Access to and use of the BuildingsGuide.com site is provided subject to the following terms and conditions. Your use of the BuildingsGuide.com web site and BuildingsGuide.com's services constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use the web site or applicable services. BuildingsGuide.com may, in its sole discretion, modify/revise these terms and conditions at any time by updating this web page. You are bound by any such modification or revision and are advised to re-visit this page periodically to review these terms and conditions.
BuildingsGuide.com provides a service that allows buyers to request quotes from multiple vendors. BuildingsGuide.com strives to fulfill a buyer's requirements wherever possible though we make no guarantee that it will be possible to match buyers with vendors. As BuildingsGuide.com is a referral service and acts as a conduit for matching buyers with suppliers we cannot:
1. guarantee the quality or the credentials of the vendors who receive and respond to your request
2. be responsible for any transaction that may occur between you or your company and a BuildingsGuide.com vendor
3. guarantee the quality, safety or legality of the information provided on our website or the products and services sold, or offered for sale, by our vendors.
It must also be noted that BuildingsGuide.com does not sell such products or services, and is not a party to any transactions between buyers and vendors. You agree that by completing a request for quotation form that you are entering into a business relationship with BuildingsGuide.com and one or more vendors and thus expressly consent and agree to be contacted by BuildingsGuide.com and the vendors and that vendors may contact you regarding your requirements via phone, fax, email, mail or other reasonable means to fulfill your request for quotation.
Your acceptance of these Terms & Conditions indicates that you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. In the event of a dispute with a BuildingsGuide.com vendor you must address such a dispute with the vendor directly, and you hereby waive any right against BuildingsGuide.com, its directors, officers, employees, servants and agents for any damages or claims (including consequential and incidental damages) of any kind or nature, suspected and unsuspected, known and unknown, and disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes and your dealings with BuildingsGuide.com vendors.
You acknowledge and agree that the BuildingsGuide.com services are provided to you on an "AS IS" basis without any warranty whatsoever, and your sole and exclusive remedy against Buildings.com , and BuildingsGuide.com's sole obligation to you or any third party for any claim arising out of your use of the BuildingsGuide.com services or the BuildingsGuide.com Web site, is that you are free to discontinue your use of the BuildingsGuide.com services or the BuildingsGuide.com Web site at any time.
BUILDINGSGUIDE.COM AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED ON THIS SERVER FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. BUILDINGSGUIDE.COM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING LOST PROFIT), EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (EVEN IF BUILDINGSGUIDE.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY CONSEQUENCES WHICH FLOW FROM IT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON OR EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. IN SUCH STATES, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
You agree to indemnify BuildingsGuide.com, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, and co-branders and hold them each harmless from any and all claims or demands, including attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising from your use of the BuildingsGuide.com services or connection to the BuildingsGuide.com website or your violation of the Terms and Conditions, or arising from your violation of any rights of a third party.
The Terms and Conditions will enure to the benefit of BuildingsGuide.com's successors, assigns, and licensees. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. The failure of BuildingsGuide.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the BuildingsGuide.com services or the Terms and Conditions must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and BuildingsGuide.com as a result of this agreement or use of this Web site. This agreement is governed by the laws of the province of British Columbia, Canada.
You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Victoria, British Columbia, in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this site. Use of this site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and BuildingsGuide.com with respect to this site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and BuildingsGuide.com with respect to this site.
A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
This Usage Policy was last updated: October 1st, 2004
