Terms of Online Sales of Products and Warranty Services
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully as they apply to the purchase of Products and/or Services from Lenovo (Australia & New Zealand) Pty Limited ABN 70 112 394 411 (in respect of personal computer Product and/or Services) and/or Lenovo Global Technology (Australia & New Zealand) Pty Ltd ABN 90 614 012 985 (in respect of server and data centre Products and/or Services) ("Lenovo").
Products and Services purchased on Lenovo’s website, Lenovo.com are subject to the US Export Administration Regulations. They are for Customer’s own use within the territory in which they are purchased and may not be resold except by an Authorized Lenovo Reseller, exported or reexported to other territories. Lenovo reserves the right to refuse or cancel any order in which Lenovo suspects the Customer is purchasing Products or Services for the purpose of reselling or exporting them. By moving forward with this order, you confirm that you agree you will not resell, export or reexport all Products and Services in violation of this agreement.
1. When is a contract formed between you and Lenovo?
1.1) No contract for the purchase of Products or Services will be formed until Lenovo
accepts
your Order by one of the following:
(a) shipping the hardware Product and sending you a
shipment confirmation email; or
(b) making
the software Product available to you; or
(c) providing the Service to you.
1.2) Confirmation of Lenovo receiving and/or processing your Order does not constitute acceptance by Lenovo of your Order.
1.3) Lenovo will accept your Order only if:
(a) you accept these Terms and Conditions;
and
(b) you provide a valid shipping address within Australia (for the avoidance of doubt,
we do
not ship to PO Boxes or Parcel lockers);
and;
(c) you provide a valid method of payment accepted by Lenovo; and
(d) the Product
or
Service you have ordered is available or will become available within 30 calendar days.
1.4) Lenovo reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to decline to accept, or limit, your Order, and if Lenovo does not accept your Order we will notify you and fully refund any payments made.
1.5) Without limitation to paragraph 1.4, unless otherwise approved by Lenovo, the maximum number of hardware Products that Lenovo will supply with each Order is 5. If an Order exceeds this quantity limit, Lenovo reserves the right to cancel such part of the Order that represents the machine Products ordered in excess of this quantity limit.
2. What are the terms of the contract?
2.1) This contract consist of:
(a) your Order;
(b) these Terms and Conditions; and
(c) Lenovo's Privacy Policy, any associated warranty statements, licence agreements, applicable
attachments and documents created pursuant
to these Terms and Conditions.
2.2) Any additional documents or communications are of no effect unless expressly agreed in writing by Lenovo.
3. Prices and offers
3.1) All prices are in Australian dollars and include all applicable taxes and standard delivery charges.
3.2) All promotional prices are final prices and cannot be combined with other existing promotional offers.
3.3) Offers, prices, specifications and availability may change or be withdrawn without notice.
3.4) To the extent permitted by law, Lenovo takes no responsibility for any editorial, photographic or typographic errors, and may correct any errors and change or update information on the Lenovo website without prior notice. If a Product or Service is quoted at an incorrect price due for any reason, Lenovo will notify you as soon as possible about the error and may, at its absolute discretion, cancel your Order and not process payment or refund amounts paid where applicable.
3.5) If the price of a Lenovo Product or Service as advertised by Lenovo (excluding items on clearance) is reduced after purchase, you may contact Lenovo on 13LENOVO / 13536686 (option 3) to request for a refund of the reduction within 7 calendar days of delivery of the Product or Service.
3.6) Quote T&C
The prices set out in this Lenovo quotation are valid only for the period expressly stated therein but are subject to change due to events outside Lenovo's reasonable control which may necessitate a price increase, including but not limited to price increases directly or indirectly caused by changes in taxes, tariffs, import/export quotas, material increase in component costs or other market changes. In such cases, and notwithstanding any separate written agreement, Lenovo may adjust price and re-issue the quote at any time prior to shipment even if Lenovo has confirmed the receipt of Customer’s order and/or accepted Customer’s order. Any such separate written agreement shall be deemed amended to include the foregoing upon acceptance of a purchase order by Lenovo. Lenovo will notify Customer of any changes in pricing for products purchased prior to shipment of product. Unless specifically identified in this quote, pricing quoted does not include applicable taxes, fees, tariffs, changes due to import/export quotas, or other charges which may be imposed on the items purchased.
Unless there is a specific written agreement between purchaser and Lenovo, all purchases are subject to the Lenovo Terms and Conditions (the “Lenovo Terms”) displayed at the following internet address: https://download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/pdf/tnc/tc2.pdf. The terms of this price quote shall supersede any conflicting terms contained in a customer purchase order. Any conflicting or additional terms contained in such purchase order are not valid and will not be considered a part of any agreement between the parties related to this quote, its acceptance, or Lenovo’s acceptance of a related order.
