Terms and Conditions

All orders placed are subject to stock being available; if any item is out of stock, it will be sent as soon as possible. If there is likely to be a long delay, we will endeavour to contact you to advise of this. If an item becomes unavailable, we will contact you to advise of alternatives and give you the opportunity to cancel the original order. All orders from the web can be cancelled provided we have not already shipped the goods to you. We will not take any payment on your credit card until the order is ready for dispatch.

Any claims for damage, faults and mis-shipped items must be made within 7 working days of receipt of goods.

The privacy and confidentiality of your personal information is important to us. Therefore it is our policy not to disclose or sell this information regarding your orders and products you purchase to any outside organisation.

 All goods remain the property of Dolphin Maritime Software Ltd until paid for in full. Risk passes to yourself on delivery

Goods are not supplied on a trial basis. Where the purchaser does not want the goods they can only be returned by prior agreement.

Dolphin Maritime Software Ltd is not liable for any customs duties that might be incurred when the goods are shipped.

All standard software programs include our free lifetime worldwide user support service by e-mail, mail, telephone and fax.

If you receive any goods that you believe are faulty please contact our sales staff to discuss the fault before the goods are returned. Quite often we can resolve the problem by e-mail, fax or over the phone.
All returned goods which are believed to be faulty must have a valid returns number.

If you are a resident of the EC (European Community), then under the United Kingdom's Distance Selling Regulations 2000, you have the right to cancel the contract for the purchase of any of our standard products within 7 days of delivery. This  period applies to all of our standard  products purchased by distance selling (distance selling is where no face to face contact takes place between buyer and seller). This period does not apply to customised products.

However, we regret that we cannot accept cancellations of contracts for the purchase of software products, tapes, video, DVD, audio and video game products where the item has been unsealed.
To cancel the contract for purchase you must inform us in writing , by either e-mail, fax or letter, giving the reason for the return as "Contract cancellation".  Whereupon we will issue you with a returns number.
All returned goods  must have a valid returns number.

You must take reasonable care of any goods that you wish to return, so that they may be sold again as new. Please package the relevant item securely and send it to us with the delivery documents so that we receive it within 7 working days of the date that the item was delivered to you. The return address is:
Dolphin Maritime Software Ltd, 626 Alston House, White Cross, LANCASTER LA14XF, UK

For your protection, we recommend that you use a recorded-delivery service. Please note that you will be responsible for the costs of returning the goods to us unless we delivered the item to you in error or the item is faulty. If we do not receive the item back from you with the delivery documents, we may arrange for collection of the item from your residence at your cost.  You should be aware that, once we begin the delivery process, you will not be able to cancel any contract you have with us for services carried out by us (for example, postage and packing, and gift wrapping). As soon as we receive notice of your cancellation of a contract for purchase, together with the returned goods , then we will refund the relevant part of the purchase price for that item within 30 days of receiving your notice.

These terms and conditions do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

E&O.E ( Errors and omissions excepted).

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