Terms & Conditions
Agreement
uniqueBidWin ("uniqueBidWin" or "uniqueBidWin.com" or "We" or "Website" or "Site") is an online store organised along the lines of a blind unique bid auctions where people can buy auctioned products at the unique bid in compliance with the Terms and Conditions and Rules described below.
The Service is supplied by:
GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd.
Jauniela Street 21
LV-1015, Riga
Latvia
The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia
Commercial Registry No:40103237643
Your use of this Website means that you have read the following Terms and Conditions, accept them and agree to abide by them. Please read them carefully. By registering with the Site you become a uniqueBidWin member (“Member”). By visiting uniqueBidWin, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions for as long as you are a Member. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, RULES AND PRIVACY POLICY OF THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT REGISTER WITH THE SERVICE.
Our business is constantly changing and our Privacy Policy, Rules, Terms and Conditions may also change. At our discretion We may or may not send regular "reminders" of policy changes by mail, letter or any other way, however you are expected to frequently check our Site for any recent changes made. We reserve the right to revise the Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice. By using the Site, Service and/or your “Account” you are irrevocably accepting this right. Please check this page frequently as it is your responsibility to be updated on the amendments and/or variations to the original Agreements.
Carefully read the Rules and Privacy Policy that govern our Site in order to understand how We operate.
We reserve the right to amend, change, suspend or interrupt any part of the Site or content at any time. We also have the right to limit or restrict your access to certain parts of the Service or to the entire Site at our discretion, without prior notice and/or We shall not be liable to you or third parties.
The definition of a “newsletter subscriber”, hereafter called “subscriber”, is someone who has completed the registration form . By accepting the Terms and Conditions agreement and relative Privacy Policy, the subscriber expressly declares to wish to receive newsletters regarding uniqueBidWin and/or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. activities or those of its partners.
Members may at any time choose to unsubscribe (or “opt-out”) to any of these marketing send-outs, either through their member settings or by contacting uniqueBidWin support by e-mail support [at] uniqueBidWin.com.
In order to become a user or subscriber you must fulfil all requirements in the “Eligibility” paragraph.
1. Eligibility
By accessing this site the member exercises the right to act autonomously, and guarantees the right, authority and capacity to accept the present Agreement, agrees with all the Terms and Conditions and guarantees that he/she is aged 18 or over, OR 13 years or older with parental permission, or as legally required in the country of residence. A user under 18 certifies that a parent has given permission by checking the box that corresponds to "I have read and accepted the Terms&Conditions and Privacy Policy". The Service shall be accessed for the sole and personal use of the member. The member may not assign or transfer a personal account to any other person or subject. A “Member” is a person who is legally eligible to use the Service, who has duly filled in the registration form and has been accepted by uniqueBidWin. With reference to the registration, the Member may be required to provide name, surname, address, e-mail address, date of birth, civil status and telephone number and tax code, if deemed necessary by uniqueBidWin. If Member details change, the Member is responsible for updating them on the uniqueBidWin site in the way described on the registration form. Each single Member, by registering with uniqueBidWin, unconditionally accepts without any exception the following prohibited uses:
• Create more than one uniqueBidWin account (“Account”) per person;
• Use a false or misleading address or e-mail address to open or use an Account.
• Supply false or misleading information to any subject involved in the uniqueBidWin programme.
• Use names and/or addresses and/or personal data of any type belonging to third parties.
• Use a proxy, change ip address or otherwise attempt to mask or reroute their internet connection.
uniqueBidWin and GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. reserve the right to suspend an Account until confirmation of the data entered. If an account is suspended the Member must send an e-mail to uniqueBidWin from the registration e-mail address and provide once again his/her personal details. If the Member does not comply with the requests made by uniqueBidWin (these may include sending a copy of an identity document), or if the information sent is not the same as the Account information, uniqueBidWin reserves the right to suspend and/or delete the Member as Member behaviour shall be considered as an attempt to manipulate the Auction based sale and activities provided by Site (Article 4).
2. Nickname and Password
Each Member must create a " Nickname " which will identify the Member on the Site in a unique and univocal way. In addition each Member must choose a "Password". Nickname and password allow uniqueBidWin Members to see, use and manage their Account. You acknowledge and agree to allow uniqueBidWin to process all the transactions of your Account, including, but not limited to this, the registration to other Services that are activated through the use of your Nickname and Password. You are solely responsible for keeping your Nickname and Password confidential and you must immediately inform uniqueBidWin of any unauthorised use of your Nickname or Password or of any other security problem. In no case shall uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. or their employees or associates be liable and/or have duties in relation to the use or improper use of your Nickname and/or Password.
