Terms and conditions of use

HOW TO PURCHASE

Shopping in VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL, from now on VILBO, is just a click away: you have to enter the online store www.booksforchefs.com, find the product you want, choose the magazine or book, add it to the shopping cart by clicking on 'add to cart', and place the order, using the means of payment of your choosing.

If you prefer, you can call us to purchase all our products. Choose the one you want and call our phone: 93 590 26 66 from 10:00h-18.00h from Monday to Friday (Spanish time), or if you prefer, by mail with just a click in our contact section.

The price of our products and services is the one indicated at all times on our website.

If it is detected that there has been an error in the price of a product after receiving an order, we will contact you as soon as possible to inform you of the incident and offer you the option of cancellation or modifying to the correct price conditions.

The automatic confirmation submission does not validate the wrong price conditions. In case of cancellation, any amount that has been paid will be refunded. Delivery will not proceed without your express agreement to the correct price conditions.

 

HOW TO PAY

These are the forms of payment available at www.booksforchefs.com:

  • Credit card: Card payment is the easiest and fastest system. Select the type of card and write the number, the expiration date, and CVC2 code (verification number, with the exception of the American Express card).
  • PayPal. Easy and safe way to make immediate payments online with a credit card or bank account.
  • Bank Transfer: Payment of the total amount through a bank transfer to the account designated by VILBO.
  • Cash on delivery: Payment at the time of delivery (Only available for orders sent to Spain.
  • Western Union: Sending money using Western Union agencies (only for countries in the Americas).

Any non-automatic charge and collection system (bank transfer, Western Union ...) will mean a delay in the delivery of the order, until the exact verification of the cash payment.

 

ONLINE CUSTOMER DATA: REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION

To make online purchases or access certain areas of the online store, you must create an account, register your personal data, and choose a password to access all areas that require prior identification. This will prevent you from having to fill in this information again in the future. When you register with our secure server or place an order, your personal, domiciliary data, and those related to your payment method are incorporated into our database, using it only to process the reference order. You can modify the data of your customer record (change of address, phone number, etc.) or request a reminder of your password if you have forgotten it at any time.

Your authorization will be previously requested in the event the company is interested in sending information via email about offers, products, and services.

We put at your disposal a system of on-screen warnings that identify the errors made in the data entry and allow the customer to correct them at all times and wherever possible. The data corresponding to the product or service contracted are electronically filed and customers can access them at any time.

If at any time you have problems accessing any part of our website, it may be due to the model or version of your browser or the configuration of the options. If you need us to help you find the solution or if you have any questions regarding the operation of our purchasing system, call us at 93 590 26 66.

In compliance with the provisions of the Organic Law 15/1999 of December 13, Protection of Personal Data, as a customer of VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL you may at any time exercise the rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition , communicating it in writing to VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL- c / del Carme, 4-6, 08190- Sant Cugat del Vallés, or by sending an email to the address vilbo@vilbo.com

 

GENERAL CONTRACTING CONDITIONS

1.         PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION

The purpose of these stipulations is to regulate the use of electronic sales services for the different goods offered by VILBO, which operates on the Internet from its online store www.booksforchefs.com, selling books and magazines about professional gastronomy products in the field of pastry, ice cream, and haute cuisine, as well as an external computer program for refrigerator management. The purchase of books and magazines may be individual or be a subscription. It can also be purchased in pdf format for online subscriptions.

The clauses that are listed below form the framework contract that all users who access the page www.booksforchefs.com are obliged to know and accept. For the sole purpose of these general conditions, the term "user" includes any Internet user who accesses the website www.booksforchefs.com, either directly, or from any other internet site.

The products offered by VILBO on this website will be regulated by the conditions contained in this document. VILBO reserves the right to modify, totally or partially, these general conditions, being applicable the new ones from the moment of its publication on the page. In any case, the mentioned modifications will not have retroactive effects on the goods previously acquired by the users.

