| The Construction Gang Terms of
Service Agreement ("Agreement"). This Agreement describes the terms and
conditions applicable to your use of the constructiongang.com web site, an internet
based classifieds advertising service. (the "Service").
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY!
THE FOLLOWING
DESCRIBES THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH ADYOUR CLASSIFIEDS OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO THE
SERVICE.
1. Acceptance Of Terms.
WELCOME TO The Construction Gang
ONLINE SERVICE (the "SERVICE"). All rights related to The Construction Gang
are to be held by The Construction Gang. The following describes
the terms and conditions between you and constructiongang.com (" The Construction Gang")
under which The Construction Gang offers you access to the Service. Use of the
Service indicates that you accept the terms and conditions set forth below.
If you do not accept all of the terms and conditions, please do not use the
Service. BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND CLICKING THE "I HAVE
READ & ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THE The Construction Gang TERMS OF SERVICE
AGREEMENT" AND THE "SUBMIT" BUTTONS, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE
BOUND BY THESE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS The Construction Gang PRIVACY POLICY.
The Construction Gang may
amend these terms and conditions at any time by posting the amended terms on
this website. The amended terms shall automatically be effective immediately
upon posting. These terms and conditions were last amended on
February 6, 2005. Delivery by The Construction Gang of the amended
terms and conditions and your continued use of the Service shall be deemed
to be acceptance of the amended terms. These terms and conditions may not
otherwise be modified, except in writing by an authorized officer of The Construction Gang.
In these terms and
conditions, all users of the Service shall be referred to as the "User".
2. The Service.
The User will select a
User ID and Password to access the Service. The User shall be solely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the User's User ID and
Password and for all activities that occur under the User's User ID and
Password. The User hereby agrees to notify The Construction Gang immediately of
any unauthorized use of the User's User ID and Password or any other breach
of security. The User hereby agrees and confirms that The Construction Gang
shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising from the User's failure
to comply with this paragraph.
The Construction Gang may
allow Users access to products and services offered by third party websites
through hyperlinks or "co-branded" sites accessible through the The Construction Gang website. The User acknowledges that The Construction Gang has no
control over such third party's website and The Construction Gang shall not be
responsible or liable to anyone for the availability of such website, or any
goods, product or service made available on such website, and does not
endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising,
product or other material on or available from such third party website.
The User further
acknowledges and agrees that The Construction Gang shall not be responsible or
liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss, claims, damages or actions
arising from or caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the
use of or reliance on any information or content available on or through
such third party website or any underlying transaction between the User and
any such third party.
The Construction Gang
reserves the right to limit, deny or create different priorities to
different users or to change the Service and/or all of its features and/or
to change, upgrade, modify, alter, limit or terminate the Service at any
time temporarily or permanently without prior notice and for any or no
reason at its sole discretion. The Construction Gang further reserves the right
to introduce new features, functionalities and/or applications to the
Service or to future versions of the Service. These terms and conditions
shall govern all new features, functionalities, applications, modifications,
upgrades and alterations, unless otherwise stated by The Construction Gang.
The User agrees to the effect that such action may have on his ability to
use the Service hereby agree that in no event shall The Construction Gang be
liable to the User or any third parties for any inability to use the
Service, any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions with respect to any
communications or transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof, or
any damage arising therefrom or occasioned thereby or for the results
obtained from the User's use of the Service.
The User agrees not to
reverse engineers, decompile, disassemble, alter, duplicate, make copies,
create derivative works from, distribute or provide others with the Service,
its communication protocol or any information available on, derived or
extracted in relation to the Service other than as allowed under these terms
and conditions.
3. Acceptable Use
Policy
The User may only use
this Service to make legitimate requests to purchase or offers to sell the
products or services offered (each, a "Request" or an "Offer" as the case
may be) and shall not use the Service to make any speculative, false or
fraudulent Requests or Offers, whether or not in anticipation of demand.
The User represents
that the User has sufficient authority and is of sufficient legal capacity
to create binding legal obligations for any liability the User may incur as
a result of the User's use of the Service.
The User is solely
responsible for all information provided to The Construction Gang or others
during registration or any other time during the use of the Service ("Your
Information") and The Construction Gang acts as a passive conduit for the
User's online distribution and publication of Your Information.
For the avoidance of doubt, "Your Information" includes any information
data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages
and other materials provided by the User to The Construction Gang during
registration, trading or listing processes or at any other time during the
User's use of the Service.
The User warrants and agrees that the User has all rights, including all
copyrights, or has obtained all necessary third party copyright or trademark
licenses and permissions in relation to Your Information and shall be solely
responsible for ensuring that any material or information posted on the
Service or provided to The Construction Gang or authorized to The Construction Gang
to display or publish through the Service does not violate the
copyright, trademark, trade secret or any other personal or proprietary
rights of any third party of any third party or is posted with the
permission of the owner(s) of such rights.
Notwithstanding any of the above provisions, The Construction Gang reserves the
right to take any action (including withdrawing any part or all of Your
Information) The Construction Gang deems necessary or appropriate if, in The Construction Gang
sole discretion, The Construction Gang believes may create
liability for The Construction Gang or may cause The Construction Gang to lose (in
whole or in part) the services of its Internet Service Providers or other
suppliers or may cause us to contravene any applicable laws or regulations
regulating the conduct of web and/or Internet related activities.
The User shall not use
the Service for any unlawful or inappropriate purposes, including without
limitation, spoofing, sniffing, imposturing, fraud, forgery, electronic
trespass, hacking and system contamination including without limitation, use
of viruses, worms and Trojan Horses causing unauthorized damage or harmful
access and/or retrieval of information.
Any Request or Offer
made through the Service shall not
(a) be fraudulent or make fraudulent offers or involve the sale or purchase
or attempted sale or purchase of counterfeit or stolen items or otherwise
promote other illegal activities;
(b) infringe or otherwise abet or encourage the infringement or violation of
any third parties' copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other
proprietary right(s);
(c) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including
without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection,
unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
(d) be obscene or contain or infers any pornography or sex-related
merchandising or any other sexual content or otherwise promotes sexually
explicit materials or is otherwise harmful to minors.
The User may not take
any action which may undermine the integrity of The Construction Gang comment system, such
as leaving positive feedback for oneself using secondary User IDs or through
third parties or by leaving unsubstantiated negative feedback for another
User.
4. Transactions
between Buyers and Suppliers
The Construction Gang is
not involved in the actual transaction between Users. As a result, The Construction Gang
has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the items
offered for sale, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of the
suppliers to sell the items or the ability of buyers to buy items. Further,
The Construction Gang cannot and does not control whether or not sellers will
complete the sale of items they offer for sale or buyers would complete the
purchase of the items they procure through the Service. In addition, Users
are hereby made aware that there may be risks of dealing with foreign
nationals, underaged persons or people acting under false pretences.
Users are solely
responsible for all of the terms and conditions of the transactions between
themselves and other buyers and sellers (as the case may be), including,
without limitation, terms regarding payment, returns, warranties, shipping,
insurance, fees, taxes, title, licenses, fines, permits, handling,
transportation and storage.
The Construction Gang
does not endorse or make any representation or warranty whatsoever (whether
express or implied) and shall not be responsible or liable under any
circumstances whatsoever, in respect of (a) any third party website
hyperlinked to the The Construction Gang website, or any products, services,
information, data or other content offered or provided therein; and/or
(b) any product, service, information, data or other content offered or
provided by third parties in or through the The Construction Gang website.
As The Construction Gang
acts only as a facilitator to the transactions between Users, The Construction Gang
shall have no liability for the failure of any items bought or
sold via the Service to meet any specification, requirement or description
or for the breach or alleged breach of any warranty given or made by the
supplier or for the failure of the supplier to deliver the items to the
buyer or for the failure of the buyer to make payment. As a condition for
the use of the Service, each User agrees to look solely to the other party
to the transaction for damages or liabilities incurred as a result of any
failure to meet specification or description, breach or alleged breach of
warranty or failure to make delivery or failure to make payment.
In the event that any
User has a dispute with any party to a transaction, the parties agree to
release and indemnify The Construction Gang and save us harmless (and our
agents, affiliates, directors and employees) from all claims, demands,
actions, proceedings, costs, expenses and damages (including without
limitation any actual, special, incidental or consequential damages) of
every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected,
disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such
disputes.
Unless otherwise prohibited by any applicable law, all Users hereby waive
any statutory or regulatory provision or similar provision to such effect
which provides that: "A general release does not extend to claims which the
creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of
executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected
his settlement with the debtor."
5. User's
Responsibility
Users are hereby
granted access to The Construction Gang various directories, databases and
listings in accordance with these terms and conditions and as otherwise
permitted by The Construction Gang. Any other use or attempt to access The Construction Gang
various directories, databases and listings for commercial,
copying, reproduction, mass marketing (whether by spamming or not) or any
other unauthorized purpose is strictly prohibited. The User agrees that the
User shall not commercially exploit any information received or accessed
through the Service including but not limited to copying (through robots,
spiders, any automatic device or manual process) except with The Construction Gang
prior written consent.
The User shall not use
any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with
the proper working of the Service. Each User shall not undermine or attempt
to undermine the security or integrity of the computer systems or networks
used by The Construction Gang and/or any user of the Service and shall not
attempt to gain unauthorized access to such computer systems or networks.
The User shall not use the Service for any illegal purposes or in support of
any illegal purpose or activity.
Each User hereby
represents, warrants and agrees to
(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about itself
and its business referees as may be required by The Construction Gang; and
(b) maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete.
If any User provides any information that is untrue, inaccurate or is not
current or complete, or if The Construction Gang has reasonable grounds to
suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate or is not current or
complete, The Construction Gang has the right to suspend or terminate such
User's membership and refuse any and all current or future use of the
Service or any other services that may be provided by The Construction Gang.
Each User agrees and
accepts that The Construction Gang shall not actively monitor nor exercise any
editorial control whatsoever over the content of Your Information or other
material or information created, obtained or accessible through the Service.
The Construction Gang does not endorse, verify or otherwise certify the
contents of any comments or other material or information made by any User.
Each User is solely responsible for the contents of such User's information
and may be held legally liable or accountable for the content of each such
User's comments or other material or information. However, The Construction Gang
reserves the right to remove any material it becomes aware of
that is in it sole discretion, potentially unlawful, could subject The Construction Gang
to liability, violates these terms and conditions or is
otherwise found inappropriate. The Construction Gang reserves the right to
cooperate fully with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the
investigation of any suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing. Further The Construction Gang
reserves the right to suspend or terminate the membership of
such User as The Construction Gang deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
Further, each User
agrees to indemnify The Construction Gang, its employees, agents and
representatives and to hold them harmless, from any and all losses, claims
and liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may
arise from the User's posting of information or deletion thereof, from such
User's use of the Service or from such User's breach of these terms and
conditions. Each User further agrees that The Construction Gang is not
responsible, and shall have no liability to it or anyone else for any
material posted by such User or third parties, including fraudulent, untrue,
misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that
the risk of damage from such material rests entirely with each User.
Each User represents,
warrants and agrees that it shall not use the Service for any unlawful or
inappropriate purposes, including without limitation, spoofing, sniffing,
eavesdropping, imposturing or spamming other users, harassment, fraud,
forgery, electronic trespass, hacking, system contamination including
without limitation use or viruses, worms and Trojan horses causing
unauthorized damaging or harmful access and/or retrieval of information.
6. Charges and Fees
The rates for fees
chargeable under the Service shall be published on The Construction Gang
website. All fees (if any) shall be payable in advance to The Construction Gang
. Unless otherwise agreed between The Construction Gang and any
User, all payments made are non-refundable.
The Construction Gang
reserves the right to modify its pricing structure and payment conditions
from time to time at its sole discretion
7. Termination of
Membership
The Construction Gang may terminate the Service at any time on the giving of at
least one (1) months notice to the User or immediately by notice if there is
any breach of a material term of these terms and conditions by the User.
Without limitation to
any remedies that may be available, The Construction Gang may immediately issue
a warning, temporarily suspend (whether for a fixed period or indefinitely)
or terminate a User's membership, any of the User's listings or any other
information placed by the User on The Construction Gang website if
(a) The User breaches a material term herein;
(b The Construction Gang is unable to verify or authenticate any information
provided by the User; or
(c) The Construction Gang believes in its sole discretion that the User's act
or omission may cause legal liability for the User, any other Users, third
party service providers or The Construction Gang.
Furthermore, The Construction Gang
may suspend or terminate any User's membership if the User is
found (whether by conviction, settlement, insurance or escrow investigation
or otherwise) to have engaged in fraudulent activity in connection with the
use of The Construction Gang website or the Service.
Upon termination, all
licenses, rights and privileges granted to the User shall cease.
Notwithstanding any of
the above provisions, termination of the relationship herein shall not
affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party nor shall it affect
the coming into force or the continuance in force of any provision contained
herein which is expressly or by implication intended to come into or
continue in force on or after such termination.
8. Limitation of
Liability
THE SERVICE IS
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS,
AND The Construction Gang
HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY
AND
ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO ANY WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ALL SUCH WARRANTIES,
REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, UNDERTAKINGS
AND TERMS
ARE
HEREBY EXCLUDED.
The Construction Gang MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE
VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, STABILITY,
COMPLETENESS OR CURRENTNESS OF TECHNICAL
AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE.
Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Service
is done at each User's sole discretion and risk and each User is solely
responsible for any damage to its computer system or loss of data that
results from the download of any such material. No advice or information,
whether oral or written, obtained by any User from The Construction Gang or
through or from the Service shall create any warranty not expressly stated
herein.
Under no circumstances
shall The Construction Gang be held liable for an delay or failure or
disruption of the Service resulting directly or indirectly from acts of
nature, forces or causes beyond its reasonable control, including without
limitation, Internet failures, computer, telecommunications or any other
equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes,
riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials,
fires, flood, storms, explosions, Acts of God, war, governmental actions,
orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals or non-performance of
third parties.
Each User hereby agrees to indemnify and save The Construction Gang, its
employees, agents and representatives harmless, from any and all losses,
claims, liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which
may arise from such User's use of the Service (including but not limited to
the display of such User's information on the Site) or from its breach of
any of the terms and conditions herein. Each User further agrees that The Construction Gang
is not responsible and shall have no liability to it, for any
material posted by others, including defamatory, offensive or illicit
material and that the risk of damages from such material rests entirely with
each User.
Except to the extent that such liability cannot be excluded by or limited by
law, The Construction Gang shall not be liable for any special, direct,
indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages or any damages
whatsoever (including but not limited to damages for loss of profits or
savings, business interruption, loss of information) whether or not advised
of the possibility of damage, regardless of the form of action, whether in
contract, negligence, tort or otherwise or any other damages resulting from
(a) the use or the inability to use the Service;
(b) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from
any goods, samples, data, information or services purchased or obtained or
messages received or transactions entered into of through of from the
Service;
(c) unauthorized access to or alteration of transmissions or data;
(d) statements or conduct of any third party on the Service; or
(e) any other matter relating to the Service however arising, including
negligence.
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9. Intellectual Property Rights
The Construction Gang is
the sole owner of all the rights to the Service. The Service embodies trade
secrets and intellectual property rights protected under worldwide copyright
and other laws. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the
Service shall remain with constructiongang.com. All rights not otherwise claimed
herein or by The Construction Gang are hereby reserved.
10. Notices
All notices or demands
to or upon The Construction Gang shall be effective if in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly made when sent to The Construction Gang to 800A Officers Row, Vancouver WA 98661. All notices or demands to or upon the User shall
be effective if either delivered personally, sent by commercial overnight
courier, certified mail, or by facsimile or email to the addresses and
correspondence information provided by the User (as may be amended or
updated from time to time by the User).
11. General
These terms and
conditions constitute the entire agreement between the User and The Construction Gang
and govern the use of the Service, superseding any prior written
or oral agreements in relation to the same subject matter herein.
If any provision
herein is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be
struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.
The Construction Gang
failure to enforce any right or failure to act with respect to any breach by
a User under these terms and conditions will not waive that right nor waives
The Construction Gang right to act with respect with subsequent or similar
breaches.
The Construction Gang
shall have the right to assign their obligations and duties herein to any
person or entity.
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