General terms and conditions and customer information

General Terms and Conditions

§ 1 Basic provisions

(1) The following business terms are applicable to all the contracts, which you conclude with us as a supplier (expressivart.com, Gysbert Savelkouls) via the website www.expressivart.com. Unless otherwise agreed, the inclusion of your own terms and conditions, if any, is hereby rejected. (expressivart.com, Gysbert Savelkouls) via the website www.expressivart.com. Unless otherwise agreed, the inclusion of your own terms and conditions, if any, is hereby rejected. über die Internetseite www.expressivart.com schließen. Soweit nicht anders vereinbart, wird der Einbeziehung gegebenenfalls von Ihnen verwendeter eigener Bedingungen widersprochen.

(2) A consumer within the meaning of the following provisions is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly outside their trade, business or profession. An entrepreneur is any natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity who or which, when entering into a legal transaction, acts in exercise of his or its independent professional or commercial activity.

§ 2 Conclusion of the contract

(1) The subject of the contract is the sale of expressionist pictures (hereinafter referred to as pictures)

(2) By placing the respective product on our website, we make you a binding offer to conclude a contract via the online shopping basket system under the conditions specified in the item description. 

(3) The contract is concluded via the online shopping basket system as follows:
Die zum Kauf beabsichtigten Waren  werden im „Warenkorb“ abgelegt. Über die entsprechende Schaltfläche in der Navigationsleiste können Sie den „Warenkorb“ aufrufen und dort jederzeit Änderungen vornehmen. Nach Anklicken der Schaltfläche „Kasse“ oder „Weiter zur Bestellung“  (oder ähnliche Bezeichnung) und der Eingabe der persönlichen Daten sowie der Zahlungs- und Versandbedingungen werden Ihnen abschließend die Bestelldaten als Bestellübersicht angezeigt. If you use an instant payment system (e.g. PayPal, Amazon Pay, Sofort, giropay) as a payment method, you will either be taken to the order overview page in our online shop or redirected to the website of the provider of the instant payment system. If you are redirected to the respective instant payment system, make the appropriate selection or enter your data there. Finally, the order data will be displayed as an order overview on the website of the provider of the instant payment system or after you have been redirected back to our online shop. Before submitting the order, you have the option of checking the details in the order overview again, changing them (also using the "back" function of the Internet browser) or cancelling the order. By sending the order via the corresponding button ("order with obligation to pay", "buy" / "buy now", "order with obligation to pay", "pay" / "pay now" or similar designation), you declare legally binding acceptance of the offer, whereby the contract is concluded.

 

(4) Your enquiries regarding the preparation of an offer are non-binding for you. We will submit a binding offer to you in text form (e.g. by e-mail), which you can accept within 5 days (unless another period is specified in the respective offer).

(5) The processing of the order and transmission of all information required in connection with the conclusion of the contract is partially automated by e-mail. You must therefore ensure that the e-mail address you have provided to us is correct, that the receipt of e-mails is technically ensured and, in particular, that it is not prevented by SPAM filters.

§ 3Customised goods

You undertake not to transmit any data whose content infringes the rights of third parties (in particular copyrights, naming rights, trademark rights) or violates existing laws. 

§ 4 Special agreements on payment methods offered

Cash on possible collection

Direct debit 

Bank transfer

PayPal

(3) Payment via "PayPal" / "PayPal Checkout"
If you select a payment method that is offered via "PayPal" / "PayPal Checkout", the payment will be processed via the payment service provider PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal"). The individual payment methods via "PayPal" are displayed to you under a correspondingly labelled button on our website and in the online ordering process. PayPal" may use other payment services for payment processing; if special payment terms apply, you will be informed of these separately. You can find more information about "PayPal“ at: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/legalhub-full.

§ 5 Right of retention Retention of title, Eigentumsvorbehalt

(1) You may only exercise a right of retention insofar as it concerns claims arising from the same contractual relationship

(2) The goods shall remain our property until the purchase price has been paid in full.

(3) If you are an entrepreneur, the following also applies:

a) We reserve title to the goods until all claims arising from the current business relationship have been settled in full. Pledging or transfer of ownership by way of security is not permitted prior to the transfer of ownership of the reserved goods.

b) You may resell the goods in the ordinary course of business. In this case, you hereby assign to us all claims in the amount of the invoice amount that accrue to you from the resale; we accept the assignment. You are further authorised to collect the claim. However, if you do not properly fulfil your payment obligations, we reserve the right to collect the claim ourselves

c) If the goods subject to retention of title are combined and mixed, we shall acquire co-ownership of the new item in the ratio of the invoice value of the goods subject to retention of title to the other processed items at the time of processing.

d) We undertake to release the securities to which we are entitled at your request to the extent that the realisable value of our securities exceeds the claim to be secured by more than 10%. The selection of the securities to be released shall be incumbent on us.

