General Terms and Conditions
Below you will find the General Terms and Conditions of Briefkasten Manufaktur Lippe GmbH, Werler Str. 60, 32105 Bad Salzuflen.
1 Scope of application
The following terms and conditions apply to all orders placed via our online shop by consumers and entrepreneurs.
A consumer is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly outside his trade, business or profession. An entrepreneur is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity who, when concluding a legal transaction, acts in the exercise of their commercial or independent professional activity.
The following applies to entrepreneurs: If the entrepreneur uses conflicting or supplementary general terms and conditions, their validity is hereby rejected; they shall only become part of the contract if we have expressly agreed to them.
2 Contractual partner, conclusion of contract, correction options
The purchase contract is concluded with Briefkasten Manufaktur Lippe GmbH.
By placing the products in the online shop, we submit a binding offer to conclude a contract for these products. You can initially place our products in the shopping basket without obligation and correct your entries at any time before sending your binding order by using the correction aids provided and explained in the order process. The contract is concluded when you accept the offer for the products contained in the shopping basket by clicking on the order button. Immediately after sending the order, you will receive another confirmation by e-mail.
3 Contract language, contract text storage
The language(s) available for the conclusion of the contract: German, English, French, Italian
We save the text of the contract and send you the order data and our GTC in text form. You can view the text of the contract in our customer login.
4 Subject matter of the contract
4.1 Product description
Reference is made to the validity of the respective product description as an integral part of the contract.
4.2 Product images
Without prejudice to your statutory warranty rights, we would like to draw your attention to the following special features. If you are unsure, please contact us:
Due to individual screen configurations (e.g. resolution and brightness), slight deviations between the product colours shown and the actual product colours are possible.
4.3 Right of use
Any sketches, drafts, preliminary products, etc. created by us to fulfil the order are legally protected. We grant you a simple, non-exclusive right to use them for the purpose of order fulfilment to the contractually agreed extent.
5 Requirements and handling of customer content
5.1 Requirements
If it is necessary for the fulfilment of the order that you transmit content (e.g. texts, data, files) to us, the existing technical possibilities for this and any applicable requirements are based on the respective product description.
You are solely responsible for the content, including the legality and accuracy of the content you transmit. We do not carry out an editorial review of the content before executing the order.
5.2 Compliance with applicable law
The content and the products to be created from it must always comply with the applicable legal provisions. In particular, they must not infringe any rights or claims of third parties (especially copyrights, trademarks or other industrial property rights) and must not contain or serve any purposes that glorify violence, are discriminatory, racist, xenophobic or otherwise immoral or unconstitutional.
5.3 Indemnification
You shall indemnify us against claims by third parties which they may assert in connection with an infringement of their rights by our contractual use. You shall also assume the necessary costs of legal defence including all court and lawyer's fees in the statutory amount. The indemnification does not apply if you are not responsible for the infringement. In the event of a claim by a third party, you are obliged to provide us immediately, truthfully and completely with all information necessary for the examination of the claims and a defence.
5.4 Reservation of cancellation
We reserve the right to refuse the order or to withdraw from the contract if the content provided by you for this purpose violates legal or official prohibitions or offends common decency, or if there is a justified suspicion of this. This applies in particular to the provision of anti-constitutional, racist, xenophobic, discriminatory, offensive, youth-endangering and/or violence-glorifying content.
6 Installation
The provision of installation services requires an express agreement.
6.1 Selection of the service provider
We shall provide the service at our discretion either in our own person or by qualified personnel selected by us. We expressly reserve the right to have services performed by third parties (subcontractors) who work on our behalf.
You only have a claim to the selection of a specific person to provide the service if and insofar as this is expressly stated in the applicable service description.
If and insofar as third parties are used to provide services, we shall remain fully responsible for the fulfilment of the contractual obligations.
Before engaging third parties, we shall check their reliability, suitability in terms of professional training, experience and/or ability to provide the contractual services and shall oblige them to do so.
6.2 Access to the installation site
The product will be delivered to the installation site. You are obliged to grant access to the installation site to the persons commissioned with the installation.
7 Delivery conditions
7.1 Delivery options
We ship the products to the delivery address specified in the order process.
