Welcome to ourschoolyard.com (the “Website”), which is maintained and operated by Little Avenue Pte Ltd (“we” or “us”) to provide access to information and services of various kinds (the “Services”). Hereinafter the term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our Website.
By accessing, browsing or using this Website, you acknowledge that you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”), which together with our Privacy Policy govern our relationship with you in relation to this Website. If you disagree with any part of these Terms, you may not use or access any portion of this Website. Schoolyard reserves the right to revise these Terms at any time without notice or penalty, by updating this posting. Your agreement to these Terms also constitutes your agreement to the Website’s Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable personal license to access and use the Website. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion and without notice to you, to revise the products and services available on the Website and to change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Website without liability to you or to any third party. It is your responsibility to review these terms each time you use the Website. We may impose rules for and limits on use of the Website or restrict your access to part, or all, of the Website without notice or penalty. Your continued use of the Website will constitute acceptance of these Terms and any such changes.
USE OF WEBSITE
A) GENERAL RESTRICTIONS
You may use the Website and Services only for your non-commercial personal use and in compliance with these Terms. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sell, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Website without the express written permission of Schoolyard. You may not resell use of, or access to, the Website to any third party without our prior written consent. Any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Website or Services shall be subject to these Terms.
You must not use the Website for any of the following purposes:
- Engage in conduct that would violate any national or international law
- Perform any activity that would break the rules of our Website
- Distribute viruses or harm anything of our interest
- Post any information which is untrue, inaccurate, or not your own
- Post, communicate, or transmit any material that infringes on any intellectual property, publicity or privacy right of another person or entity
- Post, communicate, or transmit any material that contains threatening, demeaning, defamatory, indecent, or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material.
- Attempt to interfere in any way the Website’s of Schoolyard’s network security, or attempt to use the Website’s service to gain unauthorized access to any other computer network or system
- Attempt to use spiders, robots, data mining techniques or other automated devices or programs to catalog, download or otherwise reproduce, store or distribute content available on the Website
- Attempt to use any such automated means to manipulate the Website, including but not limited to, any action affecting the display and function of its pages. You may not take any action to interfere with the Website or any other user’s use of the Website.
B) INTERNATIONAL USE
We control and operate the Website from Singapore. Schoolyard makes no representations that the Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. By choosing to access this Website, you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with your local laws.
C) ACCOUNT REGISTRATION AND PASSWORDS
In order to access certain features of the Website or Services, you must register for an account with Schoolyard (“Account”) and provide specific information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any access codes or passwords, and you are fully responsible and solely liable for all activities that occur under your Account. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your Account at any time with or without notice. To understand how we use information collected from you, please read our Privacy Policy.
D) MEMBERSHIP
You must be over 18 years old to register for and use this Website. Membership is void where prohibited by law.
E) CONTENT
You are completely responsible for the material and content you submit to our website. We are not to be held liable for any content posted, nor are we to be held responsible. We reserve the right, for any reason or no reason whatsoever, to modify, edit or delete any content posted. We may limit your use of the site or restrict/block you from using the site, if we think you are causing disturbance or using our services inappropriately. If you have a problem or dispute with a user from the Website, you release us from all damages, claims and demands and we will not be connected with any dispute.
PRODUCTS AND INFORMATION
A) PRODUCT AND PRICING INFORMATION
We strive to ensure that the information on the Website is complete and reliable. Products are presented as accurately as possible with periodic updates. It is possible that there are differences in the color of goods that are not exactly the same as shown on the website, which can be caused by photography lighting or computer monitor settings. It is possible that there are variations of certain product contents that differ in color and look (for example: colors of feathers, brand of markers), which will be based on inventory availability.
Although we strive to accept all valid orders, Schoolyard reserves the right to deny any order for any reason, including if:
- We discover an error in pricing and/or other information about the product or receive insufficient or erroneous billing, payment, and/or shipping information
- We suspect an order has been placed using stolen payment card information or otherwise appears to be connected to fraud
- Payment has not been made within 24 hours of the order submission.
- The ordered product is unavailable due to discontinuance or otherwise.
- We may also refuse any order that is connected with a previous payment dispute.
- If your credit card has already been charged for the order and we cancel your order, we shall issue a credit to your credit card account in the full amount of the charge.
Prices and delivery charges are liable to change at any time, but changes will not affect orders that have already been delivered to you. We reserve the right to revise, suspend, or terminate an event or promotion at any time without notice (including after an order has been submitted and/or acknowledged).
B) THIRD PARTY
From time to time this website may contain links to other third party websites. Schoolyard does not in any way make any representations, warranties or guarantees in relation to those sites and we expressly exclude any liability that may arise from your use of or access to those third party websites. The content and links are the views of third party and not of Schoolyard. We are not responsible for any third party content.
C) DISCLAIMER
Your use of this website, is at all times at your own risk and you assume all responsibility associated therewith, all information, content, materials or products available on or in any way through this website are provided to you on an as is basis, Schoolyard expressly excludes all warranties, express or implied, to the extent permitted by law, including but not limited to those relating to merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Schoolyard does not warrant that this Website and Services provided herein will be uninterrupted, free from errors, defects, viruses or other harmful components.
You acknowledge that our products are not designed, manufactured, or intended for use specific ages of children specified on each product page. Some products may contain small parts that present choking hazards for young children. In addition to all other limitations and disclaimers in this agreement, Schoolyard shall not be liable to you or any third party, in whole or in part, for any claims, liability, damages, loss or costs arising from such use.
Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
III. ORDERING
A) ORDER PROCESSING
We may require additional verifications or information before accepting any order. Your order is not accepted until we send you shipping information for the order by e-mail. We reserve the right at any time after receipt of your order to accept or decline or cancel your order (in whole or in part) for any reason. Our standard business hours are Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 17.00. Schoolyard operates according to the Singapore public holiday schedule.
B) PAYMENT
Schoolyard offers online payment options including credit card payments and direct bank transfer. All transactions will be processed in the currency of Singapore Dollars (SGD). Schoolyard uses Braintree PayPal as a third-party service provider for certain payment services (e.g., credit card transaction processing, merchant settlement, and related services). By ordering any product through the Website, you hereby consent and authorize Schoolyard and PayPal to share any information and payment instructions you provide to complete your transactions. You further acknowledge that we have no responsibility or liability for any delays that may result from orders handled by such third-party service provider.
Payments made on our website is secured with Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL), which uses encryption technology to manage the security of your payment transmission and protect against fraud. Schoolyard will not be held liable for the misuse of credit cards on the website. The customer is solely responsible for the ownership and usage of his credit card.
C) ORDER QUANTITIES
We reserve the right to limit quantities purchased by you. We do not guarantee that all products described on our Website will be available in your requested quantities. For bulk or wholesale orders, please e-mail us at [email protected].
D) SHIPPING POLICY
We use third-party service providers to ship. By ordering any product through the Website, you acknowledge that Schoolyard has no responsibility or liability for any delays that may result from orders handled by such third-party service provider. All title and risk of loss and damage for our merchandise will pass to you upon our delivery to the courier.
Any delivery dates provided by Schoolyard are estimates. Schoolyard operates according to the Singapore public holiday schedule. We reserve the right to charge delivery charges on any products required to be re-delivered at no fault of Schoolyard.
E) DAMAGED PRODUCTS AND RETURNS
We want you to be happy with the products that you purchase from us. If your products arrive damaged, please contact us. We will accept returns for a full refund only with prior approval from us. You must email us at [email protected] to obtain prior approval. Please include your order number and description and/or pictures of the product.
All requests for returns must be made within 48 hours of delivery receipt as notified by the third party carrier. Schoolyard will review refund requests and approve a return receipt on a case-by-case basis. The customer cannot return the package without this prior approval from Schoolyard. If approved, all returned products must contain the complete and original contents, and be un-used in the original packaging. For accepted returned products, your remedy options are (i) issue a refund to your original payment method in the amount charged for the damaged product, or (ii) we will send a replacement product of the same value. It may the company up to 5 days to process a refund. Fees such as shipping fees are non-refundable.
Products marked as final sale and/or discounted more than 30% are not eligible for returns or refunds. We can only consider returns initiated by the purchaser.
F) DISCOUNT CODES AND PROMOTIONS
We may, in our sole discretion, create discounts and promotional codes that may be redeemed for credit in your account, or other features or benefits, subject to any additional terms that we establish on a per promotional code basis. Promotional codes may only be used once per person. You agree that promotion codes: (i) must be used for the intended audience and purpose, and in a lawful manner; (ii) may not be duplicated, sold, or transferred in any manner, or made available to the general public (whether posted to a public forum or otherwise), unless expressly permitted by us; (iii) may be disabled by us at any time for any reason without liability to us; (iv) may only be used pursuant to the specific terms that we establish for such codes; (v) are not redeemable for cash; and (vi) may expire prior to your use.
G) RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE
To protect the intellectual property rights of Schoolyard and its licensors and suppliers, any resale of products for personal and/or business profit is strictly prohibited. Schoolyard reserves the right to decline any order that we deem to possess characteristics of reselling. If you are interested in purchasing theproducts on our website for reselling, please contact us at [email protected].
IV. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You acknowledge and agree that the content (other than user content), materials, text, images, videos, graphics, trademarks, logos, button icons, music, software and other elements available on the Website are the property of Schoolyard or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and/or other proprietary rights and laws. You agree not to sell, license, rent, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, modify or create derivative works from any content or materials on the Website. Schoolyard and the Schoolyard logo are registered trademarks. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All of our Website’s content is Copyright 2021 Schoolyard. All rights reserved. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, no license is granted to you and no rights are conveyed by virtue of accessing or using the Website. All rights not granted under these Terms are reserved by Schoolyard.
If you provide Schoolyard any feedback or suggestions regarding the Website or Services (“Feedback”), you hereby assign to us all rights in the Feedback, and agree that Schoolyard shall have the right to use such Feedback and related information in any manner it deems appropriate. Company will treat any Feedback you provide to us as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that you will not submit to Schoolyard any information or ideas that you consider to be confidential or proprietary.
V. OTHER TERMS
Schoolyard may impose additional terms and conditions specific to any products, orders, or other aspects of your use of this Website, including but not limited to, promotions, ordering, shipment, and return of goods purchased through this Website. These additional terms shall form part of these terms. In the event of any inconsistency between these terms and any additional terms, the additional terms shall prevail to the extent of the specific inconsistency.
VI. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend Schoolyard (including our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, and any third-party information providers) from any and all damages, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, resulting from or related to your use of the Website, or any violation of these Terms or applicable law.
VII. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
You expressly understand and agree that the use of our website, service, and any products offered through our services is at your sole risk. The products offered on the Website are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, with all faults. In no event will Schoolyard or our affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages in connection with these terms, website, service, or products, whether or not such damages were foreseeable and even if we were advised that such damages were likely or possible. In no event will our aggregate liability to you for any and all claims arising in connection with these terms, website, services or products exceed the amounts you have paid to Schoolyard in connection with the event giving rise to such liability.
You acknowledge that this limitation of liability is an essential term between you and us relating to the provision of the website, service, and products to you, and we would not provide the website or service or products to you without this limitation.
VIII. GOVERNING LAW
The laws of the Republic of Singapore shall govern these Terms.
Please e-mail us if you have any questions regarding these Terms.