The following document outlines the terms of use of this website. Before using any of the services, you are required to read, understand, and agree to these terms.
Acceptance of terms
The web pages available at www.easterheifersale.com and all linked pages (“Site”), are owned and operated by us and is accessed by you under the Terms of Use described below (“Terms”).
The lots and items sold on this Site is an agreement between the selling party (“Seller”) and the party who buys through a sale and gets the sale item assigned (“Buyer”).
Please read these terms carefully before using the services. By accessing the site, viewing any content or using any services available on the site (as each is defined below) you are agreeing to be bound by these terms, together with our Privacy Policy.
Description of Service
We host different types of online auctions and / or webshops. Services include, but are not limited to, any service we make available to or perform for you, as well as handling the after sales, invoicing and transportation. We will only act as an intermediary in the realization from a (purchase) agreement between seller and buyer.
Your access and the use of this Site may be interrupted from time to time as a result of equipment malfunction, updating, maintenance or repair of the Site or any other reason within or outside our control. We reserve the right to suspend or discontinue the availability of the Site and/or any Service and/or remove any Content at any time at its sole discretion and without prior notice. We may also impose limits on certain features and Services or restrict your access to parts of or all of the Site and the Services without notice or liability.
Registration
As a condition to using Services, you are required to open an account on this Site and select a password and username, and to provide registration information. The registration information you provide must be accurate, complete, and current at all times. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of the Terms, which may result in immediate termination of your account.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are solely responsible for all activities resulting from the use of your password and conducted through your account.
Auctions and Webshop Sales
Depending the auction or webshop, lots may be listed with a price per unit. The prices are excluding 10% buyers commission. The used currency may change per auction.
The prices are excluding VAT. Foreign buyers with a VAT number are in the 0% VAT rule.
When you bid on a lot or checkout through your shopping cart and place an order, you are agreeing to pay for the item.
All items are available for immediate shipment, unless indicated otherwise. All risks of the item are the responsibility of the buyer once the embryos are delivered to the buyer. The transportation of the item from the seller to the buyer will take place as soon as possible after the sale, but not before complete payment as invoiced from us is received from the successful buyer.
Payments upon Sale
Payment for all purchases is due within 14 days of sale. Sale invoices will be sent via e-mail, post or fax following the placement of the order.
Release forms are issued once proper payment has been received and processed by us. Payment will not be released to the seller until we have received proper transfer paperwork.
International buyers are responsible for shipping the items. Buyers will be contacted after the sale about their wishes and export requirements. We will take care of the export to the final destination. Depending on the auction or webshop, export and / or transport fees are mentioned on the Transport / Export page.
Links
The Services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because we have no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
Disclosure
We cannot be held responsible for errors on this Site, sale catalog, advertisements or visual or non visual regardless the size or nature of such defect of the sold item.
We do not take any responsibility for damage to persons or cases, which has arisen because of or connected to the sale.
The cow indexes mentioned therein have been calculated or converted by the herdbook in the country the donor cow is housed in accordance with the current methods. All official pedigrees of sale animals can be seen.
All frozen embryos are rated first class by official and registered ET veterinarians unless stated different on the website. In case embryos sold as first class after thawing turn out as class two or lower and not end in a pregnancy, the seller will be responsible for a refund, either in the form of an embryo with similar pedigree value or the purchase amount for the embryo. It is of vital importance that any claim is accompanied with an official statement in English from a recognized ET veterinarian. This should be sent to Holstein Plaza.
Every bidder and seller is held to conform to the auction conditions. The act of bidding and consigning implicates knowledge and acceptance of these conditions.
We can never be held responsible in case the embryos cannot be exported no matter what reason.
Changes
We may periodically update these terms. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address specified in your account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.