You generally have the option of collecting the products from Briefkasten Manufaktur Lippe GmbH, Werler Straße 60, 32105 Bad Salzuflen, Germany during the following business hours: Mon.-Fri. from 08.00 - 16.00 (exceptions possible by arrangement)
We do not deliver to packing stations.
7.2 Delivery by forwarding agent
Making an appointment
In the case of forwarding deliveries, the forwarding company commissioned by us will contact you to arrange a delivery date.
Place of delivery
The delivery of the goods is limited to the transport and unloading of the goods to the first public kerb at the agreed delivery address. Delivery does not include delivery to specific premises or the assembly and/or installation of the goods ordered, unless expressly agreed otherwise.
Co-operation of the consignee
Unloading and any necessary subsequent transport of the goods to the agreed place of delivery shall be carried out jointly by the haulage driver and the recipient. Information on the packaging dimensions can be found in the offers.
The following applies to merchants: In deviation from the previous sentence, the recipient is responsible for unloading and any necessary subsequent transport of the goods to the agreed place of delivery.
8 Payment
The following payment methods are generally available in our shop.
Prepayment
If you choose to pay in advance, we will send you our bank details in a separate e-mail and deliver the goods after receipt of payment.
Cash payment on collection
You pay the invoice amount in cash on collection.
Amazon Pay
In order to be able to pay the invoice amount via the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A. 38 avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg ("Amazon"), you must be registered with Amazon, legitimise yourself with your access data and confirm the payment instruction. The payment transaction is carried out by Amazon Pay within one banking day of placing the order.
Amazon Pay can offer registered Amazon Pay customers, selected according to their own criteria, further payment methods in the customer account. However, we have no influence on the offering of these payment methods; other individually offered payment methods affect your legal relationship with Amazon Pay. You can find further information on this in your Amazon Pay account.
Apple Pay
To be able to pay the invoice amount via the payment service provider Apple Inc, One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA ("Apple"), you must use the "Safari" browser, be registered with Apple, have activated the Apple Pay function, legitimise yourself with your access data and confirm the payment instruction. The payment transaction is carried out immediately after placing the order. You will receive further instructions during the ordering process.
Google Pay
In order to be able to pay the invoice amount via the payment service provider Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"), you must be registered with Google, have activated the Google Pay function, legitimise yourself with your access data and confirm the payment instruction. The payment transaction is carried out immediately after placing the order. You will receive further instructions during the ordering process.
Klarna
In cooperation with the payment service provider Klarna Bank AB (publ.), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden ("Klarna"), we offer you the following payment options. Payment via Klarna is only available to consumers. Unless otherwise specified below, payment via Klarna requires a successful address and credit check and is made directly to Klarna. Further information can be found in the respective payment option and in the order process.
Purchase on account via Klarna
The invoice amount is due 14 days after dispatch of the goods and receipt of the invoice.
Klarna can offer registered Klarna customers, selected according to their own criteria, further payment methods in the customer account. However, we have no influence on the offering of these modalities; other individually offered payment modalities affect your legal relationship with Klarna. You can find further information on this in your Klarna account.
Klarna credit card
You enter your credit card details during the ordering process. Your card will be charged by Klarna immediately after placing the order. There is no address or credit check.
Klarna direct debit
You issue Klarna with a SEPA direct debit mandate. Klarna will inform you about the date of the account debit (so-called prenotification). The account will be debited after the goods have been dispatched.
Purchase in instalments via Klarna
You can pay the invoice amount in monthly instalments of at least 1/24 of the total amount. The minimum instalment is 6.95 euros.
Klarna can offer registered Klarna customers selected according to its own criteria further payment methods in the customer account (e.g. interest-free instalment plans). However, we have no influence on the offering of these modalities; other individually offered payment modalities affect your legal relationship with Klarna. You can find further information on this in your Klarna account
PayPal
In cooperation with the payment service provider PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg ("PayPal"), we offer you the following payment options as PayPal services. Unless otherwise specified below, payment via PayPal does not require registration with PayPal. Further information can be found in the respective payment option and in the order process.
PayPal, PayPal Express
In order to be able to pay the invoice amount via the PayPal payment option, you must be registered with PayPal, legitimise yourself with your access data and confirm the payment instruction. The payment transaction is carried out by PayPal immediately after the order is placed.
PayPal can offer registered PayPal customers, selected according to its own criteria, further payment methods in the customer account. However, we have no influence on the offering of these modalities; other individually offered payment modalities affect your legal relationship with PayPal. You can find further information on this in your PayPal account.
Credit card via PayPal
Your card will be charged by PayPal after the goods have been dispatched.
Direct debit via PayPal
Payment by direct debit via PayPal requires an address and credit check and is made directly to PayPal. By confirming the payment instruction, you issue PayPal with a direct debit mandate. You will be informed by PayPal about the date of the account debit (so-called prenotification). The account will be debited before the goods are dispatched.
Sofort by Klarna
In order to be able to pay the invoice amount via the payment service provider Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, you must have a bank account activated for online banking, legitimise yourself accordingly and confirm the payment instruction. Your account will be debited immediately after placing the order. You will receive further instructions during the ordering process.
Invoice
The invoice amount is due 14 days after receipt of the invoice and the goods by bank transfer to the bank account specified on the invoice. We reserve the right to offer purchase on account only after a successful credit check.
9. right of cancellation
Consumers are entitled to the statutory right of cancellation as described in the cancellation policy. Entrepreneurs are not granted a voluntary right of cancellation.
10 Retention of title
The product remains our property until full payment has been made.
For entrepreneurs, the following also applies: We reserve title to the product until all claims arising from an ongoing business relationship have been settled in full. You may resell the goods subject to retention of title in the ordinary course of business; you assign to us in advance all claims arising from this resale - irrespective of any combination or mixing of the goods subject to retention of title with a new item - in the amount of the invoice amount, and we accept this assignment. You remain authorised to collect the claims, but we may also collect claims ourselves if you do not meet your payment obligations. We shall release the securities to which we are entitled at your request to the extent that the realisable value of the securities exceeds the value of the outstanding claims by more than 10%.
11. transport damage
The following applies to consumers: If goods are delivered with obvious transport damage, please complain about such defects to the deliverer as soon as possible and contact us immediately. Failure to make a complaint or contact us has no consequences for your legal claims and their enforcement, in particular your warranty rights. However, you will help us to assert our own claims against the carrier or the transport insurance company.
The following applies to entrepreneurs: The risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration shall pass to you as soon as we have delivered the goods to the forwarding agent, the carrier or the person or organisation otherwise responsible for carrying out the shipment.
12 Warranty and guarantees
12.1 Liability for defects
The statutory liability for defects shall apply.
12.2 Guarantees and customer service
Information on any additional guarantees that may apply and their exact conditions can be found with the product and on special information pages in the online shop.
Customer service: You can reach our customer service for questions, complaints and objections on weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. by calling +49 5222 807110 or by e-mail at info@briefkasten-manufaktur.de.
13 Liability
We shall always be liable without limitation for claims based on damage caused by us, our legal representatives or vicarious agents
- in the event of injury to life, limb or health,
- in the event of wilful or grossly negligent breach of duty,
- in the case of guarantee promises, if agreed, or
- insofar as the scope of application of the Product Liability Act is opened.
In the event of a breach of essential contractual obligations, the fulfilment of which is essential for the proper execution of the contract and on the observance of which the contractual partner may regularly rely (cardinal obligations) due to slight negligence on our part, our legal representatives or vicarious agents, the amount of liability shall be limited to the damage foreseeable at the time of conclusion of the contract, the occurrence of which must typically be expected.
Otherwise, claims for damages are excluded.
14 Dispute resolution
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS), which you can find here. Consumers have the option of using this platform to resolve their disputes.
Important note: The Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform will be finally discontinued on 20 July 2025. The submission of complaints on the ODR platform will therefore be discontinued on 20 March 2025. In order to resolve disputes arising from a contractual relationship with a consumer or whether such a contractual relationship exists at all, we are obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. The federal universal arbitration board at the Zentrum für Schlichtung e.V., Straßburger Straße 8, 77694 Kehl am Rhein, Germany, https://www.universalschlichtungsstelle.de/ is responsible. We will participate in a dispute resolution procedure before this body.
15. final provisions
If you are an entrepreneur, German law applies to the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
If you are a merchant within the meaning of the German Commercial Code, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from contractual relationships between us and you is our registered office.