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Warranty and after sales services

Warranty and after sales services

Warranty

Please refer to the supplied Warranty Card.

After services (Repairs) policy

Article 1: Applicable scope of this terms of service 

This terms of service is defined to apply to any after services (hereinafter referred to as “Service”) in relation to this product provided by NTT QONOQ Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Company”).

In the event that you apply for use of this Service, you are regarded as agreeing to all the content of this terms of service.

Article 2: Object of the terms of service 

  1. Objective product

    The Company will offer the Service to you for the main body of the product that is separately introduced on our website or other means as an objective product when the Company determines the Service is available among the products sold by the Company in Japan.

    Samples and the products without written warranty are not covered by the Service.

  1. Objective scope

    The Company offers the service only in Japan to you who live or stay in Japan.

Article 3: Establishment of contract

The contract in relation to this terms of service shall be established by acceptance of your request for repair of the product after the Company confirmed necessary items and whether offering of the Service was possible or not when you applied according to the guidance introduced in the user manual, at our support center or on the Company’s website.

Note that the Company may refuse your request at the Company’s discretion due to requested content, period, or measure, or the information offered from you or other condition other than the case stipulated in this terms of service.

Article 4: Purpose of repair

The Company offers the Service for the Company’s product that is purchased and used in Japan.

The purpose is repair and maintenance of the function and performance in case of failure of the Company’s product.

That is not guaranteed for matching to your purpose of use or any special request related to the function or performance of the Company’s product.

Note that repair may not be possible due to its condition or state of repair request item resulting from the inspection. In that case, the Company will reset the repair request item to the default state and return it to you without being repaired.

The Company may offer of the Service by replacement of your repair request item with refurbished item (*) when the Company determines that repair is impossible, difficult, or irrational.

If you do not agree with the replacement mentioned above, your repair request to the service shall be regarded as canceled.

Refurbished item: The product such as returned product, that is confirmed as equivalent to new product in performance and quality by repair and maintenance

Article 5: Application of repair

You can apply for repairs at the Company’s support center (https://www.devices.nttqonoq.com/support/repair/).

In the event that you hand your repair request item with any objects added (hereinafter referred to as “Addition”) to the Company, the Company shall not be liable for possible stain on the Addition, damage or loss of the Addition, or any damages caused by related to the Addition in the process of repair.

Recorded data may be damaged or lost in the process of repair. Note that the Company is not responsible for the damage or loss of recorded data.

Article 6: Free repair service

If the product is covered by the warranty included to the Company’s product, the provision of the warranty shall take precedence of this terms of service.

The Company repairs your repair request item free of charge according to the provision of the warranty.

Please confirm the provision of the warranty in advance because the repair may be out of the warranty of free of charge even if the warranty period is not expired.

In the event of out of warranty of free of charge, the Company will repair at your own expense according to this terms of service.

Article 7: Repairs by consignment of operations

The Company may consign all or a part of the service (including related services) to cooperative companies under the Company’s discretion and responsibility.

Article 8: Charge

The Company will present the charge for the service (hereinafter referred to as “Service Charge” including repair and other cost) in each case because it varies by condition or state of the repair service.

Please confirm actual Service Charge with the person in charge of the Company’s support center when you request for repair because an estimation may be different depending on condition or circumstance.

The Company will start repair without contacting you again about the Service Charge in case of the following items.

  1. When you do not need a contact concerning an estimation from the Company.

  1. When you specified desired amount (upper limit) in advance and the Company confirms that the estimation is less than the amount.

If the Company finds that an estimation amount is beyond that you specified, the Company will notify you of the estimation of the Service Charge. Please respond whether you want or not to request for the Service at the amount.

If you do not want the Service at the amount, the Service request shall be regarded as canceled.

The cost specified in the following items arises separately as a Service Charge depending on condition or state.

  1. Delivery cost will be charged in case of mail-in repair.

  1. Other cost that our company notify separately

Note that the cost specified in the following items incurs even if repair is not provided.

  1. Repair cancellation charge

    You will be asked for a repair cancellation charge in the event that you cancel your request of the Service because of your personal reasons after an estimation of the Service Charge was provided responding to your request.

  1. Inspection fee

    You will be asked for an inspection fee in the event that a repair request item is not fault resulting from the inspection so that repair service is not provided.

Creating and issuing an estimation costs separately.

Article 9: Repair parts

  1. Recycled parts or substitute parts may be used for repair at the Company’s discretion in order to provide the Service for long term stably and promote environmental protection.

  1. The parts of repair request item removed when replacing parts by the Service may be collected in order to recycle or analyze at the Company’s discretion.

    Note that collected parts will be properly processed or disposed such as reproduction, recycle, or disposal at the Company’s discretion.

Article 10: Parts stock period

The Company determines the parts stock period of repairing functional parts (the parts necessary to maintain the function of product) of repair request item for each product.

The parts stock period of repair request item shall be regarded as the period available for the Service and the Company will determine whether the Service is actually available or not depending on the state.

Article 11: Repair warranty

  1. In the event that the repair request item that the Company repaired malfunctions again within 90 days from the repair completion date (when the Company completes the operation and the repair request item can be handed over to you) and the Company determines that the re-repair is required, the Company will re-repair the repair request item free of charge by your re-repair request within 1 week from the day of malfunction again.

  1. In the event that the Company provided the Service by exchanging the repair request item to a replacement item, if the replacement item malfunctions again within 90 days from the exchanged date (when the Company completes the operation and the replacement item can be handed over to you) and the Company determines that the repair of the replacement item is required, the Company will re-repair free of charge by your re-repair request within 1 week from the day of malfunction.

  1. Notwithstanding the provision in this Article, Paragraph 1, the charge may incur if the part of malfunctioning or condition of malfunction is different from the last repair.

    Also, the charge may incur in any case of the following items even if the period is within provided in prior two paragraphs.

    (1) Malfunction or damage caused by improper use (including not correctly used according to Quick Start Guide, user manual, description on the label on the main body of the product)

    (2) Failure by other device or malfunction or damage caused by unreasonable repair or modification

    (3) Malfunction or damage caused by transfer, transportation, fall or exposure to water

    (4) Malfunction or damage caused by fire, earthquake, wind and flood damage, thunderbolts, other natural disaster, pollution, salt damage, gas harm (sulfide gas etc.) or abnormal electric voltage

    (5) Replacement of exhausted or worn parts or replacement of fouled parts

    (6) Malfunction or damage caused by connecting a device that is not specified by the Company or consumption article

    (7) Fault that is not arisen by a hardware part of objective device such as virus infection.

Article 12: Change of contact information

  1. Please contact the Company’s support center promptly if you changed your contact information such as address, phone number, e-mail address due to relocation or transfer before our providing of the Service is complete.

  1. Even if a mail matter or delivery article that the Company sent is not delivered due to destination unknown, the Company regards sending to the address that you mentioned as arrival of them.

  1. Even if e-mail that the Company sent is not delivered due to destination unknown or problem on the Internet, the Company regards sending to the e-mail address that you mentioned as arrival of them.

Article 13: Storage of repair item

  1. In the event that you do not accept your repair request item (or a replacement item if you have the ownership based on the next paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as “Return Item”) after 180 days counting from the day the Company received the repair request item (hereinafter referred to as “Storage Period”) in the following case of after completion of repair, returning the repair request item unrepaired, or a hand-over date of the repair request item or replacement item is notified, you shall pay the charge for storing your repair request item or replacement item (including transferring to the place of storage but not limited to) in addition to the repair charge and any costs required for disposing the Return Item promptly upon the Company’s request. And the Company may dispose such corresponding Return Item if you did not accept the Return Item at the point that the Storage Period passed.

