Terms Of Use

This document is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

This document is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy and Terms of Use for access or usage of www.cottage9.com website.

The domain name www.cottage9.com (hereinafter referred to as “WEBSITE”) is owned by Cottage9 Enterprises Private Limited a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 with its registered office at 135, Allenby Lines, Ambala Cantt,– 133001, Haryana, India (here in after referred to as “COTTAGE9”).

Your use of the Website and services and tools are governed by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”) as applicable to the Website including the applicable policies which are incorporated herein by way of reference. If You transact on the Website, You shall be subject to the policies that are applicable to the Website for such transaction. By mere use of the Website, You shall be contracting with COTTAGE9 and these terms and conditions including the policies constitute Your binding obligations, with COTTAGE9.

For the purpose of these Terms of Use, wherever the context so requires “You” or “User” shall mean any natural or legal person who has agreed to become a buyer or a seller on the Website by providing Registration Data while registering on the Website as Registered User using the computer systems.

COTTAGE9 allows the User to surf the Website but does not allow selling or making purchases without registering on the Website. The term “We”, “Us”, “Our” shall mean COTTAGE9.

When You use any of the services provided by Us through the Website, including but not limited to, (e.g. Product Reviews, Seller Reviews), You will be subject to the rules, guidelines, policies, terms, and conditions applicable to such service, and they shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Terms of Use and shall be considered as part and parcel of this Terms of Use. We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time without any prior written notice to You. It is Your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically for updates / changes. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes will mean that You accept and agree to the revisions. As long as You comply with these Terms of Use, We grant You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Website.

ACCESSING, BROWSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SITE INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE, SO PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING. By impliedly or expressly accepting these Terms of Use, You also accept and agree to be bound by COTTAGE9 Policies [including but not limited to Privacy Policy as amended from time to time]

Membership Eligibility

Use of the Website is available only to persons who can form legally binding contracts under Indian Contract Act, 1872. Persons who are “incompetent to contract” within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 including minors, un-discharged insolvents etc. are not eligible to use the Website. If you are a minor i.e. under the age of 18 years, you shall not register as a User of the COTTAGE9 website and shall not transact on or use the website. As a minor if you wish to use or transact on website, such use or transaction may be made by your legal guardian or parents on the Website. COTTAGE9 reserves the right to terminate your membership and / or refuse to provide you with access to the Website if it is brought to COTTAGE9’s notice or if it is discovered that you are under the age of 18 years.

Pricing

Pricing on any product(s) as is reflected on the Website may due to some technical issue, typographical error or product information published by seller may be incorrectly reflected and in such an event seller may cancel such your order(s).

Indemnity

You release and indemnify COTTAGE9 and/or any of its officers and representatives from any cost, damage, liability or other consequence of any of the actions of the Users of the Website and specifically waive any claims that you may have in this behalf under any applicable law. Notwithstanding its reasonable efforts in that behalf, COTTAGE9 cannot take responsibility or control the information provided by other Users that is made available on the Website. You may find other User’s information to be offensive, harmful, inconsistent, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please use caution and practice safe trading when using the Website. Please note that there could be risks in dealing with under age persons or people acting under false pretense.

Buyer Terms

You, as a Buyer, understand that upon initiating a Transaction You are entering into a legally binding and enforceable contract with COTTAGE9 to purchase the products and /or services using the Payment Facility, and You shall pay the Transaction Price through Your Issuing Bank to the COTTAGE9 using Payment Facility.

You, as a Buyer, may agree with the COTTAGE9through electronic communication and electronic records and using the automated features as may be provided by Payment Facility on any extension / increase in the Dispatch and/or Delivery time and the Transaction shall stand amended to such extent. Any such extension / increase of Dispatch / Delivery time or subsequent novation / variation of the Transaction should be in compliance with Payment Facility Rules and Policies.

You, as a Buyer, shall electronically notify Payment Facility using the appropriate COTTAGE9 Website features immediately upon Delivery or non Delivery within the time period as provided in Policies. Non notification by You of Delivery or non Delivery within the time period specified in the Policies shall be construed as a deemed Delivery in respect of that Transaction. In case of Cash On Delivery transactions, Buyer is not required to confirm the receipt of products or services.

You, as a Buyer, shall be entitled to claim a refund of the Transaction Price (as Your sole and exclusive remedy) in case You do not receive the Delivery within the time period agreed in the Transaction including delayed time period beyond our control or within the time reasonable period as taken by the Shipper, whichever is earlier. In case you do not raise a refund claim using Website features within the stipulated time than this would make You ineligible for a refund.

You, as a Buyer, understand that the Payment Facility may not be available in full or in part for certain category of products and/or services and/or Transactions as mentioned in the Policies and hence You may not be entitled to a refund in respect of the Transactions for those products and /or services

Except for Cash On Delivery transaction, refund, if any, shall be made at the same Issuing Bank from where Transaction Price was received.

For Cash On Delivery transactions, refunds, if any, will be made via demand draft in favour of the Buyer (As per registration details provided by the Buyer)

Refund shall be made in Indian Rupees only and shall be equivalent to the Transaction Price received in Indian Rupees.

For electronics payments, refund shall be made through payment facility using NEFT / RTGS or any other online banking / electronic funds transfer system approved by Reserve Bank India (RBI).

Refund shall be conditional and shall be with recourse available to COTTAGE9 in case of any misuse by Buyer.

