General Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions

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General Terms and Conditions with Customer Information

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Table of contents

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  1. scope
  2. conclusion of the contract
  3. right of withdrawal
  4. Prices and payment terms
  5. delivery and shipping conditions
  6. cancellation fee
  7. retention of title
  8. liability for defects (warranty)
  9. packaging
  10. Applicable Law
  11. Alternative Dispute Resolution

1) Scope

1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter "GTC") of MDS Handels- und Dienstleistungs-GmbH, trading under "Livinda" (hereinafter "Seller"), apply to all contracts for the delivery of goods that a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter "Customer") concludes with the Seller with regard to the goods presented by the Seller in his online shop. The inclusion of the Customer's own terms and conditions is hereby contradicted, unless otherwise agreed.

1.2 A consumer within the meaning of these Terms and Conditions is any natural person who concludes a legal transaction for purposes that cannot be attributed predominantly to their commercial or independent professional activity. An entrepreneur within the meaning of these Terms and Conditions is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity who, when concluding a legal transaction, acts in the exercise of their commercial or independent professional activity.

2) Conclusion of contract

2.1 The product descriptions contained in the seller's online shop do not constitute binding offers on the part of the seller, but serve to submit a binding offer by the customer.

2.2 The customer can submit the offer using the online order form integrated into the seller's online shop. After placing the selected goods in the virtual shopping cart and completing the electronic ordering process, the customer submits a legally binding contract offer with regard to the goods contained in the shopping cart by clicking the button that concludes the ordering process.

2.3 The Seller may accept the Customer’s offer within five days,

- by sending the customer a written order confirmation or an order confirmation in text form (fax or e-mail), whereby the receipt of the order confirmation by the customer is decisive, or

- by delivering the ordered goods to the customer, whereby the receipt of the goods by the customer is decisive, or

- by requesting payment from the customer after placing his order.

If several of the aforementioned alternatives exist, the contract is concluded at the time at which one of the aforementioned alternatives occurs first. The period for accepting the offer begins on the day after the offer is sent by the customer and ends on the expiry of the fifth day following the sending of the offer. If the seller does not accept the customer's offer within the aforementioned period, this is deemed to be a rejection of the offer with the consequence that the customer is no longer bound by his declaration of intent.

2.4 If a payment method offered by PayPal is selected, payment processing will be carried out via the payment service provider PayPal (Europe) S.à rl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter: “PayPal”), subject to the PayPal terms of use, which can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full or - if the customer does not have a PayPal account - subject to the conditions for payments without a PayPal account, which can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacywax-full. If the customer pays using a payment method offered by PayPal that can be selected in the online ordering process, the seller hereby declares acceptance of the customer's offer at the time the customer clicks the button that completes the ordering process.

2.5 When submitting an offer via the seller's online order form, the contract text is saved by the seller after the contract has been concluded and sent to the customer in text form (e.g. email, fax or letter) after the order has been sent. The seller will not make the contract text available beyond this.

2.6 Before submitting a binding order via the seller's online order form, the customer can identify possible input errors by carefully reading the information displayed on the screen. An effective technical means for better identifying input errors can be the browser's zoom function, which helps to enlarge the display on the screen. The customer can correct his entries as part of the electronic ordering process using the usual keyboard and mouse functions until he clicks the button that concludes the ordering process.

2.7 The German and English languages ​​are available for the conclusion of the contract.

2.8 Order processing and contact are usually carried out via email and automated order processing. The customer must ensure that the email address provided for order processing is correct so that emails sent by the seller can be received at this address. In particular, when using SPAM filters, the customer must ensure that all emails sent by the seller or by third parties commissioned by the seller to process the order can be delivered.

3) Right of withdrawal

3.1 Consumers generally have a right of withdrawal.

3.2 Further information on the right of withdrawal can be found in the seller’s cancellation policy.

4) Prices and payment terms

4.1 Unless otherwise stated in the seller's product description, the prices stated are total prices that include statutory sales tax. Any additional delivery and shipping costs that may arise are stated separately in the respective product description.

4.2 The payment option(s) will be communicated to the customer in the seller’s online shop.

4.3 If the payment method "SOFORT" is selected, payment processing will be carried out by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich (hereinafter "SOFORT"). In order to pay the invoice amount via "SOFORT", the customer must have an online banking account activated for participation in "SOFORT", identify themselves accordingly during the payment process and confirm the payment instruction to "SOFORT". The payment transaction will be carried out immediately afterwards by "SOFORT" and the customer's bank account will be debited. The customer can find more information about the payment method "SOFORT" on the Internet at https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.

4.4 If you select a payment method offered via the "Shopify Payments" payment service, payment processing will be carried out by the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter "Stripe"). The individual payment methods offered via Shopify Payments will be communicated to the customer in the seller's online shop. To process payments, Stripe may use other payment services for which special payment terms may apply, to which the customer may be informed separately. Further information on "Shopify Payments" is available on the Internet at https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms-payments-de.

4.5 If you select the payment method credit card via Stripe, the invoice amount is due immediately upon conclusion of the contract. Payment is processed via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter: "Stripe"). Stripe reserves the right to carry out a credit check and to reject this payment method if the credit check is negative.

5) Delivery and shipping conditions

5.1 The delivery of goods takes place by shipping to the delivery address specified by the customer, unless otherwise agreed. When processing the transaction, the delivery address specified in the seller's order processing is decisive.

5.2 If the delivery of the goods fails for reasons for which the customer is responsible, the customer shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by the seller as a result. This does not apply to the costs of delivery if the customer effectively exercises his right of cancellation. If the customer effectively exercises his right of cancellation, the provisions in the seller's cancellation policy apply to the return costs.

5.3 Self-collection is not possible for logistical reasons.

6) Cancellation fee

6.1 This cancellation clause only applies to the purchase of sofas. Within the first seven days after the conclusion of a contract for the delivery of a sofa, the customer can cancel his order free of charge. From the 8th day onwards, cancellation is still possible, but a flat-rate cancellation fee of EUR 250 will be charged to cover the costs and expenses already incurred.

6.2 To cancel an order, the customer must inform us of his/her wish to cancel by email or post, stating the order number and contact details, whereby the date of receipt of the cancellation by us is decisive.

6.3 In the event of cancellation within seven days, the full purchase price will be refunded without deduction. In the event of cancellation from the 8th day onwards, the purchase price will be refunded less the flat-rate cancellation fee of EUR 250. The refund will be made within 14 days of our confirmation of the cancellation.

7) Retention of title

If the seller makes advance payments, he reserves title to the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full.

8) Liability for defects (warranty)

8.1 If the purchased item is defective, the provisions of statutory liability for defects apply.

8.2 The customer is requested to complain to the deliverer about goods that have obvious transport damage and to inform the seller of this. If the customer does not do so, this will have no effect on his legal or contractual claims for defects.

9) Packaging

For logistical reasons, we cannot take back packaging that arises during the delivery of our products. The customer is responsible for properly disposing of all packaging materials.

10) Applicable law

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply to all legal relationships between the parties, excluding the laws governing the international sale of movable goods. For consumers, this choice of law shall only apply to the extent that the protection granted is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law of the state in which the consumer has his or her habitual residence.

11) Alternative dispute resolution

11.1 The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution on the Internet at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

This platform serves as a contact point for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online sales or service contracts involving a consumer.

11.2 The Seller is neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute settlement procedure before a consumer arbitration board.