3. Access without registration
uniqueBidWin may supply certain Services without requesting registration, and in this case uniqueBidWin shall define at its own unquestionable judgement which Services can be accessed and the appropriate level of access and use.
4. Terms, Duration and User Protection
The present Agreement shall remain in force for as long as you will use the site and/or be a Member. You can terminate your “Membership” at any time and for whatever reason by eliminating your profile, following the instructions contained in the special section of your Account. ALL CREDITS PURCHASED AND CHiPZ EARNED SHALL NOT BE REFUNDED FOR WHATEVER REASON, with the exception of what is foreseen in the paragraph “Changes to the service". Furthermore, we may terminate your “Membership” at any time by removing your profile, for whatever reason and without explanation. If you have purchased Credits and/or earned CHiPZ and terminated your Membership you shall not have the right, and we shall not have any obligation, to a refund for any remaining Credits, CHiPZ. In order to protect users against possible attempts to misuse of their credit cards, uniqueBidWin.com and / or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. reserve the right to request a copy of the credit card used for purchases and a copy of the user’s identity card before the delivery of the product awarded. The credit card's misuse will be considered as an attempt to manipulation and fraud. If We, at our own discretion, determine that you have breached this Agreement you shall not have the right to receive a refund for the Credits you have purchased and not used. We may terminate and/or suspend your Account, at our own discretion, for one or more of the following reasons (this shall not entail any liability and/or obligation for uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd or their employees and/or collaborators):
• For verified or suspected fraud, abuse or breach of this Agreement by any Member in relation to the use of the Service.
• For Member Account inactivity (inactivity meaning that the Member has not placed a bid, earned CHiPZ for (1) year);
• For verified or suspected manipulation of any kind of the auction system (manipulation meaning, and not limited to, that the Member has more than one Account or has tried and/or managed to obtain Credits, CHiPZ in a manner not in compliance with the procedures indicated on the site, including, but not limited to, the use of false e-mail addresses for certain promotions or the manipulation of procedures used by uniqueBidWin web pages).
uniqueBidWin reserves the right to terminate the Account of any Member, at any time without a specific reason. The closure or suspension of the Account implies that if bids have been placed for a product and if the right to purchase has been acquired through any form of manipulation (defined at the unquestionable judgement of uniqueBidWin and/or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd), the Member shall not receive the product and shall be liable for legal action. In case of suspected manipulation of the system once the product has been delivered to the Member, the Member who has received the product shall be obliged and responsible for the return of the product or shall pay uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd for the product at the commercial value indicated on the Site within ten (10) days from notification. If the product is not fully returned or paid the matter shall be passed onto a credit collection agency appointed by uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. Furthermore, any Member suspected and later confirmed of having breached this Agreement or attempted and/or carried out any manipulation shall immediately have to pay EUR 7,000.00 (Seven thousand Euro) to GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. In other words, if, and at the sole discretion of uniqueBidWin, any person tries to manipulate the system in any way, this shall be considered as a breach of this Agreement, in all its parts, said person must pay EUR 7,000.00 to GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd as compensation for damage suffered, within 8 days from receipt of the request for payment. All Members recognise and accept said amount as reasonable. Failure to pay damage compensation shall authorise uniqueBidWin and GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd to transfer the credit to a credit collection agency. Any decision by uniqueBidWin and/or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd to terminate or suspend a Member Account shall be final and binding for the Member.
5. Service
Our service is limited to the choice of suppliers and products placed on sale. Our Service includes monitoring the regular execution of sales based on a blind unique bid auction system, as per the Rules described herein, and monitoring that the product purchased is delivered to the buyer. In addition, the uniqueBidWin Service includes the management and updating of the Site and of its web and software parts, as well as the management of all the costs related to servers, employees, advertising and costs related to the management of a Company. You hereby agree and accept that the Service offered and for which you decide to buy Credits or/and earn CHiPZ is reasonable. Members who wish to place bids accept and agree to buy Credits or/and earn CHiPZ in order to receive these Services. Furthermore, in order to make the service more user friendly uniqueBidWin offers Members who purchase/earn the uniqueBidWin Services will receive the “Information Service” described below.
IF, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE SERVICE WE OFFER PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER WITH THE SITE AND DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.
