Privacy Policy
The User hereby consents, expresses and agrees that he has read and fully understands the Privacy Policy of melova.com. The user further consents that the terms and contents of such Privacy Policy are acceptable to him.
CHANNEL SUBSCRIPTION
As a condition of purchase, the Site requires your permission to send you administrative and promotional emails. We will send you information regarding your account activity and purchases, as well as updates about our products and promotional offers. You can opt out of our promotional emails anytime by clicking the UNSUBSCRIBE link at the bottom of any of our email correspondences. Please see our Privacy Policy for details. We shall have no responsibility in any manner whatsoever regarding any promotional emails or SMS/MMS sent to you. The offers made in those promotional emails or SMS/MMS shall be subject to change at the sole discretion of the Company and the Company owes no responsibility to provide you any information regarding such change. By placing an order, you make an offer to us to purchase products you have selected based on standard Site restrictions, Merchant specific restrictions, and on the terms and conditions stated below. You are required to create an account in order to purchase any product from the Site. This is required so we can provide you with easy access to print your orders and view your past purchases.
LIMITED USER
The User agrees and undertakes not to reverse engineer, modify copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or software obtained from the Website. Limited reproduction and copying of the content of the Website is permitted provided that ‘Melova’ name is stated as the source and prior written permission of Melova.com is sought. For the removal of doubt, it is clarified that unlimited or wholesale reproduction, copying of the content for commercial or non-commercial purposes and unwarranted modification of data and information within the content of the Website is not permitted.
EXACTNESS NOT GUARANTEED
melova.com hereby disclaims any guarantees of exactness as to the finish and appearance of the final Product as ordered by the user, as quality of imagery cannot be taken a final representation. The quality of any products, Services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the Website will be as per the company standards. Alterations to certain aspects of your order such as the brand, size, colour etc. may be required due to limitations caused by availability of product difference in size charts.
NO COMPENSATION POLICY
If the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the Website did not meet your expectations, no compensation will be given as per the Return and Exchange policy. The customer cannot request compensation for any reason, including but not limited to: any variation in the finish or appearance of the final product; any delay in delivery caused by unforeseen circumstances; any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damage of any kind caused by a product; missed opportunities to avail certain discounts; any issue with our Delivery partners or their personnel; any voucher which got deactivated due to the end of expiry date; unavailability of items which the customer tried to purchase etc. Unreasonable and unlawful requests for compensation will be treated as loss to business cases. Hot Pink holds the rights to cancel orders and block accounts of such customers without any prior notice.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Unless otherwise indicated or anything contained to the contrary or any proprietary material owned by a third party and so expressly mentioned, melova.com owns all Intellectual Property Rights to and into the Website, including, without limitation, any and all rights, title and interest in and to copyright, related rights, patents, utility models, trademarks, trade names, service marks, designs, know-how, trade secrets and inventions (whether patentable or not), goodwill, source code, meta tags, databases, text, content, graphics, icons, and hyperlinks. You acknowledge and agree that you shall not use, reproduce or distribute any content from the Website belonging to melova.com without obtaining authorization from melova.com.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The Website may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of melova.com or the Website and melova.com is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. melova.com is not responsible for any form of transmission, whatsoever, received by you from any Linked Site. melova.com is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by melova.com or the Website of the Linked Sites or any association with its operators or owners including the legal heirs or assigns thereof. The users are requested to verify the accuracy of all information on their own before undertaking any reliance on such information.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless melova.com from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith and interest chargeable thereon) asserted against or incurred by mellova.com that arise out of, result from, or may be payable by virtue of, any breach or non-performance of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made or obligation to be performed by you pursuant to these Terms.
PRICING
Prices for products are described on our Website and are incorporated into these Terms by reference. Prices are in Indian rupees for India market and in US dollars for all international markets. Prices, products and Services may change at the discretion of meova.com. In accordance with brand guidelines, prices might change when the stocks are replenished. Prices may vary for different geographies and this is at the discretion of the brand.
Shipping
Title and risk of loss for all products ordered by you shall pass on to you upon melova.com’s shipment to the shipping carrier.
Delivery
melova.com will make a maximum of two attempts to deliver your order. In case the customer is not reachable or does not accept delivery of products in these attempts melova.com reserves the right to cancel the order(s) at its discretion.
An estimated delivery time is displayed on the Order Summary page. On placing your order, you will receive an email containing a summary of the order and also the estimated delivery time to your location.
Sometimes, delivery may take longer due to
• bad weather
• flight delays
• political disruptions
• other unforeseen circumstances
In such cases, we will proactively reach out to you. Please check your emails regularly for such updates.
The Buyer agrees that the title to the goods is transferred to the buyer at the time of placing the Order and dispatch confirmation thereof irrespective of Shipping of Goods which is to be done in due course being separate chargeable facilities.
Severability
If any provision of the Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or part of such provision and the remaining part of such provision and all other provisions of these Terms shall continue to be in full force and effect.
Unauthorized Charges on your card
If you see charges on your credit/debit card for purchases made on melova.com, but you never created an account or signed up, please check with your family members or business colleagues authorized to make purchases on your behalf, to confirm that they haven’t placed the order. If you’re still unable to recognize the charge, please report the unauthorized purchase within 60 days of the transaction to enable Melova to begin an investigation.
POST DELIVERY
Return and Exchange conditions:
• melova.com will accept only Exchanges in India market and not returns if the following conditions are met.
• Exchange only allowed for size change
• Intimation should be sent to within 48 hours of receiving the package.
• The tags on the product should be intact.
• The product should be unwashed, unused and in an undamaged condition.
• The item needs to be returned along with the original packaging.
Termination
melova.com may suspend or terminate your use of the Website or any Service if it believes, in its sole and absolute discretion that you have breached any of the Terms. If you or melova.com terminates your use of the Website or any Service, melova.com may delete any content or other materials relating to your use of the Service and Ritukumar.com will have no liability to you or any third party for doing so.
You shall be liable to pay for any Service or product that you have already ordered till the time of Termination by either party whatsoever.
Governing Law
These terms shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of India without reference to conflict of laws principles and disputes arising in relation hereto shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at New Delhi. Your use of the application may also be subject to other Local, State, National or International laws.
Headings
The headings and subheadings herein are included for convenience and identification only and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of the Terms or the right to use the Website by you contained herein or any other section or pages of the Website or any Linked Sites in any manner whatsoever.
Interpretation of Number And Genders:
The Terms herein shall apply equally to both the singular and plural form of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine and feminine. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “herein”, “hereof”, “hereto”, “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to the Terms as a whole.
CANCELLATION OF FRAUDULENT/LOSS TO BUSINESS ORDERS
To provide a safe and secure shopping experience, we regularly monitor transactions for fraudulent activity. In the event of detecting any suspicious activity, melova.com reserves the right to cancel all past, pending and future orders without any liability. melova.com also reserves the right to refuse or cancel orders in scenarios like inaccuracies in pricing of product on website and stock unavailability. We may also require additional verifications or information before accepting any order. We will contact you if all or any portion of your order is cancelled or if additional information is required to accept your order. If your order is cancelled after your card has been charged, the said amount will be reversed to your Card Account. Any promotional voucher used for the cancelled orders may not be refunded.
The customer may be considered fraudulent if any of the following scenarios are met:
• Customer doesn’t reply to the payment verification mail sent by Hot Pink
• Customer fails to produce adequate documents during the payment details verification
• Misuse of another customer’s phone/email
• Customer uses invalid email and phone no.
• Customer refuses to pay for an order
• Customer is involved in the snatch and run for any order
The customer may be considered loss to business if any of the following scenarios are met:
• Customer with a very high return rate
• Invalid/Incomplete address cases
• Repeated request for monetary compensation for petty issues
Account for the customers falling in fraudulent or loss to business category may be blocked.
Cancellation of Bulk Orders
melova.com may cancel any orders that classify as ‘Bulk Order’ under certain criteria at any stage of the product delivery. An order can be classified as ‘Bulk Order’ if it meets with the below mentioned criteria, and any additional criteria as defined by
• Products ordered are not for self-consumption but for commercial resale
• Multiple orders placed for same product at the same address, depending on the product category
• Bulk quantity of the same product ordered
• Invalid address given in order details
• Any malpractice used to place the order
• Any promotional voucher used for placing the ‘Bulk Order’ may not be refunded
Process for Pilferage Claim
1. If a customer raises a complaint for partial item/partial order through Customer Care
2. The customer is supposed to claim for pilferage within 48 hours of delivery failing which the claim will not be entertained.
An Email will be sent seeking/providing following information:
• Short description of the case (A few questions will be asked to help us understand the scenario)
• The snapshots of the box (Try to cover the sides which look tampered/damaged as per the customer)
• The refund for prepaid orders will be done after investigation, which usually requires 5-6 business days. The process will include investigation with the concerned departments
The customer may not be liable for a refund if he/she falls in any of the scenarios stated below:
• Customer fails to provide adequate information about the case
• Customer fails to provide snapshots of the packet and box (if any)
• If an opened delivery was received, pilferage claims must be made the same day
• Customer must not dispose the packaging for 3-4 days post delivery. We might need to pick-up your packaging for investigation at our end.