The following General Terms and Conditions of Sale (together with the documents referred to below, including the Privacy Policy and General Terms and Conditions of Use) govern the offer and sale of products on our website (“ismersteel.com”). Please read these terms and conditions carefully before ordering any products. You should understand that by ordering any of our products, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
The products purchased on thecorner.com are sold directly by ISMER STEEL. (“ISMER STEEL”). ISMER STEEL has its registered office in Italy at ZI Via Maestri del Lavoro,snc, 70017, Putignano (BARI), business register number, tax code and VAT number 06833690727.
Requests for information should be made through our Customer Care: click here to contact Customer Care.
If you need any assistance, go to the Customer Care area, where you will find information on orders, shipping, refunds and returning products purchased on thecorner.com, as well as other general information on the services provided by ismersteel.net. Remember that you can always contact us by e-mail: info@ismersteel.com
1. Our Business Policy
1.1 ISMER STEEL offers products for sale on ismersteel.com and its e-commerce business services are available exclusively to its end users, i.e. the “Consumers”.
1.2 “Consumer” shall mean any individual who is acting for purposes which are outside his or her trade, business or profession. If you are not a “Consumer”, please do not buy any products on ismersteel.com
1.3 ISMER STEEL reserves the right not to process orders received from users who are not “Consumers” and any other order which does not comply with ISMER STEEL’s business policy.
1.4 These General Terms and Conditions of Sale (together with the documents referred to herein) regulate the offer, transmission and acceptance of purchase orders relating to products on ismersteel.com between the users of ismersteel.com and ISMER STEEL.
1.5 The General Terms and Conditions of Sale do not regulate the supply of services or the sale of products performed by third parties that are on ismersteel.com through links, banners or other hypertext links. Before sending orders and purchasing products and services from those third parties, we recommend that you verify the third party’s terms and conditions. Under no circumstances shall ISMER STEEL be deemed liable for the supply of services provided by third parties or for the execution of e-commerce transactions between users of ismersteel.com and third parties.
2. How to Execute a Contract with ISMER STEEL
2.1 To place an order for the purchase of one or more products on thecorner.com, you must fill out the online order form and send it electronically to ISMER STEEL, following the relevant instructions.
2.2 The order form contains a link to these General Terms and Conditions of Sale, and also contains information on the main characteristics of each product ordered and the relevant unit price (including all applicable fees and taxes), the type of payment that you may use in order to purchase each product, shipping terms for the purchased products, shipping and delivery costs, and references to the terms and conditions for returning purchased products.
2.3 An order shall be deemed submitted when ISMER STEEL receives your order form electronically and the order information has been verified as correct.
2.4 Before submitting your order form for the purchase of products, you will be asked to carefully read the General Terms and Conditions of Sale, to print a copy using the print option and to save or reproduce a copy thereof for your own personal use.
2.5 The order form will be filed in our data base for the time required to process your order and as provided by law. You may access your order form by clicking on the section called My Order in the Customer Care area.
2.6 Before submitting the order form, you will be asked to identify and correct possible input errors.
2.7 The submission of orders to ISMER STEEL must be in English.
2.8 After your order form has been submitted, ISMER STEEL will process your order.
2.9 ISMER STEEL may not process purchases when there are not sufficient guarantees of solvency, when orders are incomplete or incorrect, or the products are no longer available. In the above cases, we shall inform you by e-mail that the contract has not been executed and that ISMER STEEL has not carried out your purchase order specifying the reasons thereof. If the products displayed on thecorner.com are no longer available at the time of your last access or once ISMER STEEL has received your order form, ISMER STEEL shall inform you of the unavailability of the ordered products within thirty (30) days from the day after ISMER STEEL has received your order. If the order form has been sent and the price has been paid for items that are no longer available, ISMER STEEL will refund the amount paid for those items.
2.10 By submitting an order form to ISMER STEEL, you unconditionally accept and undertake to observe the provisions of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale in your contract with ISMER STEEL. Should you not agree with certain provisions of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale, please do not submit your order form for the purchase of products on ismersteel.com.
