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Terms
Introduction and General Information
What are these Terms and Conditions?
These Terms and Conditions govern access to and use of the Castle Of Gifts E-Boutique and the purchase of products through www.castleofgifts.store.
They explain how orders are placed, accepted, paid, produced, delivered and, where applicable, returned or otherwise remedied.
By placing an order, you agree to the Terms applicable to that order.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or restricts any consumer right that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted.
Who operates Castle Of Gifts?
Castle Of Gifts is an ecommerce brand operated by 3D TEXTILE PATTERN SRL, a Romanian company. Designora Studio is the company’s in-house creative studio, where artwork, visual worlds and product concepts are developed. For further company information, please visit the Legal page.
What type of store is Castle Of Gifts?
Castle Of Gifts is an online seasonal gifts and decor store. Many products are manufactured, printed, assembled, packed and dispatched on demand by third-party production partners after a customer places an order.
What does “made on demand” mean?
“Made on demand” means that production normally begins after an order has been placed rather than the product being taken from finished warehouse inventory.
Depending on the product, production may include printing, manufacturing, assembly or packaging by a third-party production partner.
A product being made on demand does not by itself mean that it is personalized or made according to the customer's individual specifications.
Any statutory withdrawal rights or exceptions applicable to a particular product are determined by applicable consumer law and are explained further in our Returns policy.
Which other policies apply?
These Terms should be read together with the following Castle Of Gifts pages:
Product descriptions, checkout information, customs notices and order confirmations also form part of the information supplied in connection with a particular purchase.
Where mandatory consumer law gives you additional rights, those rights take priority over any conflicting provision of these Terms.
How can I contact Castle Of Gifts?
Commercial Policy and Eligibility
Who may purchase from the E-Boutique?
The Castle Of Gifts E-Boutique is intended primarily for consumer purchases.
A consumer is an individual purchasing products for purposes outside their trade, business, craft or profession.
Customers must have the legal capacity required to enter into a binding purchase contract.
Where a person does not have full legal capacity to enter into the transaction independently, the purchase should be made or authorized by a parent, legal guardian or other person legally permitted to act on their behalf.
Can Castle Of Gifts refuse or cancel an order?
Castle Of Gifts may refuse an order before acceptance, or cancel an order where legally permitted, for reasons such as:
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payment failure;
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suspected fraud or unlawful activity;
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an invalid or undeliverable address;
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product unavailability;
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inability of the production partner to fulfil the order;
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legal or shipping restrictions;
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a material pricing or technical error; or
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another circumstance that makes lawful fulfilment impossible.
Where payment has already been collected for an order or item that Castle Of Gifts lawfully cancels, the relevant amount will be refunded.
Once a binding contract has been formed, cancellation by Castle Of Gifts remains subject to applicable consumer law.
Do these Terms apply to business or wholesale purchases?
Can these Terms change?
What happens if another set of conditions conflicts with these Terms?
These Terms apply to consumer purchases through the Castle Of Gifts E-Boutique together with the policies and product-specific information incorporated into them.
More specific product-page, checkout or order information may apply to a particular transaction.
Nothing in these Terms takes priority over mandatory consumer rights or other legal protections that cannot lawfully be excluded.
Products Offered for Sale
What products are available for purchase?
Where can I find product information?
Are product photographs exact?
Can colors appear different in person?
Can product measurements or print placement vary?
What happens if a product page contains an error?
Is Castle Of Gifts responsible for every small difference or website error?
Minor variations caused by screen display, materials, printing methods or normal manufacturing tolerances do not automatically mean that a product is defective or non-conforming.
However, products must still correspond to the contract and to the product information that customers are legally entitled to rely upon.
Nothing in this section limits any mandatory right relating to faulty, incorrect or non-conforming goods.
How do production locations affect my order?
Castle Of Gifts products may be produced in different countries depending on the product, delivery destination, production capacity, availability and fulfilment arrangements.
The Shipping section of each product page shows the production locations currently associated with that product.
Where several locations are listed, a particular country is not guaranteed unless the product page expressly states otherwise.
Use the Shipping From... page to identify products that have production options within your customs region.
How does Castle Of Gifts provide customs information?
Castle Of Gifts uses the customs region associated with the customer's destination together with the production regions available for each product.
When a product may be produced outside the customer's customs region, a Customs Information notice may appear on the product page, in the cart or during checkout.
The notice indicates that import VAT or GST, customs duty, clearance charges, brokerage or carrier handling fees may be possible.
It does not mean that a particular customs charge will definitely apply.
Further information is available on our Customs and Shipping From... pages.
Placing an Order
Where can I place an order?
How does the checkout process work?
During checkout, customers can review the products, quantities, billing and delivery information, shipping charges, applicable taxes collected by Castle Of Gifts and the total amount payable before submitting the order.
Customers should check all information carefully before placing the order.
The final order action clearly indicates that submitting the order creates an obligation to pay.
When is an order considered final?
Submitting an order sends the customer's purchase request to Castle Of Gifts and creates an obligation to pay where the order is accepted.
A binding sales contract is formed when Castle Of Gifts accepts the order and provides confirmation of that acceptance, subject to any mandatory rights that continue to apply after conclusion of the contract.
After an order has entered the automated production process, voluntary changes or cancellations may no longer be possible.
Statutory withdrawal, conformity and other consumer rights remain unaffected.
Does submitting an order guarantee acceptance?
No.
An order may be reviewed for successful payment, product availability, production feasibility, delivery restrictions, address validity, fraud prevention and compliance with these Terms.
Castle Of Gifts may refuse an order before acceptance where there is a legitimate reason to do so.
If an order cannot be accepted after payment has already been collected, the relevant payment will be refunded.
What if I do not receive confirmation or cancellation within one day?
Can I correct a mistake before final confirmation?
Order Processing and Confirmation
How are orders processed?
What information is included in the order confirmation?
Should I keep the confirmation email?
Can I view my order online?
What happens if an item is unavailable?
If an ordered product becomes unavailable and cannot reasonably be fulfilled, Castle Of Gifts will inform the customer.
The affected item or order may be cancelled where necessary.
If payment has already been collected for the cancelled item, the corresponding amount will be refunded using the appropriate payment method.
Where only part of an order is affected, the remaining available products may continue through fulfilment unless circumstances require otherwise.
What happens if an order is delayed beyond the agreed delivery period?
Delivery estimates are shown in the relevant product and shipping information. For consumers protected by EU rules, unless another delivery time has been agreed, goods must generally be delivered without undue delay and no later than 30 days after the contract is concluded. If an applicable delivery deadline is missed, the customer retains any rights provided by mandatory consumer law, including rights relating to an additional delivery period and, where the legal conditions are met, termination of the contract.
Is Castle Of Gifts liable if a product is backordered or no longer available?
Selling Prices, Taxes and Shipping Charges
In which currency are prices displayed?
Prices are displayed in the currency shown on the product page and during checkout.
The principal store currency may be EUR (€), although another currency may be displayed where the Website or checkout supports it.
The currency applicable to the transaction is shown before the order is submitted.
Do product prices include taxes and shipping?
The product price is shown before shipping charges are added. Taxes collected by Castle Of Gifts depend on the transaction and delivery destination and will be shown in the order summary or at checkout where applicable. Shipping charges are calculated separately. Import VAT or GST, customs duties, brokerage fees, customs-clearance fees and carrier handling charges are also separate unless checkout expressly states that they are included or prepaid.
Can prices change?
What happens if the displayed price is wrong?
Castle Of Gifts may correct genuine technical or typographical pricing errors.
If a material pricing error is identified before an order is accepted, Castle Of Gifts may contact the customer and offer the choice of placing the order at the correct price or cancelling the order.
Castle Of Gifts will not unilaterally increase the agreed price of an already accepted consumer contract where doing so would conflict with applicable law.
If cancellation is necessary after payment has been collected, the affected amount will be refunded.
Are customs duties included?
Customs duties, import VAT or GST, brokerage, customs-clearance charges and carrier handling fees imposed during import are separate from the Castle Of Gifts order total unless checkout expressly states that a particular import charge has been collected or prepaid.
Castle Of Gifts displays customs notices where a product may be produced outside the customer's customs region.
For further information, see the Customs, Customs & Import Fees Guide and Shipping From... pages.
Payment and Billing
When must an order be paid?
Which payment methods are accepted?
The payment methods currently accepted are those displayed during checkout.
Availability may depend on the customer's country, currency, device or payment provider.
A payment method is available for an order only when it is presented as an option at checkout.
When is my card charged?
Payment is normally authorized or collected when the order is placed, depending on the payment method and payment provider. Some transactions may initially appear as a pending authorization before final capture. If an item later becomes unavailable, any amount that should not be charged will either not be captured or will be corrected or refunded as appropriate.
What card information must I provide?
If you pay by card, the payment provider may ask you to enter your card number, expiry date, security code, billing address and other information required to authorize the payment through its secure payment interface. Castle Of Gifts does not intend to store full card numbers or card security codes on its own systems.
