Terms and conditions

Please take a moment to read these terms and conditions including our policies (Terms) to understand how they apply to your use of our Website and any products or services that may you may order online.

USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY ASPECT OF THE WEBSITE WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH THESE RULES. IF YOU CANNOT AGREE WITH THESE RULES, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR WEBSITE, THE TERMS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, PLEASE CONTACT US.

Who owns this Website?

The OptimusBio Website at www.optimusbio.com is owned and operated by K2014217494 (SOUTH AFRICA) (Pty) Ltd (“OptimusBio”), a company registered in the Republic of South Africa under company registration number 2014/217494/07, which has its registered office at Unit 14, N1 Industrial Park, 79 Landmarks Avenue, Samrand, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa 0157.  All rights and/or defenses afforded to us in these Terms shall stand to the benefit of our group companies.

Terms and conditions apply

These Terms apply to your use of this Website. By using this Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms and agree to be bound by them. They represent our entire agreement with you and supersede all prior terms, conditions, warranties and/or representations to the extent permitted by law. Please do not use our Website if you do not agree to be bound by these Terms.

Online purchases from our Website are subject to these Terms.

Amended or updated terms

We may periodically update or change the Terms without notice. You should check them from time to time, as your continued use of our Website will mean you accept any updated or revised Terms.

Law and arbitration

This agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Any dispute arising in relation to our agreement with you shall, to the extent permitted by law, be referred to arbitration in Pretoria at a venue to be determined by us applying the Uniform Rules of the High Court of South Africa.

Use of our Website

You are welcome to browse or use our Website for your own personal, non-commercial shopping and information purposes only. No other use is permitted without our prior written consent. The unauthorized use, copying, reproduction, variation, modification or distribution of the content of this Website, the uploading of any unlawful or damaging information or viral software, or the creation of any links to our Website from any other site whatsoever, is strictly prohibited.

Unless otherwise specified, the Website is intended for your personal use only. You may not authorize others to use the Website, and you are responsible for all use of the Website by you and by those you allow to use, or provide access to, the Website. You may not impersonate, imitate or pretend to be somebody else when using the Website.

You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and you acknowledge that your failure to do so may subject you to civil and criminal liability.

The Website may contain graphics, text, photographs, images, video, audio and other material that is clearly identified for your use (“Assets”). The Assets are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws. Nevertheless, we grant to you the limited, non-exclusive rights and license to use the Assets solely as described on the Website, as limited by this Agreement, and provided further that you keep intact any and all copyright and other proprietary notices. This includes the “look and feel” of the Website and the advertising thereon (“the Website Content”).

The Website Content is protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws and is the property of OptimusBio and its authorized service providers. The copying, reproduction, publication, display, rearrangement, redistribution, modification, revision, alteration, cropping, re-sizing, reverse engineering, movement, removal, deletion, or other use or change by you, directly or indirectly, whether by omission or commission, of any such Website Content, including but not limited to the removal or alteration of advertising, is strictly prohibited.

You may not in any way make commercial or other unauthorized use, by publication, re-transmission, distribution, performance, caching or otherwise, of material obtained through the Website except as permitted by statute or expressly permitted in writing by this Agreement or the Website.

You agree not to disrupt, overwhelm, attack, modify, reverse engineer or interfere with the Website or its associated software, hardware and/or servers in any way, and you agree not to impede or interfere with others’ use of the Website.

Other than connecting to our and our third party service provider’s servers by http requests using a Web browser, you may not attempt to gain access to our servers by any means, including, without limitation, by using administrator’s passwords or by masquerading as an administrator while using the Website or otherwise.

You acknowledge that OptimusBio and its third party service providers have not reviewed and do not endorse the content of all sites linked to and from this Website, and are not responsible for the content or actions of any sites linked to or from this Website. Linking to any service or site is at your sole risk.

You agree to indemnify OptimusBio against any loss, damage, harm, claim or any other cost whatsoever sustained as a result of your use of our Website and/or its contents contrary to these Terms.

We reserve the right to suspend our Website or any part thereof or terminate your account at any time if we, in our sole discretion, determine that you are not using the Website in compliance with these Terms or if we believe the information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete.

Any indulgence of extension of time granted to you shall not be construed as a waiver or variation of any of our rights or remedies in these Terms or law.

Customer Privacy policy

OptimusBio shall take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information of users. For the purpose of this clause, “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA). The PAIA may be downloaded from: https://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/acts/2000-002.pdf.

Accuracy of Website content

All reasonable steps are taken to ensure that the information on our Website is accurate and up-to-date. We do not, however, warrant that the content or information displayed is always accurate, complete and/or current.

Intellectual property

All rights, including copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights embodied in any logos, text, images, video, audio or other material on this Website are owned by or licensed to us. All data and information communicated to or from the Website including its database also belongs solely to us or our licensors. You agree to sign all documents as we may reasonably require in order to assign any rights that you may acquire in the content of our Website. You agree also to waive any moral rights in such content. You are permitted to view, print or store electronically a copy of any information on our Website, including these Terms, solely for your personal, lawful, non-commercial use. Unauthorized use, reproduction, modification and/or distribution is strictly prohibited and constitutes an unlawful infringement of our intellectual property rights.

Use of our logos, content and images

You are not permitted to use the content of our Website, our logos or any product or other images that appear on our Website without our prior written consent. Unauthorized use, reproduction, modification and/or distribution is strictly prohibited and constitutes an infringement of our or our licensors’ intellectual property rights.

Advertising and hyperlinks

External hyperlinks may appear on our Website. The hyperlinks may not be construed to constitute any relationship between us and any linked third party or any endorsement by us of such third party, and use of or reliance on any external links provided is at your own risk.

Disclaimers and exclusions of liability

Use of our Website is entirely at your own risk. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not warrant that the functions provided by the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free from viruses or other harmful components. We accept no liability, to the extent permitted by law, for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever or howsoever caused arising from the access or use of our Website or the purchase of any of our products or services. You agree, to the extent permitted by law, to indemnify us against any loss or damage suffered or liability incurred by reason of any act or omission on your part or that of any third party acting on your behalf in connection with your use of our Website and/or your purchase of any products or services. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, our liability arising from any breach of these Terms, negligence or otherwise shall not at any time exceed more than double the monetary value of any order placed via this Website.

Indemnification

You hereby indemnify OptimusBio and its affiliates, employees, agents, representatives and third party service providers, and hereby defend and hold each of them harmless from any and all claims and liabilities (including legal costs on the attorney-client scale) which may arise from your submissions, from your unauthorized use of material obtained through the Website, or from your breach of this Agreement, or from any such acts through your use of the Website.

Online registration

As a registered user of the Services, you will be required to establish an account. Never reveal your account information, log in and/or password to anyone. You are responsible for keeping last mentioned confidential and for any activity on your account. If you suspect a breach of this security you have to inform the Company without delay and on receipt, the Company may reject any orders not yet executed and deactivate your access codes and account. The Company will not be responsible for any losses due to the unauthorized use of the account. OptimusBio accepts no liability for any damages suffered or losses incurred from the use or misuse of your password. You will be required to enter your user ID and password each time you visit our online shopping site. To amend any registration particulars please click on “My Profile” and edit your details.

Product sales and availability

All products displayed on our Website are subject to availability and will be delivered only within South Africa. All prices shown on our Website are quoted in South African Rands and are valid and effective only in the South Africa. We reserve the right to discontinue or change the specifications of our products and services from time to time without notice. We will inform you as soon as possible if any products or services ordered by you are not available.

Colours

We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colours of the products that appear on our Website. However, as the actual colours you see will depend on the device that you use to access our Website, we cannot warrant that your device’s display of any colour will be accurate.

Content errors

We regret that no order will be accepted if we identify a material error in the description of any of our goods or services or their prices on our Website. Packaging may vary from that shown on our Website.

Pricing policy

You will be charged the prices as they are reflected on the Products at the point of sale, subject to availability. Certain of the Products are variable/random mass items. Whilst the average mass of the Product is indicated on the Online Shopping Site as a guide to the cost, the actual Product delivered to you may weigh slightly more or less than the average mass indicated. You will be charged the actual amount due in respect of the specific Product delivered to you. Prices include Value-Added Tax. Special promotions may be subject to certain conditions, including stock availability and limited offer stipulations.

A delivery fee of R80 will be charged for each order placed by you.

Methods of payment

Payment may be made via bank transfer into the OptimusBio bank account, the details of which will be provided on checkout.

Stock availability

OptimusBio cannot always guarantee availability of stock and will endeavor to deliver a substitute line where possible.

If we are unable to supply each and every item ordered or in the quantities ordered, you nevertheless agree to accept delivery and make payment for the items correctly delivered.

In cases of unavailability, OptimusBio will refund the client in full within 30 days.

Confirmation of orders

Orders placed online constitute your offer to purchase subject to these Terms. Your offer is deemed to have been accepted by us when you receive our confirmation of your order. Failure by us to formally confirm or notify acceptance shall not affect the validity of the sale or the enforceability thereof.

Delivery

Subject to availability and receipt of payment, requests will be processed within 7-14 days and delivery confirmed by way of an email outlining the postal/courier tracking number.

Delivery is done through a courier company to major cities in South Africa at a rate of R80. These rates are set out at the checkout prior to finalizing your purchase.

OptimusBio cannot be held liable for incorrect postal details being given as well as the items being returned as a result of non-collection. In the event that products are returned to OptimusBio via the post/courier for either of these reasons, the purchaser will be liable to finalise the delivery/collection.

There are NO deliveries on weekends and Public Holidays.

Please note: We do not ship to PO Boxes – please use your residential or work address – where deliveries can be accepted and signed for during normal office hours (08:00 – 17:00).

On delivery of the order to the specified delivery address, you will receive our delivery note showing the items delivered, any substitute items, any non-available items, the delivery fees, Value-Added Tax and the amount paid. For verification purposes, the person accepting delivery at the delivery address may be required to produce a form of identification. Any person other than yourself who receives the products at the delivery address is presumed to be authorized to accept delivery on your behalf. Should no-one be in attendance at the time of delivery, the driver will keep the products and leave a notice at the delivery address to this effect. The driver will attempt to contact you to make new arrangements for delivery or collection. We reserve the right to charge an additional delivery fee should it be required in the circumstances. Our liability for failing to deliver the products timeously is limited to delivery being effected at a later agreed time at no additional charge. Please arrange that you or your authorized representative is available to accept your purchases at the delivery address and that appropriate access will be made available. On delivery, we will require you or your authorized representative to sign and print your or their name on a duplicate copy of the delivery note, to confirm receipt. We have outsourced all delivery and collection arrangements. Accordingly, we cannot, to the extent permitted by law, be liable for any damage suffered or loss incurred by reason of any acts or omissions of the deliverer, its directors, employees, sub-contractors, agents, representatives and/or affiliates.

Local pickup

You can opt to collect your products at OptimusBio. The address for collection is: Unit 14, N1 Industrial Park, 79 Landmarks Avenue, Samrand, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa 0157

Refunds and returns policy

There are no refunds for products purchased although exchanges can be done within 7 days of receipt. The purchaser is required to carry the costs of postage for returned goods.

OptimusBio takes every care to package products so as to avoid breakage and cannot be held responsible for products being damaged in transit.

Cancellation

If for any reason you would like to cancel an order this may be done on our Website or by contacting our Customer Services Centre on +27 82 452 4889. You will only be able to cancel orders up to midnight on the day prior to the date of dispatch and we reserve the right to charge the delivery fees in respect of any late cancellations. If you cancel your payment for any reason you will nevertheless be bound to pay the full purchase price, including all costs incurred by us relating to the recovery thereof. Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies in law, we reserve the right to cancel forthwith any sale and/or your registration in the event of your breach any of the Terms.

Risk and ownership

Risk in the products shall pass to you or your authorized representative on delivery. We will retain ownership in the products until payment has been received in full.