Refund shall be subject to Buyer complying with Policies.

COTTAGE9 reserves the right to impose limits on the number of Transactions or Transaction Price which COTTAGE9 may receive from on an individual Valid Credit/Debit/ Cash Card / Valid Bank Account/ and such other infrastructure or any other financial instrument directly or indirectly through payment aggregator or through any such facility authorized by Reserve Bank of India to provide enabling support facility for collection and remittance of payment or by an individual Buyer during any time period, and reserves the right to refuse to process Transactions exceeding such limit.

COTTAGE9 reserves the right to refuse to process Transactions by Buyers with a prior history of questionable charges including without limitation breach of any agreements by Buyer with COTTAGE9 or breach/violation of any law or any charges imposed by Issuing Bank or breach of any policy.

COTTAGE9 may do such checks as it deems fit before approving the receipt of/Buyers commitment to pay (for Cash On Delivery transactions) Transaction Price from the Buyer for security or other reasons at the discretion of COTTAGE9. As a result of such check if COTTAGE9 is not satisfied with the creditability of the Buyer or genuineness of the Transaction / Transaction Price, it will have the right to reject the receipt of / Buyers commitment to pay Transaction Price.

COTTAGE9 may delay Dispatch, if COTTAGE9 deems suspicious or for Buyers conducting high transaction volumes to ensure safety of the Transaction and Transaction Price. In addition, COTTAGE9 may hold Transaction Price and COTTAGE9 may not Dispatch or remit Transaction Price to law enforcement officials (instead of refunding the same to Buyer) at the request of law enforcement officials or in the event the Buyer is engaged in any form of illegal activity.

The Buyer acknowledges that COTTAGE9 will not be liable for any damages, interests or claims etc. resulting from not processing a Transaction/Transaction Price or any delay in processing a Transaction/Transaction Price which is beyond control of COTTAGE9.

Payment Facility for Buyer

While availing any of the payment method/s available on the Website, we will not be responsible or assume any liability, whatsoever in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly to You due to:

• Lack of authorization for any transaction/s, or
• Exceeding the preset limit mutually agreed by You and between “Bank/s”, or
• Any payment issues arising out of the transaction, or
• Decline of transaction for any other reason/s
• All payments made against the purchases/services on Website by you shall be compulsorily in Indian Rupees or US Dollars acceptable in the Republic of India. Website will not facilitate transaction with respect to any other form of currency with respect to the purchases made on Website.
• Before shipping / delivering your order to you, COTTAGE9 may request you to provide supporting documents (including but not limited to Govt. issued ID and address proof) to establish the ownership of the payment instrument used by you for your purchase. This is done in the interest of providing a safe online shopping environment to Our Users.

Accuracy of content and invitation to offer

COTTAGE9 has taken every care in the preparation of the content of this website, in particular to ensure that prices quoted are correct at time of publishing and all products have been fairly described. All prices are displayed inclusive of GST. Packaging may vary from that shown. The weights, dimensions and capacities given are approximate only. We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colours of our products that appear on the website. However, as the actual colours you see will depend on your monitor, we cannot guarantee that your monitor’s display of any colour will accurately reflect the colour of the product on delivery. To the extent permitted by applicable law, COTTAGE9 disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials on this website. COTTAGE9 shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of any of the information contained in any of the materials on this website.

All products/services and information displayed on Website constitute an invitation to offer. Your order for purchase constitutes your offer which shall be subject to the terms and conditions as listed herein. COTTAGE9 reserves the right to accept or reject your offer in part or in full. Our acceptance of your order will take place upon dispatch of the product(s) ordered. Dispatch of all the product(s) ordered, may or may not happen at the same time, in such a scenario that portion of the order which has been dispatched will be deemed to have been accepted by COTTAGE9 and the balance would continue to be on offer to COTTAGE9 reserves the right to accept or reject such balance order. No act or omission of COTTAGE9 prior to the actual dispatch of the product (s) ordered will constitute acceptance of your offer. If you have supplied us with your email address, we will notify you by email as soon as possible to confirm receipt of your order and email you again to confirm dispatch and therefore acceptance of the order.

WEBSITE Access and Registration

Those who choose to access this WEBSITE from outside India are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Some Indian states prohibit direct sale of merchandise from other states and require special documentation to effect such a sale without dual taxation, if WEBSITE receives a order from such states or to be delivered to such states under such circumstances WEBSITE retains the right to accept or reject the order.

Those who choose to access this website from Indian states which restrict such use are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local state laws are applicable. WEBSITE will deliver the products only within states having open import policy and will not be liable for any claims relating to any products ordered from restricted states.