How is payment information used?
Payment and transaction information is processed to:
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complete and verify payment;
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associate payment with the correct order;
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prevent or investigate fraud;
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administer payment disputes;
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process refunds where applicable; and
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maintain legally required financial records.
Payment providers may process information independently under their own privacy and security arrangements.
Further information is available in our Privacy Policy.
Can an order be cancelled if payment is refused?
Can Castle Of Gifts refuse an order because of an earlier payment problem?
What happens if someone uses a fraudulent payment method?
Castle Of Gifts may cancel or suspend an order where there are reasonable grounds to suspect payment fraud or other unlawful activity.
We may also take reasonable steps to protect the Website, transaction and affected parties and, where appropriate, report suspected unlawful activity to the relevant payment provider or competent authority.
Can I use more than one payment method?
Will I receive a billing record?
Ownership and Transfer of Risk
When does ownership transfer to the customer?
Ownership of the goods transfers in accordance with the sales contract and applicable law once the required payment has been successfully completed.
Any retention-of-title arrangement does not alter the separate legal rules governing when the risk of loss or damage passes to the customer.
Does providing a payment method count as payment?
What happens if the customer does not fulfil the payment obligation?
If a payment obligation remains unpaid or a payment is reversed without lawful justification, Castle Of Gifts may suspend fulfilment where possible, restrict future orders and take lawful steps to recover amounts properly due.
Any recovery action will be subject to applicable law and the customer's mandatory rights.
When does the risk of loss or damage transfer?
Where Castle Of Gifts or its fulfilment partner arranges delivery, the risk of loss or damage generally remains with the seller until the customer, or another person designated by the customer other than the carrier, takes physical possession of the goods.
If the customer independently commissions a carrier that was not offered by Castle Of Gifts, different rules may apply and risk may pass when the goods are handed to that carrier.
This does not affect any mandatory rights relating to damaged, faulty or missing goods.
Delivery and Returns
Where can I find delivery rules?
Can products in one order be delivered separately?
Where can I find return and refund rules?
What return or withdrawal rights apply after I place an order?
Castle Of Gifts does not offer a voluntary general change-of-mind return programe beyond rights required by applicable law.
However, placing or confirming an order does not remove any statutory right of withdrawal, legal guarantee or other mandatory consumer remedy that applies to the purchase.
For eligible EU distance purchases, a statutory 14-day withdrawal right will generally apply unless a legal exception applies.
Products genuinely made according to the customer's individual specifications or clearly personalized may be subject to an exception.
Full details are provided in our Returns policy.
Does the fact that a product is print-on-demand remove my legal consumer rights?
No.
The fact that a product is manufactured only after an order is placed does not by itself remove statutory consumer rights.
Different rules may apply where a product is genuinely made according to the customer's individual specifications or clearly personalized.
Castle Of Gifts' voluntary return policy and the applicable statutory rights are explained separately on the Returns page.
How can I exercise a statutory right of withdrawal online?
Where a statutory right of withdrawal applies, the customer may exercise it through the online withdrawal function made available by Castle Of Gifts during the applicable withdrawal period.
The function allows the customer to identify the relevant order and submit a clear withdrawal request electronically.
Castle Of Gifts will provide confirmation that the online withdrawal request has been received.
Further instructions, including any applicable return procedure and return-shipping responsibility, are provided on our Returns page.
Do Castle Of Gifts products have a legal guarantee of conformity?
Where applicable consumer law provides a legal guarantee of conformity, Castle Of Gifts honors that guarantee.
For consumers in the European Union, goods are generally protected by a minimum two-year legal guarantee against lack of conformity.
Where a product is faulty, incorrect or otherwise non-conforming, remedies may include repair or replacement and, where the legal conditions are met, a price reduction or termination of the contract.
Further information is provided on our Returns page.
Force Majeure
What is a force majeure event?
A force majeure or similar event is an exceptional circumstance outside the reasonable control of the affected party that prevents or materially delays performance.
Depending on the circumstances, examples may include severe natural disasters, war, governmental restrictions, major transport disruption, widespread infrastructure failure or other exceptional events that could not reasonably have been avoided or overcome.
Ordinary business difficulties or circumstances within Castle Of Gifts' reasonable control are not automatically treated as force majeure.
What happens if a force majeure event affects an order?
If an exceptional event outside reasonable control materially affects an order, performance may be delayed for the period reasonably affected by that event.
Where practical, Castle Of Gifts will inform affected customers and provide updated information.