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Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, Lenovo shall not be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of any potential obligations, to the extent such failure or delay is caused by acts of God, fire, flood, earthquakes, accidents, explosions, other elements of nature; strikes or any labor disturbance; shortage of labor, fuel, power, or raw materials; inability to obtain (or a material increase in cost of) supplies, raw materials, or fuel; inability to obtain, or delays of, transportation facilities; acts of war; terrorism, sabotage, riots, civil disorders, restraints, rebellions, or revolutions; epidemics or pandemics; communication line or power failures; acts of government, governmental laws or regulations whether valid or invalid (including, but not limited to, priorities, requisitions, allocations, imposed tariffs, import/export quotas, and price adjustment restrictions); court orders, regulations or directions of government, or any officer, department, agency or committee thereof, for purposes of national defense or national interest; or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of Lenovo.
4. How does payment work?
4.1) You agree to pay the price(s) listed or quoted, and all applicable stamp duties or tax(es) and freight charges.
4.2) The total amount specified in the Order Confirmation issued by Lenovo is the amount payable. You are responsible for additional stamp duties or taxes, if any, for each Product from the date Lenovo ships or provides it to you, or when the Service is provided.
4.3) Lenovo accept payment by valid Australian-issued credit cards, direct deposit, Zip, PayPal and through Lenovo Financial Services processes for purchases of personal computer Products and/or Services, and credit cards and direct deposit for server and data centre Products and/or Services. Your credit card will only be charged at or shortly after your Order has been shipped or otherwise been made available to you. The process of payment for non-credit cards will vary between payment methods and from time to time. Lenovo is not liable for any fees incurred by you as a result of your chosen payment method. To inquire as to the payment processes for available methods of payment, please consult Lenovo Post Sales on 13LENOVO / 13536686.
4.4) In certain circumstances, Lenovo may require a re-authorisation for your chosen method of payment. However, you will not be charged twice if this occurs.
5. Pre-orders
5.1) Products available for pre-order prior to availability will be clearly marked on Lenovo.com. Orders for pre-order products are limited to one pre-order product per customer. Any pre-orders for different products must be made separately. Please note that when purchasing a pre-order product, you are unable to add any other product(s) to your cart. Once your pre-order has been successfully placed, you will receive an email acknowledging receipt via the email address you provided. The acknowledgment email will confirm details of your pre-order and an estimated shipping date. Please note your order is not confirmed until you receive a shipment confirmation email.
5.2) At the time you pre-order a product, your credit or debit card will be authorized for validity but no charge will be made. Your credit or debit card information will be saved for payment prior to shipping. After your pre-order product becomes eligible for shipment, your credit or debit card will be charged the full amount of your pre-order. It is your responsibility to ensure that your payment details are valid at the time of shipment. If your chosen payment method has expired, Lenovo will contact you to request an updated payment method. If Lenovo is unable to get in contact with you via the email address you provided, or you do not respond to Lenovo’s email within thirty days, your pre-order may be cancelled. Please contact Lenovo if you need to update your chosen payment method. You’ll receive a confirmation email after your order ships. Shipping times for pre-orders may vary and there may be a delay from the time your credit or debit card is charged and your pre-order product ships.
5.3) Once payment has been successfully made, you will receive an email notifying you that the product is ready to ship. Lenovo will aim to deliver your product in the time outlined in the pre-order acknowledgment email Lenovo sends to you. However, please note that actual shipping date may vary. Should your pre-order be unable to be fulfilled for any reason, Lenovo will contact you via the email address you provided.
5.4) You have the right to cancel your pre-order at any time before your pre-order is ready for shipping.
Lenovo reserves the right to not accept or cancel a pre-order for any reason at its discretion, including, but not limited to inability to obtain authorization for payment; availability of the product is low or out of stock; an error in the price or description of the pre-order product; or your pre-order is deemed to be suspicious or fraudulent. If you have received your pre-ordered product and wish to return it, please refer to the Returns section of this Agreement.
5.5) Please note the availability date for pre-ordered products is subject to change. Any changes to proposed dates will be communicated to you by email. Lenovo has tried to accurately describe the pre-order product but may make changes before it is delivered. Lenovo will not be liable for any delays, postponement, changes to or discontinuation of product.
6. Shipment and delivery
6.1) Freight charges associated with non-standard shipping are the responsibility of the customer. Lenovo will provide such freight charges at the time your Order is placed.
6.2) All deliveries requires a signature.
