CANCELLATION, EXCHANGE, RETURNS AND REFUNDS POLICY
(to be read together with the Terms and Conditions and the Seller Agreement)
PART A - CANCELLATION | |||
Process | Description | Applicable Conditions | |
1. | Cancellation by Buyer |
A Buyer may cancel their purchases without the Seller's approval at any time before the Product status on the Website is stated as "Preparing for Shipment".
Once preparations for delivery of the Product are in progress (where the status on the Website is stated as "Preparing for Shipment"), any cancellation will require the Seller's approval, subject always to the terms of the Seller Agreement.
Once a Product has been shipped out, the status for the order on the Website shall be changed to "Shipping in Progress" on the Website. The order can no longer be cancelled at this point, and any cancellation will need to be made via the return process as set out in Part B of this Policy. | Care of Products Where a Buyer is not within time to effect cancellation of an order for a Product during the periods set out in Article A.1(a) and Article A.1(b), and the Product is subsequently delivered, the Buyer must not use the Product and shall take all such care so as to ensure that no damage occurs to the Product. In the event of any damage caused to the Product, the Buyer will need to bear the costs for any consumption of, wear and tear or damage caused to the Product. |
2. | Cancellation by Seller | A Seller may cancel an order where there is inadequate stock to fulfil such order, where there will be unreasonable delay in sourcing of the Products or where the Product has been wrongly advertised or priced. In such instance, the Buyer:-
| Sellers are advised to read this Policy together with the Seller Agreement with regard to the grounds when a Seller may reasonably cancel an order. Repeated cancellations without proper cause/justification, which result in a Seller being unable to comply with the Seller Service Levels, shall entitle the Company to impose such penalties on such Seller as provided for under the Seller Agreement. |
3. | Cancellation by the Company | The Company shall have the right to cancel any order/transaction where the Company deems it necessary to:-
The Company may commence refund procedures without any request made by the Buyer, and both the Buyer and Seller shall be notified of the cancellation in writing. | N/A |
PART B RETURNS, REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES | |||
Requirements | Description | Applicable Conditions | |
1. | Entitlement for Refund/Exchange Defective or Non-Compliant Product | A Buyer shall be entitled to a refund or exchange of a Product in the following situations:
A Product is defective if it:-
A refund or exchange is allowed if the delivered Product:
| General Exceptions A Seller may reject any request for returns or exchanges in any of the following cases:
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2. | Entitlement for Refund/Exchange Change of Mind | Any request by a Buyer for refund or exchange of a Product due to Buyer's change of mind, which is not due to any other reason (such as Product being defective), shall be subject to the Seller's approval at all times. The Seller is entitled to reject any such request by the Buyer in such instance. | N/A |
3. | Non-Returnable/ Non-Exchangeable ProductsChange of Mind | No request by a Buyer for refund or exchange of a Product solely due to Buyer's change of mind, can be entertained for refunds or exchange of Products in the following categories:-
| Please note the following exceptions:-
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4. | Specific Provisions for Electronic Vouchers relating to Travel Products and Services |
A Seller who sells electronic vouchers relating to travel products and services ("e-voucher") on the Website must ensure the following:-
i) the redemption period of the e-voucher; (ii) the validity period of the e-voucher; and (ii)the method of redemption for the e-voucher, which must, inter alia, specifically state that the Buyer is required to contact the Seller directly to redeem the e-voucher purchased.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Settlement Agreement, the transfer of the Settlement Amount to a Seller for the sale of any e-voucher shall be as follows:
A Buyer may claim for a refund of e-voucher only in the following circumstances:
(i) the request for refund is submitted within sixty (60) days from the date of purchase; and (ii) the refund is not due to:- (aa) Buyer failing to use the e-voucher within the validity period through no fault of the Seller; or (bb) Buyer purchasing the wrong e-voucher.
Where the Buyer's request for refund is submitted during the period: (i) within fourteen (14) days to thirty (30) days from the date of Purchase Confirmation Buyer shall be entitled to a refund of eighty percent (80%) of the purchase price for the Travel Tickets ("Purchase Price"); (ii) within thirty-one (31) days to sixty (60) days from the date of Purchase Confirmation Buyer shall be entitled to fifty percent (50%) of the Purchase Price.
The Seller is entitled to reject any request for refund made by a Buyer more than sixty (60) days after the date of Purchase Confirmation. Where a Seller chooses to proceed with a refund, such shall be upon such terms and conditions as the Seller may determine. | N/A |
PART B RETURNS, REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Requirements | Description | Applicable Conditions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1. | Standard Process | Unless otherwise specifically provided under this Policy or the Seller Agreement, the process for refund or exchange of Products shall be as follows:
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2. | Submission of Request |
| The Seller and/or the Company shall have no legal obligation to entertain any Request if the Buyer is unable or refuses to provide evidence to support the Request. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. | Time Limit for Submission of Request | A Buyer must submit the Request within the time limits set out below:-
For the purpose of this Article B.II.3 and this Policy:-
| The Seller and/or the Company shall have no legal obligation to entertain any Request where the Request is submitted beyond the time periods stated in Article B.II.3. | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. | Approval/Rejection of Request by Seller |
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5. | Return of Product by Buyer to Seller |
Buyer must deliver the Product to the Seller, unless the Seller waives the requirement for the Buyer to return the Product to claim for a refund. All costs for such return delivery of the Product to the Seller, shall be borne by the Buyer unless Seller agrees to bear the same.
