1. Acceptance
It is not necessary for any Client to have signed an acceptance of these terms and conditions for them to apply. If a Client accepts a quote then the Client will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the terms applying and have accepted these terms and conditions in full. Please read these terms and conditions carefully. Any purchase or use of our services implies that you have read and accepted our terms and conditions.
2. Charges
Charges for services to be provided by Gray Jet Media are defined in the project quotation that the Client receives via e-mail. Quotations are valid for a period of 30 days. Gray Jet Media reserves the right to alter or decline to provide a quotation after expiry of the 30 days. Unless agreed otherwise with the Client, all services require an advance payment of a minimum of twenty five (25) percent of the project quotation total before the work is supplied to the Client for review. A second charge of fifty (50) percent is required after the development or post production stage, with the remaining twenty five (25) percent of the project quotation total due upon completion of the work, prior to upload to the server or release of materials. Payment for services is due by check, credit card or bank transfer. Checks should be made payable to Gray Jet Media and sent to 4015 Forest School Rd., Smithsburg, MD 21783. Bank details will be made available on invoices.
3. Refunds
Prices for products offered may change at any time, and we can not provide price protection or refunds in the event of a price reduction or promotional offering. Once work has begun on a project involving a database or custom programming there is No Refund if cancelled. If a photo or video shoot is cancelled prior to the event and no work has been started by Gray Jet Media, ninety (90) percent of the advance payment will be refunded.
4. Client Review
Gray Jet Media will provide the Client with an opportunity to review the appearance and content of the products during the design phase and once the overall development or post production is completed. At the completion of the project, such materials will be deemed to be accepted and approved unless the Client notifies Gray Jet Media otherwise within ten (10) days of the date the materials are made available to the Client.
5. Turnaround Time and Content Control
Gray Jet Media will install and publicly post the Client’s website or make available agreed upon services by the date specified in the project proposal, or at date agreed with Client upon Gray Jet Media receiving initial payment, unless a delay is specifically requested by the Client and agreed by Gray Jet Media. In return, the Client agrees to delegate a single individual as a primary contact to aid Gray Jet Media with progressing the commission in a satisfactory and expedient manner. During the project, Gray Jet Media will require the Client to provide content if required to include but not limited to; text, images, movies and sound files.
6. Failure to provide required content:
Gray Jet Media is a small business, to remain efficient we must ensure that work we have agreed upon is carried out at the scheduled time. On occasions we may have to reject offers for other work and enquiries to ensure that your work is completed at the time arranged. This is why we ask that you provide all the required information in advance. On any occasion where progress cannot be made with your website because we have not been given the required information in the agreed time frame, and we are delayed as result, we reserve the right to impose a surcharge of up to 25%. If you agree to provide us with the required information and subsequently fail to do within one week of project commencement we reserve the right to close the project and the balance remaining becomes payable immediately. Simply put, all the above condition says is do not give us the go ahead to start until you are ready to do so. NOTE: Text content should be delivered as a Microsoft Word, email (or similar) document with the pages in the supplied document representing the content of the relevant pages on your website if a website it being developed. These pages should have the same titles as the agreed website pages. Contact us if you need clarification on this. Using our content management system you are able to keep your content up to date your self.
7. Payment
Invoices will be provided by Gray Jet Media upon completion but before publishing the live website or providing the completed product. Invoices are sent via email. Invoices are due upon receipt unless otherwise annotated. Accounts that remain unpaid thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice will be assessed a service charge in the amount of the higher of two percent (2%) or $25 per month of the total amount due.
8. Additional Expenses
Client agrees to reimburse Gray Jet Media for any additional expenses necessary for the completion of the work. Examples would be purchase of special fonts, stock photography, SSL certificates, etc. unless otherwise agreed upon.
9. Web Browsers
Gray Jet Media makes every effort to ensure websites are designed to be viewed by the majority of visitors. Websites are designed to work with the most popular current browsers (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer 8 & 9, Google Chrome, etc.). Client agrees that Gray Jet Media cannot guarantee correct functionality with all browser software across different operating systems.
Gray Jet Media cannot accept responsibility for web pages which do not display acceptably in new versions of browsers released after the website have been designed and handed over to the Client. As such, Gray Jet Media reserves the right to quote for any work involved in changing the website design or website code for it to work with updated browser software.