Except where additional terms and conditions are provided which are product specific, these terms and conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings, or agreements and shall prevail notwithstanding any variance with any other terms of any order submitted. By using the services of WEBSITE you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

You also agree and confirm:

• To provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by COTTAGE9 registration form (such information being the “Registration Data”).
• To maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, incomplete, or not current or if WEBSITE has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, and not current or not in accordance with the User Agreement, WEBSITE has the right to indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide you with access to the WEBSITE.
• That in the event that a non-delivery occurs on account of a mistake by you (i.e. wrong name or address or any other wrong information) any extra cost incurred by WEBSITE for redelivery shall be claimed from you and you shall pay such cost.
• That you will use the services provided by WEBSITE, its affiliates, consultants and contracted companies, for lawful purposes only and comply with all applicable laws and regulations while using the Website and transacting on the Website.
• You will provide authentic and true information in all instances where such information is requested of you. WEBSITE reserves the right to confirm and validate the information and other details provided by you at any point of time. If upon confirmation your details are found not to be true (wholly or partly), WEBSITE has the right in its sole discretion to reject the registration and debar you from using the Services of WEBSITE and or other affiliated websites without prior intimation whatsoever.
• That you are accessing the services available on this WEBSITE and transacting at your sole risk and are using your best and prudent judgment before entering into any transaction through this WEBSITE
• That the address at which delivery of the product ordered by you is to be made will be correct and proper in all respects.
• That before placing an order you will check the product description carefully. By placing an order for a product you agree to be bound by the conditions of sale and invitation of offer included in the item’s description.

Exactness Not Guaranteed

WEBSITE hereby disclaims any guarantees of exactness as to the finish and appearance of the final Product as ordered by the user.

Pricing Information

While WEBSITE strives to provide accurate product and pricing information, pricing or typographical errors may occur. WEBSITE cannot confirm the price of a product until after you order. In the event that a product is listed at an incorrect price or with incorrect information due to an error in pricing or product information, WEBSITE shall have the right, at our sole discretion, to refuse or cancel any orders placed for that product, unless the product has already been dispatched. In the event that an item is mis-priced, WEBSITE may, at its discretion, either contact you for instructions or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation. Unless the product ordered by you has been dispatched, your offer will not be deemed accepted and WEBSITE will have the right to modify the price of the product and contact you for further instructions using the e-mail address provided by you during the time of registration, or cancel the order and notify you of such cancellation. In the event that WEBSITE accepts your order the same shall be debited to your credit / debit card account and duly notified to you by email that the payment has been processed. The payment may be processed prior to WEBSITE dispatch of the product that you have ordered. If we have to cancel the order after we have processed the payment, the said amount will be reversed back to your credit / debit card account.

GST

Prices will be inclusive of GST

In case of mispricing

Despite our best efforts, a small number of the many hundreds of items in our catalogue are mispriced. However, we verify prices as part of our dispatch procedures. If an item’s correct price is lower than our stated price, we charge the lower amount and send you the item. If a product’s correct price is higher than our stated price, we will cancel your order and notify you of that cancellation

Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

Cancellation by WEBSITE

Please note that there may be certain orders that we are unable to accept and must cancel. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to refuse or cancel any order for any reason. Some situations that may result in your order being canceled include limitations on quantities available for purchase, inaccuracies or errors in product or pricing information, or problems identified by our credit and fraud avoidance department. We may also require additional verifications or information before accepting any order. We will inform you if all or any portion of your order is canceled or if additional information is required to accept your order. If your order is cancelled after your credit / debit card has been charged, the said amount will be reversed back in your Card Account

We will seek authorization on your Card for the aggregate amount of the order placed by you, however, we may charge your card (capture) only with the amount corresponding to the actual portion of the order that we are able/willing to fulfill, and any associated shipping charges/taxes and levies etc. Any surplus amount, for which we might have originally sought and received an authorization on your card from your Card Issuer, if not captured by us in the time period stipulated by our Merchant Banker, will not be captured / charged. If however the same is charged to your card / bank account in error, we will refund it as soon as the same is realized by us or brought to our notice, whichever is sooner. WEBSITE reserves the right to capture / charge your card to the full or partial authorized amount for the concerned order.

Cancellation of Fraudulent Orders

To provide a safe and secure shopping experience, we regularly monitor transactions for fraudulent activity. In the event of detecting any suspicious activity, WEBSITE reserves the right to cancel pending and future orders without any liability. WEBSITE also reserves the right to refuse or cancel orders in scenarios like inaccuracies in pricing of product on website and stock unavailability. We may also require additional verifications or information before accepting any order. If your order is cancelled after your card has been charged, the said amount will be reversed to your Card Account. Any promotional voucher used for the cancelled orders may not be refunded.

Cancellations by the customer

You may cancel your order or some items in your order before we bill and ship the items. You may also exchange the merchandise or get a refund by returning the product (with the exception of made to order) in saleable condition, for a return or an exchange, within 5 days from the date on which it is delivered. For details of how to exercise this right please see our Return Policy. In case we receive a cancellation notice and the order has not been processed /approved by us, we shall cancel the order and refund the entire amount, if any, charged to your card.

The customer agrees not to dispute the decision made by WEBSITE and accept WEBSITE decision regarding the cancellation.

Returns / Exchange through courier collection

• Any refund against a return request made to WEBSITE customer support, and collected by courier from the delivery address where the item was originally delivered, shall be processed only upon receipt of the item in undamaged condition, along with the original sales invoice.
• After the Product/s is received by WEBSITE, and subject to verification of the purchase and condition of merchandise we shall process a refund/exchange within 5 working days of receipt of the Product.
• Refunds of payments charged to the Cardholder’s credit / debit card will only be credited back to the Cardholder’s credit / debit card account, which was used to pay for the original order. Please note that we shall not be responsible for any delays in credit to the Cardholder’s credit / debit card account as that is managed by the Cardholder’s issuing bank.
• Some items can only be returned through courier collection process

