TERMS AND CONDITIONS


ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

NOTICE: PLEASE READ THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW:

All services provided by Ducharme Designworks are subject to Terms and Conditions of use. By viewing or using this website, yourself and the entity you represent (collectively hereinafter referred to as "you") agree to be bound by all the Terms and Conditions as stated below without modification. If for any reason you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions as stated below, please do not access this site.

CHANGE OF TERMS

Ducharme Designworks reserves the right to change the Terms and Conditions at any time and these changes or additions become effective immediately when they become available on Ducharme Designworks. Ducharme Designworks does not assume the obligation to notify you of any changes to the Terms and Conditions. You are responsible for reviewing the Terms and Conditions for any changes and continued use of this site constitutes your consent to these changes.

INDEMNITY

 

Customer agrees that it will protect, indemnify, save and hold Ducharme Designworks harmless from any and all stipulations, liabilities, losses, expenses and claims, as well as reasonable attorney's fees assessed against Ducharme Designworks  its agents, customers, officers, employees and administration that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by it's customers, agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Ducharme Designworks harmless against liabilities arising out of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or distributed in association with Ducharme Designworks' Services; (2) any material furnished by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; (3) copyright violation and any defective products sold to a customer from Ducharme Designworks' Services.

 

DISCLAIMER

Ducharme Designworks will not be responsible for any damages your business may suffer. Ducharme Designworks makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. Ducharme Designworks disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by Ducharme Designworks and its employees. Ducharme Designworks reserves the right to amend or update these policies without notice. Failure to follow any terms and conditions may result in account deactivation.

In accepting services, customers indemnify Ducharme Designworks for the violation of any law or Ducharme Designworks policy, that results in loss to Ducharme Designworks or the bringing of any claim against Ducharme Designworks  This means that if Ducharme Designworks is sued because of activities of the customer that violate any law, or this policy, the customer will pay any damages awarded against Ducharme Designworks, plus costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.

 

COPYRIGHT

Ducharme Designworks and all of its content are protected by copyright laws of Canada and international treaty provisions. © 2011 Ducharme Designworks. All rights reserved. This website, its trademark and associated logos, may not, in part or in whole, be copied, imitated, reproduced, modified, transmitted, translated, distributed, adapted or disassembled in any fashion without expressed written permission of Ducharme Designworks.

Copyright laws also pertain to the content you submit to Ducharme Designworks. Unlicensed or misuse of copyrighted material from books, magazines, newspapers, photographs, web content, writers, artists, composers, publishers, and other authors is strictly prohibited. Ducharme Designworks will not assume the responsibility of checking the content of its client's submitted materials for copyright violations. Therefore, Ducharme Designworks will not be held accountable for any illegal use of copyrighted material by its clients.

PRICING & QUOTATIONS

Prices published at the Ducharme Designworks website are subject to change without notice. Every effort will be made to notify clients of price increases in advance.

Quotations, either emailed or faxed, will be honored for up to 30 days after the quote date.

Published prices at the Ducharme Designworks website are based on clients supplying digital files prepared according to written guidelines at the Ducharme Designworks website. Failure to setup files according to these guidelines may result in additional charges.

Changes made by Ducharme Designworks to client supplied files will be subject to extra charges.

TERMS OF SALE

Ducharme Designworks accepts cash, personal and company cheques, money orders, Visa and MasterCard.

All orders require a 50% deposit upon placing an order with balance being COD. For all USA orders, full prepayment is required.

In the event that a personal or company cheque is returned for non-sufficient funds, the Client will be required to pay a $25.00 NSF fee to Ducharme Designworks.

In the event of non-payments that lead to dispute and/or litigation, the Client agrees to pay all legal and collection fees incurred by Ducharme Designworks.

COMPLAINTS

All complaints must be made within 5 business days of receipt of the job. Orders with manufacturing errors and/or defects will be rerun on the next print run at no charge to the client, at the discretion of Ducharme Designworks. Ducharme Designworks's sole liability shall be limited to reprinting of the order. Unsatisfactory orders as a result of Client errors will be reprinted at a reduced rate.

CUSTOMER CONTENT

You, as the buyer, understand and agree that all content/information (including but not limited to text, graphics, information and messages) are the responsibility of the sender of that content/information and not Ducharme Designworks. Furthermore, you are responsible for all information and content that you acquire and/or use from the Ducharme Designworks service.

In addition, you agree to abide by all rules and regulations pertaining to on-line decency and appropriate and acceptable content. This means that you agree to the following with regards to any product coming from Ducharme Designworks:

You will not upload, post or send any content through the Ducharme Designworks service containing adult or child pornography, or anything indecent, lewd, or obscene; material that threatens to kidnap or injure anyone, threatens to damage the reputation of anyone or harm their personal property, threatens to accuse anyone of a crime, threatens to announce that a person has violated law/s of Canada, or threatens blackmail; encourages or suggests forcible resistance to any law of Canada, insurrection, or treason; includes fraudulent, libelous or hurtful remarks directed at any other person or business; or infringes upon the intellectual property rights of Ducharme Designworks or any other party.

Let it also be known that Ducharme Designworks does not control, nor certify the legitimacy, accuracy and/or quality of any information or content posted by our customers. Ducharme Designworks will not be held liable under any conditions or circumstances for any information, content or material that you may find indecent or offensive.

Ducharme Designworks reserves the right to remove or refuse any content or information that violates the Terms and Conditions agreement or may otherwise be considered unlawful or objectionable. Out of respect for the employees and guests of Ducharme Designworks, we define objectionable as any content that is not child-friendly. We reserve the right to refuse to print any such objectionable content. In the event your order is rejected for objectionable content, we will issue a credit for the full value of your order minus 10% to cover processing fees, OR, upon request, we will issue a promotional code for the full value of your order for use on a future project. If you wish for us to review content prior to placing your order, please contact Customer Service.

In addition, you agree that content and or information obtained by Ducharme Designworks may be kept and disclosed if Ducharme Designworks is required to do so by law, or if Ducharme Designworks believes, in good faith, that it is necessary to disclose such content in order to comply with any legal proceeding or processes; uphold or enforce the terms of our services; respond to any claims that the content or information is or may be in violation of the rights of another party; that the content or information may be objectionable or offensive; or that the content/information is necessary to protect the rights or property of the public or Ducharme Designworks in any way.

SUBMISSION OF ARTWORK OR GRAPHICS

All files must be submitted in CMYK format, except for 1 and 2 color letterhead and envelopes. Any files not in CMYK may color shift when processed. A minimum resolution of 275 dpi is required for all raster art and images. Artwork of a lesser resolution may not print as sharp and clean as desired.

We strongly suggest that all items except for background images, be at least 1/8" from the trim line. Items falling closer to the trim line may be cut off. Please refer to the templates provided on our site for guidelines.

If you choose to PROCEED AS IS you assume full responsibility for printing outcomes.

If customer supplied artwork requires technical or design re-work, charges will apply at the rate of $125 per hour with 1 hour minimum. If customer elects to fix the files themselves and avoid these charges, our template must be used to re-submit the file.

COLOR PROOFING & MATCHING

Ducharme Designworks cannot be held responsible for matching colors or ink densities on screen proofs approved by customers. Screen proofs can be used to help display layout, text
accuracy, and image placement and proportion, but not color or density.

Ducharme Designworks will make every effort to match the gradient density of each color, however, we cannot be held responsible for the final appearance of a color. The appearance of printed colors may be affected by UV coating, therefore, Ducharme Designworks cannot be held responsible for final color appearance of UV-coated product/s. 

ORDER PROOFS

It is the client's responsibility to review the final proof and layout of all orders prior to actual printing. Once the final proof has been confirmed by the client, no further changes can be made to that order. On orders placed with the NO PROOF option, no changes or cancellations may be made to the order after the order status is changed to Approved Work In Progress. The order is then Ready to Schedule for Printing and our automated order processing system cannot accept any changes. This includes changes to bindery and shipping. Please review the final proof carefully prior to completing your order. Ducharme Designworks will not accept responsibility for typographical errors, errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, graphics, fonts or content. Ducharme Designworks will not be held responsible for client errors in finished product sizes, wrong cuts, or missing or incorrect folds.

If you need to make changes to your artwork, after receiving your proof, please resubmit your files. There will be a $10 resubmit fee charged to your account. If you wish to receive a new proof, a fee of $5 for PDF proof will also be charged. For a new hard copy proof, please contact our customer service department as the price varies by product size.

OVER / UNDER

We consider any order filled within 5% over or under ordered quantity to be delivered in full. 

CHANGE ORDERS

If a Change is made to an existing order that results in a credit, a Fee will be charged in the amount of 10% of total credit amount, to cover transaction costs related to this credit. A promo code for the full value of the credit can be issued in lieu of a credit, upon request and prior to the credit processing date. 

ORDER CANCELLATION

Prior to proof approval, Ducharme Designworks allows customers to cancel orders. Cancellation requests should be submitted through "My Account". We will inform you of any charges depending on the stage of the order.

Orders placed without proofs can not be cancelled once the order has been processed through Pre-press and the order status of Approved Work in Progress(WIP) has been posted. The order is then Ready to Schedule for Printing and our automated order processing system cannot accept any changes.

Cancellation fees will be calculated based on the age of the order and whether a proof was created. Age will be calculated in calendar days from the date the order was placed.

Age in Calendar Days                                       Fee
0-30 days                                                          10%
31-60 days                                                        25%
61-90 days                                                        50%
91+ days                                                           No Refund

We will automatically cancel any orders that remain in the same status for 90. You will not get a credit but upon request may get a promo code for the entire dollar amount of the order.

The cost of proofs plus administrative fees (calculated in the above table) will be subtracted from the total refund.

RETURNS AND REFUNDS

Customer orders have no re-sale value. Therefore, ALL SALES ARE FINAL. If the error is verifiably due to Ducharme Designworks, we will re-print the order at our cost. Any defect/s discovered in your shipment must be reported to Ducharme Designworks within 10 days of your order's receipt. To qualify for a free replacement order, you must return your entire product (at your own expense) within 15 days from the time THE product was delivered. All Charges related to expedited orders (rush printing or shipping) are NON REFUNDABLE UNLESS UPS FAILS DELIVERY OR DELIVERS DAMAGED PRODUCT. ANY CREDIT DUE WILL BE PROCESSED WITHIN 4 to 6 WEEKS. If a change is made to an existing order that results in a credit, a processing fee equal to 10% of total credit amount will be charged to cover transaction costs related to this credit. Upon request a promo code for the full value of the credit can be issued in lieu of a credit, if we are contacted prior to the credit processing date.

 SHIPPING AND DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS

Ducharme Designworks will always strive to avoid any delays in production or shipping, however, we will not be held responsible for any consequences or damages due to delayed production or delivery. Our shipment and delivery dates are based upon estimates provided by our shipment suppliers. Ducharme Designworks will not be responsible for delays in shipments due to shipping company delays, international customs issues, weather conditions or any other circumstances beyond our control. Ducharme Designworks will strive to ensure that all delivery schedules are met in a timely manner. There will be an additional charge if any changes to the shipping address must be made after the order is placed.

However, unexpected production or shipment delays may occur as a result of technical problems or equipment malfunction or failure. Rush charges/fees will be refunded or waived by Ducharme Designworks, where applicable, for a delay caused by technical difficulty. However, order cancellations will not be allowed due to technical difficulty.

SHIPPING ERRORS & LOST PACKAGES

In order to file a lost or damaged claim the following must apply:

Claims can only be placed within 30 days from package shipment. Ducharme Designworks cannot be held responsible for shipping errors, delays or lost or damaged products due to 3rd party errors.

In the case that a customer supplies the wrong address causing a package not to be delivered on time, Ducharme Designworks will reship the package (to the corrected address) with an additional shipping fee for the re-shipment. 

LIMITATIONS & LIABILITY:

YOUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO YOUR SELLING PRICE OF THE ITEM AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR DAMAGES FOR PROFIT LOST.  WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOLD CUSTOMER PROPERTY (a lien) AS SECURITY FOR UNPAID BILLS.

Ducharme Designworks reserves the right to refuse service to any party for any reason it deems fit.

PLEASE NOTE:  ANY SUPPLIED MEDIA WILL NOT BE RETURNED.  PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY ORIGINAL MEDIA. 

RETURNED CHECKS

Does not apply to orders placed through website.

SALES TAX:

All Canadian orders are subject to HST. USA and International clients do not pay taxes.

 

 
     
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