Welcome to Fetish Auctioneer's User Agreement. This Agreement describes the
terms and conditions applicable to your use of our services at Fetish
Auctioneer.
We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on our
site. Except as stated below, all amended terms shall automatically be effective after they are initially posted on our site.
- Membership Eligibility.
Our services are available only to individuals who can form legally binding
contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, our services
are not available to minors. If you do not qualify, please do not use our
services. Further, our services are not available to temporarily or
indefinitely suspended Fetish Auctioneer members.
Fetish Auctioneer is an online auction developed and managed by members of the
fetish community. The purpose of this site is to allow buyers and sellers of
adult content to get together in a community space designed exclusively for
adults. If you find adult content offensive you should not view any part of
Fetish Auctioneer. If you are under 18 years old you should not view any part
of Fetish Auctioneer
- Fees and Services.
Joining and bidding on items at Fetish Auctioneer is free. Sale of items is
subject to a Final Value Fee. There are also optional fees for premium
placement of auctions. Our Fees and Credits Policy is available on the site and is
incorporated by reference. Please view the
Seller's Guide for specific
information. We may change our Fees and Credits Policy and the
fees for our services from time to time. Our changes to the policy are
effective after we provide you with a notice of the
changes by email contact. When you list an
item you have an opportunity to review and accept the fees that you will be
charged for the use of our featured listing services. We may in our sole
discretion change some or all of our services at any time. In the event we
introduce a new service, the fees for that service are effective at the launch
of the service. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars.
You are responsible for paying all fees associated with using our service and
our website and all applicable taxes. Fetish Auctioneer reserves the right to charge the stored credit cards of seller accounts for the amount owed if that seller account has been invoiced and not paid within four days of being invoiced.
- Fetish Auctioneer is Only a Venue.
3.1 Overview. Our site acts as a venue for sellers to list items
(or, as appropriate, solicit offers to buy) and buyers to bid on items. We are
not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a
result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the items
advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of sellers to
sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot ensure that a
buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction.
Fetish Auctioneer takes no position as to whether an item listed for
auction is legal for the seller to sell or for the buyer to purchase. It is
entirely up to the buyer and seller to determine if an item is illegal or
unlawful in their locale, city, town, state or country.
3.2 Safe Trading. Because user authentication on the Internet is
difficult, Fetish Auctioneer cannot and does not confirm each user's purported
identity. Thus, we have established a user-initiated feedback system to help
you evaluate with whom you are dealing. We also encourage you to communicate
directly with potential trading partners. You may also wish to consider using
a third party escrow service or services that provide additional user
verification.
3.3 Release. Because we are not involved in the actual transaction
between buyers and sellers, in the event that you have a dispute with one or
more users, you release Fetish Auctioneer (and our officers, directors,
agents, subsidiaries and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual
and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and
unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected
with such disputes.
3.4 Information Control. We do not control the information provided
by other users which is made available through our system. You may find other
user's information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please
use caution, common sense, and practice safe trading when using our site.
Please note that there are also risks of dealing with foreign nationals,
underage persons or people acting under false pretense.
- Bidding and Buying.
If you are the highest bidder at the end of an auction (meeting the applicable
minimum bid or reserve requirements) and your bid is accepted by the seller,
you are obligated to complete the transaction with the seller, unless the item
is listed in a category under the Non-Binding Bid Policy or the transaction is
prohibited by law or by this Agreement. By bidding on an item you agree to be
bound by the conditions of sale included in the item's description (or linked
to from the description) so long as those conditions of sale are not in
violation of this Agreement or unlawful. Bids are not retractable except in
exceptional circumstances such as when the seller materially changes the
item's description after you bid, a clear typographical error is made, or you
cannot authenticate the seller's identity. If you choose to bid on adult
items, you are certifying that you have the legal right to purchase such
items.
- Listing and Selling.
5.1 Listing Description. Listings may only include text descriptions,
graphics and pictures you supply to our site (or that you link to from our
site) that describe your item for sale (or as appropriate, for which you are
soliciting offers to buy). All listed items must be listed in an appropriate
category. All Dutch auction items must be identical (the size, color, make,
and model all must be the same for each item). All pictures listed must not require compliance with Title 18 Section 2257. We do not allow such pictures on our site.
5.2 Binding Bids. If you receive at least one bid at or above your
stated minimum price (or in the case of reserve auctions, at or above the
reserve price), you are obligated to complete the transaction with the highest
bidder upon the auction's completion, unless there is an exceptional
circumstance, such as: (a) the buyer fails to meet the terms of your listing
(such as payment method), or (b) you cannot authenticate the buyer's identity.
5.3 Fraud. Without limiting any other remedies, Fetish Auctioneer
may suspend or terminate your account if you are found (by conviction,
settlement, insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) to have engaged
in fraudulent activity in connection with our site.
5.4 Manipulation. Neither bidders nor sellers may manipulate the
price of any item nor may you interfere with other user's listings or
auctions.
- Your Information.