Financial Details

You agree, understand and confirm that the credit / debit card details or other financial details provided by you for availing of services on WEBSITE will be correct and accurate and you shall not use the credit /debit card or financial facility which is not lawfully owned / obtained by you. You also understand that any financial information submitted by you is directly received by our acquiring bank and not stored by WEBSITE. WEBSITE will not be liable for any credit / debit card fraud. The liability for use of a card fraudulently will be on you and the onus to ‘prove otherwise’ shall be exclusively on you. All information collected by us shall be governed as per our Privacy Policy

Fraudulent /Declined Transactions

WEBSITE and its associated acquiring bank or financial institutions reserve the right to recover the cost of goods, collection charges and lawyers fees from persons using the Website fraudulently. WEBSITE and its associated acquiring banks or financial institutions reserve the right to initiate legal proceedings against such persons for fraudulent use of the Website and any other unlawful acts or acts or omissions in breach of these terms and conditions

Electronic Communications

When you visit the Website or send emails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by email or by posting notices on the Website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Colors

We have made every effort to display the colors of our products that appear on the Website as accurately as possible. However, as the actual colors you see will depend on your monitor, we cannot guarantee that your monitor’s display of any color will be accurate.

Reviews, Feedback, Submissions

All reviews, comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to WEBSITE on or by this Website or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection with your use of this Website (collectively, the “Comments”) shall be and remain WEBSITE property. Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments shall constitute an assignment to WEBSITE of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Comments. Thus, WEBSITE owns exclusively all such rights, titles and interests and shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any Comments. WEBSITE will be entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publish, display and distribute any Comments you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. WEBSITE is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay you any compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any Comments. You agree that any Comments submitted by you to the Website will not violate this policy or any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s), and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You further agree that no Comments submitted by you to the Website will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, threatening, abusive or obscene material, or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any form of ‘spam’.

WEBSITE does not regularly review posted Comments, but does reserve the right (but not the obligation) to monitor and edit or remove any Comments submitted to the Website. You grant WEBSITE the right to use the name that you submit in connection with any Comments. You agree not to use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any Comments you submit. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Comments you make and you agree to indemnify WEBSITE and its affiliates for all claims resulting from any Comments you submit. WEBSITE and its affiliates take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Comments submitted by you or any third party

Terms and Condition for WEBSITE for Offers & Discounts

• The offersare valid only for online orders placed on www.cottage9.com
• The Discount will not be applicable on E-Gift Voucher if any issued
• The offer is valid only for successful/approved transactions.
• No two offers can be available simultaneously.
• General Terms & Conditions of this document apply.
• The discount offer cannot be combined or exchanged with any other offer provided by COTTAGE9
• The Approval of the order is at the sole discretion of WEBSITE
• We do not return or exchange E-Gift Vouchers.
• COTTAGE9 Reserves the right at any time, without notice, to add/alter/change/ or vary any or all of these terms and conditions or to replace, entire or in part, this offer by another offer, whether similar to this offer or not, or to withdraw it altogether.
• In the event of non-happening, cancellation or partial happening of the offer for reasons beyond anybody’s control or Act of God, neither COTTAGE9 nor their agent, sponsors nor their agent, successors or assigns shall be liable to any of the customers participating in the offer.
• By participating in the promotional offer, the Customers shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions.
• Any disputes arising out of this offer shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of courts in Ambala Cantt, Haryana only.

Terms and Condition for E-Gift Voucher

• E-Gift voucher if issued is redeemable for merchandise at WEBSITE
• E-Gift Voucher if issued is not redeemable for cash or credit.
• E-Gift Voucher if issued cannot be reloaded.
• E-Gift Voucher if issued is valid for a period of 1 year from its date of issue.
• If the E Gift Voucher if issued is lost or stolen, neither will a new E-Gift Voucher if issued will be issued nor will the money be reimbursed in any manner.
• COTTAGE9 shall not be liable and responsible for any unauthorized and/or fraudulent purchase/s made using this E Gift Voucher. The holder of this E Gift Voucher shall be solely responsible for the safe custody of the E Gift Voucher and the credentials mentioned on it.
• No duplicate E-Gift Voucher will be issued.
• E-Gift Voucher is property of COTTAGE9 to whom it should be returned on request.
• COTTAGE9 reserves the right to amend the terms & conditions at its discretion without prior notice.
• Dispute/s subject to Ambala Cantt, Haryana jurisdiction.

Termination

This User Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or WEBSITE. You may terminate this User Agreement at any time by informing us in writing through Indian postal system by registered post, that you no longer wish to be associated with this website, provided that you discontinue any further use of this Website.

WEBSITE may terminate this User Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Website. Such termination will be without any liability to WEBSITE. Upon any termination of the User Agreement by either you or WEBSITE, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Website, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the User Agreement or otherwise. WEBSITE’s right to any Comments shall survive any termination of this User Agreement. Any such termination of the User Agreement shall not cancel your obligation to pay for the product already ordered from the Website or affect any liability that may have arisen under the User Agreement.

Limitation of Liability and Disclaimers

The Website is provided without any warranties or guarantees and in an “As Is” condition. You must bear the risks associated with the use of the Website.

The Website provides content from other Internet websites or resources and while WEBSITE tries to ensure that material included on the Website is correct, reputable and of high quality, it cannot accept responsibility if this is not the case. WEBSITE will not be responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information or for any technical problems you may experience with the Website.

This disclaimer does not apply to any product warranty offered by the manufacturer of the product as specified in the product specifications. This disclaimer constitutes an essential part of this User Agreement.

