TERMS OF USE
Introduction
Welcome to BuyNearMe.com. This site is provided by Near Me, LLC (referred to
throughout this site as "BUYNEARME.COM") as a service to our customers. Please
review the following basic rules that govern your use of the BUYNEARME.COM
site. (the "Agreement"). Please note that your use of the BUYNEARME.COM site
(the "Site") constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by
these Terms of Use. Although you may "bookmark" a particular portion of
this Site and thereby bypass this Agreement, your use of this Site still binds
you to these Terms of Use. BUYNEARME.COM reserves the right to update or modify
these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice to you. Your use of the
Site following any such change constitutes your unconditional agreement to
follow and be bound by these Terms of Use as changed. For this reason, we
encourage you to review these Terms of Use whenever you use this Site.
Use of this Site
By accepting these Terms of Use through your use of the Site, you certify that
you are 18 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 18 but at least
13 years of age you may use this Site only under the supervision of a parent or
legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use. BuyNearMe.com does
not intentionally collect personal information about children under the age of
13. Children under the age of 13 may not use this Site and parents or legal
guardians may not agree to these Terms of Use on their behalf. If you are a
parent or legal guardian agreeing to these Terms of Use for the benefit of a
child between the ages of 13 and 18, be advised that you are fully responsible
for his or her use of this Site, including all financial charges and legal
liability that he or she may incur. If you do not agree to (or cannot comply
with) any of these terms and conditions, do not use this Site. All billing and
registration information provided must be truthful and accurate. Providing any
untruthful or inaccurate information may constitute a breach of these Terms of
Use. By confirming your purchase at the end of the checkout process, you agree
to accept and pay for the item(s) requested.
All materials, including images, text, illustrations, designs, icons,
photographs, programs, video clips and written and other materials that are
part of this Site (collectively, the "Contents") are intended solely for
personal, non-commercial use. You may download or copy the Contents and other
downloadable materials displayed on the Site for your personal use only. No
right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred
to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You may not reproduce
(except as noted above), publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create
derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of or exploit in any
way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Site or any related
software. All software used on this Site is the property of BUYNEARME.COM or
its suppliers and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The
Contents and software on this Site may be used only as a shopping resource. Any
other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution,
transmission, republication, display, or performance, of the Contents on this
Site is strictly prohibited.
Site Security
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the
Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such
user or logging onto a server or an account which the user is not authorized to
access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or
network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper
authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or
network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the
Site, overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mailbombing" or "crashing;" (d)
sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products
or services; or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header
information in any email or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network
security may result in civil or criminal liability. BUYNEARME.COM will
investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and
cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are
involved in such violations. You agree not to use any device, software or
routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this
Site or any activity being conducted on this Site. You agree, further, not to
use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or
mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or
intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Site other than the search
engine and search agents available from BUYNEARME.COM on this Site and other
than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator,
Microsoft Explorer).
Copyrights and Trademarks
Unless otherwise noted, all Contents are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress
and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by
BUYNEARME.COM, one of its affiliates or by third parties who have licensed
their materials to BUYNEARME.COM and are protected by U.S. and international
copyright laws. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and
assembly) of all Contents on this site is the exclusive property of
BUYNEARME.COM and is also protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
BUYNEARME.COM and its suppliers, members and licensors expressly reserve all
intellectual property rights in all text, programs, products, processes,
technology, content and other materials which appear on this Site. Access to
this Site does not confer and shall not be considered as conferring upon anyone
any license under any of BUYNEARME.COM's or any third party's intellectual
property rights.
The BUYNEARME.com names and logos and all product and service names, design
marks and slogans are the trademarks or service marks of Near Me, LLC. All
other marks are the property of their respective companies. No trademark or
service mark license is granted in connection with the materials contained on
this Site. Access to this Site does not authorize anyone to use any name, logo
or mark in any manner.
References on this Site to any names, marks, products or services of third
parties or hypertext links to third party sites or information are provided
solely as a convenience to you and do not in any way constitute or imply
BUYNEARME.COM's endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of the third party,
information, product or service. BUYNEARME.COM is not responsible for the
content of any third party sites and does not make any representations
regarding the content or accuracy of material on such sites. If you decide to
link to any such third party web sites, you do so entirely at your own risk.
User Reviews, Feedback, Submissions
All reviews, comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas, and other
submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to BUYNEARME.COM on or by this Site
or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection with your use of
this Site (collectively, the "Comments") shall be and remain BUYNEARME.COM's
property. Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments shall constitute
an assignment to BUYNEARME.COM of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in
all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Comments.
Thus, BUYNEARME.COM will own exclusively all such rights, titles and interests
and shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any
Comments. BUYNEARME.COM 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. BUYNEARME.COM is and shall be under no obligation
(1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay to user any compensation
for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any user Comments. You agree that any
Comments submitted by you to the Site 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 Site 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".
BUYNEARME.COM 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 Site. You grant BUYNEARME.COM 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
BUYNEARME.COM and its affiliates for all claims resulting from any Comments you
submit. BUYNEARME.COM and its affiliates take no responsibility and assume no
liability for any Comments submitted by you or any third party.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless BUYNEARME.COM and its
affiliates from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses,
including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use of the Site.
