has not been damaged or used, and is in the same condition as when it was purchased.  This will be at the discernment of the ABWAK representative in charge of sales at the event.

WEBSITE PURCHASES

In respect of orders placed through the Website, these General Terms and Conditions of Sale apply regardless of how you access the Website, including via any technologies or devices by which ABWAK makes the Website available to you at home or on the move. You must read these General Terms and Conditions of Sale carefully. By placing an order through the Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these General Terms and Conditions of Sale in their entirety. If you do not agree to these General Terms and Conditions of Sale in their entirety, you must not order any product or service through the Website.

PLACING AN ORDER

To place an order, you can log in as a member which will require you to provide some compulsory personal information. Alternatively, you can choose to place your order via the guest checkout.  Please see our Privacy and Cookie Policy for more information on how your personal information will be used.

You confirm that all information and details provided by you to us (including on registration) are true, accurate and up to date in all respects and at all times. You can update or correct your details at any time by logging in as a member and editing your profile.

When you order through the Website via our guest checkout you will still need to provide us with certain compulsory personal information in order for us to process your order. We will not store the details that you provide via guest checkout (save for processing your order, or if you have opted in to receive marketing from us, or until after the event that the tickets are purchased for).

Memberships

When you apply for membership, we may provide you with and/or ask you to use passwords or other means to allow you to access certain areas of the Website and/or to maintain your account security. It is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your password and account information. ABWAK shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise as a result of any failure by you to protect your password or account. Should you become aware of or suspect any unauthorised use of your password or account, please contact us immediately. If ABWAK is suspicious of any fraudulent activity coming from your account, it can reserve the right to refuse you access to your account and can delete the account.

ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR ORDER

Please note that completion of the online checkout process does not constitute our acceptance of your offer to purchase products or services from us. We will notify you by email as soon as possible to acknowledge that we have received and are processing your order. Our acceptance of your order will take place only when we take payment from you and despatch the product(s), or on processing the necessary requirements and confirming the membership or event booking.  Prior to despatch of the product(s), ABWAK has the right to decline an order for any reason, including legal and regulatory reasons in line with the governance of our organisation.

Memberships can take up to two weeks to be processed and validated.  Any queries should be sent to membership@abwak.org.

The duration of our contract with you will start from when you receive the order despatch email and last until the last day of your right to return the products.

If we cannot supply you with the product or service you ordered, we will not process your order, inform you of this in writing (including email) and, if you have already paid for the product or service, refund you in full as soon as reasonably possible.

If the fulfilment of an order (or any aspect of it) would be illegal or unlawful, including by reason of breach of export controls or sanctions rules, ABWAK has the right to stop or cease to fulfil the order at any time, including after despatch of products and/or notification to you that the order has been received and is being processed.  You acknowledge that ABWAK shall incur no liability in such circumstances.

PAYMENT

During the checkout process, you will be asked to enter your payment details. Where you are using either credit or debit card, by completing your payment details you confirm that the credit or debit card being used is yours. All fields indicated as compulsory must be completed. Please note that we may collect and store your information, using an encrypted secure payment mechanism and will only use your information in accordance with our Privacy and Cookie Policy. Please be advised that where you select either Stripe or PayPal as a payment method, we will pass certain information to the relevant party (name, address, delivery address, email address, and phone number) so that they can process your application and provide the service. Once this information has been passed to the relevant party, ABWAK shall remain a data controller and that party shall also be a data controller in relation to that data. See the terms and conditions of Stripe, PayPal and ABWAK including Privacy Policy for full details.

All card payments are subject to authorisation by your card issuer. We take full payment immediately for all products and services.

Opting for Manual Payment must be followed by full payment in cheque to the relevant address as shown on the Website.  Any orders by manual payment, whether for products or event bookings, will not be dispatched or confirmed until payment is received.

All products ordered will remain the property of ABWAK until we have delivered the products to the address specified by you. If your payment is not received and you have already received the products you ordered from us, you must pay for (in full) or return those products to us in accordance with our reasonable return instructions and in the same condition that you received them at your own expense. If you do not do this within 30 days of the date on which we cancel your order, we may collect or arrange for collection of the products at your expense. We reserve the right to charge you for any and all damage to (or other adverse interference with) any products that are the subject of an unpaid order.

