TERMS & CONDITIONS

The following terms and conditions apply to all transactions between The Black Faced Sheep and yourself.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by Scots law and are subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts. We do not accept amendments to these Terms and Conditions.

Failure by us to enforce any of these Terms and Conditions will not affect our right to enforce the rest of these terms and conditions. These Terms and Conditions do not affect your statutory rights. We may change these Terms and Conditions at any time. Any changes will take effect on the date they are posted on our website.

CUSTOMER ORDERS

Every purchase from us is subject to these terms and conditions. To order goods over the telephone or on our website, you must be at least 18 years of age and accept delivery within the UK. All telephone orders will be acknowledged verbally at the time of order, and all orders placed on our website will be acknowledged electronically by e-mail.Please note that verbal and/or electronic acknowledgements do not constitute order confirmation or order acceptance.

Your order will be accepted and the creation of a legally binding contract between you and us will take place once the goods have been dispatched or collected. (Alternatively, we may decline all or part of your order for any reason, in which case we will inform you in-person or by telephone or e-mail).

When deciding whether or not to accept your order we may use certain information about you, including any received from credit reference agency checks. This helps to protect you and us against fraudulent transactions.

We will tell you if your payment details cannot be authorised for any reason and may invite you to pay by another method or suggest that you (re-)visit one of our stores.

PRICES & PROMOTIONAL CODES 

Prices that are reduced for sales and promotions are only valid for the specified period.

Please note - discount codes (such as Instagram promo codes and newsletter subscription codes) are not redeemable during our sale periods. These are only active outwith our sale periods.

The total price payable will be stipulated at the time when you place your order whether or not the order has been acknowledged. We are entitled to make adjustments to the price to take account of any increase in our suppliers' prices, or the imposition of any taxes or duties, or if due to an error or omission the price published for the goods is wrong whether or not the order has been acknowledged. We will inform you of the correct price and give you the opportunity to cancel the order. All prices are inclusive of VAT but exclusive of delivery charges which will be payable as indicated at the time the order is placed. All promotional discount codes exclude sale items unless otherwise stipulated on site.

Prices, offers and products are subject to availability and may change before (but not after) we accept your order. If a product becomes unavailable we may offer you an alternative or suggest that you (re-)visit our shop.

On occasion, the prices payable and promotions offered in respect of goods advertised on the website may differ from those prices and promotions offered at the same time in-store. We are under no obligation to honour any in-store price or promotion in the event that they differ from those on the website. Similarly, our store is under no obligation to honour any website price or promotion in the event that they differ from those in-store.

ORDER PROCESSING

Your order is sent directly to us via Shopify’s secure platform for processing. Once we have received your order and payment, our staff will pick, pack and dispatch the item(s). We will aim to do this the same or next day for all orders received Monday to Friday 10 am - 5 pm (excluding Bank Holidays).

ORDER TRACKING

You can track the progress of your order throughout it’s journey having received the tracking details from courier. 

SECURITY

We use an industry leading internet payment company to protect your card details and protect us from fraud. The following security systems are used.

Transaction security. All transaction information passed between merchant sites and the VSP Systems is encrypted using 128-bit SSL certificates. No cardholder information is ever passed unencrypted and any messages sent to our servers are signed using MD5 hashing to prevent tampering. You can be completely secure in the knowledge that nothing you pass to these servers can be examined, used or modified by any third parties attempting to gain access to sensitive information.

Encryption and Data Storage. All sensitive data is secured using the same internationally recognised 256-bit encryption standards used by, among others, the US Government. The encryption keys are held on state-of-the-art, tamper proof systems in the same family as those used to secure VeriSign's Global Root certificate, making them all but impossible to extract. The data we hold is extremely secure and we are regularly audited by the banks and banking authorities to ensure it remains so.

Links to banks -  there are multiple private links into the banking network that are completely separate from the Internet and which do not cross any publicly accessible networks. Any cardholder information sent to the banks and any authorisation message coming back is secure and cannot be tampered with.

Employee access. No individuals within our company or the card processer are able to decrypt transaction information or cardholder data. Our systems only allow access to our most senior staff and only in extenuating circumstances (such as investigations of Card Fraud by the Police). Your transaction information and customer card information is secure even from our own employees because our systems never display the full card numbers, even on administration screens.

DELIVERY

Delivery is charged as priced on each order. Your order will usually be sent on UK Standard delivery. Once you have placed an order it will be dispatched with the aim to arrive within the quoted delivery lead time for that item. If you wish to cancel your order after it has been dispatched, you will be charged for both delivery and collection cost.

If you are unavailable when our delivery partner tries to deliver your order, they will usually try to deliver again the next working day or they will drop a card in to offer you a collection from a local collection point. If you should refuse delivery of goods, or are not available to accept the delivery on both delivery attempts, you will be required to cover any extra costs incurred. 

All quoted delivery prices are for most UK Mainland addresses. Northern Ireland (BT), Isle of Wight (PO30-37), Isle of Man (IM), Scottish Highlands and Orkney Isles (PA, ML, EH, KA, G, KY, PH, DD, AB, IV, KW), Outer Hebrides and the Shetland Isles (HS, ZE) will incur additional charges and may also experience delivery delays.

We will only deliver goods to the address on the order. Please see delivery tab for more information on delivery times.

AVAILABILITY

All information provided on the products on this website is intended as a guide only. Dimensions and weights are only approximate, as are colours. If you are ordering goods that are out of stock we will dispatch them when they are received from our supplier.

On occasion goods are subject to availability and delay in delivery of goods is sometimes outside our control. As such, delivery cannot be guaranteed and any dates we specify for the delivery of the goods are approximate only. We shall not be liable for any losses, costs, damages, charges, or expenses caused by any delay for delivery of the goods.

RETURNS

Any unwanted items must be sent back at the customer's expense in original packaging and condition to:

The Black Faced Sheep, 1 Ballater Road, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire AB34 5HN

Telephone: 013398 87311

If you are unhappy with the goods received we will refund them if they are sent back at the customer's expense in new re-saleable condition within 14 working days along with the original receipt.

We suggest for your own protection you use 1st class registered post.

Any refunds will be issued once we have received the goods, in their original condition. This refund only includes the total of goods sent not the delivery charge.

We will not charge a restocking fee for returned items.

Any goods with manufacturing faults on arrival will be replaced or refunded.

This does not affect your statutory rights.

LAW

These Terms and Conditions of Sale shall be governed by the laws of Scotland and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts. We are required by law to inform you that sales can be concluded in English only and that no public filing requirements apply.

OTHER

Our VAT number is: 442607310

Registered in Scotland: SC768894