This clause does not remove mandatory consumer rights relating to delivery, termination, reimbursement or other remedies where those rights apply.
Website Use and Intellectual Property
Who owns the website content?
May I copy or reuse website content?
May I create a hyperlink to the website?
Ordinary links to publicly accessible Castle Of Gifts pages are permitted provided that the link:
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is lawful;
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does not falsely suggest sponsorship, endorsement or partnership;
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does not misrepresent Castle Of Gifts or its products;
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does not reproduce protected content beyond what is legally permitted; and
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does not frame or present the Website in a misleading way.
Use of Castle Of Gifts trademarks, artwork or other protected material for commercial purposes may require prior written permission.
What website activities are prohibited?
Is uninterrupted website access guaranteed?
Is Castle Of Gifts liable for every internet-related problem?
Castle Of Gifts cannot guarantee that every internet connection, third-party network or customer device will operate without interruption, error or security incident.
We are not responsible for problems caused solely by systems or circumstances outside our reasonable control.
However, nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limits any mandatory consumer right relating to the operation of the Website, payment process or sales contract.
Are third-party websites governed by these Terms?
Personal Information and Cookies
Does Castle Of Gifts collect customer information?
Can customer information be shared with third parties?
Yes, where necessary and lawful.
Information may be shared with service providers involved in operating Castle Of Gifts and fulfilling orders, including:
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payment processors;
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print-on-demand platforms;
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production and fulfilment partners;
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carriers and postal operators;
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hosting and security providers; and
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other service providers described in our Privacy Policy.
Only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose should be disclosed.
Optional analytics, marketing or similar processing is handled according to the consent and other requirements explained in our Privacy and Cookie policies.
Can I opt out of information sharing?
ou can control optional processing where the applicable law provides that choice, including through cookie settings, marketing preferences and applicable privacy rights.
However, information necessary to process payment, manufacture the product, arrange delivery, maintain legally required records or otherwise perform the sales contract cannot always be withheld while still completing the requested transaction.
Further information and available privacy controls are explained in our Privacy and Cookie policies.
Where can I read the full privacy information?
Archiving and Electronic Records
Does Castle Of Gifts keep order and invoice records?
Can electronic records be used as evidence?
Yes.
Electronic records relating to orders, confirmations, payments, communications and transactions may be retained and used as evidence where permitted by law.
This does not prevent a customer from challenging the accuracy, authenticity or legal effect of a particular record where they are entitled to do so.
How long are records kept?
Customer Accounts and Communications
What responsibilities apply to a customer account?
Can an account be suspended or closed?
What happens to an accepted order if an account is closed?
Closing or suspending a customer account does not automatically cancel an order that has already been accepted.
An accepted order remains subject to these Terms and will continue to be processed unless it is separately cancelled or otherwise affected in accordance with these Terms or applicable law.
We may continue to send order-related communications to the email address provided with the order. Closing an account does not remove any payment obligations, refund rights, legal guarantees or other mandatory consumer rights connected with an existing order.
How are important notices sent?
Complaints and Customer Support
How can I submit a complaint?
What information should I avoid sending?
What happens if a complaint cannot be resolved directly?
Applicable Law and Dispute Resolution
Which law applies to these Terms?
These Terms and contracts concluded through Castle Of Gifts are governed by Romanian law, subject to applicable conflict-of-law rules.
Where Castle Of Gifts directs its commercial activities to a consumer's country of habitual residence, the choice of Romanian law does not deprive that consumer of mandatory protections that would apply under the law of their habitual residence where applicable law provides such protection.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to remove rights that cannot legally be waived by contract.
Which court has jurisdiction?
Any dispute will be heard by the court or courts having jurisdiction under the mandatory rules applicable to the particular dispute.
Where European Union consumer-jurisdiction rules apply, a consumer may have the right to bring proceedings in the courts of their own place of domicile as well as other courts permitted by law.
Castle Of Gifts does not use these Terms to remove any jurisdictional protection that mandatory consumer law gives to the customer.
Where can I find more legal information?
General Contract Provisions
What happens if part of these Terms is invalid?
Does failure to enforce a provision waive it?
Can Castle Of Gifts transfer its rights or obligations?
Which language version applies?
Contractual information required by Romanian consumer law is provided in Romanian.
Castle Of Gifts may also make these Terms and related information available in English or other languages for customer convenience.
Where different language versions are provided, they should be interpreted consistently and without reducing any mandatory consumer right.
If a translation creates ambiguity, the version required by the law applicable to the particular consumer transaction will prevail to the extent required by that law.











