Terms of Sale

The goods on this website are offered for sale by Wineot Pty Ltd, ABN 22 079 121 421 trading as The Wine-O, of 32 Ferrars Place, South Melbourne, Vic, 3205, Victorian liquor licence no. 36084434.
By entering your details to make a purchase, you are offering to make a contract to purchase goods from us (i.e. Wineot Pty Ltd, trading as The Wine-O)
If we accept your offer, the goods will be sold on the basis of the terms and conditions set out below. Please read these terms carefully.
The contract is deemed to be made at our licensed premises.
Persons under 18 years of age are not permitted to place orders for alcohol.
The Wine-O supports the responsible service of alcohol.
Nature of the Contract.
You may use telephone or fax to place an order for goods.
The contract between you and The Wine-O ("the Contract") only comes into existence when The Wine-O accepts your order. No obligation to sell the goods will arise until such acceptance. Orders cannot be cancelled once accepted, unless by arrangement with the management of The Wine-O.
Information required
You will be required to provide the following information when ordering:
Name
Address
Contact telephone no.
No. of cases
Date of birth (to prove that you are over 18 years of age)
Email address (optional - for confirming orders, etc)
Special Delivery instructions (see below)
Delivery
Delivery will be by Australia Post's specialised wine delivery service. The Wine-O will not be obliged to continue to deliver goods to you if your delivery address is not in an area to which Australia Post delivers wine.
Wine will not be left with a person under the age of 18 years. The Wine-O may request that the person who receives the goods provide satisfactory evidence of proof of age. The Wine-O will refuse to deliver the goods if the person receiving the goods is unable or unwilling to provide evidence of proof of age.
If there is no-one home to receive the wine, a card will be left in your letter-box, and the wine will be taken to the nearest Post Office, from where it can be collected during business hours, unless you give us special instructions otherwise. If you give instructions for Australia Post to leave the wine somewhere when the premises are unattended, neither we nor Australia Post will be liable for its loss or damage.
The wine is not insured, and we will not be liable for any broken or missing wine.
The Wine-O is required by law to give written instructions to the person responsible for delivery of the liquor, requiring that the liquor be delivered:
(a)      to the adult person who placed the order, or
(b)      to another adult person at those premises who undertakes to accept it on behalf of the person who placed the order, or
(c)      if delivery takes place on a day following the placing of an order, in accordance with the customer's instructions but always to a person over the age of 18 years.
Anyone at the nominated delivery address who receives the goods shall be presumed by The Wine-O to be authorised to receive the goods.
While The Wine-O will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver by any date, it does not guarantee delivery on that date and is not liable for any Loss resulting from late delivery.
Unless agreed otherwise, delivery charges are:
$6      Melb Metro ($6 first case, free for more than one)
$10      Other Vic
$12      Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle, Gosford, NSW Country, SA Country, Brisbane, Gold Coast
$20      Tas, Other Qld
$30      Perth, Other WA, NT
Risk and Title
Risk in the goods passes to you upon despatch of the goods from our premises. Title to the goods passes to you no earlier than payment of all amount owed by you to The Wine-O.
Payment
You must pay for the goods before we will despatch your order.
The Wine-O is committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of personal information. We will adhere to the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) when collecting, using, disclosing, securing and providing access to personal information.
We endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data, but cannot guarantee the security of any data you disclose online. By supplying us with information, you accept the inherent security implications of dealing online over the Internet and will agree not to hold The Wine-O responsible for any breach of security unless we have been negligent or in wilful default of our duties to you.
Individuals have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about them. If you believe that their personal information we hold about you is not accurate, they you may request that we correct it.
Limitation of Liability
Nothing in this Contract is to be interpreted as having the effect of excluding, restricting or modifying any condition or warranty, or right or liability implied by any applicable legislation into the arrangement between The Wine-O and you, if such exclusion, restriction or modification would be void or prohibited by the legislation.
To the extent that The Wine-O or its agents breach any condition or warranty implied into the arrangement between The Wine-O and you and which cannot be excluded or modified, The Wine-O's liability is limited to, at The Wine-O's discretion, either: (i) replacement of the goods or supply of equivalent goods; (ii) payment of the cost of replacing the goods or acquiring equivalent goods; and in the case of services, to: (i) supply of the services again; or (ii) payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.
Subject to the foregoing, The Wine-O is not liable to you (or to any third party claiming through you) for, and you release The Wine-O from, any loss, liability, damage, expense or cost whatsoever and includes (without limitation) indirect or consequential loss or damage, loss of profits or business opportunity, and damage to equipment or property ("Loss") caused by any act or omission of The Wine-O, its employees or agent, and whether based on negligence or other tort, contract or otherwise.
Amendments
The Wine-O may add to, delete, or otherwise change any of the terms of this Contract. The Wine-O will notify you of any substantial changes to these terms & conditions. Your use of the The Wine-O service after notice will constitute your deemed acceptance of such changes.
Miscellaneous
If any provision of these Terms & Conditions is unenforceable or void either in whole or in part for any reason then that provision (or part) is deemed to be deleted without in any way affecting the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this document.
The laws of Victoria govern this Contract.
 
 

© Copyright The Wine-O 2005

WARNING Under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998, it is an offence
to supply alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years (Penalty exceeds $6,000),
and for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase or receive liquor (Penalty exceeds $500).
Victorian Liquor Licence 36084434