SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)

User Agreement

Last Updated: May 12, 2011

This User Agreement (or "Agreement") is a legal agreement between you and SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) ( "SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)" or "us") governing your participation on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) site and its network of sites (including SebastionScotts, The Hidden Closet, PrivateTime Toys and all co-branded versions of these sites), which are referred to collectively as the "SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network." By using, accessing or registering as a member of the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, you agree to be bound by and hereby become a party to all the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions in this Agreement, you may not use the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network.

We can amend this Agreement either by emailing you about the amended terms, which take effect when we send you the email, or by posting the amended terms on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, which take effect when we post them. By continuing to access or use the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network after any such amendment, you agree to be bound by the terms of the amended Agreement. Otherwise, this Agreement may be amended only in writing physically signed by us.

The SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network is not targeted towards, nor intended for use by anyone under the age of 18. By using the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older. If you are not at least 18 years of age, do not use, access or register for the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network. We reserve the right to terminate your membership in the event that SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) becomes aware you are under 18.

Certain features and services on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network require that you register on the site. You agree as a condition of use and registration that we may contact you to inform you of changes to this Agreement or describe new services available on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network. You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access any secure areas of the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your password, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) of any unauthorized use of your password.

SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) provides a number of different services to assist you in comparison shopping for products. SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)provides information regarding products and third-party merchants, and links to third-party merchants that are selling listed products. The products listed on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network are sold by third-party merchants, not by SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com).

You acknowledge that SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) does not sell, resell or license any products listed on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, nor is SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) acting as an agent of sale. We are merely making it easier for you to buy from merchants who choose to offer goods using the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network. You acknowledge that SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) disclaims any responsibility for or liability related to such products (see Disclaimer of Warranties below). You agree to direct any question, complaint or claim about merchants (for example, about their products, customer service for their products or delivery) to the appropriate merchant or seller.

SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) does not warrant that product descriptions, pricing, editorial commentary or any other content on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, regardless of its source, is accurate, complete, reliable or current. SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network content is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement by SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) of any product, service or merchant. You should not rely on such information in situations where its inaccuracy would cause you to suffer any loss (see Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability Limits below). SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)assumes no liability for inaccuracy or incompleteness in its search results, editorial content, user ratings (e.g., user merchant rating or user product rating) or other content on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network.

Consumer reviews and ratings on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network are from our members who have elected to post a review on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network. As such, these reviews and ratings are informative for those wishing to use them, but they do not guarantee any level of performance by a merchant or other third party in any given transaction.

Participating merchants and other third parties may pay SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) to be presented on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network or to have their product or service offerings placed higher in our search results and may also purchase research from SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com), but in no event do such payments affect the reviews or ratings given to any merchant by participating members.

You may download, view and print a single copy of any content, solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes, subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement. All rights, title and interest in and to the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network and any content appearing on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network will remain the exclusive property of SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) and its licensors. Except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, you may not reproduce, modify or prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit or otherwise use the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network or any other content appearing on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network. You may not copy or modify the HTML code used to generate web pages on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network. You may not use the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, or any other content appearing on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, on or in connection with any other website for any purpose.

• You MAY NOT sell, rent, or otherwise transfer ownership of the photos.
• You MAY NOT alter or modify the photos.
• You MAY NOT include a photo or part of a photo or photos in another work.
• You MAY NOT place or submit the photos in a photo gallery, contest or exhibit.
• You MAY NOT commercially print or distribute printed copies of the photos.

By contributing or submitting any content to the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, you warrant that you are the author and owner of the intellectual property rights thereto, and you grant SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, sell and distribute, or incorporate such materials into any form, medium or technology, without compensation to you. In addition, you warrant that all "moral rights" that you may have in those materials have been voluntarily waived by you. None of the materials shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com), its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, co-brand partners or other partners and their respective directors, officers and employees. SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) reserves the right to change or delete any content on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network that SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of this Agreement.

You agree that you shall not post any information:

• that is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
• that infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
• that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
• that is or may reasonably be considered to be defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
• for which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any third party;
• that includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
• or that contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.

In addition, you agree to comply with Site Policies , which are deemed to be incorporated into this Agreement.

