Welcome to the User Agreement for Xumba Corp.
The following describes the terms on which Xumba offers you access to our
services.
This agreement describes the terms and conditions applicable to your use of
our services available under the domain of Xumbay.com and the general
principles for the Web sites of our subsidiaries and national affiliates. If
you do not agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement,
please do not use or access our services.
If you have any questions, please refer to our User Agreement Frequently
Asked Questions or User Agreement Revisions.
You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions
contained in this user agreement and the Privacy Policy, which include those
terms and conditions expressly set out below and those incorporated by
reference, before you may become a member of xumbay.
We strongly recommend that, as you read this user agreement, you also access
and read the information contained in the other pages and Web sites referred
to in this document, as they may contain further terms and conditions that
apply to you as an xumbay user. Please note: underlined words and phrases
are links to these pages and Web sites. By accepting this user agreement,
you also agree that your use of other xumbay Web sites will be governed by
the terms and conditions posted on those Web sites.
We may amend this agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on
Xumbay. Except as stated below, all amended terms shall automatically be
effective 30 days after they are initially posted on our site. In addition,
we will notify you in accordance with your notification preferences. This
agreement may not be otherwise amended except in a writing signed by you and
xumbay Inc.
This agreement is effective on March 1st, 2004.
1.Membership eligibility
Our services are available only to individuals who can form legally
binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, our
services are not available to minors or to temporarily or indefinitely
suspended xumbay members. If you are a minor, you can use this service only
in conjunction with your parents or guardians. If you do not qualify, please
do not use our services. Further, your xumbay account (including feedback)
and User ID may not be transferred or sold to another party. If you are
registering as a business entity, you represent that you have the authority
to bind the entity to this agreement.
2.Fees and services
Joining xumbay is free. Our Fees and Credits Policy is incorporated by
reference. We may change our Fees and Credits Policy and the fees for our
services from time to time. Our changes to the policy are effective after we
provide you with at least fourteen (14) days' notice of the changes by
posting the changes on the announcements board. However, we may choose to
temporarily change our Fees and Credits Policy and the fees for our services
for promotional events (for example, free listing days. Such changes are
effective when we post the temporary promotional event on the announcements
board.
When you list an item you have an opportunity to review and accept the fees
that you will be charged for the use of our listing services. We may in our
sole discretion change some or all of our services at any time. In the event
we introduce a new service, the fees for that service are effective at the
launch of the service.
Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars. You are
responsible for paying all fees associated with using our service and our
Web site and all applicable taxes.
3.Xumba is a venue
3.1 Xumba is not an auctioneer. Our site acts as a venue to allow anyone to
offer, sell, and buy books, video games and art, at any time, from anywhere.
We are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As
a result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the
items advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of
sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot
ensure that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction.
3.2 Fixed price marketplace. We offer you the availability to purchase items
at a fixed price
3.3 Identity verification. We use many techniques to identify our users when
they register on our site. However, because user verification on the
Internet is difficult, xumbay cannot and does not confirm each user's
purported identity. We also encourage you to communicate directly with
potential trading partners through the tools available on our site. You may
also wish to consider using a third party escrow service or services that
provide additional user verification. For more information, please see our
Buying and Selling Tools page.
3.4 Release. Because we are a venue, in the event that you have a dispute
with one or more users, you release xumbay (and our officers, directors,
agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and
damages (actual and consequential) 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.
If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code §1542,
which says: "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."
3.5 Information control. We do not control the information provided by other
users that is made available through our system. You may find other users'
information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please use
caution, common sense, and practice safe trading when using our site. Please
note that there are also risks of dealing with underage persons or people
acting under false pretenses. Additionally, there may also be risks dealing
with international traders and foreign nationals.
4.Bidding and buying
As a buyer, you are obligated to complete the transaction with the seller if
you purchase an item through our fixed price formats.
5.Listing and selling
5.1 Listing description. You must be legally able to sell the item(s) you
list for sale on our site. You must describe your item and all terms of sale
on the listing page of our site. Your listings may only include text
descriptions, graphics, pictures and other content relevant to the sale of
that item.
5.3 Fraud. Without limiting any other remedies, xumbay may suspend or
terminate your account if we suspect that you (by conviction, settlement,
insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) have engaged in fraudulent
activity in connection with our site.
5.4 Manipulation. Neither you, as a buyer or a seller may manipulate the
price of any item nor may you interfere with other users' listings or
transactions.
6.Your information
6.1 Definition. "Your Information" is defined as any information you provide
to us or other users in the registration or listing process, in any public
message area or through any email feature. You are solely responsible for
Your Information, and we act as a passive conduit for your online
distribution and publication of Your Information.
6.2 Restricted activities. Your Information (or any items listed) and your
activities on the site shall not:
be false, inaccurate or misleading; be fraudulent or involve the sale of
counterfeit or stolen items; infringe any third party's copyright, patent,
trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity
or privacy; violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but
not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair
competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising); be defamatory, trade
libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;
be obscene or contain child pornography or, if otherwise adult in nature or
harmful to minors, shall be posted only in the Mature Audiences section and
shall be distributed only to people legally permitted to receive such
content; contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots,
easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any
system, data or personal information; create liability for us or cause us to
lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers;
andlink directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or
services that: are prohibited under this Agreement; are concurrently listed
for sale on a Web site other than xumbay's (this does not prevent linking to
or advertising an xumbay item from another Web site); or you do not have a
right to link to or include.
Furthermore, you may not list any item on the site (or consummate any
transaction that was initiated using our service) that, by paying to us the
listing fee or the final value fee, could cause us to violate any applicable
law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or that violates our current
Prohibited and Restricted Items.
6.3 License. Solely to enable xumbay to use the information you supply us
with, so that we are not violating any rights you might have in that
information, you agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to
exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights (but no other rights)
you have in Your Information, in any media now known or not currently known,
with respect to Your Information. xumbay will only use Your Information in
accordance with our Privacy Policy.
7.Access and interference
Our Web site contains robot exclusion headers and you agree that you will
not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to
monitor or copy our Web pages or the content contained herein without our
prior expressed written permission.
You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass
our robot exclusion headers, or to interfere or attempt to interfere with
the proper working of the xumbay site or any activities conducted on our
site.
You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on our infrastructure.
Much of the information on our site is updated on a real time basis and is
proprietary or is licensed to xumbay by our users or third parties. You
agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative
works, or publicly display any content (except for Your Information) from
our Web site without the prior expressed written permission of xumbay or the
appropriate third party.
8.Breach
Without limiting other remedies, we may immediately remove your item
listings, warn our community of your actions, issue a warning, temporarily
suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to
provide our services to you if:
you breach this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference; we
are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us; or
we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for
you, our users or us.
9.Privacy
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for
marketing purposes without your consent and we only use your information as
described in the Privacy Policy. We view protection of users' privacy as a
very important community principle. We understand clearly that you and your
information is one of our most important assets. We store and process your
information on computers located in the United States that are protected by
physical as well as technological security devices. We use third parties to
verify and certify our privacy principles. For more information, please read
the xumbay Privacy Policy. If you object to your Information being
transferred or used in this way please do not use our services.
10.No warranty
We, our subsidiaries, employees and our suppliers provide our Web site and
services "as is" and without any warranty or condition, express, implied or
statutory. We, our subsidiaries, employees and our suppliers specifically
disclaim any implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose and non-infringement. Some states do not allow the
disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply
to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have
other legal rights that vary from state to state.
11.Liability limit
In no event shall we, our subsidiaries, employees or our suppliers be liable
for lost profits or any special, incidental or consequential damages arising
out of or in connection with our site, our services or this agreement
(however arising, including negligence).
Our liability, and the liability of our subsidiaries, employees, and
suppliers, to you or any third parties in any circumstance is limited to the
greater of the amount of fees you pay to us in the 12 months prior to the
action giving rise to liability, and
$100.
Some States do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or
consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to
you.
12.Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees,
harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this
Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation
of any law or the rights of a third party.
13.Legal compliance
You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws,
statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our service and
your bidding on, listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and
sale of items.
14.No agency
You and xumbay are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership,
joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is
intended or created by this Agreement.
15.Notices
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given by postal
mail to: xumbay Inc. Attn: Legal Department P.O. Box 415241, Miami Beach Fl
33141 (in the case of xumbay) or to the email address you provide to xumbay
during the registration process (in your case).
Notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after email is sent, unless the
sending party is notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively,
we may give you notice by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, to the address provided to xumbay during the registration
process. In such case, notice shall be deemed given 3 days after the date of
mailing.
16.Arbitration
Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or our services, excluding legal action taken by xumbay to collect
our fees and/or recover damages for, or obtain an injunction relating to,
the xumbay site operations, intellectual property, and our services, shall
be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial
arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such
controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall
not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any
other party.
The arbitration shall be conducted in Miami, Florida, and judgment on the
arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof.
Either you or xumbay may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court
of competent jurisdiction in Miami, Florida necessary to protect the rights
or property of you or xumbay pending the completion of arbitration. Should
either party file an action contrary to this provision, the other party may
recover attorney's fees and costs up to $1000.00.
17.Additional terms
The following policies are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and
provide additional terms and conditions related to specific services offered
on our site:
Privacy Policy
Outage Policy
Board Usage Policy
Listing Policy
Xumbay.com Policy
Restricted and Prohibited Items Policy
Non-Paying Buyer policy
Each of these policies may be changed from time to time and are effective
immediately after we post the changes on our site, except for the Privacy
Policy for which we will provide you with thirty days prior notice. In
addition, when using particular services on our site, you agree that you are
subject to any posted policies or rules applicable to services you use
through our site, which may be posted from time to time. All such posted
policies or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
18.General
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of
Florida as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be
performed entirely within Florida between Florida residents. We do not
guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and
operation of our site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of
our control. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or
unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions
shall be enforced.
You agree that this Agreement and all incorporated agreements may be
automatically assigned by xumbay, in our sole discretion, to a third party
in the event of a merger or acquisition.
Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit,
construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act
with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act
with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us
with respect to the subject matter hereof. Sections 2 (Fees and Services)
with respect to fees owed for our services, 3.4 (Release), 6.3 (License), 7
(Access and Interference), 11 (Liability Limit), 12 (Indemnity) and 16
(Arbitration) shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
19.Disclosures
The services hereunder are offered by xumbay Inc., located at 300 NE 125
Street #304, North Miami, FL 33161. If you are a Florida resident, you may
have this same information emailed to you by sending a letter to the
foregoing address with your email address and a request for this
information. For more information, please visit the Fees page.
Additional information
Parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or
filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in
limiting access to material that is harmful to minors. If you are interested
in learning more about these protections, information is available at
SafetySurf.com or other analogous sites providing information on such
protections. The preceding link is provided for information purposes only,
and is not intended as an endorsement of WorldVillage.com's Internet site,
services, or policies. xumbay is not affiliated with WorldVillage.com.
Disputes between you and xumbay regarding our services may be reported to
Customer Support. We encourage you to report all user-to-user disputes to
your local law enforcement, postmaster general, or a certified mediation or
arbitration entity.
Additionally, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of
the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs. |