Welcome to Musings of a Reader. This document is an electronic record regarding the rules and regulations, privacy policy, and Terms of Use for access or usage of Musings of a Reader marketplace platform – www.Musings of a Reader.com (from now on referred to as “Platform”)
Your use of the Musings of a Reader and services and tools are governed by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”) as applicable to the Musings of a Reader, including the applicable policies incorporated herein by reference. These terms and conditions, including the policies, constitute Your binding obligations with Musings of a Reader.
For these Terms of Use, wherever the context requires, “You” or “User” shall mean any natural or legal person who has agreed to become a buyer on the platform by providing data while registering as a Registered User. The terms “Musings of a Reader,” “We,” “Us,” and “Our” shall mean Musings of a Reader and its affiliates.
When you use any of the services provided by Us through the platform, including but not limited to (e.g., Product Reviews and seller Reviews), You will be subject to the rules, guidelines, policies, terms, and conditions applicable to such services. They shall be deemed incorporated into this Terms of Use and considered part and parcel of this Terms of Use. At Our sole discretion, we reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms of Use at any time without any prior written notice to You.
You shall review these Terms of Use periodically for updates/changes. Your continued use of the platform following the posting of changes will mean that You accept and agree to the revisions. As long as You comply with these Terms of Use, we grant You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the platform. By impliedly or expressly accepting these Terms of Use, you also acknowledge and agree to be bound by Musings of a Reader Policies, including but not limited to Privacy Policy as amended occasionally.
User Account, Password, and Security
If you use the platform, you shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Display Name and Password and all activities that occur under your Display Name and Password. You agree that if You provide any untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete information or do not follow this Terms of Use, we shall have the right to suspend, terminate, or block Your access to the platform indefinitely.
If we believe there is a breach of security or misuse of Your Account, we may request that you change the password or suspend Your Account without any liability to Musings of a Reader for such period as we deem appropriate in the circumstances. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision.
If a device is associated with multiple logins or sign-ups, Musings of a Reader sometimes considers moderating users and their association with devices while using the Musings of a Reader app or website to enhance customers’ security and privacy and safeguard sensitive information for any potential risks.
Your mobile phone number is treated as Your primary identifier on the platform. It is your responsibility to ensure that Your mobile phone number and email address are always up to date on the platform. You agree to notify Us promptly if your mobile phone number or email address changes by updating the same on the platform through an OTP verification. You agree that Musings of a Reader shall not be liable or responsible for the activities or consequences of using or misusing any information under your Account in cases, including where You have failed to update Your revised mobile phone number and email address on the platform. You agree to immediately notify Musings of a Reader of any unauthorized use/breach of your password or Account.
If you share or allow others to access Your Account on the platform (“Account”) by creating separate profiles under Your Account, they can view and access Your Account information. You shall be solely liable and responsible for all the activities undertaken under Your Account and any consequences from that place.
If you have not accessed the Platform for two (two) Years, your data (including transactional data) will be deleted from our record, and you will not be able to access such data.
Services Offered
Musings of a Reader provides several Internet-based services through the platform. One such Service enables Users to purchase original merchandise such as clothing, homeware, and accessories (collectively, “Products”). The Products can be purchased through the platform through various payment methods. Specific sales policies, like cancellation, exchange, return, etc, shall additionally govern the sale/purchase of Products. It is clarified that when creating a return request, users must confirm (via a check box click) that the returned Product is unused and has the original tags intact.
If the Product returned by the User is used or damaged or the original tags are missing, the User’s return request shall be declined, and the said Product shall be re-shipped to the customer. If the return request is declined, the User shall not be eligible for a refund, and Musings of a Reader assumes no liability. Further, suppose the User fails to accept the receipt for the re-shipped Product. In that case, the User shall continue to be not eligible for a refund, and Musings of a Reader assumes no liability concerning the return or refund for the said re-shipped Product.
Musings of a Reader does not warrant that the Product description or other content on the platform is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free, and assumes no liability. In addition, all images on the website are placeholders and shown only for illustrative purposes.
User Conduct and Rules on the Platform
You agree, undertake, and confirm that Your use of the platform shall be strictly governed by the following binding principles:
You shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update, or share any information which:
Belongs to another person and to which You do not have any right to
is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever
is misleading in any way
involves the transmission of “junk mail,” “chain letters,“ or unsolicited mass mailing or “spamming.”
Promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory, or libelous
infringes upon or violates any third party’s rights including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, rights of privacy (including without limitation unauthorized disclosure of a person’s name, email address, physical address, or phone number), or rights of publicity
contains restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page)
provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses
contains video, photographs, or images of another person (with a minor or an adult).
tries to gain unauthorized access or exceeds the scope of authorized access to the platform or profiles, blogs, communities, account information, bulletins, friend requests, or other areas of the platform or solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users
interferes with another USER’s use and enjoyment of the Platform or any other individual’s User and enjoyment of similar services
infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, or other proprietary rights or third party’s trade secrets or rights of publicity or privacy or shall not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen products
violates any law for the time being in force
threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security, or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offense or prevents investigation of any offense or is insulting any other nation
shall not be false, inaccurate, or misleading
Shall not create liability for Us or cause Us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of Our internet service provider (“ISPs”) or other suppliers
A User may be considered fraudulent or loss to business due to fraudulent activity if any of the following scenarios are met:
Users don’t reply to the payment verification mail sent by Musings of a Reader
Users fail to produce adequate documents during the payment details verification
Misuse of another User’s phone/email
Users use invalid addresses, emails, and phone no.
Overuse of a voucher code
Use of a special voucher not tagged to the email ID used.
Users return the wrong Product
Users refuse to pay for an order
Users involved in the snatch and run of any order
Miscellaneous activities conducted with the sole intention to cause loss to business/revenue to Musings of a Reader
Users with excessive returns
Repeated requests for monetary compensation for fake/used order
Musings of a Reader may cancel any orders classified as ‘Bulk Orders’/’ Fraud orders’ under specific criteria at any stage of the product delivery. An order can be classified as ‘Bulk Order’/’ Fraud Order’ if it meets the below-mentioned criteria and any additional criteria as defined by Musings of a Reader:
Products ordered are not for self-consumption but for commercial resale
Depending on the product category, multiple orders are placed for the same Product at the same address.
A bulk quantity of the same Product was ordered
Invalid address given in order details
Any malpractice used to place the order
Any promotional voucher used for placing the ‘Bulk Order‘ may not be refunded
Any order placed using a technological glitch/loophole
Musings of a Reader does not facilitate business-to-business transactions between Sellers and customers. You are advised to refrain from transacting on the platform if you intend to take advantage of input tax credit benefits.
You shall not use the platform for any unlawful and fraudulent purposes, which may cause annoyance and inconvenience, abuse any policy and rules of the company, and interrupt or cause to interrupt or damage the use by other Users of Musings of a Reader.
You shall not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead Musings of a Reader by sharing multiple addresses and phone numbers or transacting with malafide intentions.
On certain landing pages, we even allow our users to experience a free exchange of ideas and observations regarding their interest in the field of fashion, including ‘viewing user-generated content‘ and ‘videos‘ and ‘posting comments.’ By accessing, viewing, and posting any user-generated content to any specific dedicated page on the platform, you accept and consent to the practices described in these ‘Terms of Service‘ and ‘Privacy Policies‘, as well as any other terms of prescribed by the Musings of a Reader on the platform. You agree and undertake that when accessing, viewing, and posting any user-generated content on these pages, You will not imitate, abuse, harass any Customer/User, or violate and exploit any of these ‘Terms of Service‘ of the Platform.
You shall not use any “deep-link,” “page-scrape,” “robot,” “spider,” or another automatic device, program, algorithm, or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the Platform or any Content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Platform or any Content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the platform. We reserve Our right to bar any such activity.
You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the platform, or any other systems or networks connected to the platform or any server, computer, network, or to any of the services offered on or through the platform by hacking, password “mining“ or any other illegitimate means.
You may not pretend that You are, or that You represent, someone else or impersonate any other individual or entity.
You shall at all times ensure full compliance with the applicable provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and rules thereunder as relevant and as amended from time to time, and also all applicable Domestic laws, rules, and regulations (including the provisions of any applicable Exchange Control Laws or Regulations in Force) and International Laws, Foreign Exchange Laws, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations (including, but not limited to Sales Tax/VAT, Income Tax, Octroi, Service Tax, Central Excise, Custom Duty, Local Levies) regarding Your use of Our Service and Your listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of products or services. You shall not engage in any transaction in an item or Service that is prohibited by the provisions of any applicable law, including exchange control laws or regulations for the time being in force.
From time to time, You shall be responsible for providing information relating to the products or services proposed to be sold by You. In this connection, You undertake that all such information shall be accurate. You shall not exaggerate or over-emphasize the attributes of such products or services to mislead other Users.
You shall not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Users of the Platform to buy or sell any products or services, including, but not limited to, products or services related to that being displayed on the platform or related to us.
Musings of a Reader now disclaims any guarantees of exactness as to the finish, appearance, size, color, etc., of the final Product as ordered by the User. Musings of a Reader Return & Exchange Policy offers you the option to return or exchange items purchased on Musings of a Reader within the return/exchange period (Please read the Product Detail Page to see the number of days up to which a product can be returned/exchanged, post-delivery).
Payment
While availing any of the payment method/s available on the platform, we will not be responsible or assume any liability, whatsoever in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly to You due to:
- Lack of authorization for any transaction/s, or
- Exceeding the preset limit mutually agreed by You and between ‘Bank/s,’ or
- Any payment issues arising out of the transaction, or
- Decline of transaction for any other reason/s
All payments made against the purchases/services on the platform by you shall be compulsorily in Indian Rupees acceptable in the Republic of India. The platform will not facilitate transactions concerning any other form of currency or purchases made.
Before shipping / delivering your order, the Seller may request that you provide supporting documents (including but not limited to government-issued ID and address proof) to establish the ownership of the payment instrument you used for your purchase. This is done to provide a safe online shopping environment to Our Users.
Further:
Transactions, Transaction Prices, and all commercial terms such as Delivery and dispatch of products and services are as per principal-to-principal bipartite contractual obligations between Buyer and Seller, and payment facility is merely used by the Buyer and Seller to facilitate the completion of the transaction. Use of the payment facility shall not render Musings of a Reader liable or responsible for the non-delivery, non-receipt, non-payment, damage, breach of representations and warranties, non-provision of after-sales or warranty services, or fraud as regards the products and services listed on Musings of a Reader’s Platform.
You have authorized Musings of a Reader or its service providers to collect, process, facilitate, and remit payments and the Transaction Price electronically or through Cash on Delivery to and from other Users regarding transactions through the Payment Facility. Your relationship with Musings of a Reader is on a principal-to-principal basis. By accepting these Terms of Use, you agree that Musings of a Reader is an independent contractor for all purposes and does not have control of or liability for the products or services listed on Musings of a Reader’s Platform that are paid for using the Payment Facility. Musings of a Reader does not guarantee the identity of any User, nor does it ensure that a Buyer or a Seller will complete a transaction.
You understand, accept, and agree that the payment facility provided by Musings of a Reader is neither a banking nor financial service but is merely a facilitator providing an electronic, automated online payment, receiving payment through Cash On Delivery, collection, and remittance facility for the Transactions on the Musings of a Reader Platform using the existing authorized banking infrastructure and Credit Card payment gateway networks. Further, by providing a Payment Facility, Musings of a Reader is neither acting as trustee nor acting in a fiduciary capacity concerning the Transaction or the Transaction Price.
Except for Cash On Delivery (COD) transactions, refunds, if any, shall be made at the same Issuing Bank from where the Transaction Price was received or through any other method available on the platform, as You choose. Also, refunds, if any, will be made via electronic payment transfers for COD transactions.
Refunds shall be made in Indian Rupees only and equivalent to the Transaction Price received in Indian Rupees.
For electronic payments, refunds shall be made through a payment facility using NEFT / RTGS or any other online banking / electronic funds transfer system approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Select banks may support refunds. If a bank is not supported for processing refunds, you must share alternate bank account details with us to process the refund.
The refund is conditional and available through Musings of a Reader in case of misuse by the Buyer.
We may also request additional documents from you for verification.
E-Platform for Communication
You agree, understand and acknowledge that Musings of a Reader is an online platform that enables you to purchase products listed on the Platform at the price indicated therein at any time. You further agree and acknowledge that Musings of a Reader is only a facilitator and is not and cannot be a party to or control in any manner any transactions on Musings of a Reader.
Termination
Musings of a Reader may suspend or terminate your use of the Musings of a Reader or any Service if it believes, in its sole and absolute discretion, that you have infringed, breached, violated, abused, or unethically manipulated or exploited any term of these Terms of Service or anyway otherwise acted unethically. Notwithstanding anything in this clause, these Terms of Service will survive indefinitely unless and until Musings of a Reader chooses to terminate them.
Jurisdictional Issues/Sale in India Only
Unless otherwise specified, the material on the platform is presented solely for sale in India. Musings of a Reader makes no representation that materials in the platform are appropriate or available for use in locations/countries other than India. Those who choose to access the platform from locations/Countries other than India do so on their initiative, and Musings of a Reader is not responsible for the supply of products/refund for the products ordered from locations/Countries other than India, compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.