§ 6 Warranty

(1) The statutory warranty rights apply.

(2) As a consumer, you are requested to check the goods immediately upon delivery for completeness, obvious defects and transport damage and to notify us and the carrier of any complaints as soon as possible. If you fail to do so, this will have no effect on your statutory warranty claims.

(3) If a characteristic of the goods deviates from the objective requirements, the deviation shall only be deemed to have been agreed if you were informed of the same by us before submitting the contractual declaration and the deviation was expressly and separately agreed between the contracting parties.

(4) If you are an entrepreneur, the following shall apply in deviation from the above warranty provisions:

a)  Only our own specifications and the manufacturer's product description shall be deemed agreed as the quality of the goods, but not other advertising, public promotions and statements by the manufacturer

b)  In the event of defects, we shall, at our discretion, fulfil the warranty by rectification or subsequent delivery. If the rectification of defects fails, you may, at your discretion, demand a reduction in price or withdraw from the contract. The rectification of defects shall be deemed to have failed after the second unsuccessful attempt, unless the nature of the goods or the defect or other circumstances indicate otherwise. In the event of rectification of defects, we shall not be obliged to bear the increased costs arising from the transport of the goods to a location other than the place of fulfilment, provided that the transport does not correspond to the intended use of the goods.

c)  The warranty period is one year from delivery of the goods. The shortening of the period shall not apply:

- for culpably caused damage attributable to us arising from injury to life, limb or health and for other damage caused intentionally or through gross negligence;
- insofar as we have fraudulently concealed the defect or have assumed a guarantee for the quality of the item;
- for items that have been used for a building in accordance with their normal use and have caused its defectiveness;
- in the case of statutory recourse claims that you have against us in connection with warranty rights.

§ 7 Choice of law

(1) German law shall apply. In the case of consumers, this choice of law shall only apply insofar as the protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law of the state of the consumer's habitual residence is not thereby withdrawn (principle of favourability).

(2) The provisions of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall expressly not apply.


II. Customer information

1. identity of the seller

Gysbert Savelkouls
Sedanstraße 75a
46045 Oberhausen
Tel.: +49(0)208/88385135
info@expressivart.com

Alternative dispute resolution:
The European Commission provides a platform for out-of-court online dispute resolution (ODR platform), which can be accessed at: https://ec.europa.eu/odr. https://ec.europa.eu/odr.

We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before consumer arbitration boards.

2. information on the conclusion of the contract

The technical steps for the conclusion of the contract, the conclusion of the contract itself and the correction options are carried out in accordance with the provisions "Conclusion of the contract" of our General Terms and Conditions (Part I.).

3. contract language, contract text storage

3.1 The contractual language is German.

3.2 The complete text of the contract is not saved by us. Before sending the order via the online shopping basket system, the contract data can be printed out using the browser's print function or saved electronically. After we have received the order, the order data, the information required by law for distance selling contracts and the General Terms and Conditions will be sent to you again by e-mail.

3.3 In the case of requests for quotations outside the online shopping basket system, you will receive all contractual data as part of a binding offer in text form, e.g. by e-mail, which you can print out or save electronically.

5. essential characteristics of the goods or services

The essential characteristics of the goods and/or services can be found in the respective offer.

6. Prices and terms of payment

6.1 The prices quoted in the respective offers as well as the shipping costs represent total prices. They include all price components including all applicable taxes.

6.2 The shipping costs incurred are not included in the purchase price. They can be called up via a correspondingly labelled button on our website or in the respective offer, are shown separately during the ordering process and are to be borne by you in addition, unless delivery free of shipping costs has been promised.

6.3 If the delivery is made to countries outside the European Union, further costs may be incurred for which we are not responsible, such as customs duties, taxes or money transfer fees (transfer or exchange rate fees of the credit institutions), which are to be borne by you. 

6.4 Any costs incurred for the transfer of money (transfer or exchange rate fees of the credit institutions) shall be borne by you in cases where the delivery is made to an EU member state but the payment was initiated outside the European Union.

6.5 The payment methods available to you are shown under a correspondingly labelled button on our website or in the respective offer.

6.6 Unless otherwise stated in the individual payment methods, the payment claims arising from the concluded contract are due for payment immediately.

7. terms of delivery

7.1 The terms of delivery, the delivery date and any existing delivery restrictions can be found under a correspondingly labelled button on our website or in the respective offer.

7.2 If you are a consumer, it is regulated by law that the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the sold item during shipment is only transferred to you when the goods are handed over, regardless of whether the shipment is insured or uninsured. This does not apply if you have independently commissioned a transport company not named by the entrepreneur or another person designated to carry out the shipment.

If you are an entrepreneur, delivery and dispatch are at your risk.

8. statutory liability for defects

Liability for defects is governed by the "Warranty" provision in our General Terms and Conditions (Part I).