terms and conditions

general

Within these terms and conditions lovehandbags.co.uk means Love Handbags Limited.  These terms are applicable to all orders placed and an agreement to sell you any product is based upon these terms and conditions upon acceptance of an order by lovehandbags.co.uk. Please refer to our returns policy as part of these terms and conditions.

Anyone visiting and using lovehandbags.co.uk must read and agree to be bound by love handbags policies relating to our services and with emphasis upon our privacy policy  and terms of purchase policy.  All our customer care policies are accessible via our customer care link in the top bar of the site.

consent

By accessing lovehandbags.co.uk you are fully acceptant of our terms and conditions of your usage of our website and our privacy policy.  You must inform your parent or guardian if you are under 18 years of age and make sure they fully acknowledge our terms and conditions and privacy policy prior to your using our website and its associated services.

Occasionally lovehandbags.co.uk terms and conditions will be subject to modifications. If you do not agree to any changes within our terms and conditions then you must not use the love handbags website. Please read the terms and conditions thoroughly and check back regularly for any modifications, from which you may make your choice in accordance. 

registration

You may purchase items without registering with us, however may require to register to benefit from certain services on lovehandbags.co.uk. Upon registration we ask you to provide information about yourself that is true, accurate and complete in all respects at the time of registering. Any aspect of your registration information which is subject to change, should be forwarded to us immediately at the following e-mail address : customercare@lovehandbags.co.uk

use of this website

lovehandbags.co.uk is for your personal use only and any usage of content or function for commercial purpose is prohibited. By using this website you confirm you will be personally responsible for your usage and for all of your communication and activity within the site. We may supspend or deny you access to this website, or any part of this, at any time without prior notice.  If involvement in prohibited activities, disrespect of other users or violation of our policies is determined, your access to lovehandbags.co.uk may be denied on a temporary or permanent basis.

As a result of our terms and conditions or your use of lovehandbags.co.uk you acknowledge there is no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship which exists between love handbags and yourself. You may not and will not put forth yourself as an agent or representative of any kind and neither an employee of love handbags. Love Handbags shall not be liable for any representation, act, or omission on your part.     

purchasing

To purchase an item from lovehandbags.co.uk visit our purchase and payment page. 

taxes and duties

For information on import taxes, duties etc, please visit our shipping and delivery page.

formation of contract

Upon our confirmation of your purchase a system generated email will be forwarded to you.  A contract will then exist between Love Handbags and yourself.  Under applicable law the formation of the contract will be deemed complete and your confirmation of the contract deemed received from the time of forwarding of the confirmation email. External factors outside our control which may prevent the email reaching you will not affect the completeness of the contract. 

The laws of England and Wales govern the contract and the contract shall be deemed concluded in the United Kingdom.  Love Handbags and yourself irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

cancellation of contract

Under the UK distance selling regulations, you may cancel the contract for purchase with Love Handbags at any stage from your placing the order to delivery.

If you require to cancel an order you should inform us promptly.  If your item has not been dispatched we will manage this as a refund. If your item has been dispatched you will be requested to follow our customer returns process, meeting all criteria as within our returns policy    

customers shipping address

You must provide us with your full billing address associated with your method of card payment, we regret we cannot at this time ship to an address other than this.  If details which are forwarded by yourself which do not adhere to this, we retain the right to refund the payment and cancel the agreement between lovehandbags.co.uk and yourself.  

free uk postage offer

To be eligible for this offer, all orders must be placed by a uk based customer and the card which the customer purchases the goods by is to be registered to the same address.  Purchases can only be forwarded to UK addresses under the terms of this offer. If a purchase is made and payment received to have the item sent to an address outside the UK, we will subsequently invoice the purchaser for the amount required and upon receipt of funds will forward the purchase in good time.  Under these terms if the purchaser does not supply the postage cost as requested we will cancel the order and refund all payments made. Love handbags reserve the right to omit the free postage offer at any time and with immediate effect.

returning an item

We accept items as returns and request that any item you wish to return should be within 14 days of receipt. Please see our full returns policy and our part exchange customer returns terms and conditions for further information.