These General Conditions are binding on both parties and form an integral and inseparable part of the contract of sale whose efficiency operates at the time of the subscription of the order at the request of the client, through the contracting mechanisms that will be specified later, all in accordance with what is provided in art. 1.255 of the Civil Code that includes the principle of the autonomy of the will and agreements between the contracting parties. For all purposes it will be understood that the user accepts the conditions and rules of use here related from the moment an order is placed.

VILBO makes every effort within its means to offer the information contained on the website www.booksforchefs.com truthfully and without typographical errors. In the event that at any time there is an error of this kind, unaware at all times to VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL, it will be immediately corrected. If there is a typographical error in any of the prices shown and a customer has made a purchase decision based on that error, VILBO will notify the customer of this error and the customer will have the right to rescind their purchase without any cost on their part.

The contents of the web www.booksforchefs.com could, at times, show provisional information about the nature of some products. In the event that the information provided does not correspond to the characteristics of the product, the customer will have the right to rescind their purchase without any cost on their part. VILBO is not responsible, directly or indirectly, for the information, content, statements, and expressions contained in the products sold by www.booksforchefs.com. Said responsibility rests at all times on the publishers and / or distributors of said products.

The customer understands that VILBO is a mere intermediary between them and said publisher or distributor, in case the products are produced by third parties, as is the case of the software.

 

2.         IDENTIFICATION

The domain www.booksforchefs.com belongs to VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL with N.I.F. B58468364, and professional domicile on c/ del Carme, 4-6, 08190- Sant Cugat del Vallés, acting under the commercial name of VILBO for the sale of the products offered in this online service. Contact can be made through the aforementioned address or via email at vilbo@vilbo.com

The address for the purposes of claims corresponds to the indicated address of the company in Sant Cugat del Vallés.

 

3.         OBJECTIVE

These General Conditions regulate the contracting of products offered by VILBO and advertising directed to its customers / users, all through the website www.booksforchefs.com, as well as the rights and obligations of the parties derived from the operations of purchase agreements between them.

 

4.         LEGAL CONDITIONS FOR SERVICE PROVISION AND RESPONSIBILITY

VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL, in compliance with the provisions of art. 10 of the Law 34/2002 of July 11, through its website and these General Conditions, allows access by electronic means permanently, easily, directly, and free of charge to the comprehensive information of its identification (tax data, address and address of communications), as well as the customer's data, exclusive access to it, which are in the possession of the publisher.

 

5.         USER CONDITIONS / CUSTOMER ACCESS

The user of the VILBO website will have the right to free and open access to the public information collected in it, although VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL reserves the right to restrict access to information, promotions, and special offers to its registered customers.

The public information contained on the website of VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL in terms of the online store and the brands, products, logos, etc... of other publishers or the author of the software program are protected by the legal provisions on intellectual and industrial property, so the copying, transmission, assignment, transfer or use by the customer outside the advertising purpose of its virtual publication that do not have the express consent of VILBO from the manufacturer of the product or of the trademark and logo owners are not authorized, in the terms provided in section 15 on Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights.

In order to place orders on the website www.booksforchefs.com, each customer will provide VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL their personal data, which they declare to be truthful and up-to-date, voluntarily and under their responsibility.

All personal data provided by customers in a fraudulent or false manner may be considered a crime of falsification of commercial documents.

VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL will be able to offer the customer a personal registration system through an email and a password to facilitate future purchase operations. In this case, the customer may designate the desired password at their discretion.

The customer is committed to ensuring the confidentiality of their own access password. VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL is exempt from any liability arising from the incorrect use or negligence on the part of the customer in fulfilling its obligation of confidentiality of its access codes.

 

6.         PRICES

The prices of the products displayed on the VILBO website include the Value Added Tax (VAT), in those cases where applicable.

