Terms & Conditions

Tea Centre website terms and conditions for use. If you continue to use this website at teacentre.ca, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use.

Using this website indicates that you accept these terms regardless of whether or not you choose to order from us. If you do not agree with the terms listed below, discontinue use of our website. Furthermore, if you do not abide by the conditions set forth, your access and any future orders can and will be restricted.

teacentre.ca is operated by NETKENIC TEA CENTRE LTD., which is provincially registered in Courtenay, British Columbia under Canadian and Provincial jurisdiction.

General inquiries: teacentre@shaw.ca

1. Introduction

1.1 You will be able to access most areas of this website without registering for an account.

1.2 We may revise these terms and conditions at any time. You should check this website occasionally to review the current terms and conditions, because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these terms and conditions may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages of this website. If you do not wish to accept any new terms and conditions after we have given notice, you should not continue to use this website.

2. Ordering from us

2.1 You are deemed to place an order with us by ordering via our online checkout process. As part of our checkout process you will have the opportunity to check your order and to correct any errors. We will send you an order acknowledgement, detailing the products you have ordered.

2.2 Our acceptance of an order takes place when we dispatch the order. We will send you a dispatch confirmation by email. When we dispatch the order the purchase contract will be made even if your payment has been processed immediately, unless we have notified you that we do not accept your order or you have cancelled your order.

2.3 We may refuse to accept an order:

(a) where goods are not available;

(b) where we cannot obtain authorization for your payment;

(c) if there has been a pricing or product description error; or

(d) if you do not meet any eligibility criteria set out in our terms and conditions.

2.4 If your order has been dispatched and returned to us as undeliverable you can request a refund for the cost of the goods and any tax paid. Shipping is not eligible for a refund on undeliverable orders. Alternatively, you may request your order to be re-shipped.

3. Pricing

3.1 Our prices are exclusive of any sales tax. Taxes will be calculated and processed at checkout based on your location. Tax rates are based on standard BC tax laws. Delivery costs will be charged in addition. These additional charges are clearly displayed where applicable and included in the total cost.

3.2 Products are listed in CAD and will be charged CAD.

3.3 Prices are subject to change and promotion without notice.

4. Cancellation and returns policy

4.1 If you wish to cancel your order:

(a) you may notify us by email to teacentre@shaw.ca before we have dispatched the goods to you

(b) if the goods have been dispatched we are unable to modify or cancel an order

4.2 No refunds or exchanges will be provided, unless:

(a) the product does not match the description of what was ordered, or

(b) the product has defects as a result of the manufacturing process

5. Licence

5.1 You are not permitted to print and download extracts from this website for your own or commercial use.

5.2 Unless otherwise stated, the copyright and other intellectual property rights in all material on this website (including without limitation photographs and graphical images) are owned by us or our licensors. For the purposes of these terms and conditions, any use of extracts from this website other than in accordance with clause 5.1 above for any purpose is prohibited. If you breach any of the terms in these terms and conditions, your permission to use this website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from this website.

5.3 Subject to clause 5.1, no part of this website may be reproduced or stored in any other website or included in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without our prior written permission.

5.4 Any rights not expressly granted in these terms are reserved.

6. Service access

6.1 While we endeavour to ensure that this website is available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason this website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

6.2 Access to this website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control.

7. Visitor material and conduct

7.1 Other than personally identifiable information, any material you transmit or post to this website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. We will have no obligations with respect to such material. We and our nominees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.

7.2 You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Website any material:

(a) that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience;

(b) for which you have not obtained all necessary licenses and/or approvals;

(c) which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in Canada or any other country in the world; or

(d) which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).

7.3 You may not misuse this website (including, without limitation, by hacking).

7.4 We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in breach of clauses 7.2 or 7.3.

8. Links to and from other websites

8.1 Links to third party websites on this website are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave this website. We have not reviewed all of these third party websites and do not control and are not responsible for these websites or their content or availability. We therefore do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this website, you do so entirely at your own risk.

8.2 If you would like to link to this website, you may only do so on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the home page of this website, and subject to the following conditions:

(a) you do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the Tea Centre logo;

(b) you do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around this website;

(c) you do not in any way imply that we are endorsing any products or services other than our own;

(d) you do not misrepresent your relationship with us nor present any other false information about us;

(e) you do not otherwise use any Tea Centre trademarks displayed on this website without our express written permission;

(f) you do not link from a website that is not owned by you; and

(g) your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

We expressly reserve the right to revoke the right granted in this clause 8.2 for breach of these terms and to take any action we deem appropriate.

8.3 You shall fully indemnify us for any loss or damage we or any of our group companies may suffer or incur as a result of your breach of clause 8.2.

9. Registration

9.1 At this time, you are not required to register to order from teacentre.ca – this is subject to change at any time as deemed necessary. Account registration is optional and helps provide an easier ordering experience with saved user preferences.

10. Disclaimer

10.1 While we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the material on this website. We may make changes to the material on this website, or to the products and prices described in it, at any time without notice. The material on this website may be out of date, and we make no commitment to update such material.

10.2 The material on this Website is provided “as is” without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we provide you with this website on the basis that we exclude all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for these terms and conditions might have effect in relation to this website.

11. Liability

11.1 We, any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering this website), and any of our group companies and the officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise) in connection with this website in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of this website, any websites linked to this website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this Website or your downloading of any material from this website or any websites linked to this website.

11.2 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for (i) death or personal injury caused by negligence; (ii) fraud; (iii) misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or (iv) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

11.3 If your use of material on this website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you assume all costs thereof.

11.4 You agree to indemnify us fully, defend and hold us, and our officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of any breach of the terms and conditions by you, or your use of this website, or the use by any other person using your registration details.

12. Governing law and jurisdiction

12.1 These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Canadian law. Disputes arising in connection with these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Provincial and Federal courts.

12.2 We do not warrant that materials/items for sale on the website are appropriate or available for use outside Canada. It is prohibited to access the Website from territories where its contents are illegal or unlawful. If you access this website from locations outside Canada, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible for compliance with local laws.

13. Miscellaneous

13.1 You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these terms and conditions

13.2 If any provision of these terms and conditions is found by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions which shall continue to have full force and effect.

13.3 Only the parties to these terms and conditions may seek to enforce them.

13.4 Only one discount code may be applied in the checkout at one time.

13.5 Promotional discount codes are provided as a curtesy to consumers by Tea Centre. They are subject to change and expiry, may not be combined with other coupons, offers or discounts and have no cash value.

13.6 Gift certificates, e-gift certificates, or gift cards do not expire.

14. Privacy

Using this site means that you have read and understand our privacy policy. Click here to read our privacy policy.