To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, WEBSITE or its suppliers shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses arising out of or in connection with the Website, its services or this User Agreement.

Without prejudice to the generality of the section above, the total liability of WEBSITE to you for all liabilities arising out of this User Agreement be it in tort or contract is limited to the amount charged to you, against the value of the products ordered by you.

WEBSITE its associates and technology partners make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, currentness and/or timeliness of any content, information, software, text, graphics, links or communications provided on or through the use of the Website or that the operation of the Website will be error free and/or uninterrupted. Consequently, WEBSITE assumes no liability whatsoever for any monetary or other damage suffered by you on account of the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the Website; and/or any interruption or errors in the operation of the Website.

Entire Agreement

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed to be superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and WEBSITE with respect to the WEBSITE websites/services and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and WEBSITE with respect to the WEBSITE websites/services. WEBSITE’s failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive its right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This User Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the applicable laws of India. The Courts at Ambala Cantt, Haryana shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any proceedings arising out of this agreement.

Any dispute or difference either in interpretation or otherwise, of any terms of this User Agreement between the parties hereto, the same shall be referred to an independent arbitrator who will be appointed by COTTAGE9 and his decision shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. The above arbitration shall be in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as amended from time to time. The arbitration shall be held in Ambala Cantt, Haryana. The Court of judicature at Ambala Cantt, Haryana alone shall have the jurisdiction and the Laws of India shall apply.

Modification of Terms and conditions of Service

WEBSITE may at any time modify the User Agreement without any prior notification to you. You should regularly review the User Agreement on WEBSITE. In the event the modified User Agreement is not acceptable to you, you should discontinue using the service. However, if you continue to use the service you shall be deemed to have agreed to accept and abide by the modified User Agreement.

Charges

Membership on the Website is free for buyers. COTTAGE9 does not charge any fee for browsing and buying on the Website.

COTTAGE9 reserves the right to change its Fee Policy from time to time. In particular, COTTAGE9 may at its sole discretion introduce new services and modify some or all of the existing services offered on the Website. In such an event COTTAGE9 reserves the right to introduce fees for the new services offered or amend/introduce fees for existing services, as the case may be. Changes to the Fee Policy shall be posted on the Website and such changes shall automatically become effective immediately after they are posted on the Website. Unless otherwise stated, all fees shall be quoted in Indian Rupees / US Dollars. You shall be solely responsible for compliance of all applicable laws including those in India for making payments to COTTAGE9.

Your Account and Registration Obligations

If You use the Website, You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Display Name and Password and You shall be responsible for all activities that occur under your Display Name and Password. You agree that if You provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete or We have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or not in accordance with the this Terms of Use, We shall have the right to indefinitely suspend or terminate or block access of your membership on the Website and refuse to provide You with access to the Website.

Communications

When You use the Website or send emails or other data, information or communication to us, You agree and understand that You are communicating with Us through electronic records and You consent to receive communications via electronic records from Us periodically and as and when required. We may communicate with you by email or by such other mode of communication, electronic or otherwise.

Use of the Website

You agree, undertake and confirm that Your use of Website shall be strictly governed by the following binding principles:

1. You shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information which:
   
   1. ( belongs to another person and to which You do not have any right to;
   2.  is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever; or unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing including but not limited to “indecent representation of women” within the meaning of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986;
   3. is misleading in any way;
   4.  is patently offensive to the online community, such as sexually explicit content, or content that promotes obscenity, paedophilia, racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
   5.  harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
   6.  involves the transmission of “junk mail”, “chain letters”, or unsolicited mass mailing or “spamming”;
   7.  promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
   8.  infringes upon or violates any third party’s rights [including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, rights of privacy (including without limitation unauthorized disclosure of a person’s name, email address, physical address or phone number) or rights of publicity];
   9.  promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
   10.  contains restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
   11.  provides material that exploits people in a sexual, violent or otherwise inappropriate manner or solicits personal information from anyone;
   12.  provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
   13.  contains video, photographs, or images of another person (with a minor or an adult).
   14.  tries to gain unauthorized access or exceeds the scope of authorized access to the Website or to profiles, blogs, communities, account information, bulletins, friend request, or other areas of the Website or solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users;
   15.  engages in commercial activities and/or sales without Our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising and pyramid schemes, or the buying or selling of “virtual” products related to the Website. Throughout this Terms of Use, COTTAGE9’s prior written consent means a communication coming from COTTAGE9’s Legal Department, specifically in response to Your request, and specifically addressing the activity or conduct for which You seek authorization;
   16.  solicits gambling or engages in any gambling activity which We, in Our sole discretion, believe is or could be construed as being illegal;
   17.  interferes with another USER’s use and enjoyment of the Website or any other individual’s User and enjoyment of similar services;
   18. refers to any website or URL that, in Our sole discretion, contains material that is inappropriate for the Website or any other website, contains content that would be prohibited or violates the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use.
   19. harm minors in any way;
   20. infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights or third party’s trade secrets or rights of publicity or privacy or shall not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen products;
   21. violates any law for the time being in force;
   22. deceives or misleads the addressee/ users about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
   23.  impersonate another person;
   24. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource; or contains any trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, diminish value of, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
   25. threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.
   26. shall not be false, inaccurate or misleading;
   27. shall not, directly or indirectly, offer, attempt to offer, trade or attempt to trade in any item, the dealing of which is prohibited or restricted in any manner under the provisions of any applicable law, rule, regulation or guideline for the time being in force.
   28. shall not create liability for Us or cause Us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of Our internet service provider (“ISPs”) or other suppliers;
2. You shall not use any “deep-link”, “page-scrape”, “robot”, “spider” or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Website or any Content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Website or any Content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the Website. We reserve Our right to bar any such activity.
3. You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Website, or any other systems or networks connected to the Website or to any server, computer, network, or to any of the services offered on or through the Website, by hacking, password “mining” or any other illegitimate means.
4. You shall not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Website or any network connected to the Website nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Website or any network connected to the Website. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other User of or visitor to Website, or any other customer, including any account on the Website not owned by You, to its source, or exploit the Website or any service or information made available or offered by or through the Website, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than Your own information, as provided for by the Website.
5. You shall not make any negative, denigrating or defamatory statement(s) or comment(s) about Us or the brand name or domain name used by Us including the terms Cottage9, Cottage Nine, cottage9.com cottagenine.com, or otherwise engage in any conduct or action that might tarnish the image or reputation, of COTTAGE9 or sellers on platform or otherwise tarnish or dilute any COTTAGE9’s trade or service marks, trade name and/or goodwill associated with such trade or service marks, trade name as may be owned or used by us. You agree that You will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Website or COTTAGE9’s systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to COTTAGE9.
6. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website or any transaction being conducted on the Website, or with any other person’s use of the Website.
7. You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal You send to Us on or through the Website or any service offered on or through the Website. You may not pretend that You are, or that You represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.
8. You may not use the Website or any content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which infringes the rights of COTTAGE9 and / or others.
9. You shall at all times ensure full compliance with the applicable provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and as amended from time to time and also all applicable Domestic laws, rules and regulations (including the provisions of any applicable Exchange Control Laws or Regulations in Force) and International Laws, Foreign Exchange Laws, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations (including, but not limited to Sales Tax/VAT, Income Tax, Octroi, Service Tax, Central Excise, Custom Duty, Local Levies) regarding Your use of Our service and Your listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of products or services. You shall not engage in any transaction in an item or service, which is prohibited by the provisions of any applicable law including exchange control laws or regulations for the time being in force.
10. Solely to enable Us to use the information You supply Us with, so that we are not violating any rights You might have in Your Information, You agree to grant Us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise the copyright, publicity, database rights or any other rights You have in Your Information, in any media now known or not currently known, with respect to Your Information. We will only use Your information in accordance with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy applicable to use of the Website.
11. From time to time, You shall be responsible for providing information relating to the products or services proposed to be sold by You. In this connection, You undertake that all such information shall be accurate in all respects. You shall not exaggerate or over emphasize the attributes of such products or services so as to mislead other Users in any manner.
12. You shall not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Users of the Website to buy or sell any products or services, including, but not limited to, products or services related to that being displayed on the Website or related to us. You may not transmit any chain letters or unsolicited commercial or junk email to other Users via the Website. It shall be a violation of these Terms of Use to use any information obtained from the Website in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to another person other than Us without Our prior explicit consent. In order to protect Our Users from such advertising or solicitation, We reserve the right to restrict the number of messages or emails which a user may send to other Users in any 24-hour period which We deem appropriate in its sole discretion. You understand that We have the right at all times to disclose any information (including the identity of the persons providing information or materials on the Website) as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or valid governmental request. This may include, without limitation, disclosure of the information in connection with investigation of alleged illegal activity or solicitation of illegal activity or in response to a lawful court order or subpoena. In addition, We can (and You hereby expressly authorize Us to) disclose any information about You to law enforcement or other government officials, as we, in Our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in connection with the investigation and/or resolution of possible crimes, especially those that may involve personal injury. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor the materials posted on the Website. COTTAGE9 shall have the right to remove or edit any content that in its sole discretion violates, or is alleged to violate, any applicable law or either the spirit or letter of these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding this right, YOU REMAIN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE MATERIALS YOU POST ON THE WEBSITE AND IN YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES. Please be advised that such Content posted does not necessarily reflect COTTAGE9 views. In no event shall COTTAGE9 assume or have any responsibility or liability for any Content posted or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from use of Content and/or appearance of Content on the Website. You hereby represent and warrant that You have all necessary rights in and to all Content which You provide and all information it contains and that such Content shall not infringe any proprietary or other rights of third parties or contain any libelous, tortious, or otherwise unlawful information.
13. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Website, including payment and delivery of related products or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between You and such advertiser. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Website.
14. It is possible that other users (including unauthorized users or “hackers”) may post or transmit offensive or obscene materials on the Website and that You may be involuntarily exposed to such offensive and obscene materials. It also is possible for others to obtain personal information about You due to your use of the Website, and that the recipient may use such information to harass or injure You. We does not approve of such unauthorized uses, but by using the Website You acknowledge and agree that We are not responsible for the use of any personal information that You publicly disclose or share with others on the Website. Please carefully select the type of information that You publicly disclose or share with others on the Website.
15. COTTAGE9 shall have all the rights to take necessary action and claim damages that may occur due to your involvement/participation in any way on your own or through group/s of people, intentionally or unintentionally in DoS/DDoS (Distributed Denial of Services).

Contents Posted on Site

Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Website and no Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, Website or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without COTTAGE9’s express prior written consent.

