Terms of sale

The seller

Books ordered through this site are sold by the Scottish Science Society, through its Press. The Press may be written to at richard@scottishsciencesociety.org.

Prices

Prices are shown in United States dollars. A price in Brazilian reais is shown for the convenience of readers in Brazil and is the amount charged when payment is made by Pix. The charge for carriage depends upon the destination and is shown before you pay. The total you are shown at the till is the total you are charged.

Import duties and local taxes, where a country levies them on books from abroad, are collected by that country from the recipient and are not included.

Payment

Payment may be made by credit or debit card, on the secure pages of Stripe, or by Pix through a Brazilian bank. The Society never sees or stores a card number. An order is accepted when payment has been received, and you are then sent a confirmation by electronic mail.

Printing and delivery

The Press holds no warehouse. Each book is printed to order by Lulu and sent from the printer directly to the address you give. Printing ordinarily takes a few working days; the time in the post depends upon the destination and the carrier. If an order has not reached you within a reasonable time, write to the Press and it will be traced, and reprinted or refunded if it has gone astray.

Cancellation and returns

If you buy as a consumer you may cancel an order within fourteen days of receiving the book, without giving a reason. Write to the Press within that time; it will tell you where to return the book, and will refund the price when the book has come back in the condition in which it was sent. The cost of returning it is yours.

Because each copy is printed for the order, an order cannot ordinarily be withdrawn once printing has begun, but the right to cancel after delivery is unaffected.

Faulty or damaged copies

A book that arrives damaged, or with a fault of printing or binding, will be replaced or refunded in full, as you prefer, at no cost to you. Write to the Press with the order reference and, if you can, a photograph.

Electronic editions

Kindle editions are sold by Amazon and not by the Press. Their sale is governed by Amazon’s terms.

Membership subscriptions

Membership of the Society is open to scholars of every nation, and to read the journal or to publish in it costs nothing. A subscription is a means of supporting the work. It runs for twelve months from the date of payment, save for life membership, which is paid once. It lapses at the end of its term unless you renew it: nothing recurs without your act, and nothing is taken automatically.

In applying you affirm that the particulars you give are true. The members’ area keeps your profile, notes and records within the storage of your own browser, and the Society holds no copy of them; see the privacy notice. Should a subscription have been paid in error, write to the Treasurer at richard@scottishsciencesociety.org.

Your statutory rights

Nothing in these terms takes away any right the law gives you as a consumer.