Seller shall arrange for pick-up of the Product from the Buyer at Seller's own cost and expense (unless Seller waives the requirement for the Product to be returned for the Buyer to claim for refund or exchange).
If a delivery of the returned Product to the Seller is not successful due to reasons that include but is not limited to incomplete/incorrect address or loss of contact with the Seller, the Company may: (i) upon request by the Buyer, pick up the returned Product from the Buyer within five (5) Business Days of the Buyer's request; or (ii) request the Buyer to send the returned Product to the Company's warehouse. Where the Seller remains uncontactable within Fourteen (14) Business Days of the Product pick-up or return to the warehouse, the Company shall be entitled to permanently dispose of the Product with all costs for pick-up and disposal to be borne by the Seller.
(i) Where the Seller engages a courier service company to pick up a Product from a Buyer for return pursuant to Article B.II.5(a)(ii) above, and such Product is lost or damaged during return delivery, the Seller shall be responsible to bear the costs for such lost or damaged Product notwithstanding that such loss or damage was caused by the courier service company. (ii) Any compensation to be recovered from the courier service company thereafter will need to be personally initiated by the Seller, and not the Buyer. (iii) For the avoidance of doubt, the Company reserves the right to utilise all or any part of the Settlement Amount to resolve any claims the Buyer may make in respect of the lost or damaged Product. | The Seller and/or the Company shall have no legal obligation to entertain any Request where the Buyer fails to return the Product. Where attempts to reach the Buyer regarding the return of the Product remain unsuccessful more than fourteen (14) days from the date on which the Buyer submitted the Request, the Buyer shall be deemed to have withdrawn its request and the Company may take all such necessary action, including releasing any deferred Settlement Amount to the Seller. | |||||||||||||||||||||
6. | Review of Returned Product |
Upon receipt of the returned Product from the Buyer, the Seller shall review and check the same to assess whether it is in an acceptable and saleable condition for refund or exchange. The Seller is entitled to reject the refund or exchange of a Product that: (i) has been consumed or is showing excessive wear and tear for the period of use; (ii) has been used in a manner not fit for its purpose; (iii)has torn or dirty packaging; and/or (iv) is no longer in working condition.
The Seller may delay the decision on the return or exchange of a Product in the event that: (i) the delivery fee for returning the Product is still owing by the Buyer (where Buyer is liable for such fee) to the Company and/or third party (as the case may be); and/or (ii) any free gift included with the Product has still not been returned by the Buyer; provided always that the Seller shall update the Buyer or the Customer Service Centre (as the case may be) on the delay and to provide a timeline within which the Seller's decision on the request by the Buyer for the said return or exchange of the Product will be submitted. The Company reserves the right to take any such action necessary to address and resolve the Buyer's claim if the timeline stated by the Seller is, in the Company's view, unreasonable. | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||
7. | Final Decision on Refund or Exchange |
(i) approved exchange of the Product, the Seller shall deliver the new Product to the Buyer promptly; (ii) approved refund of the Product, the Seller shall refund the purchase price to the Buyer, which shall be carried out by the Company deducting the purchase price from the Seller's deferred Settlement Amount or such other method as the Company deems fit. | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||
8. | Automatic Acceptance for Non-Response by Seller | In the event that:
it shall be deemed that the request by the Buyer has been accepted and the Company will immediately proceed with the refund or exchange process. | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||
9. | Costs for Return of Products | The costs for the return of Products shall be borne as follows:
Where a Product is returned due to no fault of the Product and/or the Seller or the Buyer's change of mind, the Buyer shall bear the costs for such return.
Where a Product is returned due to: (i) the Product being defective; and/or ii) the Product not complying with description or criteria on the Product page, the Seller shall bear the costs for such return.
Where the Product is returned due to an unreasonable delay in delivery of the Product over and above the Seller Service Level then prevailing, or where there was a late or wrong delivery made by the courier service company engaged by the Seller, the Seller shall bear the costs for such return. | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||
10. | Method of Refund | The payment of refunds (Refund Amount under this Policy shall be effected as follows:-
| The methods of refund stated in this Article B.II.10 shall be subject to such further rules and processes as may be imposed by the Company from time to time. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11. | Partial Refund |
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12. | Recall of Products | In the event there are any major faults or defects or any safety concerns relating to the Product which the Company deems to be sufficiently serious, the Company acting reasonably may require:
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13. | Stock Not Available | In the event a request for an exchange is made and the Seller does not have the relevant Product in stock, the exchange shall be handled as a request for return of the Product as a refund. | N/A |