Your Information is defined as any information you provide to us or other
users in the registration, bidding or listing process, in any public message
area (including the feedback area) or through any email feature. You are
solely responsible for Your Information, and we act as a passive conduit for
your online distribution and publication of Your Information. With respect to
Your Information:
6.1 Your Information (or any items listed therein): (a) shall not be
false, inaccurate or misleading; (b) shall not be fraudulent or involve the
sale of counterfeit or stolen items; (c) shall not infringe any third party's
copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or
rights of publicity or privacy; (d) shall not violate any law, statute,
ordinance or regulation (including without limitation those governing export
control, consumer protection, unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false
advertising); (e) shall not be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully
threatening or unlawfully harassing; (f) shall not be obscene or contain child
pornography or promote hatred or intolerance against a person or group of
persons; (g) shall not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any
system, data or personal information; (h) shall not create liability for us or
cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other
suppliers; and (i) shall not link directly or indirectly to or include
descriptions of goods or services that: (aa) are prohibited under this
Agreement; (bb) are identical to other items you have up for auction but are
priced lower than your item's reserve or minimum bid amount; (cc) are
concurrently listed for auction on a web site other than Fetish Auctioneer's;
or (dd) you do not have a right to link to or include. Furthermore, you may
not list any item on our site (or consummate any transaction that was
initiated using our service) that could cause us to violate any applicable
law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or that violates our current Prohibited
Acts.
6.2 Solely to enable Fetish Auctioneer to use the information you
supply us with, so that we are not violating any rights you might have in that
information, you agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to
exercise the copyright and publicity rights (but no other rights) you have in
Your Information, in any media now known or not currently known. With respect
to Your Information. Fetish Auctioneer will only use Your Information in
accordance with our Privacy Policy.
- Access and Interference.
Our web site contains robot exclusion headers and you agree that you will not
use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or
copy our web pages or the content contained herein without our prior expressed
written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or
routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the
Fetish Auctioneer site or any auction being conducted on our site. You agree
that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information
on our site is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed
to Fetish Auctioneer by our users or third parties. You agree that you will
not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly
display any content (except for Your Information) from our website without the
prior expressed written permission of Fetish Auctioneer or the appropriate
third party.
- Feedback.
You may not take any actions that may undermine the integrity of the feedback
system. If you earn a net feedback rating of -3 (minus three), your membership
will be automatically suspended, and you will be unable to list or bid.
8.1 Export. You acknowledge that your feedback consists of comments
left by other users and a composite feedback number compiled by Fetish
Auctioneer, and that the composite number without the comments does not convey
your full user profile. Because feedback ratings are not designed for any
purpose other than for facilitating trading between Fetish Auctioneer users,
you agree that you shall not market or export your Fetish Auctioneer feedback
rating in any venue other than Fetish Auctioneer.
8.2 Import. We do not provide the technical ability to allow you to
import feedback from other websites to Fetish Auctioneer because a composite
number, without the corresponding feedback does not reflect your true online
reputation within our community.
- Breach.
Without limiting other remedies, we may immediately issue a warning,
temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and
refuse to provide our services to you: (a) if you breach this Agreement or the
documents it incorporates by reference; (b) if we are unable to verify or
authenticate any information you provide to us; or (c) if we believe that your
actions may cause legal liability for you, our users or us.
- No Warranty.
WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS PROVIDE OUR WEB SITE AND SERVICES AS IS AND WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some states do not
allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may
not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may
also have other legal rights which vary from state to state.
- Liability Limit.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE).
OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD
PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF
FEES YOU PAY TO US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO
LIABILITY, AND (B) . Some states do not allow the limitation of liability,
so the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.
- Indemnity.
You agree to indemnify and hold us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers,
directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of
your breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference,
or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
- Legal Compliance.
You shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances and
regulations regarding your use of our service and your bidding on, listing,
purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of items.
- No Agency.
You and Fetish Auctioneer are independent contractors, and no agency,
partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee
relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
- Notices.
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given by email to
Fetish Auctioneer. (in the case of Fetish Auctioneer) or to the email address
you provide to Fetish Auctioneer during the registration process (in your
case). Notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after email is sent, unless the
sending party is notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, we
may give you notice by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, to the address provided to Fetish Auctioneer during the
registration process. In such case, notice shall be deemed given 3 days after
the date of mailing.
- Arbitration.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or our
services shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the
commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such
controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not
be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other
party. The arbitration shall be conducted in New York, and judgment on the
arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof.
Either you or Fetish Auctioneer may seek any interim or preliminary relief
from a court of competent jurisdiction in New York necessary to protect the
rights or property of you or Fetish Auctioneer pending the completion of
arbitration.
- General.
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of
New York as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be
performed entirely within New York between New York residents. We do not
guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and
operation of our site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of
our control. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or
unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions
shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way
define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our
failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our
right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. This Agreement
sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to
the subject matter hereof.
- Disclosures.
The services hereunder are offered by Fetish Auctioneer