DELIVERY (including delivery charges and timescales)

Delivery charges and timescales vary depending on the type of products ordered, the service you select and the delivery address.  Our delivery charges are as follows:

£2.00 P&P for small items

£3.50 P&P for larger/heavier items

Please note that certain products and services may be subject to alternative delivery charges, restrictions and/or timescales.

Delivery will be to the UK or international address specified in your order. If no one is available at a residential or other address at the time of delivery, a note will be left to advise whether your order has been left in a safe place e.g. with a neighbour, or returned to depot.

All risk in the products you order (including risk of loss and/or damage to the products) shall pass to you when they are delivered to the delivery address specified in your order.

We shall be under no liability for any delay or failure to deliver products if the delay or failure is wholly or partly caused by circumstances beyond our control.

In the UK, delivery charge refunds can only be made in accordance with your statutory rights under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 and other applicable legislation. Similar rights may apply for some international deliveries. For further information about your statutory rights see “Your Right to Cancel” section below and contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice centre (for example the Citizen’s Advice Bureau for UK customers).

International Delivery

Due to customs, legal, regulatory and certain practical restrictions applicable to orders placed for international delivery, some of our products may not be available for delivery to certain destinations outside the UK. ABWAK reserves the right to define what can and cannot be delivered to which destination.

Payment – Purchases will be made in Pounds Sterling. International credit card providers or banks will determine the exchange rate and may add an additional processing or administration charge in relation to such payment which international credit card holders will be liable to pay.

ABWAK products are sold on a delivery duty unpaid basis. The recipient may have to pay import duty or a formal customs entry fee prior to or on delivery. Additional taxes, fees or levies may apply according to local legislation and customers are required to check these details before placing an order for international delivery.

Where applicable, it will be your sole responsibility to comply with any export controls or sanctions rules applicable to goods supplied to you. 

Delays

Where the supply of your product(s) or service(s) is delayed or prevented for reasons beyond our control (for example, material shortages, import delays or higher than anticipated demand) we will make every effort to keep you informed but shall be under no liability to you for such delay or failure.

CHANGES TO YOUR ORDER

Any changes to your order must be notified to us in writing and within a reasonable time to:

  • All merchandise            merchandise@abwak.org
  • Memberships               membership@abwak.org
  • Events                          the event organiser as shown on the webpage for the particular event

If you amend or change your order you may find there are changes to your delivery timetable and / or the price you pay for the item (you will be charged the current selling price on the day you amend your order). 

YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL

If you are contracting with us as a consumer online you have the right to cancel (under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (the “Regulations”)), all or part of your contract at any time up to 14 calendar days after the day on which you receive the goods or services you ordered. This right to cancel does not apply to goods or services purchased in person.

Any paid delivery charge will be included in your refund once we have received all (not part) of your order to the specified address below. Please note that the delivery charge refund will be to the value of standard delivery.

Cancellation of event bookings must be made at least 3 weeks prior to the event to qualify for a refund.  Please notify the event organiser as soon as possible if you wish to cancel.

To exercise your right of cancellation, you must inform us of your decision to cancel the contract in writing within 14 calendar days after the day on which you receive the goods you ordered, which you can do so by emailing:

You must take reasonable care of the goods while in your possession. You shall send back any goods, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your cancellation of from the contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back any goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning any goods to us.

Products should be returned in or with their original packaging. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the unnecessary handling of the goods in excess of what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

You may return the goods to the following Specified Returns Address:

ABWAK Merchandise
Please contact merchandise@abwak.org for the current address for returning products.

We will process your refund within 14 days of receipt.

This is not intended to be a full statement of all of your rights under the Regulations. Full details of your rights under the Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens’ Advice Bureau or your Local Authority’s Trading Standards Office.

SALE POLICY

For sale items purchased via our Website, we will be happy to either refund or exchange an item if you change your mind within 14 days of receipt.

RETURNS

Products lost or damaged in transit

If you choose to return any products to us, we will not be responsible for any loss or damage to them in transit and, for this reason, we recommend that you use a recorded delivery service. If returned products are lost or damaged in transit, we reserve the right to charge you (or not to refund any amounts attributable to) such loss or damage.