VILBO unilaterally reserves the right to modify the price of the products and services offered through the website www.booksforchefs.com at all times. To guarantee the customer the certainty and security of the price of their products, this will be the current one in the advertising coinciding with the moment of formalizing the order.

VILBO makes every effort within its means to offer the information contained in the web www.booksforchefs.com to be truthful and without typographical errors. In the event that at any time there is an error of this kind, unrelated at all times to the will of VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL, it will be immediately corrected. If there is a typographical error in any of the prices shown and a customer has made a purchase decision based on that error, VILBO will notify the customer of this error and the customer will have the right to rescind their purchase without any cost on their part.

 

7.         PRODUCTS

At the time of formalization of the order through the website www.booksforchefs.com, the client's consent is understood to be valid and valid for the contract of sale that binds the parties. VILBO will electronically store the data of the order to manage the orders in course, as well as for the realization of anonymized statistics.

The commitment acquired by VILBO for the sale and delivery of the products offered is contingent upon the stock of the advertised product and the availability thereof until end of stock, so VILBO, in its commitment to quality and customer service, always tries to make sure the advertised products are available. However, if there are exceptional circumstances of interactive multi-order or those that cause the end of stock of the product, the order and the contract signed between the parties shall be rendered null and void by virtue of this resolutory clause, refunding the customer in full in case of prepayment of the amounts paid by the same, without compensation for any of the parties in respect of breach of contract, consequential damages or loss of profits.

 

8.         PAYMENT METHODS

The following means are established as payment:

  • Credit card: Card payment is the easiest and fastest system. Select the type of card and write the number, the expiration date, and CVC2 code (verification number, with the exception of the American Express card).
  • PayPal. Easy and safe way to make immediate payments online with a credit card or bank account.
  • Bank Transfer: Payment of the total amount through a bank transfer to the account designated by VILBO.
  • Cash on delivery: Payment at the time of delivery (Only available for orders sent to Spain.
  • Western Union: Sending money using Western Union agencies (only for countries in the Americas).

Any non-automatic charge and collection system (bank transfer, Western Union ...) will mean a delay in the delivery of the order, until the exact verification of the cash payment.

 

9.         DELIVERY TIMES

Delivery times shown in the products are indicative. Except technical errors of our systems, the products that are in stock and whose order is confirmed and validated before 2:00 pm Monday through Friday will be sent within the deadline marked by the courier companies UPS, SPRING, and ENVIALIA , and also by CORREOS. All the periods will begin to count from the following day of the execution and confirmation of the order (margin of 24 hours to prepare the order). An order will be understood as confirmed and validated when the payment has been validated according to the form of payment used.

On certain dates such as Christmas, Three Kings, or long weekends, delivery is not guaranteed within the period indicated in the previous paragraph, due to the high volume of merchandise in the transport companies.

After the holiday periods, the shipment can be delayed 24 or 48 hours due to the high volume of pending shipments. In Spain, the month of August is understood as the summer holiday period.

VILBO reserves the right to modify the delivery terms without prior notice in the case of orders of several packages or large packages.

In all cases VILBO will notify the customer of the expected delivery time for their order via email.

 

10.       PLACE AND FORM OF DELIVERY

The merchandise is at all times covered against risks of transportation, loss, and handling and will be delivered to the designated address at the time of purchase by the customer. The subsequent modification of the place of delivery requested by the customer may generate additional costs on the sale price that will be at the expense of the buyer. The goods will be delivered to the customer by a transport company, together with the delivery note in which the data will be recorded to identify the customer, the order, and the number of packages that make up the shipment.

Packages are usually shipped the next business day after receipt of payment and are sent via the courier chosen by the Customer (may vary depending on the country and the weight of the package). If the carrier has shipment tracking, we will provide a link to track your package online. The Customer may consult the status of his order at any time through BOOKS FOR CHEFS.

Expenses are calculated by weight and may vary according to the total weight of the package. Grouping your items in a single order is the best way to avoid paying duplicate expenses. The shipping costs of subscription to our magazines are independent from the rest of the products due to their periodic nature. Digital products do not have shipping costs.

All our books and magazines are sent properly protected in their packaging.

The shipping cost in an order covers part of a single shipment to the destination indicated when placing the order. Once the order is sent it is not possible to change the delivery address. If the courier company tries to deliver the order and the customer is absent, the delivery will not be attempted again until the courier company is contacted. If the courier company tries to deliver the order a second time and the customer is again absent, the customer must pick up their order by their means at the address that corresponds to the delegation of the courier company that has the package.

The case of verifying the customer at the time of delivery errors in the received goods or that it is visibly damaged, must record these circumstances on the same delivery note of the carrier and inform these facts to VILBO before receiving the product or in a term of less than 72 hours, by calling the customer service number of www.booksforchefs.com or by sending an email to vilbo@vilbo.com. In any case, the customer must verify that the merchandise has been delivered in perfect condition. Claims for damages after 72 hours after delivery will not be accepted.

 

11.       PRODUCT WARRANTY

The products supplied by VILBO are guaranteed from the date of receipt against any printing defect.

 

12.       CUSTOMER RIGHTS

  • Confidentiality and security of the client's personal data in accordance with the provisions of current Spanish legislation on data protection.
  •  No dissemination, transmission, or publication of customer data without their express consent.
  • No promotional or advertising emails if you have rejected them.
  • Consult, modify, and eliminate the personal data of the customer that are in the VILBO database at the customer's request, all in accordance with the provisions of the "Privacy Policy" section.
  • Open access to the open sections of the website of www.booksforchefs.com
  • Know the status of the processing of the order made at all times.

 

13.       OBLIGATIONS OF THE USER/CLIENT

  • Keep your personal codes with due diligence.
  • Provide VILBO with personal and contact information that is real, relevant, and updated.
  • Use the information published by VILBO exclusively for the customer strictly within the intended personal business relationship.
  • To not reproduce, alienate, or dispose of the information published by VILBO in all its contents without express permission of the person responsible for it.
  • To faithfully use the shopping service provided by VILBO on the website www.booksforchefs.com, refraining from manipulating the contents of said website, or interfering with its computer means through viruses or other conduct prohibited by law.
  • To not upload the content of a product purchased on the website on computer support in any social network or any type of Internet platform at any time without prior authorization from VILBO
  • Respect the purchase agreement once the order is accepted, with the timely payment of the agreed price.

Failure to comply with any of these obligations may involve the filing of appropriate legal actions against the offender

 

14.       RIGHTS OF VILBO EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL

  • Preserve, modify or suspend the website www.booksforchefs.com without prior notice.
  • Modify the price of products.
  • Reject orders due to lack of stock or customer default.
  • Reject orders for illicit behavior of customers, or for any other reason, to prevent possible fraud.
  • Reject access to computer tools to clients in case of non-compliance with these conditions.
  • Perceive the amount of customer purchases accepted transaction.
  • Reserving the domain and keep full ownership of the item until full payment by the customer.
  • Reserving the right to carry out raffles for goods or services on the website www.booksforchefs.com.

 

15.       INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The rights related to industrial and intellectual property (by way of example and not limited to: trademarks, logos, texts, photographs, icons, images, as well as graphic design, source code and other software elements contained in the website www.booksforchefs.com) are property of VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL, as well as the editors of the products and services offered. Therefore, they are subject to intellectual and industrial property rights and protected by Spanish and international legislation.

Without the prior written authorization of VILBO, or, as the case may be, the author of the product entitled to the rights, it is not allowed to use, copy, distribute, reproduce, transmit, manipulate, as well as any use that exceeds a usage normal and necessary for the visit of the page and the use of the services offered.

