TERMS
OF USE
Welcome to PlaySwitch.com. By using the services available from
the domain and sub-domains of www.PlaySwitch.com you are agreeing
to the following terms. If you have any questions, please refer
to the Support section on the Site. Currently PlaySwitch.com
is for US residents only.
Before you may become a member, visit, or browse PlaySwitch.com,
you must read and accept all of the terms and conditions in,
and linked to, this User Agreement and the Privacy Policy. We
strongly recommend that, as you read this User Agreement, you
also access and read the linked information. By accepting this
User Agreement, you also agree that your use of other PlaySwitch.com
branded web sites will be governed by the User Agreement and
Privacy Policy posted on those web sites. IF YOU DO
NOT AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THESE
TERMS OF USE, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO USE THE PLAYSWITCH.COM
SITE OR SERVICES.
This Agreement is effective on January 1st, 2007 for current
users, and upon acceptance for new users. The Web pages available
at www.PlaySwitch.com, and all linked pages ("Site"),
are owned and operated by PlaySwitch, Inc. ("Company"),
a Maine corporation, and are accessed by you ("User")
under the following terms and conditions:
OVERVIEW
OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED:
While using the Site, you WILL NOT:
• post content or items in an inappropriate category or
areas on the Site;
• violate any laws, third party rights, or our policies;
• use the Site if you are not able to form legally binding
contracts, are under the age of 18 (without parents permission
whom will be responsible for your actions on the Site), or are
temporarily or indefinitely suspended from our Site;
• fail to send your traded product within 24 hours of
the finalized GameHaggle;
• manipulate the trade of any item or interfere with other
user's listings;
• trade products in less than perfect and authentic condition
(i.e. scratched, flawed, or otherwise unusable products);
• trade copies and/or duplicates of an original product;
• circumvent or manipulate our fee structure, the billing
process, or fees owed to PlaySwitch.com;
• post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libelous
content (including personal information);
• transfer your PlaySwitch.com account (including feedback)
and User ID to another party without our consent;
• distribute or post spam, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
• distribute viruses or any other technologies that may
harm PlaySwitch.com, or the interests or property of PlaySwitch.com
users;
• copy, modify, or distribute content from the Site and
PlaySwitch.com's copyrights and trademarks; or
• harvest or otherwise collect information about users,
including email addresses, without their consent.
1. ACCESS TO THE SERVICES
Subject to the terms and conditions of these Terms
of Use, Company may offer to provide certain services, as described
more fully on the Site, which are selected by User through the
functionalities provided on the Site ("Services"),
solely for User's own use, and not for the use or benefit of
any third party. Services may include, without limitation, enabling
User-to-User trades, sales, and purchases ("Transactions")
of video games or other goods ("Products"), serving
as an information exchange among Users, and other services.
Company may change, suspend or discontinue the Services at any
time, including the availability of any feature, database, or
content. Company may also impose limits on certain features
and services or restrict User's access to parts or all of the
Services without notice or liability. Company reserves the right,
at its discretion, to modify these Terms of Use at any time
without notice by posting a new version on the Site under the
"Terms of Use" hyperlink or elsewhere. Use of the
Site or Services by User following such change constitutes User's
acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Terms of Use as
modified and the most current version of the Terms of Use will
supersede all previous versions.
REGISTRATION AND SECURITY
As a condition to using Services, User may be required to register
with Company and Site, to provide a mailing address, telephone
number, and e-mail address, and to select a password and User
name ("User ID"). User shall provide Company with
accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure
to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms of Use, which
may result in immediate termination of User's account. Company
reserves the right to refuse registration of, or to cancel a
User ID in its discretion. User shall be responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of User's Company password. Company, in
its discretion, may refuse to permit a User to register on Company’s
Site if the email address or the mailing address provided by
said User has already been registered on the Site, by User or
any other User. Users may register only one User ID per household.
Details of User’s account are available on the User Account
page of the Site.
MINIMUM
AGE REQUIREMENT
User certifies to Company that if User is an individual (i.e.,
not a corporation) User must be at least 18 years of
age (or have a parent/guardian permission that is at least 18
years of age). User also certifies that User is legally
permitted to use the Services and access the Site, and takes
full responsibility for accessing the Site and Content, and
for the selection and use of the Services. These Terms of Use
are void where prohibited by law, and the right to access the
Site is revoked in such jurisdictions.
USER
MAILING ADDRESS
User understands and acknowledges that User is required to provide
its mailing address to Company as a condition to accessing Company’s
Services. The Company reserves the right to verify any User’s
mailing address. User understands and acknowledges that if User
utilizes the Company’s Services to receive a Product from
another User, User’s address will be provided to the prospective
seller of such Product for shipping purposes.
MAINTAINING
YOUR CONNECTION TO THE SITE
User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any
equipment or ancillary services needed to connect to and access
the Site or otherwise use the Services, including, without limitation,
modems, hardware, software, and long distance or local telephone
service. User shall be solely responsible for ensuring that
such equipment or ancillary services are compatible with the
Services.
2. SITE CONTENT
All materials displayed or performed on the Site, including,
but not limited to functionality, software, text, graphics,
news articles, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips
and video clips (collectively, the "Content") are
protected by copyright. The Site and all Content is intended
solely for use by Company's Users and may only be used in accordance
with these Terms of Use. User shall abide by all copyright notices,
information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed
through the Services.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE
The Site is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or
compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international
conventions, and other copyright laws. User may not modify,
publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce
(except as provided in this Section of the Terms of Use), create
derivative works based on, distribute, perform, publicly display,
or in any way exploit, the Site, any of the Content or Services
offered therein, or any software or other materials incorporated
therein, in whole or in part. User may not download or copy
any Content displayed on the Site without the express written
consent of Company or from the copyright holder identified in
such Content's copyright notice.
CONTRIBUTION
AND ASSIGNMENT OF CONTENT
User acknowledges and agrees that if User uses any of the Services
to contribute Content to the Site, such Content shall become
Company property and shall be deemed to be Content hereunder.
User hereby assigns all rights, title and interests in and to
such contributions to Company and, to the extent such rights
are not fully assignable, hereby grants to Company a perpetual,
non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable right to
fully exploit such Content (including all related intellectual
property rights) and to allow others to do so. To the fullest
extent allowed by law, the foregoing includes all rights of
paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other
rights that may be known as or referred to as "Moral Rights."
To the extent User retains any such Moral Rights under applicable
law, User hereby ratifies and consents to any action deemed
necessary or advisable by the Company to perfect its interest
in all such Content and Moral Rights, and agrees not to assert
any Moral Rights with respect thereto except as may be requested
by the Company to perfect its interest.
COMPANY
RIGHT TO REMOVE CONTENT
Company reserves the right to remove any Content from the Site
at any time, for any reason (including, but not limited to,
upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or
authorities relating to such Content or if Company is concerned
that User may have breached any of its obligations), or for
no reason at all.
CONTENT
DISCLAIMER
The Company’s Services enable Users to post Content, to
access Content posted by other Users and advertisers, and to
exchange information for purposes of effecting Transactions.
Company has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to
User. Company makes no representations whatsoever concerning,
and shall not be responsible or liable for, the accuracy, completeness,
copyright compliance, legality, or appropriateness of material
contained in or accessed through the Site. User acknowledges
that the Site may contain, or direct User to sites containing,
information that some persons may find offensive or inappropriate.
3.
USER RESPONSIBILITIES IN USING THE SITE
User is responsible for all of its activity in connection with
the Services and in accessing the Site, including, without limitation,
all of User’s activities in completing Transactions and
any activity by User that is fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise
illegal (for examples of fraudulent activity, see Section 5
below). Without limiting any of User’s responsibilities,
User acknowledges and agrees to the following restrictions:
COMPLIANCE WITH LAW
User shall be solely responsible for compliance with all laws,
regulations and ordinances connected with the User’s access
to the Site and utilization of Services.
COMPLIANCE
WITH END USER LICENSE AGREEMENTS
User shall comply with all publisher and developer End User
License Agreements ("EULAs") for each Product, as
may be applicable.
COMPLIANCE
WITH TERMS OF USE
User shall comply with all of the provisions of these Terms
of Use.
PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES
User warrants, represents and agrees that it will not contribute
any Content that is infringing, libelous, defamatory, obscene,
pornographic, abusive, offensive or otherwise violates any law
or right of any third party. Use of the Site or Services to
violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords
or security encryption codes, transfer or store illegal material
including those that are deemed threatening or obscene, or engage
in any kind of illegal activity is expressly prohibited. User
will not run Maillist, Listserv, any form of auto-responder,
or "spam" on the Site, or any processes that run or
are activated while the User is not logged in. User may not
transfer User’s Company account to any third party, or
use the Site or Services for any commercial purposes or for
the benefit of any third party. User will not distribute or
post spam, advertisements, chain letters, or pyramid schemes.
NO
VIRUSES
User shall not distribute viruses, worms, or other technologies
that seek to injure or adversely affect Company property or
interests, or the property or interests of Company Users.
NO
SOLICITING ACCOUNT INFORMATION FROM OTHER USERS
User shall not post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted,
any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain
password, account, or other private information regarding the
account of any Company User.
4. COMPLETION OF TRANSACTIONS
Users are required to complete all Transactions they have accepted
(whether as buyer or seller) in a timely manner (24 hours),
in accordance with Site rules and these Terms of Use, and to
one another’s full satisfaction. Upon both parties acceptance
of a trade a virtual contract has been signed. Both parties
are required to fulfill the obligations of the trade agreement.
Both parties are required to send a 100% authentic and 100%
working version of the traded game, if a game trade has been
made, as well as the agreed upon dollar (switchbuck) amount,
if a dollar (switchbuck) amount is part of the trade.
If
a member(s) DOES NOT fulfill or breaks the trade agreement,
PlaySwitch.com reserves the right to take the following actions
(a) charge member(s) additional postage fees (b) charge up to
$50(US) (c) take legal action against the faulty party including
lawsuits, collection agencies, and termination of the member’s
account.
INFORMATION AND FURTHER ACTIONS
Users listing Products shall provide all information required
by the Company in connection with such listing ("Listing
Information"). Users selling or trading Products
shall provide to purchasing Users all information required for
such purchasing User to fully utilize the Product for its intended
purposes, including, without limitation, passwords, license
numbers, registration codes, and other necessary information
as may be applicable (collectively, "Product Information").
All Listing Information and all Product Information shall be
complete and correct, and shall not omit any information about
the Product necessary for its use. Users selling or trading
Products shall take all appropriate further actions to complete
the Transaction promptly and to recipient’s full satisfaction.
If the Site does not provide adequate facilities or features
for User to provide any relevant Listing Information or Product
Information, then User shall not use the Site to list or exchange
such Product.
MAILING
OF PRODUCTS
User will mail Products that User has undertaken to exchange
with another User within the time limits specified by Company.
Failure to comply with mailing time limits may result in termination
or restriction of User’s account, at the discretion of
Company. User will take all reasonable precautions to ensure
that Products mailed to other Users arrive in good condition,
including, but not limited to, by using padded envelopes recommended
by Company and affixing proper postage.
GOOD
TITLE
Each User represents and warrants, with respect to each sale
or exchange of a Product, that such User has all authority,
and all the right, title, and interest in the Product necessary
to enter into and perform such Transaction.
TRANSFER
OF TITLE
Unless Users explicitly and mutually agree otherwise, the recipient
User shall become the lawful owner of the Product upon physical
receipt of the Product from the selling User, in accordance
with state commercial codes and laws.
NO
REPRESENTATIONS BY COMPANY
User acknowledges that the Company does not have legal ownership
of any of the Products, cannot transfer title thereto, is not
a party to the transaction between Users, and can make no representations
whatsoever concerning the quality, safety or legality of any
Product, the truth or accuracy of any Product listing, or the
ability or willingness of any User to complete any Transaction.
Complaints about any User should be made to the Company through
the appropriate link on the Site.
RELEASE
OF COMPANY FROM USER DISPUTES
In the event that User has a dispute with one or more other
Users, User releases Company, its officers, directors, employees,
agents, subsidiaries, joint venturers, and other related parties
from claims, demands and 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. 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."
5. FRAUDULENT ACTS
User agrees not to commit fraud using the Site or Services.
Examples of fraud include, but are not limited to, committing
to send a Product but not actually sending it, or sending it
after an unreasonable delay, claiming a Product was never received
when in fact it was, claiming a Product is lost, broken, incorrect,
scratched or otherwise problematic when it is not, claiming
to own a Product that User does not own the rights to, creating
a different User ID to avoid adverse action by the Company,
and other similar actions. In addition, the following related
policies apply.
