Terms & Conditions

 

These Terms and Conditions apply on UI Sports website (www.uisports.jp) and on any order placed by the customer on our website. UI Sports reserve the right to frequently update these Terms and Conditions in order to improve our services. Therefore, it is customer responsibility to check them out before placing any order. By using UI Sports website, the customer agrees in these Terms and Conditions. If the customer disagrees partially or totally in these Terms and Conditions, it is important not to use UI Sports website.

From this point forward UI Sports will refer to UI Sports as a “UI Sports”, “us” or “our”. On the other hand UI Sports will refer to the customer as “the customer”, “customer” or “your”.

ORDER CONFIRMATION

UI Sports reserves the right to cancel an order without giving further details. The customer will receive an order confirmation via email however this order confirmation does not apply any acceptance until UI Sports receive costumer’s payment.

Products’ stock frequently changes and these are not reserved until the payment is completed. Therefore it might occur that an item can run out of stock by the time the customer is completing its order. Only when the placing order is complete UI Sports will be able to reserve items in the cart.

Once the payment is done, UI Sports will deliver products listed in the order confirmation to the customer.

CUSTOMER REGISTRATION

Any customer under 18 years old can place an order on UI Sports website. If you are under 18 years old, please ask to your parents or legal representatives to place an order on your behalf.

TAX AND PRICES

Prices may change often in our website due to exchange currency issues, sales campaigns or different discounts UI Sports may apply. Therefore the valid price will be the one was shown when the order was placed.

Taxes are not included in the prices and they will be processed as follows:

  • Japan: VAT (8%) of the products and shipping cost will be added when the customer place the order on the cart’s page. Check it out at any time in the cart’s page.
  • Other countries: no VAT, no custom clearance fees and no import duties will be charge in UI Sports prices. However these may apply when the courier delivers the package to the customer. Please, for further details, we recommend to request information to your local custom clearance office.

PAYMENT METHODS:

UI Sports main payment methods are by credit card through Stripe gateway payment and PayPal. They all are secure and are the most common methods used worldwide.

GUARANTEE

According to current regulations all UI Sports products have 1 year guarantee since the ticket/invoice is issued. Guarantee does not cover a bad use or damage done by the customer.

Regarding padel rackets, even though the first 6 months the fabrication defect might be considered a manufactured issue, from the 6th month the customer will have to prove that the defect was originated by the manufacturer.

Dear costumer, keep in mind that before sending any item, our team examines, takes pictures and packs it up very carefully to give you the best service.

Guarantee procedure:

  1. The customer sends an email to customerservice@uisports.jp detailing the fabrication defect and attaching clear pictures of the whole product.
  2. UI Sports will review all the information and if the fabrication defect is clear we will arrange a courier to pick the item/s up and replace it for a new one. If the fabrication defect is not clear the customer will send the item back to UI Sports and we will send it to the manufacturer. If the manufacturer recognises the fabrication defect UI Sports will replace the damage item and all shipment expenses will be at our cost.

REIMBURSEMENTS

Whatever the reason is for a reimbursement, UI Sports will refund the customer by using the payment method customer utilised in its purchase.

DATA PROTECTION

For safety reasons customer data is not available on Internet because this data is confidential according to the current legislation.

Please, keep in mind that UI Sports needs this data to correctly process customer orders and draft invoices. Any lack of information in this sense will result an error on the item delivering and invoice data shown.

In addition, by using UI Sports website the customer allows UI Sports to use this data for advertisement purposes.

COPYRIGHTS

All content on UI Sports website belongs to UI Sports. UI Sports is not responsible for the misuse of this content. All responsibility will exclusively fall on the person/people who use it.

JURISDICTION

UI Sports is under Japanese law jurisdiction. Any dispute may arise will be set under this jurisdiction.

Shipping and Returns Policy

Once an order has been placed, UI Sports will ship it via JP Post which we consider one of the fastest and safest couriers worldwide.

It is customer decision to choose whether it wants to add insurance on the shipment options it will find on the carts page. UI Sports carefully packs all items however we cannot 100% guarantee items will not suffer any damage during its way. Therefore we strongly recommend hiring insurance on the delivery options.

Estimated delivery time depends on the destination. According to JP Post these are the following:

  • Japan: 1 to 3 days
  • Asia: 4 to 8 days
  • Oceania: 4 to 8 days

(*) Dear customer, keep in mind JP Post offices are closed on weekends so order placed on weekends, UI Sports will not able to process it until the Monday after.

In order to ensure customer’s delivery is sure, courier will ask you to sign on the delivery. If no one is on the address that the customer provided in the order placement, courier will keep it at the local Post Office. If there is any wrong address detail or the refuse of the package, this will be likely return to our warehouse. Once it arrives, UI Sports team will examine it and if everything is correct we will refund the money to the customer. Please, keep in mind we will not be able to refund the shipping costs.

UI Sports shall not be nor liable neither responsible for events out of our control such as acts of God, wars, terrorist attacks, strikes, lock-outs or embargos. If such events occur UI Sports will contact the costumer and our obligations will be suspended until it is finished. Customer will be able to cancel the order and UI Sports will refund the money. Please, keep in mind that if the order has generated any shipping cost the customer will be in charge of them all.

Returns will be possible within 7 days since the package arrives to the customer. However if this occurs, the costumer must return them in perfect conditions. This means unused, with labels and in the original packaging. Once the product arrives to UI Sports warehouse, our team will examine it and if everything is correct, UI Sports will reimburse the money. Please, have in mind that UI Sports will not be able to refund shipping costs generated.

FAQs

UI Sports has the following customer service email: customerservice[at]uisports.jp. For any trouble or issue regarding our products contact us through this email. Our team will happily assist you as soon as possible. Please, keep in mind we are based in Tokyo, Japan (GMT+9:00).

From your account dashboard you can view your recent orders, manage your shipping and billing addresses, edit your password and account details and payment methods.

Estimated delivery time depends on the destination. According to JP Post, our delivery company, these are the following:

  • Japan: XXXX
  • Asia: 4 to 8 days
  • Oceania: 4 to 8 days

Dear customer, keep in mind JP Post offices are closed on weekends so order placed on weekends, UI Sports will not able to process it until the Monday after.

Please, if you are a business, shop or club and are interested in products we distribute send us an email to starvie[at]uisports.jp. UI Sports is StarVie’s official distributor in Japan.

If you are interested in brands other than StarVie but we sell in our store you can get in touch through hello[at]uisports.jp, we can arrange distributor’s deals with them.

Returns are possible within 7 days since the package arrives to the customer. However if this occurs, the costumer must return them in perfect conditions. This means unused, with labels and in the original packaging. Once the product arrives to UI Sports warehouse, our team will examine it and if everything is correct, UI Sports will reimburse the money. Please, have in mind that UI Sports will not be able to refund shipping costs generated.

Products returned to UI Sports are customer’s responsibility therefore we strongly recommend using a courier service that provides product insurance and a signed proof of delivery.

Whatever the reason is for a reimbursement, these will be done by the payment method customer used in its purchase.

If parcel has not been shipped, UI Sports will cancel it and refund it to the customer. Please, contact our customer service as soon as possible at customerservice[at]uisports.jp, write on the subject “Cancel an order placed” and provide order number.

If parcel has been shipped, UI Sports will not be able to cancel it. Customer will have to wait until the parcel arrives to its home and will have to return the item/s. Please, look up UI Sports returns policy.

Yes, you can. Firstly you will have to enter your billing address. Afterwards you can click on “Ship to a different address” and it will pop up a new form to fill out, in case you want to have your order delivered to an address other than your billing address.

You can change the delivery address if your order has not been shipped. Please, contact our customer service as soon as possible at customerservice[at]uisports.jp, write on the subject “Change delivery address on an order placed” and provide order number and the new delivery address.

In your UI Sports My Account you will be able to check how your order status is. Once is completed, it means your order has been sent. Afterwards, you will receive and email from us including a shipping company link and a tracking number where you will be able to track your parcel.

We are sorry to say but we cannot ship to this sort of addresses. To make sure we can deliver a parcel in a safe way, our shipment company partners require a physical address and a signature on an acknowledgement of receipt.