10. Default
Accounts unpaid thirty (30) days after the date of invoice will be considered in default. If the Client in default maintains any information or files on Gray Jet Media’s Web space, Gray Jet Media will, at its discretion, remove all such material from its web space. Gray Jet Media is not responsible for any loss of data incurred due to the removal of the service. Removal of such material does not relieve the Client of the obligation to pay any outstanding charges assessed to the Client’s account. Checks returned for insufficient funds will be assessed a return charge of $35 and the Client’s account will immediately be considered to be in default until full payment is received. Clients with accounts in default agree to pay Gray Jet Media reasonable expenses, including legal fees and costs for collection by third-party agencies, incurred by Gray Jet Media in enforcing these Terms and Conditions.
11. Termination
Termination of services by the Client must be requested in a written notice and will be effective on receipt of such notice. E-mail or telephone requests for termination of services will not be honored until and unless confirmed in writing. The Client will be invoiced for design work completed to the date of first notice of cancellation for payment in full within thirty (30) days.
12. Indemnity
All Gray Jet Media services may be used for lawful purposes only. You agree to indemnify and hold Gray Jet Media harmless from any claims resulting from your use of our service that damages you or any other party.
13. Copyright
The Client retains the copyright to data, files and graphic logos provided by the Client, and grants Gray Jet Media the rights to publish and use such material. The Client must obtain permission and rights to use any information or files that are copyrighted by a third party. The Client is further responsible for granting Gray Jet Media permission and rights for use of the same and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Gray Jet Media from any and all claims resulting from the Client’s negligence or inability to obtain proper copyright permissions. A contract for website design, app development and/or placement shall be regarded as a guarantee by the Client to Gray Jet Media that all such permissions and authorities have been obtained. Evidence of permissions and authorities may be requested.
14. Standard Media Delivery
Unless otherwise specified in the project quotation, this Agreement assumes that any text will be provided by the Client in electronic format (ASCII text files delivered via e-mail or FTP) and that all photographs and other graphics will be provided physically in high quality print suitable for scanning or electronically in .gif, .jpeg, .png or .tiff format. Although every reasonable attempt shall be made by Gray Jet Media to return to the Client any images or printed material provided for use in creation of the Client’s website, such return cannot be guaranteed.
15. Design Credit
A link to Gray Jet Media will appear in either small type or by a small graphic at the bottom of the Client’s website. If a graphic is used, it will be designed to fit in with the overall site design. If a client requests that the design credit be removed, a nominal fee of 10% of the total development charges will be applied. When total development charges are less than $5000, a fixed fee of $500 will be applied. The Client also agrees that the website, app, photos or videos developed or shot for the Client may be presented in Gray Jet Media’s portfolio.
16. Access Requirements
If the Client’s website is to be installed on a third-party server, Gray Jet Media must be granted temporary read/write access to the Client’s storage directories which must be accessible via FTP. Depending on the specific nature of the project, other resources might also need to be configured on the server.
17. Post-Placement Alterations
Gray Jet Media cannot accept responsibility for any alterations caused by a third party occurring to the Client’s pages once installed. Such alterations include, but are not limited to additions, modifications or deletions.
18. Domain Names
Gray Jet Media may purchase domain names on behalf of the Client. Payment and renewal of those domain names is the responsibility of the Client. The loss, cancellation or otherwise of the domain brought about by non or late payment is not the responsibility of Gray Jet Media. The Client should keep a record of the due dates for payment to ensure that payment is received in good time.
19. General
These Terms and Conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings or agreements. The Client’s signature below or payment of an advance fee constitutes agreement to and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Payment online is an acceptance of our terms and conditions.
20. Jurisdiction
This agreement shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Texas, USA, without regard to any conflicts of law provisions thereof, as a contract entered into and performed entirely within the State of Texas. The parties hereby expressly disclaim the application of the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. Any disputes between the parties relating to the subject of this agreement shall be submitted exclusively to the jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in the State of Texas or Counties of Texas and the parties expressly consent to personal jurisdiction and venue therein and waive any objection based on forum non conveniens or otherwise. Should there be a breach of this provision, the non-breaching party shall be entitled to an award of attorney fees.
21. Liability
Gray Jet Media hereby excludes itself, its Employees and or Agents from all and any liability from:
- Loss or damage caused by any inaccuracy;
- Loss or damage caused by omission;
- Loss or damage caused by delay or error, whether the result of negligence or other cause in the production of the clients product;
- Loss or damage to clients’ artwork/photos, supplied for a website. Immaterial whether the loss or damage results from negligence or otherwise.
The entire liability of Gray Jet Media to the Client in respect of any claim whatsoever or breach of this Agreement, whether or not arising out of negligence, shall be limited to the charges paid for the Services under this Agreement in respect of which the breach has arisen.
22. Severability
In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired and the Agreement shall not be void for this reason alone. Such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable valid, legal and enforceable provision, which comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.