Termination
These Terms of Use are effective unless and until terminated by either you or
BUYNEARME.COM. You may terminate this Agreement at any time, provided that you
discontinue any further use of this Site. BUYNEARME.COM also may terminate this
Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly
deny you access to the Site, if in BUYNEARME.COM's sole discretion you fail to
comply with any term or provision of this Agreement. Upon any termination of
the Agreement by either you or BUYNEARME.COM, you must promptly destroy all
materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Site, as well as all
copies of such materials, whether made under the Terms of Use or otherwise.
BUYNEARME.COM's right to any Comments shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
Disclaimer
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY BUYNEARME.COM ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
BUYNEARME.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT,
MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY
APPLICABLE LAW, BUYNEARME.COM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, BUYNEARME.COM
DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, FOR ANY MERCHANDISE
OFFERED ON THIS SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE BUYNEARME.COM WEB
SITE, THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THIS DISCLAIMER DOES NOT
APPLY TO ANY PRODUCT WARRANTY OFFERED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE ITEM. THIS
DISCLAIMER CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT
ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE FOREGOING
LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT,
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BUYNEARME.COM OR ANY OF ITS
AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS BE
LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE BUYNEARME.COM WEB SITE, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA,
WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, OR COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, EVEN IF
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF BUYNEARME.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD
HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL BUYNEARME.COM
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE FEES PAID BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH
YOUR USE OF THE SITE DURING THE SIX MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH
THE CLAIM AROSE.
General
This Agreement represents the complete agreement between the parties and
supersedes all prior agreements and representations between them. Headings used
in these Terms of Use are for reference purposes only and in no way define or
limit the scope of the section. If any provision of this Agreement is held to
be unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be reformed only to the
extent necessary to make it enforceable and the other terms of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of BUYNEARME.COM to act with
respect to a breach of this Agreement by you or others does not constitute a
waiver and shall not limit BUYNEARME.COM's rights with respect to such breach
or any subsequent breaches. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
under California law without regard to conflicts of law provisions. Any action
or proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement or your use of this
Site must be brought in the state or federal courts of California and you
consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such courts.
DMCA Notice
Procedure for Making and Responding to Claims of Copyright Infringement
It is the policy of Near Me, LLC to respond to claims of copyright infringement.
We will promptly process and investigate notices of alleged infringement by
third parties and will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) ("DMCA"), where
applicable.
Pursuant to the DMCA, notifications of claimed copyright infringement by third
parties should be sent to Near Me, LLC’s Designated Agent. If you believe that
your copyrighted work has been infringed under U.S. copyright law and is
accessible on this web site, please notify us by contacting our Designated
Agent. Even if you believe that the alleged infringing work was not posted by a
third party, please send all notifications of claimed copyright infringement to
Near Me, LLCs Designated Agent listed below.
To be effective under the DMCA, notification of claims of copyright infringement
by third parties must be a written communication to Near Me, LLC’s Designated
Agent that includes the following:
1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of
the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if
multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single
notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the
subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is
to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit BuyNearMe.com
to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit BuyNearMe.com to contact the
complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an
electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of
the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under
penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Near Me, LLC, Designated Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement
can be reached as follows:
By e-mail:
support@buynearme.com
Upon receipt of a valid notification of alleged copyright infringement by a
third party, BuyNearMe.com shall remove or disable access to the material
identified in the notice, forward the written notification to the alleged
infringer, and take reasonable efforts to notify the alleged infringer that it
has removed or disabled access to this material.
You should be aware that, under the DMCA, claimants who make misrepresentations
concerning copyright infringement may be liable for shall be liable for any
damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer
or by BuyNearMe.com, if injured by relying upon such misrepresentation in
removing or disabling access to the material or activity claimed to be
infringing.
If a notice of copyright infringement has been filed against you, you may file a
counter notification with the Designated Agent at the address listed above.
To be effective, a counter notification must be a written communication provided
to the Near Me, LLC’s Designated Agent that includes the following:
1. A physical or electronic signature;
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has
been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was
removed or access to it was disabled;
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that
the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or
misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to
the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which
the address is located and that you will accept service of process from the
complainant who provided the original notification or an agent of such person
or entity.
If Near Me, LLC receives a valid counter notification, it shall provide the
complainant with a copy of the counter notification, inform the complainant
that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in 10
to 14 days from receipt of the counter notification, and replace the removed
material or cease disabling access to it in 10 to 14 business days, provided
that BuyNearMe.com has not received notice from the complainant that an action
has been filed seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringer from
engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Near Me, LLC’s
system.
You should be aware that the DMCA provides substantial penalties for a false
counter notice filed in response to a notice of copyright infringement.
Claimants who make misrepresentations in their the counter notification
statement may be liable for shall be liable for any damages, including costs
and attorneys' fees, incurred by any copyright owner or copyright owner's
authorized licensee, or by Near Me, LLC, if injured by relying upon such
misrepresentation in replacing the removed material or ceasing to disable
access to it.