6.3) Lenovo will, depending on availability, normally assemble and ship your Order within 6-10 Business Days from the time of your Order. In some circumstances, your Order may ship later, but we aim to ship your order within 30 calendar days.
6.4) When you place an Order, you will receive an estimated Order ship date. This will be posted in posted on Lenovo Order Status after your order is placed. Your actual Order ship date may vary due to inventory status.
6.5) Delivery time is estimated at 1 week after shipment to most major metropolitan areas, and 2 weeks after shipment to other areas. Items may or may not ship together and you may receive separate invoices if items not shipped together.
6.6) In the case of electronically delivered software Products, you will receive an email with an activation key and download link. In the case of software provided as a subscription service, Lenovo shall provide instructions on how to access such services. Internet or other connection charges in connection with the download, access, and use of the software Product shall be your responsibility.
6.7) You may cancel your personal computer Product Order if it is not delivered within 30 calendar days. You may not cancel your server and data centre Product Order once it has been submitted.
7. Return Policy (Change of Mind, Incorrect Purchase)
7.1) If you are not happy with your purchase of Lenovo personal computer Products, you can return
it for refund, based on your payment method, provided that:
a) the Product(s) are undamaged;
and
b) you can contact Lenovo Post Sales or submit your return and refund request at your
order tracking page within 7 calendar days from the time Product being delivered to you.
7.2) All Products will be subject to a restocking fee of 20% of the original purchase price (inc. GST). Such restocking fee will be deducted from your refund amount.
7.3) Lenovo will send you instructions and will arrange collection of the returns from you. You must include all of the Products, documentation and accessories intact and in their original packaging along with shipping label and packaging slip.
7.4) Lenovo's return policy in this section 7 excludes Lenovo server and data centre Products, Lenovo Clearance Products, Lenovo peripherals, accessories, Lenovo Services, third party goods or services and software Products. All third party goods or services return or refund requests should be directed to the third party provider.
7.5) All refunds will be made via the payment method used for the original transaction.
7.6) Where you have purchased multiple Products in a single Order, you will be permitted to return a maximum of 1 Product per Order under Lenovo's return policy.
7.7) Where you have purchased a Lenovo data centre Product and wish to return on account of change of mind or incorrect purchase, please contact auorder@lenovo.com. Returns of this nature may be available for such Products on a case-by-case basis at Lenovo's absolute discretion.
7.8) Nothing in these terms and conditions limits your rights under law. For example, there may be circumstances where you may be granted a right to return the Products you have purchased, including under your cooling-off rights for phone sales, or for any failure of the consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law.
8. Cancellation and Variation before Delivery
8.1) Unless otherwise provided, Orders cannot be cancelled or amended after the Order is placed. Please review your Order carefully.
9. Lenovo Delivery Errors
9.1) If Lenovo makes an error by delivering the incorrect Product and/or quantity to you Lenovo will provide you with the correct Product and/or quantity and will arrange return or collection of the incorrect Product with you at no cost to you. Please contact Lenovo Post Sales.
10. Damaged on Arrival Policy
10.1) If on delivery to you the Product packaging has obvious damage or upon opening the packaging a Product is found to have sustained physical damage, Lenovo will provide you with a replacement Product will arrange return or collection of the damaged Product with you at no cost to you. Please contact Lenovo Post Sales within 7 calendar days of delivery.
11.Dead on Arrival (DoA) Policy
11.1) If a Product shows symptoms of a hardware failure, preventing basic operation, within 14 calendar days of delivery, that Product is considered DoA and Lenovo will replace the Product and arrange return or collection of the affected Product with you at no cost to you.
11.2) For any DoA claim, you must contact Lenovo Technical Support on 13LENOVO / 13536686 Option 1 within 14 calendar days of delivery and provide the proof of purchase.
11.3) If Lenovo reasonably determines after inspection that the Product was not DOA, Lenovo reserves the right to charge you the cost of collecting the Product from and returning it to you plus any costs of inspecting the Product.
12. Lenovo Warranties
12.1) Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or limits any statutory rights available to you under State and Commonwealth legislation, including the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified by contract, and must in all cases be read subject to those statutory provisions.
12.2) In addition to the statutory rights referred to above, Lenovo hardware Products are expressly warranted under the Lenovo Limited Warranty accompanying each Lenovo hardware Product.
12.3) To the extent permitted by law, Lenovo makes no representation or warranty regarding third party products or services. Those third parties may provide their own representations or warranties regarding their products or services
12.4) Additional warranties for Products may be provided by Lenovo where expressly specified.
13. Title and Risk of Loss
13.1) When you order hardware Products, Lenovo transfers title to you upon delivery to the Lenovo-designated carrier. Hardware Products are owned by Lenovo until title has been transferred to you. Lenovo does not transfer title to software Products.
13.2) Your right to possession of hardware Products will cease if you have not yet fully paid for
the hardware Products and:
1) your actions entitle any person to appoint a receiver or
administrative receiver of Customer’s property;
2) you become subject to any form of
insolvency proceedings (or Lenovo has reason to believe any of the preceding events is likely to
occur);
3) you fail to make payments hereunder when due; or
4) this contract is
terminated.
Lenovo may then, in addition to any other remedies available to it, enter any premises to
recover unpaid hardware Products and requires you not to resell or part with possession of
hardware Products until you have paid Lenovo,
in full, all sums due to it.
13.3) You will pass title to any returned hardware Products to Lenovo free from all encumbrances.
13.4) For each hardware Product, Lenovo bears the risk of loss or damage up to the time it is delivered to the Lenovo-designated carrier for shipment to you. Thereafter, you assume the risk. Each hardware Product will be covered by insurance, arranged and provided by Lenovo for you, covering the period until it is delivered to you.
14. General
14.1) Lenovo may change components or parts of a hardware Product without notice due to the availability of such components or parts, provided that the replacement components or parts provide equal or better performance. Such changes will be at no additional cost to you, and will not affect the hardware Product Lenovo Limited Warranty.
14.2) You warrant that any purchase made by you from us is not for the purpose of commercial resale.
14.3) All information exchanged under these Terms and Conditions is non-confidential. If either of us requires the exchange of confidential information, it will be made under a signed confidentiality agreement.
14.4) Lenovo and our related companies will process, store and use personal information collected from you or on your behalf from your transaction . Such personal information will be collected, processed, stored and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, available at here
14.5) To the extent permitted by law and subject to these Terms, neither Lenovo (including its
officers, employees or contractors) nor Lenovo's agents, subcontractors, suppliers or software
product developers is liable for any of the
following even if informed of their possibility or not and whether arising from contract, tort,
(including negligence) or otherwise:
(a) third-party claims for damages;
(b) loss of, or
damage to, data;
(c) special,
incidental, or indirect damages or for any economic consequential damages of any kind; and
(d) lost profits, business, revenue, goodwill or anticipated savings.
14.6) If a third party claims that a Lenovo branded Product Lenovo provides under this Agreement
infringes that party's patent or copyright, Lenovo will defend you against that claim at its
expense and pay all costs, damages, and attorney's
fees that a court finally awards, provided that you: 1) promptly notify Lenovo in writing of the
claim; and 2) allow Lenovo to control, and cooperate with Lenovo in, the defence and any related
settlement negotiations. If such
a claim is made or appears likely to be made, you agree to permit Lenovo to enable you to
continue to use the Product, or to modify it, or replace it with one that is at least
functionally equivalent. If Lenovo determines that
none of these alternatives is reasonably available, you agree to return the Product to Lenovo on
its written request. Lenovo will then give you a credit equal to the amount you paid for the
Product. Lenovo has no obligation regarding
any claim based upon:
(a) anything you provide which is incorporated into, or combined with
a Product;
(b) your modification of a Product; or
(c) Lenovo's compliance with your
specifications or requirements.
14.7) These Terms and Conditions are governed under the laws of New South Wales, Australia and you submit to the New South Wales courts having jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions.
14.8) Lenovo will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered or incurred by you if we delay in fulfilling or fail to fulfil caused by any circumstance beyond our reasonable control.
14.9) Lenovo reserves the right to amend, vary and/or replace these Terms and Conditions from time to time at Lenovo's sole discretion.
14.10) Any provision of these Terms and Conditions which is held to be illegal, void or unenforceable shall be deemed to be severed and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions read in full force and effect.
15. Definitions
"Business Days" means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in New South Wales or in China.
"Clearance Products" means goods purchased at a discount through Lenovo’s clearance webpage.
"Product" means the Lenovo goods provided to you under this Agreement which can be either hardware, software or service parts. Software Products include computer software programs (whether pre-loaded, provided separately, or provided as a subscription service) and related licensed materials such as documentation
"Service" is the performance of a task, provision of advice, assistance, or access to a resource (such as access to an information data base) Lenovo makes available to you.
"Invoice" is the invoice issued by Lenovo and mailed to you after shipment of your ordered item(s) showing their price and any applicable taxes at the time of billing, and is your proof of purchase.
"Order" is the order placed by you in accordance to these Terms and Conditions.
"Order Confirmation" is the order confirmation issued by Lenovo and emailed to you after we have received your Order.