UPS return service

Return collection of International goods damaged, not as described or faulty will be by UPS if delivered originally by this method. Parcels will be collected for return via a 3 attempt collection process.  The UPS courier will call at the address of collection on three consecutive days, so to minimise the chances of missing the customer.  We will inform you of this service and by agreeing to collection by this method you agree to be available so to provide the returning parcel to the courier on one of the 3 collection attempts. Thereafter love handbags cannot be responsible for collection and it is the senders responsibility to cover all costs in returning any item in adherence with our returns policy.

conformity of goods for sale 

Love Handbags supply of descriptions, including photography and written specifications of its products upon this website are as accurate as possible. Each pre-loved item description discloses information particular to that item only. We may use either the original brand reference to colour, leather type etc or our own descriptive language which we feel is appropriate to the item.  If we have several new items of the same design specification, we will supply information (upon the description page) for that item and state the amount of duplicates we also have in stock.  Occasionally items may vary in colour tonal value and texture from the images supplied, due to technical limitations and we are not under these circumstances liable for misrepresentation of goods.  We will always endeavor to describe any variation in the item description, so to assist the customer in their decision to purchase.  On the rare occasion an item is misrepresented please refer to our returns policy. 

conformity of goods to be part exchanged / purchased by love handbags 

Descriptions, including photography and written specifications of products you own and wish to part exchange or to sell to Love Handbags will be validated only upon satisfactory receipt of the said goods by us.  We appreciate your description may be as accurate as possible, however if the items are identified not as or different to the description as supplied by yourself we will have to return these to you on a no purchase and no contract basis. We are very keen regarding the pre-owned items we agree to part exchange / purchase and cannot commit to complete either transaction until in receipt of and the item /s in question have been fully authenticated and assessed upon our standards of condition.  

sell or part exchange service

Please refer to our sell or part exchange page for details on how to apply for this service.

Upon your acceptance of a lovehandbags.co.uk sell or part exchange quote (SYB), we request you pack your item/s in a mail proof box or package and print and enclose your lovehandbags.co.uk sell/part exchange quote within the parcel.

UK item/s must be forwarded to our customer care address, or address as supplied by our customer care team. Any parcel forwarded must be sent via Royal Mail signed for special delivery. 

International parcels must be forwarded by a fully insured, traceable and signed for international method such as global priority or datapost etc. 

We take full responsibility against loss or damage and the general safety of your items whilst in our care and will advise you accordingly upon our receipt of your item/s, and thereafter upon satisfactory inspection* of the goods, will forward an email specifying the status of the sale or part exchange.  

All items received must be authentic, which will be fully verified upon receipt.  If you cannot provide documentation to support authenticity, there may be an unspecified time period prior to satisfactory completion of the sale/ part exchange due to verification being sought from external experts.     

Once we have verified the goods are as stated by yourself, payment will thereafter be provided via your prefered method, either paypal or a lovehandbags business cheque.

If you are part exchanging we request the price of any item being purchased as a part exchange with respect to a quote as supplied by ourselves, exceeds the cost of the quote itself.  We will provide a paypal money request, or ask you to forward the balance via a personal cheque.  Goods purchased as a part exchange will be dispatched promptly upon receipt of cleared funds.

Please be aware any item found to be counterfeit will be promptly returned to you via a signed for method and at your own cost, for which we will invoice yourself promptly thereafter.  In line with current anti-counterfeiting policies any counterfeit items returned to yourself by lovehandbags should be promptly destroyed upon receipt.

We reserve the right to return any items to yourself if they do not comply with our standards of condition and authenticity.  If authenticity cannot be verified by ourselves we will obtain an evaluation by the brand in question or external authentication specialist/s, which may take between 2 - 4 weeks from our receipt of your goods.  We will advise you accordingly of this and if we envisage this process exceeding this time period. 

returning a part exchange purchase

If for any reason you wish to return an item or multiple items purchased as a part exchange transaction, the purchase value of the returned goods will be given as a store credit, to be used within a 1 year period from issue.  The store credit will be issued electronically to yourself and is non transferable. We do not offer a cash value amount for part exchanged items.