6. Fee ("Info")
Access to the Site and registration are free. To receive the Services, described in the “Service” paragraph, offered by uniqueBidWin you must buy Credits/earn CHiPZ, which you agree and accept shall not be refunded for whatever reason, as the Service, within the terms described, supplied by uniqueBidWin concerns Site management and the costs sustained by uniqueBidWin. For your purchase of Credits, or in the case of promotions which may be presented from time to time, uniqueBidWin may, at its own discretion and without any obligation, give you Free Credits. In return for purchasing the uniqueBidWin Services you receive Credits, which you can use at your discretion to receive the Information Service for each bid you place. The amount of Credits deducted from your Credits Account purchased is shown on the site and may vary according to the product. By registering as Member and therefore wanting to receive the uniqueBidWin services, you agree and accept that any payment you make to uniqueBidWin is made exclusively to guarantee the continuity of the Service indicated here and that the Information Service offered by uniqueBidWin for each bid is an additional Service offered by uniqueBidWin for which no payment, but only the use of Credits and/or CHiPZ, is required. The Member is solely responsible for any type of management of his/her Account.
7. Changes to the Service
uniqueBidWin reserves the right, at any time, to change or interrupt, temporarily or permanently, a part of the Service with or without notice. You agree and accept that We shall not be liable and shall not be subject to sanctions by you or third parties for any change, suspension or interruption of the Service and you agree and accept that you shall not have the right to receive any refund unless the Service is permanently closed and interrupted for a continuous period of 12 consecutive months.
8. Trademark Property
uniqueBidWin trademarks and the uniqueBidWin logo, and uniqueBidWin website texts belong to GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. You cannot, for any reason, use the intellectual property of uniqueBidWin and/or reproduce texts, images or any other data published on the uniqueBidWin website without having received prior written consent from GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd.
9. Electronic Communications
By accessing and using the Site and/or registering for the use of the Service, you agree to receive electronic communications (e-mails) from uniqueBidWin. Furthermore, you agree and hereby accept that uniqueBidWin can choose to communicate with you using other means, in accordance with the information contained in your registration form. We can choose to communicate with you only via e-mail or by publishing information on the Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, documents and any other communication which We send you electronically (via e-mail) satisfy all legal requirements and that said communications shall be sent in writing. The Website may provide Members with the ability to send email messages and post messages to others on the Website. uniqueBidWin has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor, decline, edit or remove all or a portion of any postings, submissions or content.We shall not be liable for e-mails or communications sent in any other way which are not received by the Member.
10. Links, products and services
This Site may contain links to other sites, customers and/or partners and/or affiliates and/or third parties. In some cases third parties may have links to the Site. uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd does not endorse said sites, or the products or services offered by these sites. uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd or their employees or collaborators are not responsible for the activities or policies of these sites. uniqueBidWin may even make available on its Site the products and services of said sites, business partners, affiliates and other third parties and said products or services shall be purchased and/or obtained by you directly from these third parties. You recognise and agree that uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd is not a party in, and shall not be liable for, any transaction of products or services offered by third parties or any content or information presented by these parties in relation to any product or service.
11. Privacy Policy
The use of the uniqueBidWin Site and/or its Services is governed by our Privacy Policy, which may be amended at times. All amendments shall be published on the site. Our Privacy Policy is an integral part of this agreement. By accessing the Site and registering you agree to have your personal data processed in compliance with the Privacy Policy of uniqueBidWin.
IF, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ONE OR MORE POINTS OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER WITH THE SITE.
12. Rules
12.1. Lowest unique bid auction rules.
The "Lowest unique bid auction rules" are considered an integral part of this Agreement and the Member, by accessing the Site, declares to agree with and confirms to unconditionally accept these Rules, in all their parts and without any exception. By using the Services offered you agree with and declare to have fully understood the Rules that govern this system of sale of products based on a blind lowest unique bid auction system, and for no reason shall you consider uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd or their employees or collaborators liable if for whatever reason you do not understand said Rules. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE RULES THAT GOVERN THIS SALE OF PRODUCTS ORGANISED ON THE BASIS OF A BLIND LOWEST UNIQUE BID AUCTION SYSTEM PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER AS MEMBER AND DO NOT BUY ANY CREDITS AND DO NOT EARN CHiPZ.
12.2. Highest unique bid auction rules.
The "Highest unique bid auction rules" are considered an integral part of this Agreement and the Member, by accessing the Site, declares to agree with and confirms to unconditionally accept these Rules, in all their parts and without any exception. By using the Services offered you agree with and declare to have fully understood the Rules that govern this system of sale of products based on a blind highest unique bid auction system, and for no reason shall you consider uniqueBidWin or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd or their employees or collaborators liable if for whatever reason you do not understand said Rules. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE RULES THAT GOVERN THIS SALE OF PRODUCTS ORGANISED ON THE BASIS OF A BLIND HIGHEST UNIQUE BID AUCTION SYSTEM PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER AS MEMBER AND DO NOT BUY ANY CREDITS AND DO NOT EARN CHiPZ.
13. Disclaimer
uniqueBidWin and/or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd., including their legal representatives, directors, agents, controlled companies and employees shall not be liable for incorrect or incomplete contents published on the site or concerning the Service whether these are generated by users, Members or any other instrument or program associated to the Service or used by the Service, or generated by the conduct of any user and/or Member of the Service both online and offline. uniqueBidWin shall not be liable for any errors, interruptions, extensions, defects, delays in the operations or in the transmission, lack of communication lines, thefts, destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of user and or Member communications. uniqueBidWin shall not be liable for any technical malfunction or problem of any network or telephone line, online computer system, server or provider, computer equipment, software, lack of e-mail or traffic congestion of the Internet or any site or combination of these, including tort or damage to user and /or Member computers and/or computer of any person, that may arise from taking part or downloading material related to the uniqueBidWin Site and/or Service. uniqueBidWin shall not be liable, for whatever reason, for any loss or damage deriving from the use of the site or Service and/or any content published on the site or communicated to uniqueBidWin Members by anyone. uniqueBidWin and/or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. and their employees cannot guarantee and do not promise that the use of the site and/or Service will lead to specific results. We also have the right to promote the Service or the entire Site at our discretion, without prior notice and/or We shall not be liable to you or third parties.
14. Limitation of Responsibility
Excluding jurisdictions in which said provisions are limited (in that case We decline any responsibility to the extent permitted by law), uniqueBidWin shall not, for any reason, be liable towards members or third parties for any indirect, consequent, exemplary, accidental, special or punitive damage including the loss of profits that may arise from the use of the site or Service even if uniqueBidWin has been advised of the possibility of said damage.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary (preteens, pret) contained in this agreement uniqueBidWin’s liability to the member for any cause whatsoever, regardless of the form of action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid by the Member, expressed in Credits, and not yet used net of any Free Credits received.
15. Export control laws
The software of this site is subject to Republic of Latvia export control laws. No software can be downloaded from this site or in any way exported or re-exported.
16. Indemnity
The member agrees and accepts to indemnify uniqueBidWin, GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. controlled companies, affiliates, legal representatives, agents and other partners and employees against any losses, liability, claim or request including reasonable legal expenses paid by third parties following the abuse of the Service in breach of this agreement, infringement of these Terms and Conditions of use and/or any breach of Member guarantees and declarations mentioned above.
17. Notification/Other matters
The member agrees and accepts to indemnify uniqueBidWin, GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. controlled companies, affiliates, legal representatives, agents and other partners and employees against any losses, liability, claim or request including reasonable legal expenses paid by third parties following the abuse of the Service in breach of this agreement, infringement of these Terms and Conditions of use and/or any breach of Member guarantees and declarations mentioned above.
18. Notification/Other matters
With the exception of cases otherwise mentioned notifications must be sent by mail to:
If to Us:
GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd.
Jauniela Street 21
LV-1001, Riga
Latvia
If to the Member:
To the e-mail provided upon registering with uniqueBidWin. The notification shall be considered delivered 24 hours after the e-mail has been sent unless uniqueBidWin is notified that the e-mail address is not valid. uniqueBidWin may also send notifications by prepaid mail, certified mail or by mail with return receipt to the address given by the member, if applicable, to uniqueBidWin upon payment. In this case the notification shall be considered delivered 14 days after it has been sent.
The Member agrees and accepts that this Agreement and all annexes may be assigned by uniqueBidWin and/or GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. at their own discretion, to a third party. Titles are used purely as reference and in no way limit or define the purpose or extension of said section. Any reference to uniqueBidWin includes GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd., their controlled companies, affiliates, legal representatives, agents or other partners and employees. Failure on behalf of uniqueBidWin to reply to the abuse of a Member or other party does not determine the waiver of the right to act in following or similar breaches. If at any time, any provision of this Agreement shall be considered invalid, the remainder of the agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
By registering with the uniqueBidWin site by GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd., the member declares to have read, accepted and digitally undersigned and unconditionally signed all the Terms and Conditions of Use contained in the Agreement, the Rules and Privacy Policy which every member recognises as integral part of this Agreement.
Furthermore, by registering with the site, the member declares to have read and understood all the paragraphs of the Agreement from number 1 to number 18 and to have expressly accepted and undersigned them.
By registering with the website the member declares to have had sufficient time to read and understand the articles of this Agreement, including the Rules and Privacy Policy. Furthermore, by registering, the member declares to have read, understood, accepted and signed on the date of registration all the Terms and Conditions contained in this Agreement.
Last revised on: 15 April 2010
Rules
The Rules (“Rules”) listed below govern all the auctions on the uniqueBidWin Site and are considered an integral part of the Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement.
Lowest unique bid auction rules:
General
You have the opportunity of buying Products ( "Lots" or "Products" or "Items") at a price below market value and this opportunity is organised in the form of a blind lowest unique bid auction, where a Member can place bids on one or more Products. At the end of the "Bidding Period", the Member who placed the lowest unique bid, hereinafter defined as "Awarded Bidder" or "Successful Bidder", shall have the right of purchasing the Product at the price of the offered bid (plus transport charges, if any, as indicated for each single lot). "Awarded Bidder" or "Successful Bidder" receives his Product for free in the CHiPZ auctions.
Definitions
For the purpose of making these Rules as clear and transparent as possible, please find here below some definitions:
• “Lowest unique bid”: when the auction of a Lot has been closed (i.e. at the end of the "Bidding Period"), the lowest unique bid is the lowest bid in United States Dollars for that specific Product which is closest to 1 cent (USD 0.01) and which has not been bid by any other Member.
• "Product" or "Lot": specific and single product sold on the uniqueBidWin website.
• "Bid": the amount the Member is willing to pay to purchase a Product. The Bid is placed in United States Dollars (USD 0.01) .
• "Blind Bid”: blind means that you do not know the amount of the bids placed by other Members for a certain Product, as they are kept secret until the end of the "Bidding Period". You will only receive the following information (called "Information Service") about your bid:
• Lowest and unique
• Unique but not the lowest
• Not unique
Only at the end of the "Bidding Period" the "lowest and unique bid" is revealed together with those closest to it.
• „Minimum Number of Bids" is the least number of Bids that must be placed by Members for a certain Product during Bidding Period. The Minimum Number of Bids will be determined by the uniqueBidWin.com/ GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd., prior Bidding Period and is strictly confidential.
• “Red light”: Red colour frame around Product/Lot indicates that the Bidding period has started, Members can place their bids for the Product on sale, but Product has not met "Minimum Number of Bids" yet. If the “Red light ” stays entire Bidding Period, then the product will be withdrawn from the auction and all the Credits used to place bids by Members for that product will be credited to their Accounts.
• “Green light”: Green colour frame around the Product/Lot indicates that Product has met the Minimum Number of Bids. Auction will be closed at the end of the Bidding Period and the “Awarded Bidder” or "Successful Bidder" will be determined.
• “Bidding Period”: the period in which Members can place their bids for the Products on sale. This period is displayed in the form of a countdown to the end of the Bidding Period.
• “Awarded Bidder” or "Successful Bidder": the Member who has, for a certain lot, the lowest unique bid at the end of the Bidding Period. He has the right to buy the Product in the way and within the terms indicated in the “Procedure to Purchase a Product”.
• “Confirmation Period”: the period of time given to the Awarded Bidder to
confirm and purchase the Product/Lot. This period is of ten (10) days or two hundred and forty (240) hours from the end of the Bidding Period. Or, in the case of a second Successful Bidder, ten (10) days equal to two hundred and forty (240) hours from the end of the first ten (10) day period.
• "Credits": Credits received from uniqueBidWin in return for the purchase
of the Services offered as described in the “Service” article.
• "CHiPZ": uniqueBidWin’s internal currency system used to reward it's members for participating on the website. These CHiPZ can be redeemed for prizes, Free Credits and services on Website.
• “CHiPZ auctions”: only CHiPZ can be used to place a bids at these auctions. "Awarded Bidder" or "Successful Bidder" receives his Product for free in the CHiPZ auctions.
• “Buyer”: the Successful Bidder who confirms the purchase of a product within the Confirmation Period.
Highest unique bid auction rules:
General
You have the opportunity of buying Products ( "Lots" or "Products" or "Items") at a price below market value and this opportunity is organised in the form of a blind highest unique bid auction, where a Member can place bids on one or more Products. At the end of the "Bidding Period", the Member who placed the highest unique bid, hereinafter defined as "Awarded Bidder" or "Successful Bidder", shall have the right of purchasing the Product at the price of the offered bid (plus transport charges, if any, as indicated for each single lot). "Awarded Bidder" or "Successful Bidder" receives his Product for free in the CHiPZ auctions.
Definitions
For the purpose of making these Rules as clear and transparent as possible, please find here below some definitions:
• “Highest unique bid”: when the auction of a Lot has been closed (i.e. at the end of the "Bidding Period"), the highest unique bid is the highest bid in United States Dollars for that specific Product which is closest to 1 cent (USD 0.01) and which has not been bid by any other Member.
• "Product" or "Lot": specific and single product sold on the uniqueBidWin website.
• "Bid": the amount the Member is willing to pay to purchase a Product. The Bid is placed in United States Dollars (USD 0.01) .
• "Blind Bid”: blind means that you do not know the amount of the bids placed by other Members for a certain Product, as they are kept secret until the end of the "Bidding Period". You will only receive the following information (called "Information Service") about your bid:
• Highest and unique
• Unique bid but not the highest
• Not unique
Only at the end of the "Bidding Period" the "highest and unique bid" is revealed together with those closest to it.
• „Minimum Number of Bids" is the least number of Bids that must be placed by Members for a certain Product during Bidding Period. The Minimum Number of Bids will be determined by the uniqueBidWin.com/ GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd., prior Bidding Period and is strictly confidential.
• “Red light”: Red colour frame around Product/Lot indicates that the Bidding period has started, Members can place their bids for the Product on sale, but Product has not met "Minimum Number of Bids" yet. If the “Red light ” stays entire Bidding Period, then the product will be withdrawn from the auction and all the Credits used to place bids by Members for that product will be credited to their Accounts.
• “Green light”: Green colour frame around the Product/Lot indicates that Product has met the Minimum Number of Bids. Auction will be closed at the end of the Bidding Period and the “Awarded Bidder” or "Successful Bidder" will be determined.
• “Bidding Period”: the period in which Members can place their bids for the Products on sale. This period is displayed in the form of a countdown to the end of the Bidding Period.
• “Awarded Bidder” or "Successful Bidder": the Member who has, for a certain lot, the highest unique bid at the end of the Bidding Period. He has the right to buy the Product in the way and within the terms indicated in the “Procedure to Purchase a Product”.
• “Confirmation Period”: the period of time given to the Awarded Bidder to confirm and purchase the Product/Lot. This period is of ten (10) days or two hundred and forty (240) hours from the end of the Bidding Period. Or, in the case of a second Successful Bidder, ten (10) days equal to two hundred and forty (240) hours from the end of the first ten (10) day period.
• "Credits": Credits received from uniqueBidWin in return for the purchase of the Services offered as described in the “Service” article.
• "CHiPZ": uniqueBidWin’s internal currency system used to reward it's members for participating on the website. These CHiPZ can be redeemed for prizes, Free Credits and services on Website.
• “CHiPZ auctions”: only CHiPZ can be used to place a bids at these auctions. "Awarded Bidder" or "Successful Bidder" receives his Product for free in the CHiPZ auctions.
• “Buyer”: the Successful Bidder who confirms the purchase of a product within the Confirmation Period.
CHiPZ Rules
Procedure to Purchase a Product in Lowest unique bid auction.
The Successful Bidder, in other words the person who has the right to purchase the product on sale, is the Member who placed the lowest bid which no other Member placed (Unique bid). If two or more Members place a bid for one same Product then the Bid is not Unique. If a Member places a Unique Bid, but there are other lower unique bids than that bid is not the lowest one. The Awarded Bidder of the Product is the Member who, at the end of the Bidding Period, has placed the LOWEST UNIQUE BID. If the Successful Bidder decides not to purchase the Product at the price bid or if the Member does not confirm the purchase within the "Confirmation Period", the Member who placed the Unique bid closest to the one of the first Awarded Bidder shall become the new Successful Bidder and have the right to buy the product at the value of his bid. In case no Unique Bid has been placed, the system will automatically consider the not unique bids, starting from the lowest double bids (in case of no double bids, the system will consider the lowest bid placed by 3 members). The first member who placed that bid will be the Successful Bidder. In case the first Awarded Bidder will not purchase the product within the Confirmation Period, the second member who placed the same bid shall be the Successful Bidder.
If both the first and second Awarded Bidder decides not to purchase the Product or does not confirm the purchase at the price he bid within the Confirmation Period, the product will remain unsold and uniqueBidWin, at its own discretion, shall decide whether to sell it again or not or to withdraw it. In general, uniqueBidWin shall offer the opportunity to purchase the product only to the first Successful Bidder and to the second one according to the terms mentioned above.
For example:
the following bids have been placed by 6 members for a Product.
Bid 1 = $1.76
Bid 2 = $ 2.11
Bid 3 = $ 1.76
Bid 4 = $ 2.33
Bid 5 = $ 2.33
Bid 6 = $ 2.16
In this case Bid 2 and Bid 6 are Unique Bids. However Bid 2 is the lowest one therefore the Successful Bidder is the Member who placed Bid 2. If the first Awarded Bidder does not purchase the product, then the Product is offered to the Member who has placed the next lowest unique bid, i.e. Bid 6. In the above example, if we consider that the Bid 6 has not been placed and the Awarded Bidder decided not to purchase the Product, then the Successful Bidder will be the first member who placed the $ 1.76 bid (lowest double bid). If both the first and second Successful Bidders decide not to buy the Product at the price bid, the Product is withdrawn and uniqueBidWin has the right, at its discretion, to decide whether to place it on sale again or not. Members are responsible for checking the Site to see if they are the Successful Bidder. At the end of the Bidding Period, uniqueBidWin publishes the lowest unique bid value and the Nickname of the Successful Bidder.
Procedure to Purchase a Product in Highest unique bid auction
The Successful Bidder, in other words the person who has the right to purchase the product on sale, is the Member who placed the highest bid which no other Member placed (Unique bid). If two or more Members place a bid for one same Product then the Bid is not Unique. If a Member places a Unique Bid, but there are other higher unique bids than that bid is not the highest one. The Awarded Bidder of the Product is the Member who, at the end of the Bidding Period, has placed the HIGHEST UNIQUE BID. If the Successful Bidder decides not to purchase the Product at the price bid or if the Member does not confirm the purchase within the "Confirmation Period", the Member who placed the Unique bid closest to the one of the first Awarded Bidder shall become the new Successful Bidder and have the right to buy the product at the value of his bid. In case no Unique Bid has been placed, the system will automatically consider the not unique bids, starting from the highest double bids (in case of no double bids, the system will consider the highest bid placed by 3 members). The first member who placed that bid will be the Successful Bidder. In case the first Awarded Bidder will not purchase the product within the Confirmation Period, the second member who placed the same bid shall be the Successful Bidder.
If both the first and second Awarded Bidder decides not to purchase the Product or does not confirm the purchase at the price he bid within the Confirmation Period, the product will remain unsold and uniqueBidWin, at its own discretion, shall decide whether to sell it again or not or to withdraw it. In general, uniqueBidWin shall offer the opportunity to purchase the product only to the first Successful Bidder and to the second one according to the terms mentioned above.
For example:
the following bids have been placed by 6 members for a Product.
Bid 1 = $1.76
Bid 2 = $ 2.11
Bid 3 = $ 1.76
Bid 4 = $ 1.50
Bid 5 = $ 1.50
Bid 6 = $ 2.16
In this case Bid 2 and Bid 6 are Unique Bids. However Bid 6 is the highest one therefore the Successful Bidder is the Member who placed Bid 6. If the first Awarded Bidder does not purchase the product, then the Product is offered to the Member who has placed the next highest unique bid, i.e. Bid 2. In the above example, if we consider that the Bid 2 has not been placed and the Awarded Bidder decided not to purchase the Product, then the Successful Bidder will be the first member who placed the $ 1.76 bid (highest double bid). If both the first and second Successful Bidders decide not to buy the Product at the price bid, the Product is withdrawn and uniqueBidWin has the right, at its discretion, to decide whether to place it on sale again or not. Members are responsible for checking the Site to see if they are the Successful Bidder. At the end of the Bidding Period, uniqueBidWin publishes the highest unique bid value and the Nickname of the Successful Bidder.
How to place a Bid
To place a Bid you must be a uniqueBidWin Member. In order to place a bid and, therefore, receive the Information Service for every each bid, you must have Credits (CHiPZ in CHiPZ Auctions). For each lot uniqueBidWin indicates the Credits (CHiPZ in CHiPZ Auctions) required to place a bid; the Credits or CHiPZ will be deducted from your Account. You can place different bids for each product during the Bidding Period. The Bids placed shall only be considered accepted once the Credits or CHiPZ have been deducted from your Account.
Information Service in Lowest unique bid auctions
You agree and accept that the Credits you have purchased and CHiPZ you have earned to receive the Service are deducted from your account when you place the bids. Among the Services offered by uniqueBidWin , for which you have bought Credits and earned CHiPZ , uniqueBidWin provides an “Information Service" in relation to the bid you have placed. The Information Service concerns the status of your Bid compared to those placed by other Members; in other words you are informed if your Bid is:
• The lowest unique one
• Unique but not the lowest one
• Not a unique bid
The status of your bids may change during the Bidding Period as other Members place their Bids. You are responsible for checking the changes communicated by the Information Service, in other words the status of your Bids; you can do this by entering the site with your Nickname and Password and accessing the "My Online Auctions" section.
Information Service in Highest unique bid auctions
You agree and accept that the Credits you have purchased and CHiPZ you have earned to receive the Service are deducted from your account when you place the bids. Among the Services offered by uniqueBidWin , for which you have bought Credits and earned CHiPZ , uniqueBidWin provides an “Information Service" in relation to the bid you have placed. The Information Service concerns the status of your Bid compared to those placed by other Members; in other words you are informed if your Bid is:
• The highest unique one
• Unique but not the highest one
• Not a unique bid
The status of your bids may change during the Bidding Period as other Members place their Bids. You are responsible for checking the changes communicated by the Information Service, in other words the status of your Bids; you can do this by entering the site with your Nickname and Password and accessing the "My Online Auctions" section.
Transport and delivery of products.
The product purchased shall be sent by Mail or Express Courier and shall be delivered to the Member’s address. Shipping and handling is free of charge. UniqueBidWin.com and GLOBAL SYNERGY GROUP Ltd. may use other companies to package and deliver products. Items sold on uniqueBidWin.com typically come with the manufacturer’s warranty, which obviously vary by manufacturer. The company in charge of packaging and delivering the product shall in no way be liable to you or third parties. You agree with and accept this condition. We shall do our best to deliver the product within 30 days, unless otherwise specified for each single product. However, in case of delay, we shall not be punishable for any reason and any claims for damage compensation shall not be accepted and you shall not file them as you hereby expressly accept this condition. Auction winners are responsible for inspecting all products immediately upon delivery and report any problems to uniqueBidWin.com Customer Support within 14 days after delivery. An auction winner has the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days, provided that the product is unused and unopened. If the customer wishes to cancel the purchase of an auction item, the customer should contact support [at] uniqueBidWin.com and deliver them to a specific address. The customer will then be reimbursed for any amount paid for the item (the lowest unique bid in Lowest unique bid auctions and the highest unique bid in Highest unique bid auctions). Certain products may be delivered “Ex factory”, that is to say in the place where the product is, in the USA, CANADA or LATVIA. In this case the Successful Bidder is responsible for transport and collection. Some products may require your personal presence because they must be registered through public deed (e.g. a car). In this case all expenses sustained by the Awarded Bidder to reach the location of the product and/or any registration cost and/or any other cost not expressly mentioned on the site shall be paid by the Successful Bidder. After having purchased and paid for the Product the Successful Bidder can assign the property to a third party according to instructions which the Awarded Bidder shall communicate to uniqueBidWin.com
We are not responsible for items that are lost or stolen during item delivery. uniqueBidWin shall not be liable or punishable in any way if the product cannot be delivered due to the fact that the address on the registration form is incomplete or incorrect. You are responsible for updating your details.
We do not offer exchanges or refunds for products purchased or prizes once they have been shipped.
Availability
uniqueBidWin will make its best efforts to select suppliers that can guarantee the availability of the product with the characteristics mentioned on the Site, without modifications, during the entire Bidding Period. If, during the Bidding period, uniqueBidWin is informed that said product with the characteristics presented is no longer available, uniqueBidWin shall indicate it on the Site or communicate it to the Sucessful Bidder, if the Bidding period is closed. If the product is not available after the Bidding Period, the Awarded Bidder shall be offered a product of the same type of equal or higher value. In this case the Confirmation Period defined above becomes of thirty (30) days. If on the other hand the product is not available during the Bidding Period and uniqueBidWin is informed of this, then the product may be withdrawn from the auction and all the Credits, CHiPZ used to place bids by Members for that product will be credited to their Accounts.
Product Description
We do our best to give Product descriptions which are as accurate as possible. The information may contain printing errors or incorrect elements. Therefore, product information must not be considered as a uniqueBidWin declaration of the technical characteristics of a product.
Written Form, Applicable law and Legal Jurisdiction
Declarations undertaken in the contractual relationship with uniqueBidWin.com must be in written form and sent to the address indicated in the imprint or sent to us by e-mail. With contractual relationships with companies, the parties agree to the applicability of the law of the Republic of Latvia, to the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. To the extent that merchants are involved in the contractual relationship with uniqueBidWin the legal jurisdiction is agreed to be Riga.