Terms & Conditions

Welcome to www.usedhotelitems.com (“UHI”). The “Services” on the UHI website are being provided by usedhotelitems.com,  a Company established under the laws and jurisdiction of the Republic of Singapore and having a business address at 2 Pandan Valley #07-201

1. Terms and Conditions of Use:
   • UHI is an internet platform created both Sellers and Buyers, collectively Users (“Users”). Sellers through a subscription mechanism advertise their for sale items, and Buyers may view and respond to those items as listed by the Sellers. UHI is not involved in any way in any content uploaded by Sellers, unless specifically requested to assist. UHI is not involved in any transaction between the Sellers and Buyers or any Third Parties, such as advertisers, and as such is not responsible for any consequences that may result through the purchase and sale of any item listed on the UHI website, nor any contracts that may be entered into between Users and Third Parties.
   • Registration Process for Users:
     1. Buyers: Buyers must register on-line using the on-line registration form. Buyers are not required to make any payments to UHI or the Company. Transactions take place between the Buyers and the Sellers according to the Sellers terms, if any;
     2. Sellers: Sellers must subscribe on-line using the on-line subscription form. Upon payment of the Seller Subscription (the “Subscription”), the Seller account becomes active and Sellers may begin listing their items for sale.

• By registering, a User swears that the information which the User has entered in the registration form is true and correct. Should any information entered change after account activation, the User shall promptly notify UHI of such change(s) here admin@usedhotelitems.com;

• Subscription: (“Subscription”) is for Sellers ONLY. After becoming a paid Subscriber, Seller agrees that such Subscription shall be for one year (12 Months). The Subscription may be renewed prior to the expiration date by mutual agreement between Seller and UHI.
  UHI as part of its Services may offer additional paid advertisement, features and options to its Users. A User, at User’s discretion, may elect to avail of those additional options.
• Termination: A User may terminate this agreement at any time, by simply unsubscribing. For paid Subscribers, there shall be no refund in the case of early Termination.
  1. The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or the Company as set out below.
  2. If you want to terminate your legal agreement with the Company, you may do so by (a) notifying the Company at any time and (b) closing your accounts for all of the Services which you use, where the Company has made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, by email, to the Company’s email address (admin@usedhotelitems.com).

• The Company may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:

1. You have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms); or
2. The Company is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
3. Your subscription to the Services has reached its end of term, or
4. The partner with whom the Company offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with the Company or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
5. The Company is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
6. The provision of the Services to you by the Company is, in the Company’s opinion, no longer commercially viable.
   • Nothing in this Section shall affect the Company’s rights regarding provision of Services.
   • When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and the Company have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation.
7. Accepting the Terms

• In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms and Conditions of Use.
• You can accept the Terms by:
  1. Clicking on the link “accept” or “agree” to the Terms, where this option is made available to you on the UHI website, and in the user interface for any Service; or
  2. by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that the Company will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms and Conditions of Use from that point onwards.
• You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under any laws in any country including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.

3. Language of the Terms

• Where the Company has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with the Company.
• If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.

4. Provision of the Services by the Company

• The Company is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its Users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which the Company provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
• As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that the Company may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to Users generally at the Company’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform the Company when you stop using the Services.
• You acknowledge and agree that if the Company disables access to your account, if any such account has been set, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content which is contained in your account.

5. Use of the Services by you

• Sellers carry the sole responsibility of the uploaded content on UHI. The Seller must provide full and complete information of the advertised product and certifies that it is true and correct when uploaded.
• Various categories have been included in the UHI website to facilitate the correct categorization of an item uploaded by Sellers. Sellers agree to properly categorize their items. If an item does not fall into any existing categories, the Seller can inform UHI of such a situation at admin@usedhotelitems.com.
• We reserve the right to remove photographs or content that violate our content policy, and suspend Users and / or business owners who upload such media. Photos that violate our content policy might contain:

1. Illegal content
2. Violations of copyright
3. Trademark infringement
4. Pornography
5. Incitement of violence
6. Promotions of hate
7. Invasion of privacy

• Photos should also be relevant to the business represented by the page. Specifically they should:

1. Not be merely text, unless it is relevant to the place.
2. Not be copyrighted, unless uploaded with permission of the copyright owner
3. Be of respectable quality. Photos that are overly blurry, noisy, rotated, or too dark may be removed.

• In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the Registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any Registration information you give will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
• You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) these Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from Singapore or other relevant countries).
• You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by the Company, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with the Company. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
• You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
• Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with the Company, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
• You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that the Company has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which The Company may suffer) of any such breach.

6. Your passwords and account security

• You agree and understand that, where applicable, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services.
• Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to the Company for all activities that occur under your account.
• If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify the Company immediately at [admin@usedhotelitems.com].

7. Privacy and your personal information

• For information about the Company’s data protection practices, please read the Company’s privacy policy at http://usedhotelitems.com/privacy-policy  This policy explains how the Company treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
• You agree to the use of your data in accordance with the Company’s privacy policies.

8. Content in the Services (Provided for the Users)

• You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”.
• You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to the Company (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by the Company or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
• The Company reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, the Company may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content.
• You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
• You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that the Company has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which the Company may suffer) by doing so.

9. Proprietary rights

• You acknowledge and agree that the Company owns all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by the Company and that you shall not disclose such information without the Company’s prior written consent.
• Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with the Company, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of the Company’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
• If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with the Company, then you agree that your use of such features shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and the Company's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time.
• Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11, the Company acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with the Company, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that the Company has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
• You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
• Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by the Company, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.

10. License from the Company

• The Company gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by the Company as part of the Services as provided to you by the Company (referred to as the “Software” below). This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by the Company, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
• You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by the Company, in writing.
• Unless the Company has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-license of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.

11. Content license from you

• You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give the Company a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling the Company to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
• You agree that this license includes a right for the Company to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom the Company has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
• You understand that the Company, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our Users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit the Company to take these actions.
• You confirm and warrant to the Company that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.

12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
    • YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
13. ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
14. ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
    1. ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
    2. ANY CHANGES WHICH THE COMPANY MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);

• THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;

1. YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE COMPANY WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
2. YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD (IF ANY) OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;

• THE LIMITATIONS ON THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY HEREIN SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
• NONETHELESSS, IN THE EVENT THE COMPANY IS FOUND LIABLE, THE LIABILITY TO ANY CLAIMANT OR ANY THIRD PARTY (WHETHER IN TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE), IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF:

1. THE TOTAL FEES A USER HAS PAID THE COMPANY IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEEDING THE CLAIM, OR
2. UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONE HUNDRED (US$100)

13. Copyright and trade mark policies

It is the Company’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers.

14. Advertisements
    • Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
    • The manner, mode and extent of advertising by the Company on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.
    • In consideration for the Company granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that the Company may place such advertising on the Services.
15. Other content
    • The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. The Company may have no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than the Company.
    • You acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
    • You acknowledge and agree that the Company is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.
16. Changes to the Terms and Conditions of Use
    • The Company may make changes to the Terms or Additional Terms, if any, from time to time.
    • You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Terms or Additional Terms have changed, the Company will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms or Additional Terms.
17. General legal terms
    • Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
    • The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and the Company and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which the Company may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and the Company in relation to the Services.
    • You agree that the Company may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Company.
    • You agree that if the Company does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which the Company has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of the Company’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to the Company.
    • If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
    • You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which the Company is the parent shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
    • The Terms, and your relationship with the Company under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore without regard to its Conflict of Laws provisions. You and the Company agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Singapore to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that the Company shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.