Love handbags reserve the right to cancel the part exchange agreement at any time and request the return of all goods associated with the part exchange transaction.  Upon receipt of the returned goods love handbags will return the items forwarded by yourself in part exchange. All associated shipping costs must be met by the customer. 

website offers: complimentary offers and incentives

We will on occasion apply offers, discounts or incentives relative to the purchase of goods upon lovehandbags.co.uk. If the item/s purchased to which a physical offer or incentive applies is subsequently returned for a refund minus the incentive or complimentary offer item, love handbags reserve the right to deduct the saleable value of the offer or incentive item from the refundable value of the goods purchased to which the offer applies.

customer special orders (cso) 

We will on occasion agree to a discount for the combined purchase of goods. Upon agreement between ourselves and yourself, we will create a customer special order and place this upon lovehandbags.co.uk for your sole purchase.  Each special order created will state a description, image and cost of each individual item to be purchased and the total value of the goods, with the discount as prior agreed.

Returning items purchased as a customer special order

If you wish to return any item/s purchased as special order goods for refund, we request all items are returned from each transaction to enable a full refund. We do not offer a cash refund value for individual items originally purchased as part of a special order. We will issue a store credit for the original special order value of the item wishing to be returned. This is to be used within a twelve month period from issue and is reviewable at such time upon request.

stock availability

Due to the individual or 'one off' nature of many of the items we have on our website, on the rare occasion more than one person may attempt to purchase the same product at approximately the same time. As it takes a brief period to complete the transaction, the item will remain on the website until the purchase is complete. Therefore payment may be taken a second time from another buyer, though the item in question will not be available for the second buyer. 

We do apologise in advance if this happens and our customer care team will contact you to make you aware of the situation. We will do our best to locate the same model (if feasible and required) or will issue a refund promptly via the same method in which you originally paid. Under these circumstances Love Handbags customer care will always resolve to rectify the situation with an agreeable solution and in a timely manner. 

Love Handbags reserve the right to remove any product from the website with immediate effect at any time.

collonil care products

Prior to using of any of the Collonil items we stock, it is recommended you check and comply with the manufacturers instructions for the correct means of application. Love Handbags are not liable for damage to any item resulting from the use of any of the Collonil items we stock.

accuracy and availability

Love handbags fully attempts to display the information on this site as accurate and complete. We do not guarantee or represent that our website content or functional aspects are accurate or error-free and that your use of its content will not infringe rights of third parties.  Neither do love handbags guarantee this website and content or its server are free of viruses or other harmful components. If your use of our web site results in the requirement for repairs or replacing property, material, equipment or data, love handbags is not responsible for this or any associated costs. Lovehandbags.co.uk is provided to you without guarantee of any type, including and not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory of quality, fitness for a particular purpose, reasonable care and skill, and non-infringement. You carry risk in its entirety of completeness, accuracy or usefulness of any content on this website. Love Handbags reserves the right  to withdraw, either temporarily or permanently, any content from this website at any time and for any reason to immediate effect. By accessing lovehandbags.co.uk you confirm that Love Handbags is not liable to you or any third party for any such withdrawal of content.

entire agreement of our terms and conditions

Our terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and your usage of the lovehandbags.co.uk website, superseding any other agreement in any manner, oral or written between you and Love Handbags and in the event that any other content posted on this website conflicts with the terms and conditions, the terms and conditions will govern in completion. 

These terms and conditions together with all our policies and procedures will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales  

modifications of our terms and conditions

On occasion we may modify our terms and conditions. Your continued use of this website and our services following such changes signifies your agreement to be bound by our terms and conditions as modified.

General

These terms are deemed governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes which arise relative to lovehandbags.co.uk.

No waiver by us shall be construed as a waiver of any kind of breach of any provision.

The terms and conditions together with all our policies and procedures will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England.