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Appliance Cover Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These are the terms and conditions on which we supply our service plan. They tell you who we are, how we will carry out any job that is covered under the plan and other important information. Please read these carefully before you place an order for these services. Please pay particular attention to sections 3.2, 3.3, 6 and 8.3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that we will decide whether to\nprovide our repair services or not at our discretion. We are under no\nobligation to provide any goods or services unless we decide to. This is not a\ncontract for insurance, and insurance regulations will not therefore apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Information about us and how to contact us<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1.1  We are WeServe 247 a trading name of Home Emergency Connect Limited a company registered in England & Wales. Our company registration number is 12324202 and our registered office is at 20 – 22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.2 You can contact us by telephoning us on 0800 5 999 777 or by writing to us at info@weserve247.co.uk<\/em> or the address above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Our contract with you<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2.1 We only supply our services to consumers (meaning individuals who are not using our services for business purposes) in the United Kingdom who are 18 years of age or over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.2 We only offer our services to appliances based in the United Kingdom which are in good working order on the date on which our service plan start (which is shown in section 3.1 below). We shall be entitled to refuse an order or terminate our contract with you if we reasonably decide that you or your appliance(s) do not meet the criteria in this section 2, in which case section 9 shall apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.3 A contract will come into existence between you and us when we email you to accept your order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.4 We shall contact by you by emailing you at the last email address you have provided to us and\/or writing to you at the last address you have provided to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Our <\/a>service plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

3.1 Our service plan for the appliance(s) set out in our confirmation of your order (which we shall refer to as \u201cAppliance(s)\u201d) will start 30 days after the date on which we accept your order, and will continue until the renewal date set out in our acceptance of your order (unless it is ended by you or by us before then in accordance with these terms and conditions). We refer to this period as the \u201cProtection Period\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.2 If any of your Appliances suffers any breakdown or failure during the Protection Period then you can call our repairs team on the telephone number provided and during the hours listed on our site. Our team shall try to resolve the problem over the telephone. If they cannot resolve the problem, we may at our sole discretion, decide to provide repair services. Please note that we are under no obligation to provide any repair services and may refuse any request by you for repair services for any reason<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.3 If we decide to provide repair services under the terms of our contract then we shall charge you the call out fee set out on our website. Please note any appliance over the age of 5 years will be subject to a mandatory \u00a375 excess<\/strong>. This is payable in addition to the service plan fee (which we shall refer to as the \u201cBase Fees\u201d). We will cover any additional costs (including parts and labour) up to the value of \u00a3500. (which we shall refer to as the \u201cLimit\u201d). You will have to pay any additional costs and expenses that exceed this Limit. We will notify you of any additional costs before we incur them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.4 If we decide not to provide repair services under the terms of our contract then you have the option to cancel our contract, in which case we shall refund you all monies that have been paid by you: (a) since the current period of your service plan began; or, if later (b) since we carried out any previous repair services under our contract, and you will not have to make any further payments to us. Alternatively, you have the option of confirming that you want to continue with the contract, in which case these terms shall continue to apply and you will be obliged to continue paying the Base Fees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Making Changes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

4.1 If you wish to make a change to your service plan please contact us. We will let you know if the change is possible. If it is possible we will let you know about any changes to our fees or anything else which would be necessary as a result of your requested change and ask you to confirm whether you wish to go ahead with the change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.2 We may change these terms and conditions and\/or our service plan: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) to reflect changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements; and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) to implement minor adjustments and improvements or to correct any minor errors. These changes will not affect your use of our service plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will provide you with 30 days\u2019 written notice of any changes we make.\nIf you do not agree with our changes then you may cancel our contract, and we\nwill provide a pro rata refund of any Base Fees you have made for the unexpired\nperiod of your Protection Period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Repair Services (including replacements)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

5.1 Where we decide to provide repair services under the terms of our contract we will agree a date for our repairers to visit you. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are available at that time to allow our repairers access to the Appliance and that you provide us with the information we request from you. If you do not allow us access to your property to perform the services as arranged or provide the information we need (and you do not have a good reason for this) we may charge you additional costs incurred by us as a result. If, despite our reasonable efforts, we are unable to contact you or re-arrange access to your property we may end the contract and section 9.2 will apply<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.2 We are not responsible for delays outside our control. If our supply of the services is delayed by an event outside our control then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay. Provided we do this we will not be liable for delays caused by the event, but if there is a risk of substantial delay you may contact us to end our contract and receive a refund for any products you have paid for but not received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.3 There is no limit on the number of repairs you can request, although we reserve the right to bring our contract to an end if we have to replace an Appliance (please see section 6.4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Limitations on our Repair Services (including replacements)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our services will only be offered subject to the following limitations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.1 Any repair services provided under our contract must be provided by our repairers, unless we have agreed otherwise in writing before the repairs are carried out. If we agree to someone other than our repairers to carry out the repair work then we will refund any costs up to the agreed Limit, but only upon the receipt of a valid VAT invoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.2 You must take reasonable steps to limit any damage once an Appliance breaks down, for example by stopping to use it if further use if likely to cause any further damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.3 We may decide to replace an Appliance with a new product of a similar make and technical specification (and will pay up to the agreed Limit towards this replacement). If we cannot source the replacement then we may at our option give you vouchers instead from a retailer of our choosing for a replacement product of a similar make and technical specification (up to the agreed limit). If vouchers are not available we may provide a cash equivalent. You will be responsible for paying any delivery and installation costs if we decide to replace an Appliance, and you will be responsible for the disposal of your old Appliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.4 If we replace any Appliance then our contract will automatically come to an end and any unpaid Base Fees or other fees owed by you to us for the Protection Period shall become due. We may deduct any monies you owe us from the vouchers (or cash equivalent) we supply under section 6.3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.5 The following shall be excluded from the service plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) routine maintenance, cleaning and servicing;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) damage caused to any Appliance during delivery, installation or transportation of the Appliance by a third party who is not our agent;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) modifying or making an Appliance comply with legislation or any work on an Appliance that is only required due to legislation changes;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d) any breakdown cost already covered by any manufacturer\u2019s, supplier\u2019s or repairer\u2019s guarantee or warranty on an Appliance;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(e) replacement or recall of the Appliance (or any part) by a supplier or the manufacturer;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(f) your failure to follow any supplier or manufacturer instructions (verbal or in writing);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(g) any problem with the supply of electricity, gas, water, broadband or broadcast content;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(h) any costs, claims, expenses or loss arising from or in connection with your inability to use the Appliance (including but not limited to hiring a replacement);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(i) any costs, expenses or losses which are incidentally caused by the breakdown or repair of the Appliance (including but not limited to the cost of removing or reinstating built-in or fitted equipment);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(j) damage to any other property or possessions, unless this was caused by us in breach of our obligations;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(k) cosmetic damage (such as damage to paintwork, dents or scratches) to the Appliance or any other item;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(l) any loss, damage or impairment to functionality caused by theft, attempted theft, neglect, any accident, deliberate damage or damage caused by animals, plants or trees, earthquake, flood, lightning, fire, wind, humidity, weather conditions, salt spray, storm or other natural events or catastrophes, abnormally high or low temperatures, plumbing problems, corrosion, chemical exposure, radiation, explosion, sabotage, terrorism, insurrection, revolution, war, riot, armed conflict, civil commotion, rebellion, man-made events or catastrophes or technological hazards (such as computer viruses or date-change faults);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(m) any appliance not registered under the plan;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(n) repairs, maintenance work, or use of spare parts, where not approved by us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(o) damage to ceramic or glass surfaces (unless caused by an accident protected by the plan);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(p) files lost due to a repair or replacement and your failure to back them up;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(q) fraud or attempted fraud, or where the condition of the Appliance is not consistent with the request you made;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(r) the cost of replacing any accessories including but not limited to external fuses, lawnmower belts, batteries, rechargeable batteries, power cells, light bulbs changeable by the user, fluorescent tubes and related starter components, filters, attachments, cables and cable joints, plugs, light covers, grills, removable parts, glass and enamel parts, catalytic panels, external piping, rain covers, starter connections and straps, 3D glasses, vacuum cleaner bags, brushes and tubes, audio pick-up systems including scanners, printer toner or ink cartridges and printer ribbons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(s) [for products that include software: external data carriers, other input devices (scanners, joysticks, mouse devices), other external controllers (if not included when purchasing the product), installing, modifying and upgrading software;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(t) [for products with screens: repairs due to pixel failure where the number or location of pixels does not exceed the manufacturer\u2019s acceptable limit, marks on the screen, or burned screens.;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(u) for televisions: the change from analogue to digital broadcasting including terminating analogue transmissions, software interface problems, satellite or cable systems or gaining access to cables within the fabric of a building or wall;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(v) repairs which relate to AGAs and gas tumble dryers; and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(w) any other limitations or exclusions set out in our service plan document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This does not mean that we are obliged to offer any repair services that fall outside of these exclusions and limitations, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Renewals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

7.1 Where you have paid the Base Fees by Direct Debit or by Debit\/credit card we shall automatically renew our contract for the same period as the Protection Period. We shall always provide you with no less than 28 days written notice before the renewal date and you can cancel the renewal at any time before the renewal date, or within 14 days afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n