ABOUT US
Please read these terms and conditions of sale carefully as they affect your rights and liabilities under the law and set out the terms under which The Carnegie Whisky Cellars (“we”) makes its products available to you. We are registered in Scotland under company number SC524682 with our registered office at The Carnegie Whisky Cellars, The Carnegie Courthouse, Castle Street, Dornoch, Sutherland, IV25 3SD.PURCHASE & ORDERING
We will not sell, allow collection or ship alcohol to anyone who is, or appears to be, under the age of 18. By placing an order, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old and we reserve the right not to process the order if we believe you not to be. The placing of an order anywhere on our website does not constitute a contract, which is made only when we accept your order and process payment. We reserve the right not to accept any order. All goods are offered subject to availability. We cannot guarantee the availability of limited releases.
PRODUCTS
Our website checks stock against our store location at time of purchase so is not guaranteed as accurate in all circumstances. In the event that a product is unavailable after an order is placed, we shall contact you to arrange replacement, issue a refund or another acceptable arrangement for the completion of your order.
DELIVERY
General – Due to our rural location we cannot guarantee that products ordered and purchased through our website will arrive within the timeframe selected. We will take every care to update you of any delays. We reserve the right to contact you if the postage you have chosen is not sufficient to cover the cost and we would ask that you increase the postage. If this is not complied with, the order will be cancelled. We currently only post to the United Kingdom on our website. If your order is international, please contact us directly.
Forms of delivery:
Royal Mail 2nd Class – Miniatures/Book/Small Gift Pack: This is appropriate for the ordering of smaller products, such as Miniatures/Book/Small Gift Pack. This is charged at £3.50 and your item should arrive within two – three working days (including Saturday).
Royal Mail 2nd Class – Equivalent to 1 Bottle: This is appropriate for the ordering of up to one standard size (70cl) bottle. This is charged at £5.50 and your item should arrive within two – three working days (including Saturday).
DHL Delivery – Up to 6 bottles: This is appropriate for the ordering of up to six standard size (70cl) bottles. This is charged at £10 and your item(s) should arrive within three – four working days (including Saturday) from when shipped. Shipping days vary due to demand but will be shipped within three days of the order being received.
LOCAL PICKUP
You may opt to pick up items purchased from the website in our store. There is no charge for this. However, we reserve the right to release the order back into stock if you do not pick your order up within one week. If you require more time to pick up your purchased stock, you can contact us to discus this. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to hold the stock for longer. No orders will be held without prior payment being obtained.
FORCE MAJEURE
We shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform our obligations if the delay or failure results from events or circumstances outside our reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, strikes, lock outs, accidents, war, virus outbreak, fire, breakdown in the supply chain, and the party shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of its obligations.
PRICES
All prices are inclusive of UK VAT and are charged in GBP (British Pounds Sterling) Although we endeavour to ensure that all pricing information on this website is accurate, occasionally an error may occur, and goods may be mis-priced. If we discover a pricing error we will, at our discretion, either: contact you and ask you whether you wish to cancel your order or continue with the order at the correct price; or notify you that we have cancelled your order. – We will not be obliged to supply goods at the incorrect price. We reserve the right to adjust prices, offers, goods and specifications of goods at our discretion at any time before (but not after) we accept your order. Where an end date is specified on any offer on the website, it is intended as a guide only. We reserve the right to change prices at any time.
VOUCHER USAGE
Voucher usage is only available for use in store and cannot be redeemed online. Please contact us for details.
RETURNS & COMPLAINTS
It is your legal right to cancel your order up to 14 days from when you have physically received your delivery. Please email whisky@thecarnegiecourthouse.co.uk with details of the order number, your name, address and contact details. We will refund the full amount (including the standard delivery charge) once the products have been safely returned to us. You will be responsible for the cost of returning the bottle to us and to ensure that the products are adequately packaged, to avoid any possible damage. If the products have been damaged (if the seal on the bottle has been damaged or removed, or if packaging has been damaged), we will potentially reduce the refund to £0.00 (zero), dependant on whether we are able to resell the product. You may also return products that are faulty, incorrect or not as described. We will refund you the full amount including the original delivery charge and any reasonable costs for you to return the product to us. All refunds will be made to using the same method which you used to pay. In the event of complaint please contact the store if it refers to a particular order. Each complaint will be treated as confidential and will be attended to by the manager.