1) Scope

1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as “GTC”) of Katrin Rulle, trading under the name “Green Soul Studio” (hereinafter referred to as ‘Seller’), apply to all contracts for the delivery of goods that a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter referred to as “Customer”) concludes with the Seller with regard to the goods presented by the Seller in its online shop. The inclusion of the Customer's own terms and conditions is hereby rejected, unless otherwise agreed.

1.2 These GTC apply accordingly to contracts for the delivery of vouchers, unless otherwise specified.

1.3 A consumer within the meaning of these General Terms and Conditions is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly neither commercial nor their independent professional activity.

1.4 An entrepreneur within the meaning of these General Terms and Conditions is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity who, when entering into a legal transaction, acts in the exercise of their commercial or independent professional activity.

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2) Conclusion of contract

2.1 The product descriptions contained in the seller's online shop do not constitute binding offers on the part of the seller, but serve to enable the customer to submit a binding offer.

2.2 The customer can submit the offer using the online order form integrated into the seller's online shop. After placing the selected goods in the virtual shopping cart and completing the electronic ordering process, the customer submits a legally binding contractual offer with regard to the goods contained in the shopping cart by clicking the button that completes the ordering process.

2.3 The seller can accept the customer's offer within five days

• by sending the customer a written order confirmation or an order confirmation in text form (fax or email), whereby the receipt of the order confirmation by the customer is decisive, or

• by delivering the ordered goods to the customer, whereby the receipt of the goods by the customer is decisive, or

• by requesting payment from the customer after the customer has placed their order.

If several of the aforementioned alternatives apply, the contract shall be concluded at the point in time when one of the aforementioned alternatives occurs first. The period for accepting the offer begins on the day after the customer sends the offer and ends at the end of the fifth day following the sending of the offer. If the seller does not accept the customer's offer within the aforementioned period, this shall be deemed a rejection of the offer, with the result that the customer is no longer bound by their declaration of intent.

2.4 If a payment method offered by PayPal is selected, payment will be processed by the payment service provider PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter: “PayPal”), subject to the PayPal Terms of Use, available at https://www.paypal.com/ de/legalhub/paypal/useragreement-full or – if the customer does not have a PayPal account – subject to the terms and conditions for payments without a PayPal account, available at https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/paypal/privacywax-full. If the customer pays using a payment method offered by PayPal that can be selected during the online ordering process, the seller hereby declares its acceptance of the customer's offer at the moment the customer clicks the button that completes the ordering process.

2.5 When an offer is submitted via the seller's online order form, the text of the contract will be sent to the customer after the contract has been concluded.

2.6 Before submitting a binding order via the seller's online order form, the customer can identify any input errors by carefully reading the information displayed on the screen. An effective technical means of better identifying input errors can be the browser's zoom function, which can be used to enlarge the display on the screen. The customer can correct their entries during the electronic ordering process using the usual keyboard and mouse functions until they click on the button that completes the ordering process.

2.7 The English language is available for the conclusion of the contract.

2.8 Order processing and contact are usually carried out by email and automated order processing. The customer must ensure that the email address provided for order processing is correct so that emails sent by the seller can be received at this address. In particular, when using spam filters, the customer must ensure that all emails sent by the seller or third parties commissioned by the seller to process the order can be delivered.

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3) Right of withdrawal

3.1 Consumers are generally entitled to a right of withdrawal.

3.2 Further information on the right of withdrawal can be found in the seller's withdrawal policy.

3.3 Unless otherwise agreed, there is no right of withdrawal for contracts for the provision of services in connection with leisure activities if the contract provides for a specific date or period for the provision of services. Accordingly, the right of withdrawal is also excluded for contracts relating to the sale of tickets for scheduled leisure events.

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4) Prices and terms of payment

4.1 Unless otherwise stated in the seller's product description, the prices quoted are total prices that include statutory sales tax. Any additional delivery and shipping costs will be stated separately in the respective product description.

4.2 The payment option(s) will be communicated to the customer in the seller's online shop.

4.3 If a payment method offered via the PayPal payment service is selected, payment will be processed via PayPal, whereby PayPal may also use the services of third-party payment service providers for this purpose. If the seller also offers payment methods via PayPal for which it makes advance payments to the customer (e.g., purchase on account or installment payment), it assigns its payment claim to PayPal or to the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal and specifically named to the customer. Before accepting the seller's declaration of assignment, PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal will carry out a credit check using the customer data provided. The seller reserves the right to refuse the customer the selected payment method in the event of a negative credit check result. If the selected payment method is approved, the customer must pay the invoice amount within the agreed payment period or at the agreed payment intervals. In this case, the customer can only make payments to PayPal or the payment service provider commissioned by PayPal with debt-discharging effect. However, even in the event of assignment of claims, the seller remains responsible for general customer inquiries, e.g., regarding goods, delivery times, shipping, returns, complaints, declarations of revocation and returns, or credit notes.

4.4 If a payment method offered via the “Wix Payments” payment service is selected, payment processing will be carried out by the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter “Stripe”) or the payment service provider Adyen N.V. Simon Carmiggeltstraat 6, 1011 DJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands (“Adyen”). The individual payment methods offered via Wix Payments will be communicated to the customer in the seller's online shop. Stripe may use other payment services to process payments, for which special payment terms may apply, which will be communicated to the customer separately if necessary. Further information on “Wix Payments” is available on the Internet at https://wix.com/about/terms-of-payments.

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5) Delivery and shipping conditions

5.1 If the seller offers to ship the goods, delivery shall be made within the delivery area specified by the seller to the delivery address specified by the customer, unless otherwise agreed. The delivery address specified in the seller's order processing is decisive for the transaction. Notwithstanding this, if PayPal is selected as the payment method, the delivery address provided by the customer to PayPal at the time of payment shall be decisive.

5.2 If delivery of the goods fails for reasons for which the customer is responsible, the customer shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by the seller as a result. This does not apply to the costs of delivery if the customer effectively exercises their right of withdrawal. In the event of effective exercise of the right of withdrawal by the customer, the provisions set out in the seller's withdrawal policy shall apply to the return shipping costs.

5.3 If the customer is acting as an entrepreneur, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the goods sold shall pass to the customer as soon as the seller has delivered the goods to the forwarding agent, the carrier, or any other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment. If the customer is acting as a consumer, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the goods sold shall generally only pass to the customer or an authorized recipient upon delivery of the goods. Notwithstanding this, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the goods sold shall also pass to the customer in the case of consumers as soon as the seller has delivered the goods to the forwarding agent, the carrier, or any other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment, if the customer has commissioned the forwarding agent, the carrier, or any other person or institution designated to carry out the shipment, and the seller has not previously named this person or institution to the customer.

5.4 The seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of incorrect or improper delivery to itself. This shall only apply if the seller is not responsible for the non-delivery and has concluded a specific covering transaction with the supplier with due care. The seller will make every reasonable effort to procure the goods. In the event of non-availability or only partial availability of the goods, the customer will be informed immediately and the consideration will be refunded without delay.

5.5 Pickup by the customer is not possible for logistical reasons.

5.6 Vouchers are provided to the customer as follows:

• by download

• by email

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6) Retention of title

If the seller makes advance delivery, it retains title to the delivered goods until the purchase price owed has been paid in full.

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7) Liability for defects (warranty)

Unless otherwise specified in the following provisions, the statutory provisions on liability for defects shall apply. Notwithstanding this, the following shall apply to contracts for the delivery of goods:
7.1 If the customer is acting as an entrepreneur,
•    the seller shall have the choice of the type of subsequent performance;
•    for new goods, the limitation period for warranty rights shall be one year from delivery of the goods;
•    warranty rights shall be excluded for used goods;
•    the limitation period shall not recommence if a replacement delivery is made within the scope of liability for defects.
7.2 The above limitations of liability and reductions in time limits do not apply
•    to claims for damages and reimbursement of expenses by the customer,
•    in the event that the seller has fraudulently concealed the defect,
•    for goods that have been used for a building in accordance with their normal use and have caused its defectiveness,
•    for any obligation on the part of the seller to provide updates for digital products in the case of contracts for the delivery of goods with digital elements.
7.3 In addition, for entrepreneurs, the statutory limitation periods for any existing statutory right of recourse remain unaffected.

7.4 If the customer is acting as a merchant within the meaning of Section 1 of the German Commercial Code (HGB), they are subject to the commercial obligation to inspect and give notice of defects in accordance with Section 377 HGB. If the customer fails to comply with the notification obligations stipulated therein, the goods shall be deemed to have been approved.
7.5 If the customer is acting as a consumer, they are requested to complain to the delivery agent about any goods delivered with obvious transport damage and to inform the seller thereof. If the customer fails to do so, this shall have no effect on their statutory or contractual claims for defects.

8) Liability

 

The seller is liable to the customer for all contractual, quasi-contractual, and statutory claims, including tortious claims for damages and reimbursement of expenses, as follows:
8.1 The seller shall be liable without limitation for any legal reason
•    in the event of intent or gross negligence,
•    in the event of intentional or negligent injury to life, limb, or health,
•    on the basis of a guarantee promise, unless otherwise specified,
•    on the basis of mandatory liability, such as under the Product Liability Act.

8.2 If the seller negligently breaches a material contractual obligation, liability shall be limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract, unless unlimited liability applies in accordance with the above clause. Essential contractual obligations are obligations that the contract imposes on the seller according to its content in order to achieve the purpose of the contract, the fulfillment of which is essential for the proper execution of the contract and on the observance of which the customer may regularly rely.

8.3 Otherwise, the seller's liability is excluded.

8.4 The above liability provisions also apply with regard to the seller's liability for its vicarious agents and legal representatives.

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9) Redemption of gift vouchers

9.1 Vouchers that can be purchased via the seller's online shop (hereinafter “gift vouchers”) can only be redeemed in the seller's online shop, unless otherwise stated on the voucher.

9.2 Gift vouchers and remaining credit balances on gift vouchers are redeemable until the end of the third year after the year of purchase. Remaining credit balances will be credited to the customer until the expiry date.

9.3 Gift vouchers can only be redeemed before the order process is completed. Subsequent offsetting is not possible.

9.4 Only one gift voucher can be redeemed per order.

9.5 Gift vouchers can only be used to purchase goods and not to purchase additional gift vouchers.

9.6 If the value of the gift voucher is not sufficient to cover the order, one of the other payment methods offered by the seller can be selected to settle the difference.

9.7 The credit balance of a gift voucher will not be paid out in cash or bear interest.

9.8 The gift voucher is transferable. The seller can make payment with liberating effect to the respective holder who redeems the gift voucher in the seller's online shop. This does not apply if the seller has knowledge or grossly negligent ignorance of the respective holder's lack of entitlement, legal incapacity, or lack of power of representation.

 

10) Applicable law

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies to all legal relationships between the parties, excluding the laws on the international purchase of movable goods. For consumers, this choice of law applies only insofar as the protection granted by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has their habitual residence is not withdrawn.

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11) Place of jurisdiction

If the customer is a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law with its registered office in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract shall be the registered office of the seller. If the customer is based outside the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the seller's place of business shall be the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract if the contract or claims arising from the contract can be attributed to the customer's professional or commercial activity. In the above cases, however, the seller is in any case entitled to appeal to the court at the customer's place of business.

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12) Alternative dispute resolution

The seller is neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.​​