You may use information on the products and services purposely made available on the Website for downloading, provided that You (1) do not remove any proprietary notice language in all copies of such documents, (2) use such information only for your personal, non-commercial informational purpose and do not copy or post such information on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (3) make no modifications to any such information, and (4) do not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such documents.

You shall be responsible for any notes, messages, emails, billboard postings, photos, drawings, profiles, opinions, ideas, images, videos, audio files or other materials or information posted or transmitted to the Website (collectively, “Content”). Such Content will become Our property and You grant Us the worldwide, perpetual and transferable rights in such Content. We shall be entitled to, consistent with Our Privacy Policy as adopted in accordance with applicable law, use the Content or any of its elements for any type of use forever, including but not limited to promotional and advertising purposes and in any media whether now known or hereafter devised, including the creation of derivative works that may include the Content You provide. You agree that any Content You post may be used by us, consistent with Our Privacy Policy and Rules of Conduct on Site as mentioned herein, and You are not entitled to any payment or other compensation for such use.

Privacy

We view protection of Your privacy as a very important principle. We understand clearly that You and Your Personal Information is one of Our most important assets. We store and process Your Information including any sensitive financial information collected (as defined under the Information Technology Act, 2000), if any, on computers that may be protected by physical as well as reasonable technological security measures and procedures in accordance with Information Technology Act 2000 and Rules there under. Our current Privacy Policy is available at Privacy Policy If You object to Your Information being transferred or used in this way please do not use Website.

We and our affiliates will share / sell / transfer / license / covey some or all of your personal information with another business entity should we (or our assets) plan to merge with or are acquired by that business entity, or re-organization, amalgamation, restructuring of business or for any other reason whatsoever. Should such a transaction or situation occur, the other business entity or the new combined entity will be required to follow the privacy policy with respect to your personal information. Once you provide your information to us, you provide such information to us and our affiliate and we and our affiliate may use such information to provide you various services with respect to your transaction whether such transaction are conducted on www.cottage9.com or with third party merchant’s or third party merchant’s website.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

On this Website, all the materials and products and services, included on or otherwise made available to You through this site are provided on “as is” and “as available” basis without any representation or warranties, express or implied except otherwise specified in writing. Without prejudice to the forgoing paragraph, COTTAGE9 does not warrant that:

• This Website will be constantly available, or available at all; or

• The information on this Website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.

COTTAGE9 will not be liable to You in any way or in relation to the Contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, the Website. COTTAGE9 does not warrant that this site; information, Content, materials, product or services included on or otherwise made available to You through the Website; their servers; or electronic communication sent from Us are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Nothing on Website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind. If COTTAGE9 is unable to deliver such Products due to implications of different state laws, COTTAGE9 will return or will give credit for the amount (if any) received in advance from the sale of such Product that could not be delivered to You.

You will be required to enter a valid phone number while placing an order on the Website. By registering Your phone number with us, You consent to be contacted by Us via phone calls and/or SMS notifications, in case of any order or shipment or delivery related updates. We will not use your personal information to initiate any promotional phone calls or SMS.

Compliance with Laws:

Buyer shall comply with all the applicable laws (including without limitation Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the rules made and notifications issued there under and the Exchange Control Manual as may be issued by Reserve Bank of India from time to time, Customs Act, Information and Technology Act, 2000 as amended by the Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and the rules made there under, Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976 and the rules made there under, Income Tax Act, 1961 and the rules made there under, Export Import Policy of government of India) applicable to them respectively for using Payment Facility and COTTAGE9 Website.

Buyer’s arrangement with Issuing Bank:

All Valid Credit / Debit/ Cash Card/ and other payment instruments are processed using a Credit Card payment gateway or appropriate payment system infrastructure and the same will also be governed by the terms and conditions agreed to between the Buyer and the respective Issuing Bank and payment instrument issuing company.

All Online Bank Transfers from Valid Bank Accounts are processed using the gateway provided by the respective Issuing Bank which support Payment Facility to provide these services to the Users. All such Online Bank Transfers on Payment Facility are also governed by the terms and conditions agreed to between Buyer and the respective Issuing Bank.

5 Day Replacement Guarantee

The 5 Day Replacement Guarantee seeks to assist Buyers who have received damaged products or erroneous deliveries. If at the time of delivery and/or within 5 days from the date of delivery of the product/s, if any defect is found, then the buyer of the product/s can ask for replacement of the product/s from COTTAGE9 subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. Notify COTTAGE9 of any defects in the product/s at the time of delivery of the product/s and/or within 5 days from the date of delivery and the same product/s will be replaced in return of the defective product/s.
2. Replacement can be for the entire product/s subject to availability of the same with the COTTAGE9.
3. Following products shall not be eligible for return or replacement:
   
   1. a)    Damages due to mishandling of product.
   2. b)    Products with tampered or missing parts.
   3. c)     Products that do not have any defect.
   4. d)   Any product that is returned without any, and all other items originally included with the product/s delivered.
   5. e)    Product which is ‘made to order’ on customer’s request.

You may view our Cancellations & Returns policy in detail online.

If COTTAGE9 has suspicion or knowledge, that any of its buyers are involved in any activity that is intended to provide claims or information that is false, misleading or not genuine, then COTTAGE9 may while reserving its rights to initiate civil and/or criminal proceedings against member may also at its sole discretion suspend, block, restrict, cancel the Display Name of such buyer and seller and /or disqualify that user and any related users from availing protection through this program.

