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1)      Shetland to Shire has made every effort to ensure that the information contained within its site (where placed directly by Shetland to Shire) is accurate and as such, takes no responsibility whatsoever for any errors and/or omissions, or for any consequences arising to any person due to reliance’s made on the Shetland to Shire website (hereafter referred to as the site).

2)      Shetland to Shire places adverts on to its site directly from third party advertisers and as such, cannot offer any form of warranty and makes no representation whatsoever as to the legality and accuracy of all contents, photographs and suitability of any advertisement, or other material contained within the site.

3)      Shetland to Shire has no way of totally verifying the identity of people who use the site and therefore, we recommend that customers use common sense, proceed with caution and make suitable enquiries when dealing with third party advertisers who advertise on the site.  When purchasing animals, you are advised to seek advice from a suitably qualified professional, e.g. a veterinary surgeon, riding instructor etc.

4)      Shetland to Shire cannot accept any liability for any type of loss, or for any other consequences whatsoever arising to persons as a result of usage and reliance of any contents or other material contained within the site.  Therefore, any person using the site agrees to release Shetland to Shire from all matters and claims that may arise between parties who use the site, to include losses in any form e.g. monetary, personal, business, damages, injury and any other occurrence that can be linked with any form of claim or action.

5)      It is the advertiser’s responsibility to ensure that they are legally allowed to sell/advertise an animal/item, or indeed advertise generally, when placing an advert.  The advertiser is solely responsible for the accuracy and legality of all contents (including website links, logos etc) and photographs contained within any advert they place, and they agree to pay the relevant fee for advertising (if applicable).

6)      When using a photograph in an advert, you must seek permission from the copyright holder before using an image (if applicable).  Shetland to Shire cannot be held responsible for any issues arising with the copyright of photographs or any other contents/information placed and contained on the site.

7)      Shetland to Shire reserves the right to refuse or remove any advert (without justification), especially if an advert is placed that breaches the Shetland to Shire Terms & Conditions as outlined herein.  If we feel that an advert has been placed in an incorrect category, we will move the advert to the correct category as long as the relevant fee has been paid (e.g. horsebox advertised in a horses for sale section).  Adverts found to have been placed innapropriately in a free category rather than a category that must be paid for to advertise in, will be removed without notification (e.g. horse for sale within classifieds category).

8)      Shetland to Shire will not offer refunds under any circumstances.  It is the advertiser’s responsibility to ensure that they have placed their advert correctly by following the Terms & Conditions of advertising and by paying the correct fee (if applicable).  However, Shetland to Shire will contact you e.g. If the advert placed requires slight modification to meet with the Terms & Conditions of advertising.  You are advised to contact Shetland to Shire if you require clarification of the Terms & Conditions, or other information, before you place an advert.  Shetland to Shire offers no guarantees that the site will sell your animal or item or bring visitors to a website advertised contain animals/items required etc.

9)      Adverts must not contain anything that could be considered offensive in any way to another person e.g. foul/abusive language, threatening or slanderous comments, improper references etc.  Any person found to try and place an advert containing such material (or indeed including links to websites that may contain such material), will be banned from using the site.  Anyone found to be placing adverts on behalf of a banned user will also be banned, as will anyone found to be using the site in an improper or fraudulent manner. 

10)   Adverts must not contain any reference or web links to other websites that could be classed as a similar nature to that of Shetland to Shire (e.g. offering third party advertising with a similar theme/contents to that of the site).   Web links will only be accepted at Shetland to Shire’s discretion.  All web links will be checked to ensure that they link to the website described, and to ensure that they do not link to a site offering third party advertising in any way.  Links found to be containing such advertisements will be removed without notification and your advert may also be removed. 

11)   Advertisers can edit any advert they place, at any time throughout the advertising period paid for (if applicable).  However, no substitute animals, items etc. can be accepted.  If adverts are found to contain substitutions, the advert will automatically be rejected and Shetland to Shire may remove your original advert (without notification) before the advertising period has expired.

12)   When contacting an advertiser via our hidden email services on site, all emails are copied to Shetland to Shire.  Any emails found to contain anything offensive, references to other websites, anything “improper” or considered to be spam will be filtered out and rejected.

13)   Shetland to Shire will not pass the details of any person who registers to use its site onto any third parties (unless required to do so by British Law).  However we cannot guarantee the safety of personal details held on the site due to circumstances that may arise outside of our control.  You are advised not to disclose your user name and password to any other person for your own security.  We will only use your details to contact you regarding any advertisement placed and occasionally about any changes to the site etc. Our payments are powered via the Paypal Secure Servers, and although they will clarify the details of person making payment to Shetland to Shire (e.g. name, address etc.), they will not pass any financial details to Shetland to Shire, therefore Shetland to Shire will not hold any financial details of any person using the site.  More details regarding Paypal can be found at www.paypal.co.uk

14)   Anyone under the age of 18 wishing to place an advert must get their parent or guardians permission before placing an advertisement.

15)   Due to circumstances beyond the control of Shetland to Shire, the site may sometimes not be “live” on the internet e.g. server downs etc.  We cannot be held responsible for any consequences that may arise as a result of circumstances beyond our control.  However, Shetland to Shire will leave adverts on for longer advertising periods etc. at their discretion should exceptional circumstances happen.  If Shetland to Shire has to take down the site for reasons such as upgrades etc. (which we will try to keep to a minimum) we will automatically leave adverts on for the time the site was not live on the internet.

16)   Shetland to Shire will take legal action against any person found to be directly accessing or abusing the site in any way whatsoever (e.g. causing the site usage to be impaired, damaging the good reputation of the site, causing us to lose the services of our suppliers and advertisers and any other action that may cause the Shetland to Shire site problems of any kind).  In using this site you agree not to download or copy any part of the site.  You also agree not to link to the site in any way whatsoever without permission of Shetland to Shire. 

SHOULD YOU REQUIRE ANY CLARIFICATION OF HER TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT US BEFORE PLACING AN ADVERTISEMENT ON THE SITE.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR TERMS & CONDITIONS YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO USE OUR SERVICE.