Terms & Conditions

Prices
All prices are in UK Pounds and are inclusive of VAT at the current applicable rate.

Availability
Our system automatically acknowledges receipt of your order, but mere acknowledgement of receipt does not constitute acceptance of your offer to purchase the item(s).

Although we endeavour to hold stock of all items on our site this cannot be guaranteed so that by acknowledging receipt of your order we are not creating a binding obligation to supply what you have ordered but which we do not have in stock.

In the event of unavailability for whatever reason we will advise you of the position when we receive your order and await your subsequent instructions.

Orders
You can order in the following ways:

1. On-line using the on-line order form.
2. By fax or by post using a copy of the on-line order form and sending it to our address:

Cup of Tea Ltd.
3 Moonshill Barns
Frog Lane
Stoke St Michael
Radstock
Somerset
BA3 5HL
UK

3. By phone using our contact telephone number Tel: +44 (0)176 123 91 62 Fax: +44 (0)176 123 91 82

Payment
We accept payment in the following ways:

1. By credit card - MasterCard, Visa, Delta or Switch
2. By cheque or postal order. Cheques should be made out to "Cup of Tea Ltd.", please write your cheque guarantee card number on the back of the cheque.
3. Paypal via WorldPay

We will not normally charge your credit card until your order is ready to dispatch. Payments by cheque will need to be cleared before dispatch.

Delivery

Orders will normally be dispatched within 24 hours. Wherever possible, orders received before noon will be dispatched the same day. Normal postal lead times are: UK destinations 1-3 days, Europe 3-5 days, all other areas worldwide 5-10 days, but please allow up to twenty-one days for delivery. We will always do our best to inform you about any delay.

Please contact us on 0044 1761 239 162 or e-mail simon@cupoftea.uk.com for shipping costs on orders over 2KG to destinations outside the UK.

Some items which are not normally sold by weight have arbitrary weights to generate the appropriate shipping costs.

Limited Edition Prints have a £15.00 fixed shipping cost within the UK due to their fragility. Please contact us for shipping outside the UK.

We may choose to substitute Courier deliveries for Royal Mail Special Delivery or vice-versa where appropriate. For example where the compensation is higher with one delivery method versus the other.

*For shipments outside the UK, 'Special' means Royal Mail International Signed For Service. This service is the only option available for certain destinations including Russia, Baltic States and certain Eastern European countries. Special does not guarantee a faster delivery but it has proved to be more reliable to certain countries.

Returns and exchanges
We aim to keep the return or exchange process as simple as possible.

We believe you will be delighted with your purchases but there may be occasions when you feel it necessary to return an item. You have the right to cancel the contract for the purchase of any item within seven working days of delivery. This applies to all our products. However, we regret that we cannot accept cancellations of contracts for the purchase of products where foodstuffs have been opened - unless the items are of unsatisfactory quality. Please note that you will be responsible for the costs of returning the goods to us unless we delivered the item to you in error or the item is faulty.

Please return any such items to the following address:

Cup of Tea Ltd.
3 Moonshill Barns
Frog Lane
Stoke St Michael
Radstock
Somerset
BA3 5HL
UK

Customer Support and Service
If you need to contact us our offices are open (Monday to Saturday), 9.00am - 5.00pm, outside those hours you can either leave a message on the answer phone, fax us or e-mail us using the contact details specified on Contact Us. Call charges are at normal BT rates.

We welcome all feedback about our service and try to deal with any difficulties or problems as quickly as possible. In most cases any problems can be resolved immediately by phone but if not we will advise you within 72 hours with an expected timescale for solving the issue.

Special Requests
If you have any special requests please let us know at the time of ordering and we will do our utmost to help.

Privacy
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998)

When you order, we need to know your name, e-mail address, delivery address, credit or debit card number, expiring date and start date/issue no if applicable. This allows us to process and fulfill your orders and to notify you of your order status.We also ask you for your telephone number that enables us to contact you urgently if there is a problem with your order.

If you do not want us to send you any marketing material in the future please tell us using the link privacy@cupoftea.uk.com

The type of information we will collect about you includes:

• Your name
• Address
• Phone number
• Email address
• Credit/debit card details

We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent.

The information we hold will be accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct it promptly.

The personal information which we hold will be held securely in accordance with our internal security policy.

If we intend to transfer your information outside the EEA (European Economic Area) we will always obtain your consent first.

We may use technology to track the patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. This can include using a "cookie" which would be stored on your browser. Cookies are safe to use however, you can usually modify your browser to prevent this happening. The information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you modify your browser settings.

If you have any questions/comments about any privacy matter, you should email us at privacy@cupoftea.uk.com

Copyright and Trademarks

The contents of these pages including any pictures, logos, designs, photographs, written text and other materials are the copyright trademark or registered trademark of Cup of Tea Ltd or it's content or and technology partners or their respective owners.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The copying, modification, distribution, reproduction, or incorporation into any other work of part or all of the material available on this website in any form is prohibited save that you may:

Copy, print or download extracts of the material on this website for the sole purpose of using this website in good faith for domestic purposes or placing an order with Cup of Tea Ltd; and

Copy print or download the material on this website for the purpose of sending to individual third parties for their personal information provided that you do seek no commercial advantage or benefit from so doing and you acknowledge us as the source of the material and that you inform the third party that these conditions apply to them and that they must comply with them.

Law and Territory
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and in the event of any dispute will be decided only by the courts of England and Wales.

The above terms and conditions do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.