COTTAGE9 reserves its right to initiate civil and/or criminal proceedings against a user who, files a invalid and/or false claims or provides false, incomplete, or misleading information. In addition to the legal proceedings as aforesaid, COTTAGE9 may at its sole discretion suspend, block, restrict, cancel the Display Name [and its related Display Names] of such user and/or disqualify that user and any related users from availing protection through this program. Any person who, knowingly and with intent to injure, defraud or deceive, files a Fraudulent Complaint containing false, incomplete, or misleading information may be guilty of a criminal offence and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Indemnity

You shall indemnify and hold harmless COTTAGE9, its owner, licensee, affiliates, subsidiaries, group companies (as applicable) and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any claim or demand, or actions including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party or penalty imposed due to or arising out of Your breach of this Terms of Use, privacy Policy and other Policies, or Your violation of any law, rules or regulations or the rights (including infringement of intellectual property rights) of a third party.

Applicable Law

Terms of Use shall be governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of India. The place of jurisdiction shall be exclusively in Ambala Cantt, Haryana, Haryana.

Trademark, Copyright and Restriction

This site is controlled and operated by COTTAGE9 and products are sold by both COTTAGE9 and respective Sellers. All material on this site, including images, illustrationsare protected by copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. Material on Website is solely for Your personal, non-commercial use. You must not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute such material in any way, including by email or other electronic means and whether directly or indirectly and You must not assist any other person to do so. Without the prior written consent of the owner, modification of the materials, use of the materials on any other website or networked computer environment or use of the materials for any purpose other than personal, non-commercial use is a violation of the copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary rights, and is prohibited. Any use for which You receive any remuneration, whether in money or otherwise, is a commercial use for the purposes of this clause.

Trademark complaint

COTTAGE9 respects the intellectual property of others. In case You feel that Your Trademark has been infringed, You can write to COTTAGE9 at help@cottage9.com

Product Description

We do not warrant that Product description or other content of this Website is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free and assumes no liability in this regard.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL COTTAGE9 BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, EVEN IF USER HAS BEEN INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Contact Us

Please contact us for any questions or comments (including all inquiries related to copyright infringement) regarding this Website.

Grievance officer

In accordance with Information Technology Act 2000 and rules made there under, the name and contact details of the Grievance Officer are provided below:

Mr. RishikeshJha

Cottage9 Enterprises Private Limited

Email: info@cottage9.com

Time: Mon – Fri (10:00 – 18:30)

POLICIES

Profanity Policy

COTTAGE9 prohibits the use of language that is racist, hateful, sexual or obscene in nature in a public area.

This policy extends to text within listings, on Seller pages and all other areas of the site that another User may view. If the profane words are part of a title for the item being sold, we allow Sellers to ‘blur’ out the bulk of the offending word with asterisks (i.e., s*** or f***).

Please report any violations of this policy to the correct area for review:

Report offensive Display Names

Report offensive language in a listing or otherwise

If a feedback comment; or any communication made between Users on the Website; or email communication between Users in relation to transactions conducted on Website contain profanity, please review Our feedback removal policy and submit a request for action/removal.

Disciplinary action may result in the indefinite suspension of a User’s account, temporary suspension, or a formal warning.

COTTAGE9 will consider the circumstances of an alleged policy violation and the user’s trading records before taking action.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

Limits placed on account privileges;

Loss of special status;

Account suspension.

Email Abuse & Threat Policy

Private communication, including email correspondence, is not regulated by COTTAGE9.

COTTAGE9 encourages its Users to be professional, courteous and respectful when communicating by email.

However, COTTAGE9 will investigate and can take action on certain types of unwanted emails that violate COTTAGE9 policies.

Such instances:

Threats of Bodily Harm – COTTAGE9 does not permit Users to send explicit threats of bodily harm.

Misuse of COTTAGE9 System – COTTAGE9 allows Users to facilitate transactions through the COTTAGE9 system, but will investigate any misuse of this service.

Spoof (Fake) email – COTTAGE9 will never ask you to provide sensitive information through email. In case you receive any spoof (fake) email, you are requested to report the same to Us through ‘Contact Us’ tab.

Spam (Unsolicited Commercial email) – COTTAGE9’s spam policy applies only to unsolicited commercial messages sent by COTTAGE9 Users. COTTAGE9 Users are not allowed to send spam messages to other Users.

Offers to Buy or Sell Outside of COTTAGE9 – COTTAGE9 prohibits email offers to buy or sell listed products outside of the COTTAGE9 Website. Offers of this nature are a potential fraud risk for both Buyers and Sellers.

COTTAGE9 policy prohibits user-to-user threats of physical harm via any method including, phone, email and on Our public message boards.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

Limits on account privileges

Account suspension

Cancellation of listings

Loss of special status

Other Businesses

COTTAGE9 does not take responsibility or liability for the actions, products, content and services on the Website, which are linked to Affiliates and / or third party websites using Website’s APIs or otherwise. In addition, the Website may provide links to the third party websites of Our affiliated companies and certain other businesses for which, COTTAGE9 assumes no responsibility for examining or evaluating the products and services offered by them. COTTAGE9 do not warrant the offerings of, any of these businesses or individuals or the content of such third party website(s). COTTAGE9 does not endorse, in any way, any third party website(s) or content thereof.