  1. In the event that the Company provides the Service by exchanging a repair request item to a replacement item, ownership of replacement item shall be transferred from the Company to you regarding as replacement is done at the point when the replacement item can be handed-over after completion of the Company’s prescribed process (by such corresponding transferring the ownership, the repair request item shall be the Company’s repair request item and the replacement item shall be your replacement item).

Article 14: Personal information and handling data

The Company will appropriately manage and use the personal information and data provided by customers for the purpose of providing the Service in accordance with the Company’s “Privacy policy”.

Article 15: Liabilities for damage

The Company shall be responsible for the limited to articles and contents defined as this terms of service when providing the Service and is not liable for your any damages arose from the other reasons (including indirectly, collateral or consequential damages, lost profits, punitive damages, damages based on your liability from the third party claimed) and damages incurred from that you could not use the product because of damage or malfunction of the corresponding repair request item.

However, this does not apply if the corresponding damage resulting from intent or gross negligence on the Company.

In principle, the Company will apply repair operation for a damage arisen during a period that your repair request item is kept by the Company.

Even in the event that the Company shall be liable for damages to you in connection with the provision of the Service, the Company's liability shall be limited to the value of the repair request item, except in cases of intention or gross negligence on the Company. The value of the repair request item shall be calculated based on either its net book value or the market price of a product with equivalent performance at the time the damage occurred.

Article 16: Exclusion of antisocial forces

In the event that the fact you are antisocial forces (an organized crime group defined in the Article 2, Item 2 of Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (hereinafter referred to as “Anti-Organized Crime Law”), a member of an organized crime group defined in the Article 2, Item 6 of Anti-Organized Crime Law, 5 years has not yet passed since the person had left an organized crime group, associate member of an organized crime group, organized crime-related company, extortionist, social action racketeering organization, political racketeering organization, intellectual crime group, a person with close ties to organized crime and any other similar organization or person who makes a violent demands or unreasonable demands beyond legal liability) is revealed, the Company may terminate the whole or a part of the contract concerning to the Service at anytime after the event in question occurs without any notice required.

The Company is not liable for compensation even in the event that any damages arose from the termination of the whole or a part of the contract related to the Service based on the provision of this Article.

Article 17: Unreasonable demands and customer harassment

The Company may terminate the whole or a part of the contract related to the Service without any obligation of compensation in the event of determination that you acted beyond the considerable extent on conventional wisdom (actions including the following defined but not limited to) against the Company (including employees of the Company, outsourcing partner and employees of outsourcing partner).

Furthermore, the Company may contact police or lawyer etc. to deal with such action properly in the event that the Company determines it is malicious.

  1. Demand for services such as repair free of charge, replacement of product, or monetary compensation beyond warranty (including the case without the Company’s defects or negligence admitted)

  1. Demand for repair, replacement of product or monetary compensation related to a product or content of Service that is irrelevant to the Company provided

  1. Demand for an apology without any rational reason or demand for punishment on those who involved

  1. Violent acts

  1. Threatening or overbearing words and actions, intimation of exposure to social media or media

  1. Not leaving, staying put, or restraining act such as confinement

  1. Unreasonable continuous request, repeat of complaint, or long-hours restraining act

  1. Sexual, discriminatory, or denying personality words or actions

  1. Acts of invasion of privacy against employees or concerned person of the Company or outsourcing partner

  1. Abuse or defamation, posting or spreading of false information on social media or the Internet

  1. Other acts equivalent as above

Article 18: Miscellaneous

  1. Labels (stickers or a protection film) that you attached or painted or stamps that you applied may be lost when exchanging. In that case, restoring to the previous state is not available.
    Note that the Company is not responsible for this damage.

  1. Even if a part of this terms of service became invalid by laws or regulations, such this terms of service shall continuously remain in force to the extent of the laws and regulations.

  1. The interpretation of this terms of service shall be compliant with the laws of Japan.