Terms and Conditions

General terms and conditions with customer information

Table of contents

  1. Scope
  2. Conclusion of contract
  3. Right of withdrawal
  4. Prices and payment terms
  5. Delivery and shipping conditions
  6. Retention of title
  7. Liability for defects (warranty)
  8. Liability
  9. Redemption of promotional vouchers
  10. Redeeming gift vouchers
  11. Applicable law
  12. Alternative Dispute Resolution

1) Scope

1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter "GTC") of Lu. Am., trading as "Premiumora" (hereinafter "Seller"), apply to all contracts for the delivery of goods that a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter "Customer") concludes with the Seller regarding the goods presented by the Seller in its online shop. The inclusion of the Customer's own terms and conditions is hereby rejected, unless otherwise agreed.

1.2 These terms and conditions apply accordingly to contracts for the delivery of vouchers, unless otherwise stipulated.

1.3 For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, a consumer is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly neither attributable to their commercial nor their independent professional activity.

1.4 For the purposes of these General Terms and Conditions, an entrepreneur 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 enable the customer to submit a binding offer.

2.2 The customer can submit the offer via 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 offer to purchase the goods contained in the shopping cart by clicking the button that completes the order 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 email), 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 in this respect, or
  • by requesting payment from the customer after they have placed their order.

If several of the aforementioned alternatives exist, the contract is concluded at the point in time when one of the aforementioned alternatives first occurs. The period for accepting the offer begins on the day after the offer is sent by the customer and ends at the end 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 considered a rejection of the offer, with the consequence that the customer is no longer bound by their declaration of intent.

2.4 When selecting a payment method offered by PayPal, payment processing is handled by 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 terms and 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 during the online ordering process, the seller already declares acceptance of the customer's offer at the moment 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 stored by the seller after the conclusion of the contract and sent to the customer in text form (e.g., email, fax, or letter) after the order has been placed. The seller does not make the contract text available in any other way. If the customer has created a user account in the seller's online shop before placing their order, the order data is archived on the seller's website and can be accessed free of charge by the customer via their password-protected user account using the corresponding login details.

2.6 Before submitting a binding order via the seller's online order form, the customer can identify potential input errors by carefully reading the information displayed on the screen. An effective technical aid for better identifying input errors is the browser's zoom function, which enlarges the screen display. The customer can correct their entries during the electronic ordering process using standard keyboard and mouse functions until they click the button that completes the order.

2.7 Different languages ​​are available for concluding the contract. The specific language selection is displayed in the online shop.

2.8 Order processing and communication generally take place 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 that address. In particular, if using spam filters, the customer must ensure that all emails sent by the seller or by third parties commissioned by the seller for order processing 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 quoted are total prices. Value-added tax (VAT) is not charged, as the seller is exempt from VAT as a small business. Any applicable delivery and shipping costs will be stated separately in the respective product description.

4.2 For deliveries to countries outside the European Union, additional costs may be incurred in individual cases, which are beyond the seller's control and must be borne by the customer. These include, for example, costs for money transfers by credit institutions (e.g., transfer fees, exchange rate fees) or import duties and taxes (e.g., customs duties). Such costs may also be incurred with regard to money transfers even if the delivery is not made to a country outside the European Union, but the customer makes the payment from a country outside the European Union.

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

4.4 If advance payment by bank transfer is agreed, payment is due immediately after conclusion of the contract, unless the parties have agreed on a later due date.

4.5 When selecting a payment method offered via the "PayPal" payment service, payment processing is handled by PayPal, which may also utilize the services of third-party payment service providers. If the seller also offers payment methods via PayPal where they provide services to the customer in advance (e.g., purchase on account or installment payment), they assign their payment claim to PayPal or to the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal and specifically named to the customer. Before accepting the seller's assignment, PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal conducts a credit check using the transmitted customer data. The seller reserves the right to refuse the selected payment method to the customer in the event of a negative credit check result. If the selected payment method is approved, the customer must pay the invoice amount within the agreed payment period or at the agreed payment intervals. In this case, payment can only be made to PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal with legally binding effect. However, even in the case of assignment of the claim, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries. B. regarding goods, delivery time, shipping, returns, complaints, notices of cancellation and returns or credit notes.

4.6 When selecting a payment method offered via the "Shopify Payments" service, payment processing is handled 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 are displayed to the customer in the seller's online shop. Stripe may use other payment services to process payments, for which separate terms and conditions may apply. The customer will be notified separately of any such terms and conditions. Further information on "Shopify Payments" is available online at https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms-payments-de available.

5) Delivery and shipping conditions

5.1 If the seller offers shipping of the goods, delivery will be made within the delivery area specified by the seller to the delivery address provided by the customer, unless otherwise agreed. The delivery address specified in the seller's order processing system is decisive for the processing of the transaction.

5.2 If delivery of the goods fails for reasons attributable to the customer, the customer shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by the seller as a result. This does not apply to the initial shipping costs if the customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal. Regarding return shipping costs, the provisions set forth in the seller's cancellation policy apply if the customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal.

5.3 If the customer is acting as a business, the risk of accidental loss or damage to the goods sold passes to the customer as soon as the seller has handed the goods over to the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or entity designated to carry out the shipment. If the customer is acting as a consumer, the risk of accidental loss or damage to the goods sold generally only passes to the customer upon delivery of the goods to the customer or an authorized recipient. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the risk of accidental loss or damage to the goods sold also passes to the customer in the case of consumers as soon as the seller has handed the goods over to the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or entity designated to carry out the shipment, provided that the customer has commissioned the carrier, freight forwarder, or other person or entity designated to carry out the shipment and the seller has not previously informed the customer of the identity of this person or entity.

5.4 The seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper delivery to the seller by its own suppliers. This applies only if the non-delivery is not the seller's fault and the seller has concluded a specific cover transaction with the supplier with due diligence. The seller will make every reasonable effort to procure the goods. In the event of non-availability or only partial availability of the goods, the customer will be informed immediately and the payment will be refunded immediately.

5.5 Self-collection is not possible for logistical reasons.

5.6 Vouchers will be provided to the customer as follows:

- by email

6) Retention of title

If the seller makes advance payment, he retains ownership of the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full.

7) Liability for defects (warranty)

Unless otherwise stipulated in the following provisions, the regulations governing statutory warranty rights apply. However, the following applies to contracts for the supply of goods:

7.1 If the customer is acting as an entrepreneur,

  • The seller has the choice of the type of subsequent performance;
  • For new goods, the limitation period for warranty claims is one year from delivery of the goods;
  • For used goods, warranty rights are excluded;
  • The limitation period does not restart if a replacement delivery is made under the warranty for defects.

7.2 The aforementioned limitations of liability and reductions of time limits do not apply.

  • for claims for damages and reimbursement of expenses by the customer,
  • in the event that the seller has fraudulently concealed the defect,
  • for goods which, according to their usual purpose, have been used for a building and have caused its defectiveness,
  • for any existing obligation of the seller to provide updates for digital products, in contracts for the supply of goods with digital elements.

7.3 Furthermore, for entrepreneurs, the statutory limitation periods for any existing statutory right of recourse remain unaffected.

7.4 If the customer is a consumer, they are requested to report any delivered goods with obvious transport damage to the delivery service and to inform the seller. Failure to do so will not affect their statutory or contractual warranty rights.

8) Liability

The seller is liable to the customer for all contractual, quasi-contractual and statutory claims, including tort claims, for damages and reimbursement of expenses as follows:

8.1 The seller is fully liable for any legal reason.

  • in cases of intent or gross negligence,
  • in the event of intentional or negligent injury to life, body or health,
  • based on a guarantee promise, unless otherwise stipulated,
  • due to mandatory liability, such as under the Product Liability Act.

8.2 If the seller negligently breaches a material contractual obligation, liability is limited to the foreseeable damages typical for this type of contract, unless unlimited liability applies pursuant to the preceding clause. Material contractual obligations are those obligations that the contract imposes on the seller according to its content for the achievement of the contractual purpose, the fulfillment of which is essential for the proper performance of the contract, and on the observance of which the customer may regularly rely.

8.3 Furthermore, the seller's liability is excluded.

8.4 The foregoing liability provisions also apply with regard to the seller's liability for his vicarious agents and legal representatives.

9) Redemption of promotional vouchers

9.1 Vouchers issued free of charge by the seller as part of promotional campaigns with a specific validity period and which cannot be purchased by the customer (hereinafter referred to as "promotional vouchers") can only be redeemed in the seller's online shop and only within the specified period.

9.2 Individual products may be excluded from the voucher promotion, provided that a corresponding restriction is stated in the content of the promotional voucher.

9.3 Promotional vouchers can only be redeemed before completing the order process. Subsequent crediting is not possible.

9.4 Only one promotional voucher can be redeemed per order.

9.5 The value of the goods must be at least equal to the value of the promotional voucher. Any remaining balance will not be refunded by the seller.

9.6 If the value of the promotional voucher is insufficient to cover the order, one of the other payment methods offered by the seller can be chosen to pay the difference.

9.7 The balance of a promotional voucher will neither be paid out in cash nor accrue interest.

9.8 The promotional voucher will not be refunded if the customer returns the goods paid for in whole or in part with the promotional voucher within the scope of their statutory right of withdrawal.

9.9 The promotional voucher is intended for use only by the person named on it. Transfer of the promotional voucher to third parties is prohibited. The seller is entitled, but not obligated, to verify the voucher holder's eligibility.

10) Redeeming gift vouchers

10.1 Vouchers that can be purchased via the seller's online shop (hereinafter referred to as "gift vouchers") can only be redeemed in the seller's online shop, unless otherwise stated on the voucher.

10.2 Gift vouchers and remaining balances on gift vouchers are redeemable until the end of the third year following the year of purchase. Remaining balances will be credited to the customer until the expiry date.

10.3 Gift vouchers can only be redeemed before completing the order process. Subsequent crediting is not possible.

10.4 Only one gift voucher can be redeemed per order.

10.5 Gift vouchers can only be used to purchase goods and not to purchase other gift vouchers.

10.6 If the value of the gift voucher is insufficient to cover the order, one of the other payment methods offered by the seller can be chosen to pay the difference.

10.7 The balance of a gift voucher will neither be paid out in cash nor accrue interest.

10.8 The gift voucher is intended solely for use by the person named on it. Transfer of the gift voucher to third parties is prohibited. The seller is entitled, but not obligated, to verify the voucher holder's eligibility to redeem it.

11) Applicable Law

All legal relations between the parties are governed by the laws of the Swiss Confederation, excluding the laws on the international sale of goods. For consumers, this choice of law applies only to the extent that it does not deprive them of the protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which they have their habitual residence.

12) Alternative Dispute Resolution

The seller is neither obligated nor willing to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.