WHEN RECEIVING SHIPMENTS
In the event a User claims more than two (2) instances of having
received a lost, broken, incorrect, scratched or otherwise problematic
Product, Company may, at its sole and complete discretion, determine
that the User is not eligible to use the Services and Company
may elect not to apply any credit to the individual's account
for such lost, broken, incorrect, scratched or otherwise problematic
Product. In addition to suspending or terminating a User's account
or access to the Site or Services, Company may pursue any remedies
available at law.
WHEN
SENDING SHIPMENTS
In the event a User is reported shipping a lost, broken, incorrect,
scratched, counterfeited or otherwise problematic Product, Company
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine that the
User is not eligible to use the Services and Company may elect
not to apply any credit to the individual's account for such
lost, broken, incorrect, scratched, counterfeited or otherwise
problematic Product. In addition to suspending or terminating
a User's account or access to the Site or Services, Company
may pursue any remedies available at law.
GAME
SHIPMENTS
In the case that only one party sends the agreement contents
(game and/or switchbuck amount), the party sending the game
and/or switchbuck amount, will be reimbursed for all shipping,
trade switchbuck amount, and game by adding the appropriate
number of switchbucks to the users account which will be determined
by fair market value of that game.
GAME
VERIFICATION
All users will be responsible for feedback on each transaction.
Positive feedback will increase the status with PlaySwitch.com
and eventually allow for additional simultaneous transactions.
Negative feedback will result in (a) the eventual termination
of account (b) charge member(s) additional postage fees (c)
charge up to $50(US) (d) take legal action against the faulty
party including lawsuits, collection agencies, and termination
of the member’s account.
SECRET
SHIPPERS
Site also may use Secret Shippers to eliminate fraud. Random
games will be sent to our agents around the U.S. to ensure honesty
and integrity among our users.
USER ID FRAUD
User may not (i) select or use as a User ID a name of another
person with the intent to impersonate that person; or (ii) use
as a User ID a name subject to any rights of a person other
than User without appropriate authorization; or (iii) create
multiple User IDs within a single household; or (iv) create
multiple User IDs in two or more households for the purpose
of defrauding the Company or avoiding adverse action by the
Company with respect to User’s account.
COUNTERFEIT
AND ILLEGALLY COPIED GAMES
Users may not illegally copy games. User shall not list or exchange
games or other products that are counterfeited or in violation
of the publisher or developer’s EULA. User's access to
the Site or Services may be immediately terminated in the event
the User uses the Site or Services for illegal purposes or makes
unlawful copies of games or unlawfully distributes games.
FAULTY/COPIED
GAMES
In the unlikely case that a user receives a faulty product please
contact us within one business day of receiving the trade. If
you have received a faulty product please contact us for shipping
details for the faulty software. We reserve the right to reimburse
your account with a fair market value of switchbucks.
6. THIRD PARTY LINKS
The Company Site or Services may contain links to or references
to third party websites. User acknowledges that the Company
is not responsible for these websites, has not reviewed such
websites, has no control over such websites, and is not in any
way liable for Content that appears on these third party websites.
7.
COOKIES
The Company may place a cookie or other small text file on any
computer from which a User accesses the Site or Services.
8.
FEES, PAYMENT, CREDIT CARD PROCESSING
Some Company Services require payment of fees. User hereby agrees
to pay all applicable fees, as described on the Site in connection
with such Services selected by User. User hereby authorizes
Company automatically to charge User’s credit card account
for any and all fees incurred by User in using the Site or Services,
without the need to provide any further notice to User of the
fees so incurred. Company reserves the right to change its price
list and to institute new charges at any time. Use of the Services
by User following such changes constitutes User's acceptance
of any new or increased charges. User agrees that the Company
shall not be liable in the event of error, fraud, identity theft,
or other problems with credit card processing.
9.
PRIVACY POLICY
Usage of the Site or Services and any information submitted
therein is subject to the Company’s Privacy Policy, the
terms of which are incorporated herein. Users are advised to
review this Privacy Policy. The Company shall maintain the privacy
of User’s personal information in accordance with the
Privacy Policy. The Company shall not be liable for the privacy
of any information published by any User on the Site or transmitted
by any User to any other User, including, without limitation,
e-mail addresses, registration and identification information,
personal information, confidential or trade-secret information,
or any Content.
10.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT NOTICE (18 USC §§2701-2711):
COMPANY MAKES NO GUARANTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY OR PRIVACY OF ANY
COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TRANSMITTED ON THE SITE OR ANY
WEB-SITE LINKED TO THE SITE. The Company reserves the right
to monitor transmissions over its network for maintenance, service
quality assurance, or any other purpose permitted by the Electronic
Communications Privacy Act.
11.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
THE SERVICES, CONTENT, SITE AND ANY SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON
AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
GUARANTEE
DISCLAIMER
USERS HAVE THE OPTION OF RECEIVING REIMBURSMENT UNDER THE REGULATIONS
SEEN WITHIN THE GAMES TO RECEIVE PAGE OF THE SITE. REIMBURSEMENT
WILL TAKE PLACE UPON SITE RECEIVEING THE FAULTY PRODUCT AND
BE LIMITED TO FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR SAID GAME. BOTH USERS SENDER
AND RECEIVER WILL RECEIVE A STATUS DEDUCTION FOR THIS ACTION
TO ELIMINATE FRAUD.
12.
INDEMNITY
User will indemnify and hold Company, its parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, employees, and agents harmless from and
against all damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees), incurred in connection with any claim or demand
made by any third party arising from (i) User's use of or access
to the Site or Services, (ii) User’s violation of these
Terms of Use, or (iii) the infringement by User, or by any third
party using User's account, of any intellectual property or
other right of any person or entity. User hereby releases Company
from any and all liability arising in connection with the acts
or omissions of other Users or of any other third parties, including,
without limitation, any liability relating in any way to the
Content or to any Transaction.
13.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE TO A USER WITH RESPECT TO
THE SITE OR THE SERVICES (i) FOR ANY AMOUNT IN THE AGGREGATE
IN EXCESS OF THE FEES PAID BY USER DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CLAIM OR TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25),
WHICHEVER IS LESS; OR (ii) FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER; OR (iii) FOR
ANY DAMAGES AWARDED IN A DISPUTE BETWEEN USER AND ONE OR MORE
OTHER USERS.
14.
COMPANY RIGHT TO TERMINATE USER ACCOUNT
Notwithstanding anything in these Terms and Conditions to the
contrary, the Company reserves the right, in its sole and absolute
discretion, to suspend or terminate a User's account or a User's
access to the Site or Services at any time, with or without
notice, for any reason or for no reason. Upon termination of
the User's account, User's right to access the Site and any
Content, and to use Company Services, will immediately cease.
Termination of account may also result in the blacklisting of
credit cards, addresses, names, etc… for future use on
PlaySwitch.com.
15.
OTHER COMPANY REMEDIES
Without limiting other remedies available hereunder or at law
or equity, Company may limit User’s activity, warn other
Users of User’s actions, issue a warning, temporarily
suspend, or indefinitely suspend User’s account and refuse
to provide access to the Site or Services to User if: (a) User
breaches these Terms of Use or the documents it incorporates
by reference; (b) Company is unable to verify or authenticate
information that User provides; or (c) Company believes that
User’s actions may cause financial loss or legal liability
for the User, for other Users, or for the Company.
16.
MISCELLANEOUS
The failure of Company to exercise in any respect any right
provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of that or
any further rights hereunder. Company shall not be liable for
any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where such
failure results from any cause beyond Company's reasonable control,
including, but not limited to, mechanical, electronic, or communications
failure or degradation (including "line-noise" interference).
If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable
or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to
the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Use shall
otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. These
Terms of Use are not assignable, transferable or sub-licensable
by User except with Company's prior written consent. These Terms
of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the state of Maine without regard to the conflict
of laws provisions thereof. User agrees that should a dispute
arise between User and the Company regarding these Terms of
Use, any litigation or arbitration will take place in Maine.
User agrees that these Terms of Use are the complete and exclusive
statement of the mutual understanding of User and the Company,
and supersede all previous written and oral agreements, communications
and other understandings relating to the subject matter of these
Terms of Use. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment
is created as a result of these Terms of Use and User does not
have any authority of any kind to bind Company in any respect
whatsoever.