2.11 By submitting an order form, you agree and accept these General Terms and Conditions of Sale as well as further conditions contained on ismersteel.com, also through links, including the General Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy.
2.12 Upon submission of an order form, ISMER STEEL shall send you a purchase order receipt e-mail, containing a summary of the information related to the order form (General Terms and Conditions of Sale, the products’ main characteristics, detailed information on price, terms of payment, return policy and shipping costs).
3. Guarantees and Product Price Indication
3.1 On thecorner.com, we offer for sale luxury and top-quality products. These products are purchased by ISMER STEEL directly from fashion houses, manufacturers and dealers, carefully selected for their stringent quality control.
3.2 ISMER STEEL does not sell second-hand products, flawed products or products of lower quality than the corresponding market standards.
3.3 The main characteristics of products are shown on ismersteel.com on each product page. The products offered for sale on ismertsteel.com may not exactly correspond to the real garments in terms of image and colours due to the Internet browser or monitor used.
3.4 Prices are subject to change and will be as quoted on our site from time to time, except in cases of obvious error. Check the final price of sale before sending the relevant order form.
3.5 Orders made from a Country site different from the one you are shipping to, or to addresses to which ISMER STEEL cannot ship, will be automatically cancelled.
3.6 All Products sold by ISMER STEEL come with an identification tag attached with a disposable seal. Do When trying on the products you should not remove or alter the tag or seal from the purchased products should you wish to return the purchased product.
4. Payments
4.1 Payment of the product prices and relevant costs for shipping and delivery must be made by using one of the procedures indicated on the order form.
4.2 In case of payment by credit/debit card, all details (for example, card number or expiration date) will be sent by encrypted protocol to banks which provide remote electronic payment services, without third parties having any access thereto whatsoever. Such details will not be used by ISMER STEEL except for performing the procedure relevant to your purchase or issuing refunds in the case of returns, in compliance with the exercise of your return right or for reporting cases of fraud to the police. The price for the purchase of products and the relevant costs for shipping and delivery, as indicated in the order form, will be charged to your current account when the purchased products are actually shipped.
5. Shipping and Delivery of the Products
5.1 For specific product shipping and delivery procedures, please visit the Customer Care area and read the Shipping section. Please read these sections carefully. The information provided in these sections forms an integral part of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale and, consequently, shall be deemed to be fully read and accepted by you at the time your order form is sent.
6. Customer Care
6.1 For any information requests ISMER STEEL can be contacted via e-mail at info@ismersteel.com. For further information, go to the Customer Care area.
7. Consumer Rights and the Cooling-Off Period
7.1 If you are a Consumer, you may cancel your contract with ISMER STEEL in relation to products purchased from ismersteel.com, without any penalty and without specifying the reason, by notifying ISMER STEEL in writing within seven (7) working days, beginning with the day after you received the products. In this case you will receive a full refund of the price of the products in accordance with this Clause 8 and Clause 10 below.
7.2 You should return the products to ISMER STEEL within seven (7) working days from the date you notify ISMER STEEL of the cancellation, in the same condition in which you received them and at your own expense. You have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the products whilst they are in your possession. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation.
7.3 To return the products:
• you should notify us in writing within seven (7) working days, (beginning with the day after you received the products) by completing and submitting the online Return Form. You should keep a record of your cancellation notice
• the products should not have been used, worn, washed or damaged;
• the identification tag should still be attached to the products with the disposable seal;
• the products should be returned in their original packaging;
• products should be returned to ISMER STEEL within seven (7) working days following cancellation of the contract.
7.4 If you cancel the contract within the seven (7) working days cooling-off period pursuant to this Clause 7, we will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any event within thirty (30) days of the day on which you gave notice of your cancellation. The Vendor will refund the price of the product in full, including the cost of sending the item to you. You will be responsible for the cost of returning the products to us, provided that the reason for the return is not because of an error on our part or because the item is faulty or defective.
7.5 You can return the products to ISMER STEEL either by:
• the approved courier (as indicated on the online Return Form) via the pre-paid, personalised return label enclosed in you original order, and ISMER STEEL shall deduct from your refund the cost of return postage; or
• by packaging the relevant products securely and sending them to ISMER STEEL using your return number (as provided via the online Return Form). For your protection, we recommend that you use a courier service if you choose to return the goods other than via the pre-paid mechanism and approved courier as detailed at clause 7.5(a).
8. Items returned because they are damaged, defective or incorrect
8.1 If you are returning a product because of an error on our part or because it is damaged or defective, we will refund the delivery charges incurred in sending the item to you and pay your costs of returning it to us (either via a pre-paid return label using ISMER STEEL’s approved courier (as indicated on the Return Form), or by refunding your return postage costs).
8.2 You must notify ISMER STEEL of an error in respect of the products delivered or of a damaged or defective product within thirty (30) days of receipt, if a product becomes faulty after the thirty (30) days please contact Customer Care to obtain further returns information. You must return the products in the same condition in which you received them. You have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the products whilst they are in your possession. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation.
8.3 To return the products:
a. you should notify us in writing as soon as practicable and in any event within thirty (30) working days, by completing and submitting the online Return Form. You should keep a record of your cancellation notice;
b. the products should not have been used, worn, washed or damaged;
c. the identification tag should still be attached to the products with the disposable seal;
d. the products should be returned, complete and unused, with their original packaging (in the case of audio CDs, books, design objects, jewelry, the packaging should include its original seal; if you want to return a kit, it should include all of its components);
e. the products should be returned to ISMER STEEL within seven (7) working days following notification to ISMER STEEL of the damaged or defective product or of ISMER STEEL’s error.
8.4 The Vendor will examine all products returned as damaged or defective and will notify you of your refund via e-mail within a reasonable period of time. We will usually process any refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any event, within thirty (30) days of the day we confirm to you via e-mail that you are entitled to a refund for the damaged or defective product. Subject to acceptance by ISMER STEEL of the damaged or defective goods, products returned by you because they are damaged or defective will be refunded in full, including the cost of delivery for sending the item to you and the cost incurred by you in returning the item to ISMER STEEL. In the event that ISMER STEEL finds no fault with the returned products, you will be notified that the returned products cannot be accepted and you may elect to have the products re-delivered to you. If you do not accept re-delivery ISMER STEEL reserve the right to retain the products and the purchase price and recover ISMER STEEL’s fees and expenses from you.
8.6 If the recipient of the products indicated in the order form is different from the individual who made the payment for such products, the amount paid for returned items shall be refunded by ISMER STEEL to the individual who made the payment.
8.7 The value date for the credit shall be the same as the value date of the original debit and consequently you shall not suffer interest losses.
8.8 We will usually refund any money received from you using the same method originally used by you to pay for the purchase.
8.9 ISMER STEEL will refund the price of the products in accordance with the applicable time frame as specified in clause 7 or 8 above. The Vendor shall not be responsible for any delay that is beyond its control including for delays caused by the method of purchase or refund, including by way of example:
a. delay caused by Credit Card/Debit Card companies refund policies;
b. payment made by cash on delivery: you will be refunded the amount you paid for the products returned to the Bank account you indicate in the Return Form. Please remember it is necessary to have a Bank account in order to receive a refund for Cash on Delivery orders.
9. Privacy
9.1 You will find information on how we process your personal data by clicking on Privacy Policy.
9.2 You are advised to read, if you haven’t already done so, our General Terms and Conditions of Use which also contain important information on how we process the personal data of our users and on the security systems of thecorner.com.
9.3 For further information on our Privacy Policy you can contact us at privacy@ismersteel.com or at our registered offices located in ZI Via Maestri del Lavoro,snc – 70017, Putignano (BARI), Italy.
10. Governing Law
10.1 These General Terms and Conditions of Sale are governed by Italian law and in particular by Italian legislative decree 6 September 2005 no. 206 on distance contracts and by Italian legislative decree 9 April 2003 no. 70 on certain aspects related to e-commerce.
11. Amendments and updates
The General Terms and Conditions of Sale may be amended from time to time due to new laws and regulations or other reasons. The new General Terms and Conditions of Sale shall be effective as of the date of publication on ismersteel.com