eTurbines, Inc. Membership Agreement
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Eligibility for Membership. Our member services
are available only to individuals who can form legally binding contracts
under applicable law. eTurbines, Inc. may refuse our service to
anyone, at any time, at our sole discretion.
- Registration. You must
enter valid contact information to be a member of eTurbines.com. This
is the information that will be available to registered users, so they may
contact you regarding transactions. After entering your personal data,
you are asked to enter a Password. Care should be taken when selecting
a password as not to select something that may be easily guessed by
unscrupulous users.
- Security. eTurbines, Inc. uses industry standard
efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable
information, such as firewalls and Secure Socket Layers (SSL’s).
However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.
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Control of Your Password. You may not disclose or share your
password with any third parties. If, despite the foregoing, you lose control
of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personally
identifiable information. Therefore, if your password has been
compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your
password. Contact us via e-mail to establish new security
credentials.
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Fees. Accessing
eTurbines.com Web site is free. Current Membership and Non-member User
Fees, Credit Policies, and membership benefits can be found here and are incorporated herein
by reference. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S.
Dollars. You are responsible for paying all applicable taxes and any other
costs you incur to procure an ad listing or membership from us. We
may, in our sole discretion add, delete or change some or all of our
services at any time, with or without notice. Please note that all sales are
final.
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Payments. All
payments are to be made in full by check or any other authorized method of
payment upon execution of this Membership Sales Agreement, and before
membership privileges granted, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing
between eTurbines, Inc. and Client.
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Reviewing and Changing Your
Personally Identifiable Information. Once you register and obtain
your membership status, you will be able to edit your personally
identifiable information at eTurbines.com, including: (a) Your User ID and
email address; (b) Your address, city, state, zip code, country, primary
phone number, secondary phone number, and fax number; (c) Your password.
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System Integrity. It is strictly
forbidden to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to
interfere with the proper working of the eTurbines.com site or any ad
listing posted within our site. Failure to comply will result in
termination of member privileges.
- No Agency. With the purchase of an annual membership,
you and eTurbines, Inc. are independent contractors, where no agency,
partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee
relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
- Advertising Services. (a)Customer supplied logo and banner ads must conform to eTurbines,
Inc.’s specifications. All logos and banners ads are the
property of their respective owners. Members agree to hold harmless
eTurbines, Inc. and their suppliers for any suite against the foresaid for
copyright or trademark infringements; (b) Listings are text descriptions,
graphics and pictures on eTurbines' web site supplied by you that either;
(i) textually describe the item or service you are listing for sale, or (ii)
link to the text, graphics and picture(s) describing the item or service you
are listing for sale. You may post on eTurbine's site either or both of
these type listings, provided that you place such listings in an appropriate
category; (c) E-mail Messaging is to be used in accordance with guidelines and specifications to preserve and maintain the
integrity or eTurbines, Inc. "Urgent-Need Network" communication
system; (d) Without limiting any other remedies, eTurbines, Inc. may suspend
or terminate your account if you are found (by conviction, settlement,
investigation, or otherwise) to have engaged in fraudulent activity in
connection with our site. Furthermore, we will suspend or terminate
your account if you repeatedly infringe upon third party intellectual
property rights.
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Ad Listings and
Advertising. We may, from time to time, monitor any Listing or
content on the Site and may decline to accept and/or remove any such that
contain: (a) Any illegal, harmful, threatening, slanderous, defamatory,
obscene, profane, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material
of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil
liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or
international law; (b) Messages posted by users impersonating others; (c)
Listings that may be injurious to, or are in direct competition with the
eTurbines.com Web site. All information provided by eTurbines and its
affiliates is owned by or licensed to eTurbines, Inc. eTurbines and
its licensors retain all proprietary rights to the eTurbines, Inc.
information. eTurbines, Inc. has the right to use all material, (including
logos, banners, registered trademarks, etc.) entered into these Web pages
(other than third-party material transmitted through private electronic
mail) in any of our print or electronic publications. Information may
not be reproduced in whole or part, transmitted or distributed without
eTurbines, Inc. express written consent. Members and users entering
materials on any of these Web pages are responsible for the content of that
material. eTurbines, Inc. has no responsibility for the content of any
messages or information posted by members and users, or for the content of
information of third-parties on the Internet, even if accessed through
eTurbines, Inc. pages. However, eTurbines, Inc. retains the right,
which it may or may not exercise, in its sole discretion, to review, edit or
delete from the service any third-party material which eTurbines, Inc. deems
to be illegal, offensive or otherwise inappropriate. Members may
through hypertext or other computer "links" gain access to other
sites on the Internet which are not part of eTurbines, Inc. Web pages.
eTurbines, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any material outside of the
eTurbines, Inc. Web pages that may be accessed through any such
"link." Members agree to indemnify eTurbines, Inc. from any
damages, losses, costs or expenses which eTurbines, Inc., its affiliates,
their respective employees and authorized representatives may incur as a
result of material entered into these Web pages by the Member or user.
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Selling an Item.
It's quick and easy to list your own items or promote your company at
eTurbines.com. Members simply fill out the form available by selecting
"Click here to add a new listing" in the appropriate
category. Follow the instructions when prompted to complete the
listing template by providing a descriptive title, a complete description of
the item, as well as other pertinent listing information. We reserve
the right to relocate, edit, and or delete any listing deemed to be located
inappropriately. All content linked to the item description must
comply with the User
Agreement. You may list any appropriate item(s) up for sale
that you have the right to sell, so long as it complies with the User Agreement. Please list
your item in an appropriate category.
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General Compliance with
Laws. You shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes,
ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our services, listings,
purchase and sale of items.
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Illegal Items.
Some items are not legal to sell at eTurbines.com. Please do not
list an item that is illegal to sell.
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Force Majure.
Seller shall not be liable for its failure to perform hereunder due to
any contingency beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, fires,
floods, wars, sabotage, accidents, labor disputes, governmental laws,
ordinances, rules and regulations (whether valid or invalid), and any other
similar or different contingency.
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No Warranties.
ALL INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY OR ACCURACY. This
warranty gives you specific rights as a consumer and may vary from state to
state.
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Limitation of
Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR
LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (HOWEVER
ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT. OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR SUPPLIERS, TO YOU
OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO $100.00 OR THE AMOUNT
OF FEES YOU PAY TO US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO
LIABILITY, the lesser of the above foresaid. Some states do not allow
the limitation of liability, so the foregoing limitation may not apply to
you. Furthermore, eTurbines, Inc. does not
endorse and is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any
information obtained through the Site. Other than as required under
consumer protection laws, under no circumstance will eTurbines, Inc. be
liable for any loss or damage caused by a user's reliance on information
obtained through our Web site. It is the responsibility of the member
to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information,
opinion, advice or other content available through the Site. eTurbines, Inc.
specifically disclaims any liability (whether based in contract, tort,
strict liability or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental,
consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any way connected
with access to or use of the Site, including liability associated with any
viruses which may infect a user's computer equipment.
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Privacy. With
respect to Member Information you provide to us during registration, or
through any email feature (defined herein as "Your Information"),
it is not sold or distributed to any third party. However, we use
personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and
promotional efforts, to statistically analyze site usage, to improve site
content, and to customize the site layout. We believe use of your
information in this manner will allow us to improve our site and better
tailor it to meet our users' needs. Email addresses are not used for
any purpose other than to send you email, nor do we rent or sell this
information. Information about you may also be used to deliver data
that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, such as banners and
promotions. We act as a passive conduit for your online distribution
and publication of Your Information. However, we may take any action
with respect to such information we deem necessary or appropriate in our
sole discretion if we believe it may create liability for us or may cause us
to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other
suppliers. Member Information and listings on eTurbines.com: (a) shall
not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items; (b)
shall not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade
secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (c)
shall not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including
without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection,
unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising).
Furthermore, you may not post on our site or sell through our site: any item
that, by paying to us the listing fee, could cause us to violate any
applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or is in direct
competition with our services. Solely to enable eTurbines, Inc. to use
Your Information you supply us with, so that we are not violating any rights
you might have in that information, you agree to grant us a non-exclusive,
worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable (through
multiple tiers) right to exercise the copyright and publicity rights (but no
other rights) you have in Your Information, in any media now known or not
currently known, with respect to Your Information. eTurbines, Inc. will only
use Your Information in accordance with this Policy.
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Breach. We may
temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership, any
of your current listings, and any other information placed on the site if
you breach this Agreement or if we are unable to verify or authenticate any
information you provide to us. You may not disclose or share your
password to any third parties or use your password for any unauthorized
purpose.
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Arbitration. Any
controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be
settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration
rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or
claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be
consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other
party.
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General. This
Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of
Texas as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be
performed entirely within Texas between Texas residents. We do not
guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and
operation of our site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of
our control. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid
or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining
provisions shall be enforced.