Terms & Conditions
1. Applicability
1.1 These General Terms and Conditions apply to all offers made by Ace-Motorsports and to all agreements concluded with Ace-Motorsports.
1.2 Besides these General Terms and Conditions, Additional Terms and Conditions may apply to certain services and/or products when expressly indicated.
1.3 Parties can only deviate from the provisions made in these General Terms and Conditions if this has been expressly agreed in writing and, in which case, the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions will continue to apply in full.
1.4 If the Buyer also refers to his or her own General Terms and Conditions, they will not apply unless Ace-Motorsports has expressly agreed to this in writing.
1.5 "Buyer" will be deemed to mean every visitor to the Internet site and/or every natural person or legal person who has a contractual relationship or will have such a relationship with Ace-Motorsports in any form or shape.
1.6 Ace-Motorsports reserves the right to amend and/or supplement these Terms and Conditions.
1.7 The Buyer is deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions as well as any other rights and obligations as listed on the internet site when said Buyer uses the Ace-Motorsports internet site and/or places an order.
1.8 Ace-Motorsports is authorized to make use of third parties when executing an agreement with the Buyer.
2. Offers and concluding of agreements
2.1 Offers or price specifications should be deemed an invitation to prospective Buyers to make a proposal. Ace-Motorsports can in no way be regarded as having committed itself unless this has been unequivocally determined in writing. The acceptance of the invitation to make an offer by the prospective Buyer will be deemed a proposal and will only lead to the concluding of an agreement if the remaining provisions contained in this article have been met.
2.2 Offers will be valid as long as stocks are available.
2.3 A proposal from the prospective Buyer as referred to in section 2.1 will be deemed to have taken place in one of the following circumstances:
- The prospective Buyer has precisely specified which product and/or service he or she wishes to receive;
- The prospective Buyer has entered the information in the designated input screen on the Internet site and the relevant information ("order form") has been electronically sent to Ace-Motorsports and Ace-Motorsports has received the information.
2.4 An agreement will be deemed to have been concluded as of the moment an order confirmation has been sent to the Buyer by regular post and e-mailed to the e-mail address specified by Buyer.
2.5 The Buyer and Ace-Motorsports expressly agree that by using forms of electronic communication they have concluded a valid agreement once the provisions in sections 2.3 and 2.4 have been met. In particular, the lack of a normal signature will not detract from the binding power of the proposal and its acceptance. The Ace-Motorsports electronic files will apply as circumstantial evidence to the extent possible under the law.
2.6 Information, images and verbal, telephone and electronic announcements that have been provided, as well as specifications, etc., related to all offers and the most important features of the products will be displayed, provided or made as accurately as possible. Ace-Motorsports will not, however, guarantee that all offers and products will fully correspond to the provided information, etc. Deviations may, in principle, not lead to compensation and/or dissolution.
3. Prices
3.1 All prices are expressed in Euro's(€), English Pounds(£) or US Dollars($), in agreement with statutory regulations in this respect and are inclusive of turnover tax.
3.2 Special offers shall only apply for the period of validity as listed with the offer. This announcement will be printed in a folder or specified on the internet site or newsletter/banner regarding the special offer.
3.3 The Buyer must pay the price Ace-Motorsports has announced in its confirmation in accordance with section 2.4 of these Terms and Conditions. Obvious manipulation of or errors in the price specification, including obvious inaccuracies, can also be corrected by Ace-Motorsports after the agreement has been concluded.
3.4 Delivery costs are not included in the product prices and will be charged separately. The delivery costs are listed on the order confirmation and/or will be made known after we received your order. Further Terms and Conditions apply in relation to certain payment methods with regard to the delivery method and the related costs. This will be clearly communicated to the Buyer.
4. Payment
4.1 One of the following payment methods can be used when placing orders through our internet sites:
- Bank transfer (manual wire transfer to our bank account)
- iDEAL (Dutch customers only)
- Paypal (Secured service for credit card payments)
Ace-Motorsports can extend the payment options in the future. Other payment options will be made known through the internet site.
4.2 Ace-Motorsports only accepts pre-paid orders.
4.3 The Terms and Conditions of the relevant card issuer shall apply in the event a payment method involving a credit card is selected. Ace-Motorsports is not a party in the relationship between the Buyer and the card issuer.
4.4 A reminder procedure will be started if the Buyer does not pay or does not pay on time.
4.5 All court and other costs, regardless of their nature, incurred by Ace-Motorsports as a result of the Buyer not complying with his or her (payment) obligations, will be at the expense of the Buyer.
4.6 If the Buyer does not pay on time, Ace-Motorsports will be entitled to dissolve or suspend (any additional) deliveries until the Buyer has fully complied with his or her payment obligations. This will include any payment of costs.
5. Delivery and delivery date
5.1 Orders will be delivered as soon as possible. Mentioned delivery dates will only apply as an indication and will never be deemed to be a firm date. Ace-Motorsports may provide further information on delivery dates on its internet site or though its shops, or it may make them known in writing using a different method. Such information will only be deemed indicative.
5.2 If a product that is temporarily out of stock is ordered by the Buyer, an indication will be given of when the product will be available again. This is only an indication, because of the influence of third parties like suppliers, customs, and delivery companies. No rights can be derived to this indicated delivery time.
5.3 Deliveries will be made to the address specified by the Buyer at the time the agreement was concluded. When payment is made with a credit card, Ace-Motorsports must observe the requirements set by card issuers with regard to the delivery location. All this will be announced in advance to the Buyer.
5.4 Once the products have been delivered to the specified delivery address, the risk related to these products will be transferred to the Buyer. Products are delivered as soon as the Buyer has signed for the package.
5.5 The Buyer can refuse the package, and this will then be returned to Ace-Motorsports. All costs regarding this refusal will have to be paid by the Buyer.
6. Exchanges and right to revoke
6.1 The Buyer must carefully inspect the products once they have been received (or must have someone inspect them). This applies to products bought at a shop where exchanges or returns are allowed. The Buyer can either exchange the article or get a (gift)certificate with the value of the original invoice, shipping costs excluded.
In case of custom fabrication or specially ordered “competition” parts, in general, no returns are possible.
6.2 Returns are only possible when products are completely new, unused, in the original packaging, exact as delivered by Ace-Motorsports. Returns have to be sent in an extra box, which will prevent the product packaging from any damage. All the costs made for returning the product(s) are for the Buyer.
6.3 The right to revoke is only applicable on product(s) and not for any service(s).
7. Retention of title
7.1 The ownership of products will only be transferred to the Buyer once the Buyer has fully settled that which is due with regard to any agreement with Ace-Motorsports, notwithstanding the actual delivery. This will be deemed to include any payment of interest and costs which may also be related to earlier or later deliveries and any work performed or to be performed with regard to the products.
7.2 The Buyer may not burden, sell, resell, dispose of or in any other way encumber the products before the ownership has been transferred.
8. Warranty and liability
8.1 Ace-Motorsports does not issue any additional warranty besides the warranty issued by the manufacturer of the product. This will be applied within the boundaries of the Dutch law.
8.2 Ace-Motorsports will never be held liable to pay any compensation to the Buyer or others unless an intentional act or omission or gross negligence is involved on the side of Ace-Motorsports. Ace-Motorsports will never be deemed liable for consequential or trading loss, indirect damages and/or loss of profits or turnover.
8.3 If Ace-Motorsports, for whatever reason, must pay compensation, the compensation will never be higher than an amount that equals the invoice value of the product or service in question.
8.4 Despite the continuous care and attention that Ace-Motorsports pays to the composition of the website, it is possible that information published on the website is incomplete and/or incorrect.
8.5 The information on the website is regularly supplemented and/or updated. Ace-Motorsports retains the right to implement any amendments with immediate effect and without making any prior announcement.
8.6 The Buyer must exempt Ace-Motorsports from any liability that third parties may enforce with regard to the execution of the agreement against Ace-Motorsports to the extent the law dictates that the relevant damages and costs should not be at the expense of the Buyer.
8.7 It is possible that Ace-Motorsports will include links on its internet site to other Internet sites that might be interesting or informative to the visitor. Such links are purely informative. Ace-Motorsports cannot be held responsible for the content of the internet site to which reference is made or the use that can be made of such internet sites.
8.8 The following product sorts have, due to the nature of these products, a limited warranty:
- Lighting products: No warranty on moisture and the bulbs/lights itself.
- Body styling parts, including all fiberglass parts: No warranty on fitment.
8.9 All products sold by Ace-Motorsports are for show use, or motorsport use only. Not all products are suitable/legal for us on the public road. Ace-Motorsports has no responsibility when products are on the public road and/or used in factory cars.
9. Force majeure
9.1 In case of force majeure, Ace-Motorsports is not required to meet its obligations with regard to the Buyer and/or the obligation will be suspended for the duration of the force majeure conditions.
9.2 Force majeure will be deemed to mean every circumstance that is not dependent on Ace-Motorsports will, which means that compliance with Ace-Motorsports obligations towards the Buyer is fully or partially hampered. Strikes, fires, business disruptions, energy failures, non-delivery or untimely delivery by suppliers or other third parties called in, and the lack of any permit to be obtained via the authorities, will be deemed to be constitute such circumstances. Force majeure will also be deemed to include disruptions to (telecommunications) network or connections or communication systems used and/or the internet site not being available at any given moment.
10. Intellectual property
10.1 The Buyer expressly recognizes that all rights to intellectual property of the displayed information, announcements or other statements related to products and/or to the Internet site reside with Ace-Motorsports, its suppliers or other entitled parties.
10.2 Intellectual property rights are deemed to include patent laws, copyright, trademark rights, rights on drawings, model rights and/or other (intellectual property) rights or other products as well as patentable and non-patentable technical and/or commercial know-how, methods and concepts.
10.3 The Buyer may never use the intellectual property rights, which will be deemed to include implementing amendments, as described in this section. This includes reproducing of material, without the express prior written consent of Ace-Motorsports, its suppliers or other entitled parties unless this purely involves private use in relation to the product itself.
11. Personal details
11.1 Ace-Motorsports will only process the information related to the Buyer in agreement with its privacy policy. The Internet site includes a Privacy Statement.
11.2 Ace-Motorsports will observe the applicable privacy regulations and legislation in relation to the above.
12. Applicable law and competent court
12.1 All offers and agreements are subject to Dutch law exclusively.
12.2 The applicability of the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.
12.3 All disputes related to or arising from offers made by Ace-Motorsports or agreements concluded with Ace-Motorsports shall be submitted to the competent court in The Netherlands unless the law expressly appoints a different court as the competent court.
13. Cancellations
13.1 If the Buyer want to cancel an order or any of the ordered products after the order is confirmed or shipped out, and/or a prepayment is made, Ace-Motorsports reserves the right to send the Buyer an invoice with all costs that are made for this order. This includes shipping- and administration costs, and the Total will be 15% of the original invoice, with a minimum of 25 euro.
13.2 The Buyer can only cancel the sales agreement by a written request (email or letter). Oral cancellations are not valid. An agreement is cancelled only when Ace-Motorsports approves/confirms the cancellation request from the Buyer by email or letter.
14. Miscellaneous
14.1 Ace-Motorsports has its registered office at Zaandam, Kleine Tocht 40 (1507 CA) and is registered at the Chamber of Commerce under number 34243603. The VAT registration number is NL135101840B01. Please send all correspondence regarding an agreement or these Terms and Conditions to Ace-Motorsports, Kleine Tocht 40, 1507 CA, Zaandam, The Netherlands, or to the e-mail address posted on the internet site.
14.2 Your messages will be answered within 2 working days by Customer Service.
Ace-Motorsports does everything possible to communicate fairly and honestly with its customers. Unfortunately, we cannot always avoid our name being misused by third parties.