PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com Conditions of Use

Welcome to PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com. PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and its affiliates provide their services to you subject to the following conditions.

If you visit or shop at PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com, you accept these conditions.

Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com service (e.g., Your User Profile, Gift Certificates) or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com, whether or not included in the PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com Web site, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business. If these conditions are inconsistent with such guidelines and conditions, such guidelines and conditions will control.

PRIVACY

Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com, to understand our practices.

RISK OF LOSS

All items purchased from PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier you choose when placing your order.

WARNING: Due to the lack of traceability, slow shipping times, and frequent loss of packages, your delivery IS NOT Guaranteed if you choose ANY of the following Shipping Methods:

    (Media Mail)

    (First Class Mail International)

We have considerable experience with shipments never arriving, arriving damaged, or missing items and so we WILL NOT replace lost,missing, or damaged items if you choose either of these methods.

Your only recourse for recovering missing or lost shipments is with the carrier you have chosen. You must contact the carrier to resolve any problems.

YOUR ACCOUNT

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com does sell products for children, but it sells them to adults, who can purchase with a credit card. If you are under 18, you may use PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com only with involvement of a parent or guardian. PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and its affiliates attempt to be as accurate as possible. However, PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.

PRICING

Except where noted otherwise, the List Price displayed for products on our website represents the full retail price listed on the product itself, suggested by the manufacturer or supplier, or estimated in accordance with standard industry practice. The List Price is a comparative price estimate and may or may not represent the prevailing price in every area on any particular day. For certain items that are offered as a set, the List Price may represent "open-stock" prices, which means the aggregate of the manufacturer's estimated or suggested retail price for each of the items included in the set.

With respect to items sold by PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com, we cannot confirm the price of an item until you order; however, we do NOT charge your credit card until after your order has entered the shipping process. Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalog may be mis-priced. If an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before shipping or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT

Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content; send other communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

COPYRIGHT

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us by email at.

TRADEMARKS

PUDDLEDANCER PRESS AND NONVIOLENTCOMMUNICATION.COM and all other PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks, registered trademarks or trade dress of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com. All other trademarks not owned by PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or its affiliates that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or its affiliates.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com's name or trademarks without the express written consent of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com so long as the link does not portray PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THIS SITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY PUDDLEDANCER PRESS AND NONVIOLENTCOMMUNICATION.COM OR ITS AFFILIATES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. PUDDLEDANCER PRESS AND NONVIOLENTCOMMUNICATION.COM AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, PUDDLEDANCER PRESS AND NONVIOLENTCOMMUNICATION.COM AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. PUDDLEDANCER PRESS AND NONVIOLENTCOMMUNICATION.COM AND ITS AFFILIATES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE; INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE; THEIR SERVERS; OR E-MAIL SENT FROM PUDDLEDANCER PRESS AND NONVIOLENTCOMMUNICATION.COM ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. PUDDLEDANCER PRESS AND NONVIOLENTCOMMUNICATION.COM AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

APPLICABLE LAW

By visiting PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com, you agree that the laws of the state of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or its affiliates.

DISPUTES

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com or to products you purchase through PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in San Diego, California, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com's intellectual property rights, PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Washington, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY

Please review our other policies, such as our pricing policy, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

OUR ADDRESS

PuddleDancer Press
P.O. Box 231129
Encinitas, CA 92023-1129
http://www.PuddleDancer.com

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide PuddleDancer Press's copyright agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com and its affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed.

• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;

• A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site, including the auction ID number, if applicable;

• Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;

• A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

PuddleDancer Press and NonviolentCommunication.com's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site can be reached as follows:

Copyright Agent
PuddleDancer Press
P.O. Box 231129
Encinitas, CA 92023-1129
USA
phone: (858) 759-6963
fax: (858) 759-6969

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