Access to the services provided does not imply VILBO's renunciation, transmission, or total or partial transfer of the rights derived from intellectual and industrial property, nor does it attribute rights of use, alteration, exploitation, reproduction, distribution, or public communication on these contents. without the prior and express authorization in writing of the respective owners of said rights, without prejudice to the right of viewing and obtaining a private copy of such content, provided that said right is exercised in accordance with the principles of good faith and provided that the intellectual and industrial property of the holder of such rights remains unaltered, is used without commercial purposes, and exclusively for the user's personal information.

The responsibility derived from the use of materials protected by the intellectual and industrial property rights of third parties contained in this page in an unlawful manner or that transgresses morality, honor, or privacy, will correspond exclusively to the user, exempting VILBO in any case from any responsibility that derives from such behaviors.

 

16.       LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

The civil liability of VILBO for the products supplied is limited to the amount thereof. The user or consumer waives any liability to VILBO for any reason in any case of dissatisfaction of the products purchased, as well as possible failures, slow access or errors in accessing the website www.booksforchefs.com including data loss, or other information that may exist in the user's computer or network that accesses www.booksforchefs.com.

 

17.       SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

VILBO guarantees security and confidentiality in all its communications with its customers. All online payment operations, if they occur, are made through a secure server, based on the SSL standard that protects the data against attempts of violation by third parties.

VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL guarantees the protection and confidentiality of personal, domiciliary, payment, and any other information provided to us by our customers in accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 15/1999, of December 13, on Personal data protection.

All data provided by our customers to VILBO or its employees will be included in a personal data file created and maintained under the responsibility of VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL. In compliance with the provisions of Organic Law 15/1999 of December 13, which www.booksforchefs.com customers can, at any time, exercise the rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition to their personal data by communicating in writing to VILBO, EDICIONES Y PUBLICIDAD, SL, at c / Carme, 4-6, 08190- Sant Cugat del Vallés or by sending an email to: privacy@vilbo.com.

 

18.       APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND COMPETENT JURISDICTION

The purchases made with VILBO are subject to Spanish legislation. In case of any conflict or discrepancy, the applicable jurisdiction will be that of the Courts or Tribunals of the city of Barcelona.

 

19.       NULLITY AND INEFFECTIVENESS OF THE CLAUSES

If any clause included in these General Conditions is declared fully or partially null and void, that act will only affect the referred clause or its part but not the whole General Conditions, and the declared clause will be considered as non-existing.

 

RETURN AND GUARANTEE POLICY

BOOKS FOR CHEFS offers the Customer the possibility of canceling their order in full or in part with no cost, provided that the cancellation is communicated before the delivery has been carried out and the order is not already in the hands of the carrier. In this case, there will be no possibility of cancellation, so the Customer must wait to receive the order and, if desired, get a refund.

The deadline to make a return is 14 calendar days from the receipt of the package, with the exception of individual magazines and digital products, which by law cannot be accepted as returns. The Customer must communicate their desire to ask for a refund, as stipulated in the right to terminate the contract.

The Customer will be responsible for delivering the goods and will be responsible for the shipping costs to carry out the return. The unwanted products that the Customer wishes to return must be sent to BOOKS FOR CHEFS without use and under the same conditions as those with which they were delivered, with the original packaging and/or seal, in addition to all the accessories or promotional gifts included. Once received, they will be inspected, and if the returned goods have not been devalued, a full refund of the returned goods will be processed.

If the Customer receives a different product than that ordered from BOOKS FOR CHEFS, there is a commitment to deliver the correct product, collecting the first one sent by mistake, without any additional cost to the Customer.

In the event that the product arrives damaged or in poor condition and is thus accredited by the BOOKS FOR CHEFS customer, if the Customer's so chooses, a partial refund will be made for the value of the damage or the damaged product will be picked up and replaced with another one in good condition, without additional charges.

Returns can also be made by delivering the products in their original condition to our offices.

For any other questions about returns or cancellations, the Customer can contact BOOKS FOR CHEFS on the telephone 93 590 26 66 or in the contact section of this website.

April 2017