You retain all ownership rights to information, text, graphics or other materials you publish on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network. However, we can reproduce, publish and distribute all or teaser portions of your content online and offline and permit others to do the same. You can edit or remove your content from the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network at any time; but if we have distributed your content to others, we may be unable to require them to make the same changes. We ask that you refer or provide links to the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network if you choose to republish your content elsewhere and that you do not publish the same items of content on both the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network and other product or price comparison sites.

All content available on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, including site design, text, graphics, interfaces and the selection of arrangements thereof is copyrighted by SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com), with all rights reserved, or is the property of SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) or third parties protected by intellectual property rights.

SebastionScotts, The Hidden Closet, PrivateTime Toys and SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) are service marks of SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com). SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)'s service marks/trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not provided by SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com), in any matter that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com).

If you believe content on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network infringes your copyright, you should send notice of copyright infringement to SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)'s Copyright Agent. Your notice must meet the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (as required under 17 U.S.C. §512) by providing the following information:

1. An identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
2. An identification of the material that you claim is infringing so that we may locate it on the site
3. Your address, telephone number and email address
4. A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law
5. A statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate, made under penalty of perjury, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest involved
6. Your signature (digital signature)

The notice should be sent to:

SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)

PO Box 80848

Charleston, SC 29416-0848

or via fax to Fax Number: 1 888 832-2976 (Attn: Copyright Agent)

or via email to copyright@sebastionscottsdirect.com  (SebastionScottsDirect.com).

Upon receipt of notice as described above, SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network.

SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) is not in a position to arbitrate trademark disputes between the advertisers on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network and trademark owners. Accordingly, we encourage trademark owners to resolve their disputes directly with the advertisers, particularly because the advertisers may have similar advertisements on other sites. Similarly, SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) does not control and assumes no responsibility for content that appears on a third party's website that may be accessed via the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, and trademark owners should contact third-party sites directly to resolve trademark disputes.

As a courtesy to federally registered trademark owners, however, we are willing to perform a limited investigation of reasonable complaints.

If you are an owner of a registered trademark (or represent an owner of a registered trademark) and have an objection to content corresponding to your trademark on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network that is consistent with the foregoing, or if you believe that we have improperly used your registered trademark to promote the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network on a third-party website, please provide the following information in a signed letter on company stationery:

1. Name of Company
2. Contact information (including email address)
3. List of registered trademark(s) at issue including a copy of each relevant federal trademark registration certificate(s)
4. The identity of the advertisement(s) at issue (via the URL stated on the bottom line of the ad or other identifying information). Please indicate if your complaint is limited to specific advertisers/advertisements or if it is a general objection to all advertisers.
5. If certain affiliates or partners are permitted to use your trademark in their ad content, please list the company names in your letter.
6. Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that use of the trademarks described above with the advertisements described above are not authorized by the trademark owner or its agent, nor is such use otherwise permissible under law."
7. Include the following statement: "I represent that the information in this notification is true and correct and that I am authorized to act on behalf of the trademark owner."
8. Your signature

The notice should be sent to:

SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)

via fax to Fax Number: (843)402-9636 (Attn: Copyright Agent)

or via email to copyright@sebastionscottsdirect.com  (SebastionScottsDirect.com).

Upon receipt of notice as described above, SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) will confirm the existence of the federal registration of the trademark in question and will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network. In the event that the challenged content has been provided to SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) by a third party and in SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)'s sole discretion, we conclude that the content is identical to the registered mark and is used in connection with goods and/or services covered by the trademark owner's federal registration, SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) will provide to notice to the third party prior to any removal of content. If prior to such removal, the third party demonstrates that it has its own trademark registration or approved  trademark application covering the challenged content, SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)will not remove the content.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) will comply as appropriate with the terms of any court order relating to the behavior of the challenged party identified in such court order.

You can cancel your account at any time by contacting Customer Service . We can cancel your account or otherwise refuse service to you at any time for any reason (including repeat infringement). SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)may choose to assume that you intended to terminate your account if you do not access it for more than12 months. Following termination of your account for any reason (including inactivity), (1) at their sole option, SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)and its licensees may continue or stop publicly displaying some or all of your content.

You agree to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to your access and use of the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network and publishing your content. You may not harvest personal data (including email addresses) from the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, and specifically you may not use email addresses displayed on our sites to ask users to join or contribute to your services. We have the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. We may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate the terms of this Agreement. You acknowledge that SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, to ensure your compliance with this Agreement, or to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body. Unless we explicitly agree otherwise in writing, you may not use any automated means (such as scripts) to access the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network or collect information from it.

By choosing to use the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, you agree to indemnify SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com), its officers, agents, partners and employees from any and all claims or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by third parties due to or arising out of

1) Content you choose to submit, post or transmit through the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network;

2) your use of or connection to the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network;

3) your violation of the User Agreement; or

4) your violation of any rights of another.

Because we are a venue, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more users (including merchants) of the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network, you, on behalf of yourself (and any of your officers, directors, employees, agents, predecessors, successors and assigns), hereby irrevocably release and discharge SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com), our officers, directors, employees, attorneys, predecessors, successors, assigns and agents from, against and in respect of all past, present and future claims, rights, actions, causes of action, suits, indemnification obligations, losses, liabilities, matters, issues, cost and expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, including without limitation court costs and attorneys' fees, whether known or unknown, concealed or hidden, fixed or contingent, suspected or unsuspected, in law or in equity, concerning, related to or arising out of any such disputes. To ensure that the release provided in this Agreement is fully enforceable in accordance with its terms, you knowingly and voluntarily waive any protection that you might have in relation to the release set forth in this section by virtue of SECTION 36-9-101. Short title. [SC ST SEC 36-9-101] Uniform Commercial Code--Secured Transactions, which provides: "’Good faith’ means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing.” In addition, you hereby knowingly and voluntarily waive any protection that may exist under any comparable or similar statutes or principles of common law applicable in states other than South Carolina as it pertains to the enforcement of the release in this section.

SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) and its suppliers shall not be liable to you for any lost profits or special, incidental or consequential damages arising in any way (including negligence) out of or in connection with SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)and its parent, subsidiary or affiliate companies, our services or this Agreement. Other than for Royalties, we and our suppliers shall not be liable to you for more than $75.

Certain state laws do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.

This Agreement is governed by South Carolina law  as such laws apply to Agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within South Carolina between South Carolina residents and without regard to conflict of laws. Any claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network shall be settled by binding arbitration in Charleston County, South Carolina in accordance with the American Arbitration Association's commercial arbitration rules. Any such claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, not consolidated with another party's claim. Each of us may conduct discovery per South Carolina H 4228 General Bill Section 37-12-10. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court with jurisdiction, and the arbitrator's award shall not be appealable or reviewable except as permitted by South Carolina law. However, (a) each of us may seek interim relief from a Charleston County, South Carolina court to protect the party's rights or property while arbitration is pending, and (b) at our option, we may bypass arbitration in cases of fraud or other crimes against us, interference with our technical operations or violations of our rights or property.

This Agreement, SebastionScotts Direct Site Policies and our Privacy and Security Policies (which are incorporated herein by reference) constitute the entire Agreement and supersede any other Agreements or understandings (oral or written) between you and us with respect to their subject matters.

The SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network and its services are provided "as is," without express or implied warranty or condition of any kind, and we explicitly disclaim any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment or non-infringement. We do not promise or warrant that any aspect of the sites or system will work properly or that the information provided is complete or accurate or will be continuously available. The SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for:
(1) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or
(2) the content, products or services on or available from such websites or resources.

Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement of such websites or resources or the content, products or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources. Your correspondence with or participation in promotions of merchants or advertisers found on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network, including payment and delivery of related goods or service, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such merchant or advertiser. You agree not to hold SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such merchants or advertisers on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)Network. In addition, SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com)does not endorse, warrant or guarantee the products or services of any seller, lender or broker, including any rates, points and loan programs posted by sellers, lenders or brokers. Nothing on the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network constitutes an advertisement for credit as defined by Paragraph 226.24 of Regulation Z of the federal Truth in Lending Act.

Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.

You agree that this Agreement and all agreements and information incorporated herein may be automatically assigned by SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com), in its sole discretion, to a third party. You may not assign your obligations to another entity.

This Agreement does not create any agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or franchise relationship. Because you are not an employee, minimum wage laws do not apply to your relationship with the SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com) Network. Our failure to act in a particular circumstance does not waive our right to act with respect to that or other circumstances. We shall be excused for any problem due to a factor beyond our control. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of the Agreement will remain in full force and effect, and the provision affected will be construed so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permissible by law. Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective only if in writing and signed by SebastionScotts Direct (SebastionScottsDirect.com).

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