Returns by post

Items returned by post will have to be returned at your cost unless in accordance with your statutory rights.

Damaged or incorrectly supplied products

You should check all products you receive against your order. If the products you receive are damaged or incorrectly supplied on delivery then you must note the details of any damage or error in supply on the delivery documentation or if you are unable to view the items on receipt, you must inform us (by post or email only) within a reasonable period of time. You must return the products to us as soon as possible after informing us that the products are damaged or have been incorrectly supplied. We may offer you a replacement product and any refunds given by us will be made to the debit/credit card account or by cheque (as applicable) provided when you placed your order and will be subject to our right to withhold amounts for products which are damaged on return.

YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS

In addition to the cancellation rights noted above, these include that the goods you purchase are of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described. Within 30 days of the delivery, you may exercise the right to a refund if the product purchased is not of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose or as described. After the 30 day period, but within six months of the date of delivery and where the product is faulty, you are entitled to a repair or replacement or where that is not possible, or the repair/ replacement does not resolve the fault, a refund. After six months of the date of delivery, similar rights exist, but only if you can prove that the fault was present at the point of delivery.

For further information about your statutory rights, in the UK please contact your local authority Trading Standards Department or Citizen’s Advice Bureau.

PRODUCT AND SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS

We have taken reasonable precautions to try to ensure that prices quoted on the Website are correct and that all products have been fairly described. However, when ordering products or services through the Website, please note that:

  • orders will only be accepted if there are no material errors in the description of the goods or services or their prices as advertised on this Website;
  • all prices are displayed in pounds Sterling inclusive of UK VAT where applicable (except for our International Deliveries, please see the International Delivery section below for further detail) unless expressly indicated otherwise;
  • packaging may vary from that shown on the Website;
  • the weights, dimensions and capacities shown on the Website are approximate only;
  • whilst we try to display the colours of our products accurately on the Website, the actual colours you see will depend on your monitor and we cannot guarantee that your monitor’s display of any colour will accurately reflect the colour of the product on delivery;

The purchase of event tickets and memberships made available on the Website are subject to age requirements specified in our Constitution and Byelaws.  If you are underage, you must not attempt to order these products through the Website.

LEGAL COMPLIANCE

You agree that you will not use, sell or supply any product(s) purchased from ABWAK in an unlawful manner and, in particular, will comply with all export controls and sanctions rules.

LIABILITY

There are certain liabilities which we cannot exclude by law and nothing in these General Terms and Conditions of Sale limits our liability for personal injury or death caused by our negligence or for fraud.

You have certain rights as a consumer, including statutory rights relating to faulty or misdescribed goods. Your statutory rights operate in addition to our goodwill policy. For further information about your statutory rights in the UK, contact your local authority Trading Standards Department or Citizen’s Advice Bureau. Nothing in these General Terms and Conditions of Sale will affect these statutory rights and, in particular, we will perform our obligations under these General Terms and Conditions of Sale with reasonable care and skill.

Any products we supply to you will be of satisfactory quality. If we deliver a product to you that is not of satisfactory quality, you can contact us for a repair or replacement or, where this is not possible, for a refund.

We are only responsible for losses that are a natural, foreseeable consequence of our breach of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale. We will not be liable to you if we are prevented or delayed from complying with our obligations under these General Terms and Conditions of Sale by anything you (or anyone acting on your behalf) does or fails to do or due to events which are beyond our reasonable control.

You must follow any advice we give you to keep products we supply to you safe (including any instructions or product manuals provided with the products). We cannot accept liability for damage to products we have supplied which is caused by your failure to follow this advice.

In any event we will not be liable for any losses related to any business of yours including (without limitation) lost data, lost profits, lost revenues or business interruption.

COMPLAINTS

If your complaint is about a product, our Website or anything else, please use our customer service template, available on the contact page of our Website.

Questions?

We hope this Privacy Notice has been helpful in setting out the way we handle your personal data and your rights to control it.

If you have any questions that haven’t been covered, please contact our Membership Officer who will be pleased to help you: