General Terms

1. These terms together with the applicable Contract Specific Terms apply to any and all use of the Site.  Any act of accessing or using the Site, completing Registration or obtaining or using any Content shall constitute your agreement to be bound by and comply with the Terms.

2. Definitions 

2.1 In these terms and conditions, the following definitions have the following meanings:

“Content” means all text, images, footage, related data or other material made available to you by AppleSeedEX and Vintage Victory.

“Contract”: Any agreement between AppleSeedEX and you allowing access to restricted areas of the Site, restricted Services or access to Content;

“Contract Specific Terms”: Any and all information and terms supplied by AppleSeedEX to you applying to a specific Contract prior to the agreement of that Contract, including details of fees and descriptions of the services or content.

“Fee”: The fee payable to AppleSeedEX under any Contract as specified in the Contract Specific Terms;

“IPR”: all patents, trade marks, service marks, copyright, design right, database rights, know-how, processes, trade practices and other intellectual property rights whatsoever, whether registered or unregistered anywhere in the world;

“Contract Period”: the period of any rights to use Services or access Content granted to you under a Contract as specified in the Contract Specific Terms;

“Login”: the personal username and password which will be created by you upon Registration, (which may be amended from time to time as enabled via the Site) allowing you to access and use the Site and any associated benefits;

“Prohibited Goods List”: the list of goods and services published on the Site

“Registration”: the process of registration for the Service in compliance with clause 3;

“Site”: the website at www.vintagevictory.com and any of the sub-domains thereof;

“Site Rules”: the rules published on the Site relating to posts, uploads, profiles and entries submitted by users to the Site and any other use of the Site;

“Services”: the Vintage Victory service accessed via the Login, and, as applicable to each Contract, restricted areas of or tools on the Site;

“Terms”: these Website General Terms and all applicable Contract Specific Terms (if any);

“User Content”: all text, images, footage, related data or other material inputted, uploaded or otherwise communicated by you to the Site or to us including by way of selecting items to be linked to the Site.

“we”, “us”, “our”, “AppleSeedEX”, “Vintage Victory”: AppleSeedEX Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company registration number 06529918 having its registered office at 24A Crown Street, Brentwood, United Kingdom, CM14 4BA.

“you”, “your”, “yourself”: the person, company or other body using or Registering with the Site (Registrant) or if the Registrant is acting for his employer or on behalf of another as an agent, (1) for the purposes of all rights to use the Service, said employer or principal only (2) for all other purposes, both the Registrant and said employer or Principal jointly and severally.

“Vintage Victory”: the trading name of AppleSeedEX Limited for the Website at www.vintagevictory.com. 

3. Registration

3.1 In order to access the Service it is necessary for you to provide and register certain information with us. 

3.2 You must ensure that the information submitted in your Registration is complete and accurate. 

3.3 No Registration shall be validly submitted other than via the standard procedure on the Site. Conditions purported to be stipulated by you in any way to us, to the extent that they are inconsistent with the Terms, shall be void.

3.4 You agree to access the Service by use of the Login only and that in particular you shall not create any link to any part of the Site except the homepage and shall not violate or bypass any measures employed or designed to restrict access to any part of the Site.

3.5 You agree to keep the Login confidential at all times, shall take reasonable steps to prevent others from obtaining your Login and shall inform us if at any point you consider that your Login has been compromised and/or is being misused by someone else and shall take such action as is required and/or is requested by us to prevent such misuse

3.6 You are responsible for all Fees relating to activities conducted using your Login up till the time that you notify us of unauthorised use of your Login.

4. Technical Use of the Site

4.1 You warrant and undertake that you shall not, and shall not permit others to: 

4.1.1 modify, translate, create derivative copies of or copy any aspect of the Site;

4.1.2 reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise tamper with any material on the Site;

4.1.3 distribute, sub-license, assign, share, timeshare, sell, rent, lease, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any of your rights to use the Site; or 

4.1.4 use the Site in any manner not expressly authorised or envisioned or in a way which may bring us into disrepute.  

5. Contracts

5.1 To access certain areas of the Site, including any selling tools or services you will be required to enter into further agreements by agreeing to Contract Specific Terms.

5.2 These Website General Terms shall apply to all such Contracts in their entirety at all times.

5.3 You agree to access each area of the Site where a Contract is required by use of the Login only.

6. Payment

6.1 Unless otherwise stated, all Fees must be paid prior to or upon agreement of each Contract, via the Site, by secure credit or debit card payment or by agreeing to regular periodic payments in accordance with the payment mechanisms available via the Site.

6.2 Within a reasonable time prior to the expiry of each Contract Period we will send you a renewal notice by e-mail (“Renewal Notice”) notifying you that the current Contract Period is approaching expiry and that the Contract will be automatically renewed and the Fee will become due, and if possible, automatically debited from your account, at the end of the relevant Contract Period. The Renewal Notice will quote the relevant date of renewal and the amount of the further Fees.

6.3. In the event that you wish to cancel your Contract, you must send notice in writing to us (which may be by e-mail) requesting cancellation no later than 30 working days prior to the end of the current Contract Period, upon receipt of which: 

6.3.1.  we will cancel your Contract;

6.3.2.  no further Fee will be debited from your credit or debit card; and 

6.3.3.  on the expiry of the current Contract Period your Login will be invalidated as it relates to any of the Services under that Contract and the Contract will immediately terminate.

6.4 All Fees are expressed inclusive of VAT unless specified.

7. Intellectual Property Rights

7.1 All IPR in the Site, Content and all material, content, information or benefits relating to the same, is owned or licensed by us, and nothing in these terms and conditions shall confer any ownership of any IPR in the same on you.

7.2 Except where specifically authorised by the Terms, you agree to use all Content made available to you for the purpose of viewing such Content on the Site personally only and not to copy, adapt, make available to third parties or distribute any such Content.

8. Content and Use of the Site

8.1 You grant to us a world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable, non exclusive licence (including the right to sub-license) to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display any User Content (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate such content in other works in any form, media or technology now known or developed for the purposes of operating or promotion of the Site.

8.2 You agree not to upload, post or otherwise make available on the Site any material protected by any IPR, confidentiality or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the IPR, confidential information or other proprietary right or use the Site for any other illegal purpose and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright or that such permission has been obtained rests with you.

8.3 You agree that you shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of IPR, confidentiality, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from submission of User Content and agree to indemnify us and keep us indemnified against any damage, harm or loss resulting from such a submission.

8.4 You agree to abide by the Site Rules that we may amend from time to time by posting the amended Site Rules on the Site, and that all amendments shall be effective regarding your use of the Site immediately upon posting.

8.5 You agree not to use the Service to send unsolicited bulk messages.

8.6 You agree to not register or use more than one username. Any user found using more than one username without prior written (emailed) permission will be banned and all relevant posts and accounts will be removed at our discretion.

8.7 We may, as part of the Service, grant you the right to copy, use and display certain Content, forming your selling pages, on websites other than the Site. In such cases, the granted right is limited to copying, using and displaying the Content purely for the purpose of operating and displaying your selling pages on third party websites. All copying, displaying, amalgamation or any other use of the Content for any other purpose or otherwise than in accordance with the intention of the Service provided is prohibited and a breach of these Terms. All use of any Content outside of the Site must be accompanied by a reasonable credit in the form “Powered by VintageVictory.com”.

8.8 You agree that you shall be solely responsible for the assessment of whether the Content and Services described on the Site are suitable for your intended use and business.

8.9 By making any use of the Site you warrant that you are 13 years of age or older and by making any Contract where any Fees are payable you warrant that you are 18 years of age or older.

8.10 You may cancel your Registration at any time prior to first use of your Login and confirmation of your acceptance of these terms and conditions, by notice in writing to us (which may be by e-mail) quoting your reference number.

9. Transactions via the Site

9.1 You agree and acknowledge that any contracts with any other user of the site including contracts for the sale and purchase of goods or for the provision of services, are negotiated and concluded solely between yourself and that user and shall be conducted solely on the terms agreed between those parties. All rights of remedy relating to such transactions will be between the buyer and seller only and all liability of AppleSeedEX under such contracts is hereby excluded.

9.2 You agree not to feature, offer for sale, sell or provide any of the goods or services listed on the Prohibited Goods List available via the Site which we may amend from time to time by posting the amended Prohibited Goods List on the Site and that all amendments shall be effective regarding your use of the Site immediately upon posting.

9.3 By offering any goods for sale via the Site you warrant that you are the lawful owner of the same and that all information provided regarding the goods, including the type, quantity and condition of the goods is accurate, complete and up to date.

9.4 You acknowledge and agree that we do not have any responsibility to report, calculate, determine or anticipate the payment of any taxes, which may be assessed or owed by any user of the Site in connection with the use of the Site or the Services. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for the calculation and payment of any taxes that may be incurred as a result of conducting transactions using the Site or the Services.

10. Limitation of Liability

10.1. You acknowledge that the following provision reflects a fair allocation of risk. These terms and conditions set out our entire liability to you and all other liability of us to you and all warranties relating to the accuracy, suitability or efficacy of any Content or Service is hereby excluded, subject that nothing shall exclude or restrict our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation and/or for death or personal injury (including but not limited to sickness and death) to the extent that such injury results from our negligence or wilful default, or that of our servants, agents or subcontractors.

10.2. You agree that our total liability under each Contract shall not exceed (death or personal injury excepted) the Fee paid by you to us pursuant to that Contract, including where such liability arises out of our negligence.

10.3. In no event shall we be liable to you whether in contract, tort, by statute or otherwise in respect of any loss of profits and/or for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the Service or the Content, including without limitation: loss of revenue, loss of anticipated savings, loss of business and/or goods, loss of goodwill, loss of use, loss and/or corruption of data and/or other information or benefits. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the types of loss and/or damage specified above nor any similar types of loss and/or damage shall constitute direct loss for the purposes of this Agreement.

10.4. You agree to notify us of any claim or allegation that the Content infringes any third party rights within ten days of becoming aware of the same.

10.5. You agree that we shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on the accuracy or truth of any Content.

10.6. You agree that we shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the negligence, fraud or inaction of any other user and in particular we shall not be liable for any failure of any user to adequately perform any contract concluded via the Site or for the inaccuracy of any representation made by another user via the Site.

11.  Indemnities

11.1 You will fully indemnify and keep us and all our associate companies indemnified against all losses and damages (including loss of profits, special, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage, loss of goodwill and any reasonable legal costs or sums paid in settlement of any claim or proceedings brought against us by a third party) arising due to any breach of these Terms by you and also in the event of any claim or legal proceedings brought/threatened against us by a third party as a result of your actions.

12. Restrictions of the Internet

12.1.  You acknowledge that:

12.1.1. we have no control over the Internet which is a global decentralised network of computer systems. Accordingly, access to the Site shall not be error free or uninterrupted and may be variable; and

12.1.2. information, benefits and other material accessible over the Internet, including via the Site may contain computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, cancelbots, or other harmful and destructive components. We are not liable and will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or other loss or damages that result or may result from your access to or use of the Internet. We strongly recommend that you maintain sufficient and updated anti-virus benefits on any hardware used to access the Site and/or access material on the Site.

13.  Downtime

13.1. Every effort is made to ensure the continuity of the Site, but some occasional technical downtime beyond our control may occur. Such downtime may prevent you from accessing the Service on the Site for the duration of the down time. We, and our associated companies, shall not be liable if your access to the Service via the Site is delayed or prevented by any cause beyond our control including, for the avoidance of doubt, hosting server downtime. 

14. Confidentiality

14.1 In the course of our dealings with you, we may provide you with certain information including information concerning trade secrets, confidential operations, processes, or dealings, concerning the organisation, business, finances, transactions or affairs of AppleSeedEX or its customers or clients. You shall not, except as authorised or required by us or law, divulge or communicate any of this information to any person, persons or company.

15. Termination

15.1. We may terminate any Registration or Contract, including any license granted thereunder and invalidate your Login at any time upon notice in writing (which may be by e-mail) to you (1) in the event of any breach by you of the provisions of the Terms including the failure to pay any Fees when they become due or (2) in the event that you are insolvent or bankrupt within the meaning of the Insolvency Act or any other replacement legislation or (3) in the event of three breaches by you of the provisions of the Site Rules.

16. Notices

16.1. Any notice required or permitted under these terms and conditions shall be in writing (which may be by e-mail) and shall be deemed to have been properly given:

16.1.1. 48 hours after being posted by first class mail (by airmail if sent internationally) with postage prepaid to the address for us set out in these terms and conditions and for you as set out in the Contract request or other address notified for the purpose; or

16.1.2. at close of business (17:00 hours local time) on the day of effective transmission if sent by e-mail.

17.  General

17.1. No provision of these terms and conditions shall be enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not party to it, except for the avoidance of doubt by any one or more of our subsidiaries, if any, from time to time.

17.2. We may assign our rights or obligations under these terms and conditions at anytime. Subject to the other provisions of these terms and conditions, you may not assign your rights or obligations under these terms and conditions without our prior written consent.

17.3. We shall not be liable for failure to meet our obligations under these terms and conditions if we are prevented from or delayed in doing so due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, governmental actions, war or national emergency, acts of terrorism, protests, riot, civil commotion, fire, explosion, flood, epidemic, lock-outs, strikes or other labour disputes, or restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials. 

18.  Governing Law

18.1 These terms and conditions shall be interpreted in accordance with and governed by English law and the parties shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Acceptable Use Policy

Vintage Victory wishes to make each user's experience a good one; the following are some basic site rules that we would ask all users to respect.

These rules are not exhaustive, and please use common sense and good manners when making use of the site.

1. Prohibited Goods are not allowed to be shown or used in any way on the site.  Prohibited Goods include:
   • Aeroplane Tickets

   • Alcohol
   • Animals and Wildlife Products
   • Catalogue and URL Sales

   • Counterfeit Currency and Stamps

   • Counterfeit Trademarked Items

   • Credit Cards

   • Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia

   • Embargoed Items & Any Sale to or from Prohibited Countries

   • Encouraging Illegal Activity

   • Firearms and Ammunition

   • Fireworks

   • Franking Machines

   • Football Tickets

   • Government IDs, Licences and Uniforms

   • Hazardous, Restricted and Perishable Items

   • Human Parts and Remains

   • Lockpicking Devices

   • Lottery Tickets

   • Mailing Lists and Personal Information

   • Multi-level Marketing, Pyramid, Matrix and Trading Schemes

   • Offensive, Racist, Sexist or Bigoted Material
   • Pornographic or Age Restricted Material

   • Prescription Drugs and Materials

   • Recalled Items

   • Satellite, Digital and Cable TV Decoders

   • Shares and Securities

   • Stolen Items

   • Surveillance Equipment

   • Tobacco and Tobacco Products

   • Train Tickets

   • Travel Vouchers

   • Unlocking Software
   • Weapons and Knives

1. English language must be used for all postings on the site.
2. No web shorthand may be used on the site.
3. All postings must be properly punctuated and, for example, using entirely capital letters is not permitted.
4. No "outing" of any other user's real identity, address, contact details etc is permitted, except where that information is already clearly available to the public on that user’s Community Profile or VV Marketplace online store.
5. No posting of links to undesirable websites.

This list is not exhaustive.  If in doubt about a posting, please contact us at: [email protected]

VintageVictory is pleased to use PayPal payment services on the Site.  PayPal requires all users of its services to comply with the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy.