Ordering
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Ordering Policies:
Effective May-01-2003
Your ease of shopping and ordering is fundamental for us. We
work hard to make our website easy for you to find what you are
looking for and to place your order.
If you have any difficulty ordering from our web site, please
contact us.
You may place your order online through our secure
shopping cart system or if you prefer, call us to place your order.
Whichever way you prefer to place your order, we accept the
following payment options:
- Credit Card -- Visa, MasterCard, Discover or
American Express
(by mail, phone, fax or through our secure gateway online)
- Company Check, made out to NCMR Company LLC
(by mail)
- Purchase Order (to NCMR Company LLC)
(You must fax
PO to us at 972-675-1150)
NOTE: International
Orders are required to pay before we are able to ship.
- Wire Transfer ($35.00 FEE)
(Direct to our US bank.
Contact us for Bank Information)
To place your order online, please use our website to
search for the products you want to order, and add them to your
cart. Then click on a "Current Order" link or shopping cart icon
to retrieve your order summary. Proceed to check out by clicking
the "Checkout" button on the Order Summary page. This will take
you to the secure region of our site where you can input your
billing and shipping information in a completely
safe and secure environment -- you will see a lock (Internet
Explorer browsers) or a key (Netscape browsers) in the lower
right hand corner of your browser to indicate that you are in a
securely encrypted environment. Follow the step by step
instructions.
Once you have finished filling out your billing
and shipping information, you will be taken to a confirmation
page indicating that your payment has been approved and your
order is in process. You will receive a confirmation number on
the screen and a confirmation e-mail immediately.
To place your order by fax, please use our website to
search for the products you want to order, and add them to your
cart. Then click on a "Current Order" link or shopping cart icon
to retrieve your order summary. Proceed to check out by clicking
the "Checkout" button on the Order Summary page. This will take
you to the secure region of our site where you can fill in your
billing and shipping options and information in a completely
safe and secure environment -- you will see a lock (Internet
Explorer browsers) or a key (Netscape browsers) in the lower
right hand corner of your browser to indicate that you are in a
securely encrypted environment. Follow the step by step
instructions.
Once you have finished filling out your billing
and Shipping Information, you will be taken to a confirmation
page with an easy print option. Print out this page and
fax it to us. You will receive a
confirmation of your order by email immediately. Your order will
be processed as soon as payment is secured.
To place your order by mail, please use our website
to search for the products you want to order, and add them to
your cart. Then click on a "Current Order" link or shopping cart
icon to retrieve your order summary. Proceed to check out by
clicking the "Checkout" button on the Order Summary page. This
will take you to the secure region of our site where you can
fill in your billing and shipping options and information in a
completely safe and secure environment -- you will see a lock
(Internet Explorer browsers) or a key (Netscape browsers) in
the lower right hand corner of your browser to indicate that
you are in a securely encrypted environment. Follow the step by
step instructions.
Once you have finished filling out your
billing and Shipping Information, you will be taken to a
confirmation page with an easy print option. Print out this page
and
mail it to us. If you opt to
pay by check, please include your check for the full amount and
made out to NCMR Company LLC. You will receive a
confirmation of your order by email immediately. Your order will
be processed as soon as payment is deposited to our bank
account.
To place your order by phone, please use our website
to search for the products you want to order, and add them to
your cart. Then click on a "Current Order" link or shopping cart
icon to retrieve your order summary.
Once you are finished
shopping, give us a call and one of our representatives will be
happy to take your
order by phone.
By shopping before you call, you will help us save you time
completing your order.
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Shipping Policies:
Effective Nov-10-2007
Your shipping options are important to us.
SHIPPING / HANDLING CHARGES WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES:
- UPS
Rates: Ground - ST1 will average $12.00 each shipping
charges. Larger quantities are discounted. For
example, 4 total $25.50, or $6.38 each.
2nd Day Air rates average 2.8X ground rates. Next day
air rates are 3.5X ground rates. ALL RATES QUOTED ARE
APPROXIMATE. YOUR ACTUAL CHARGES MAY VARY.
- All
orders will be shipped within 5 business days after
receipt of order. On rare occasions we will
be out of stock on certain items and deliveries may be
delayed a few days beyond this. At time of inquiry or
order you will be notified of the expected ship date.
- Normally,
most all items on our site are in stock for next
day shipment.
- Handling
charges will average $5.00 per ST1 unit. Our printed Teachers
Guide has a $2.00 Handling charge.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, HANDLING and OTHER CHARGES:
- For
all orders shipped UPS Worldwide: Delivery times and
charges will vary depending on location, 5 – 7 business
days is typical for most countries.
- We
use DHL, USPS, FedEx and UPS Worldwide for shipping
internationally and may use other carriers as needed.
- We
will ship via your carrier/freight forwarder if you provide
us your account and contact information.
- Handling
charges will average $5.00 per ST1 unit. Our printed Teachers
Guide has a $2.00 Handling charge.
-
There will be a $35.00 fee for all wire transfers.
-
We will not reimburse any customer for customs, tax or duty
expenses on shipments. We have no control over these
expenses in the receiving country. Our main product is
classified as an instrument or model designed for
demonstrational purposes in education. As such the units
and accessories are classified under the US Harmonized
Tariff schedule as 9023.00.0000, free of duty for
international shipments.
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Privacy
Policies:
Effective May-01-2003
Our Commitment To Privacy:
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy
we provide this notice explaining our online information
practices and the choices you can make about the way your
information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to
find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point
where personally identifiable information may be requested.
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The Information We Collect:
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on
this website. On some pages, you can order
products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The
types of personal information collected at these pages may be:
Name
Company Name (optional)
Postal
Address
Billing Address
Shipping Address
Email address
Phone number
Fax number
Credit/Debit Card Information (only within a secured
environment)
You may want to subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to
date with news, specials, and get special promotional
options reserved only for those on our mailing list. In this
circumstance, the types of personal information collected are:
Name
Company Name (optional)
Postal
Address
Billing Address
Shipping Address
Your
Email address
Your Receiver's
Email address
Phone number
Fax number
Credit/Debit Card Information (only within a secured
environment)
You may want to purchase a product for someone else, or
purchase a product and have it shipped to an address other than
your billing address. In this circumstance, the types of
personal information collected are:
Name
Email address
Password (chosen by you)
On some pages, you can submit information about other people.
For example, if you order a gift online and want it sent
directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the
recipient's address. In this circumstance, the types of personal
information collected are:
Name
Email address
On some pages, you can email a page to other people. In this
circumstance, the types of personal information collected are:
From Email address
To Email address
This information is not stored and is only used to generate
the email. No trace of who the sender or receiver remains in any
way on our system or log files.
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The Way We Use Information:
We use the information you provide about yourself when placing
an order only to complete that order. We do not share this
information with outside parties except to the extent necessary
to complete that order.
We use the information you provide about someone else when
placing an order only to ship the product and to confirm
delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties
except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We offer gift-certificates by which you can personalize a product you
order for another person. Information you provide to us to
create a gift-certificates is only used for that purpose, and it is only
disclosed to the person receiving the gift.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive.
Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not
shared with outside parties.
You can subscribe to our mailing list if you would like to
receive updates on our new products and services by email.
Information you submit on our website will not be used for this
purpose unless you fill out the registration form. You can
unsubscribe an any time by contacting us or clicking the
"unsubscribe" link on the bottom of any informational mail we
send to you.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better
design our website and to share with advertisers. For example,
we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a
certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z
number of women filled out our registration form, but we would
not disclose anything that could be used to identify those
individuals.
We also may use your IP address to identify you as a user so
that we may track how you used our website. We only use this
information to track a generic user to help us understand user
patterns of shopping and how we can improve upon our user's
shopping experience. If you place on order online, we track your
IP address in order to protect again fraud. If you do not place
an order, your IP address will be deleted from our tracking in
less than 30 days. We share this information with no other
parties unless we suspect a clear case of fraud or cyber crime.
If we detect an instance of cyber crime, we will report all data
immediately to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cyber Crime
Division immediately.
Your company name, (optionally provided), may be used in our
web pages' client listing without seeking additional written
confirmation or approval from you.
Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable
information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones
described above without also providing you an opportunity to
opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
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Our Commitment To Data Security:
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and
ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place
appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to
safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Any
sensitive information will be gathered through Secure Socket
Layer 128 bit encryption to assure that your data is safe
between your browser and our servers. If you opt to pay online
by credit card, this transaction runs through yet another layer
of encryption.
What's more, we further encrypt your credit card information
temporarily -- in case there is a problem with your billing.
This encrypted credit card information is retained for no more
than 30 days.
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How You Can Correct Your Information:
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable
information by sending us a request that credibly shows the
error.
To protect your privacy and security, we will also take
reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access
or making corrections.
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How To Contact Us:
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy
policies, please
contact us.
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Warranty: