Terms & Conditions

These terms and conditions apply to the LABGEMS website located at www.labgems.com and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including LABGEMS’ sites around the world (collectively the “Site”) and other websites that expressly incorporate these Conditions (“Conditions”). In some instances, a particular LABGEMS product purchased through the Site may be subject to additional policies, guidelines, terms, and/or agreements (“Terms”). In the event that such Terms are inconsistent with these Conditions, the Terms shall govern. BY VISITING AND/OR USING THIS SITE IN ANY WAY, SUCH AS BROWSING PRODUCTS OR PLACING AN ORDER, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Please read these Conditions carefully. If you do not wish to be bound by these Conditions, do not access or use the LABGEMS Site.

CHANGE OF TERMS
LABGEMS may, at its sole discretion, revise or add new terms to these Conditions from time to time without notice to you. Such revisions and additions shall be deemed effective immediately upon notice, which LABGEMS may give by any means, including, without limitation, by posting the revised Conditions on the LABGEMS Site. You are responsible for reviewing the LABGEMS Site for any modifications to these Conditions that may affect your rights or obligations. Any change or modification will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on the Site. Any access or use by you of the LABGEMS Site after changes to these Conditions will constitute your acceptance of the revised terms. If you do not agree to the amended terms, you must stop using the Site.

CONTENT
The Site and all content and other materials, including, without limitation, text, icons, graphics, logos, images, designs, pictures, selection, coordination, “look and feel”, information, data, sound files, and other files and software is the proprietary property of LABGEMS or its affiliates, licensors or users and is protected by Belgian , European and international trade dress, copyright laws, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws. Copyright in the documents and material on the LABGEMS Site is owned by or licensed to LABGEMS. You are authorized to use this material only for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may download, print, and store copies of this material for your own personal, non-commercial use. Nothing contained on the LABGEMS Site should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark or service mark displayed on the LABGEMS Site without the written permission of LABGEMS or any third party that may own such trademarks or service marks. LABGEMS will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

TRADEMARKS
LABGEMS, the LABGEMS logos, and any other product or service name or slogan contained in our Site are trademarks of LABGEMS and/or its licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of LABGEMS or the applicable trademark holder. You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing “LABGEMS” or any other name, trademark or product or service name of LABGEMS without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and LABGEMS names or logos mentioned in our Site are the property of their respective owners.

USE OF THE SITE
You are granted a personal, limited, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Site and electronically copy, (except where prohibited without a license) and print to hard copy portions of the Site materials for your informational, non-commercial and personal use only. Such license is subject to these Conditions and does not include: (a) any resale or commercial use of our Site or the Site materials therein; (b) the collection and use of any product listings, pictures or descriptions for commercial purposes; (c) the distribution, public performance or public display of any Site materials, (d) modifying or otherwise making any derivative uses of our Site and the Site materials, or any portion thereof; (e) use of any automated means to access, monitor or interact with any portion of our Site, including through data mining, robots, spiders, scraping, or similar data gathering or extraction methods; (f) downloading (other than the page caching) of any portion of our Site, the Site materials or any information contained therein, except as expressly permitted on our Site; (g) cause to appear any pop-up, pop-under, exit windows, expanding buttons, banners, advertisement, or anything else which minimizes, covers, or frames or inhibits the full display of our Site; (h) use our web sites in any way which interferes with the normal operation of our sites; or (i) any use of our Site or the Site materials other than for its intended purpose. Any use of our Site or the Site materials other than as specifically authorized herein, without the prior written permission of LABGEMS, is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws, including without limitation copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Conditions shall be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, or otherwise. This license is revocable at any time.

INFORMATION ON OUR SITE
LABGEMS is committed to providing current and accurate information on our web sites, email, chat, and telephone communications. We do not, however, warrant that this information is always correct, accurate or complete. In rare circumstances, data, including prices, may be inaccurately displayed on our Site due to system and typographical errors which may occur. Inadvertent errors or inaccurate advertised prices are not binding on LABGEMS, and may be adjusted by LABGEMS at any time. LABGEMS reserves the right to correct any and all errors when they do occur. If an order is placed with a lower product’s listed price than the actual price, LABGEMS will, at its discretion, either advise the customer before shipping the product or cancel the order and notify the customer of such cancellation. LABGEMS apologizes for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Information that we communicate is not a binding contract, and should not be treated as such. The sole remedy of a customer acting on incorrect information is to request a cancellation of the order placed as a result of this incorrect information. If an order has been shipped, the customer agrees to either return the product for full credit or pay the difference between the actual and charged prices. Please review our Return Policies.

LABGEMS holds a dynamic and high volume inventory. The stock availability on our website is listed “as is” and is subject to change. If a product in an order is out of stock, we will advise the customer immediately with possible options. Products may appear on the LABGEMS website larger or smaller than their actual size. Given the variation in computer monitor settings, color and size may vary slightly when viewing product photography. In compliance with industry standards and FTC regulations, carat total weight may vary 0.05 carats from stated weight. For gemstone and pearl measurements, a tolerance of 0.25mm is allowed. For diamond jewelry set with multiple diamonds, we provide the minimum total carat weight for the piece. Color and clarity grades are expressed as either a minimum or an average depending on the number of diamonds. If stated as a minimum, all diamonds within the piece are at or above the stated quality. If expressed as an average, collectively the quality is equal to or exceeds the grade stated.

LABGEMS retains the full unrestricted rights to all jewelry designs, whether custom or standard, and may choose to market or sell jewelry based on such designs.

LABGEMS’ product details and prices are also subject to change without notice. All of our prices are final and non-negotiable. Additionally, in order to conserve natural resources, and maintain the high quality of our pieces, LABGEMS does not allow multiple pieces to be purchased for comparison, which is the act of buying several items with the intent of keeping the item that you like best and returning the remaining items that were purchased. If you have any questions regarding our policy, please contact our Customer Service line at +32 499 796 426.

All representations including representations regarding gemstone origin, recycled content of precious metals, and estate information, are provided to the best of LABGEMS’ knowledge and without guarantee or warranty of any kind.

YOUR ACCOUNT
When you access or use the LABGEMS website or your personalized LABGEMS account, you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and for restricting access to your computer. You are further responsible for all activities that occur under your personal account and your password. If you are under the age of 18 years old, you may use LABGEMS.com only under the guidance and direction of a parent or guardian. Please note that LABGEMS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content or cancel orders.

DIAMOND CERTIFICATES
When you order a loose diamond under 0.30 Ct., LABGEMS will ship it to you with the accompanying diamond certificate which is a diamond grading report. These grading reports are detailed documents created by diamond grading experts at highly-respected diamond laboratories. These diamond grading reports are extremely expensive to replace and as a result of this, LABGEMS requires each diamond grading report to be included with each returned diamond. If you do not include the diamond grading report with your return, you will be charged a replacement fee of two hundred euros (€200.00).

PASSAGE OF TITLE
Title for goods purchased passes from LABGEMS to the purchaser’s designee at the time that goods are delivered to the designee.

Signature Requirements for Delivery
For your your protection, LABGEMS ensures and registers all items for their full value. LABGEMS requires that all deliveries must be made to a physical business or home address only – we do not ship to P.O. Box addresses. We also require an adult to sign for the delivery.

CANCELLATION OF PRODUCTS
LABGEMS reserves the right to cancel products or services to any customer for any reason at any time. The customer’s sole remedy in such cases will be the full refund of any funds that we have collected in reference to the canceled products and/or services.

PRIVACY
Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to this site and for information on how LABGEMS collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information from its customers. LABGEMS does reserve the right to cooperate with legitimate governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect LABGEMS’ systems and customers, or to ensure the integrity and operation of LABGEMS’ business and systems, and as such, LABGEMS may access and disclose any information it considers necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, user profile information (i.e. name, e-mail address, etc.), IP addressing and traffic information, usage history, and posted User Content (as defined herein). LABGEMS’ right to disclose any such information shall govern over any terms of LABGEMS’ Privacy Policy.

REPEAT INFRINGER POLICY
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and other applicable law, LABGEMS has the sole discretion to terminate and bar specific website users or LABGEMS account holders who under appropriate circumstances are determined to be repeat infringers. LABGEMS further reserves the right to limit access to this website and/or terminate the account of any users whom LABGEMS reasonably suspects to have infringed any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
LABGEMS may run advertisements and promotions from third parties on our website. These advertisements and promotions are conducted under the direction of the third party and LABGEMS is not responsible or liable for any loss, damage or liability incurred by you as a result of any dealings with the third party provider or resulting from the presence of these unaffiliated third parties on our website. Any business transactions, correspondence with, participation in the promotions of, advertisers other than LABGEMS and any terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party.

FEEDBACK AND SUBMISSIONS
You acknowledge and agree that any feedback or submissions, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, original or creative materials or other information, regarding this website, LABGEMS, or the LABGEMS products or services that are provided by you to LABGEMS in any form are not confidential and upon submission, shall become the sole property of LABGEMS. We shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights to said feedback and submissions, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of the feedback and submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You grant LABGEMS and its sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they so choose. You represent and warrant that (a) you own and control all of the rights to the content that you submit, or that you otherwise have the right to submit such content to this site; (b) the content is accurate and not misleading; and (c) use and posting of the content you supply will not and does not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity.

PRODUCT REVIEWS AND USER CONTENT
LABGEMS’ website includes or may include in the future a product review feature, and discussion forums, user generated content, or other areas or services in which you or a third party has the opportunity to create, post, or store content, messages, materials or other items on our website (“Interactive Areas”). You shall be solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas. By using any Interactive Areas, you agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through our website any of the following: (a) Any message, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, video, graphics, code or other material (“User Content”) that is or would reasonably be considered to be unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable; (b) User Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law, statute or regulation.; (c) User Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party; (d) User Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity; (e) Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations; (f) Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers; (g) Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; and (h) User Content that, in the sole judgment of LABGEMS, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Interactive Areas or our website, or which may expose LABGEMS or its users to any harm or liability of any type.

If you post User Content to our website, you grant LABGEMS a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content throughout the world in any media. You further grant LABGEMS and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose to do so. You represent and warrant that (a) you own and control all of the rights to the User Content that you post or you otherwise have the right to post such User Content to our website; (b) the User Content is accurate and not misleading; and (c) use and posting of the User Content you supply does not violate these Terms and Conditions and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity.

LABGEMS disclaims any responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor shall LABGEMS be liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter as a result of said User Content posted. Your use of the LABGEMS Interactive Areas is at your own risk. LABGEMS is not liable for any statements, representations or User Content provided by its users in any public forum, personal home page or other Interactive Area. Additionally, LABGEMS reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content posted or stored on our website at any time and for any reason without notice, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any User Content you post or store on our website at your sole cost and expense.

Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of the LABGEMS website in violation of the foregoing paragraph violates these Terms and Conditions and may result in termination or suspension of your rights to use the Interactive Areas and/or our website.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS SITE, THE CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN AND THE PRODUCTS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (THE “PRODUCTS”) ARE PROVIDED ON AN ‘AS IS’ AND ‘AS AVAILABLE’ BASIS. LABGEMS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON IT. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, BY YOUR OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES ARISING FROM THIS USE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, LABGEMS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AS TO THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, AND MATERIALS ON THE SITE. LABGEMS, DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR ITS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION ARE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, CURRENT OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL LABGEMS, ITS DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, OR AGENTS OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE LABGEMS PRODUCTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OUR SITE, THE PRODUCTS, THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE LABGEMS SITE, OR THAT RESULTS FROM THE RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM LABGEMS, INCLUDING ANY ERROR OR OMISSION REGARDING LISTED DIAMOND ORIGIN, ANY MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAILS, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE OF THE LABGEMS SITE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO LABGEMS’ PROGRAMS OR SERVICES, EVEN IF LABGEMS IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR EVEN IF THE LOSS, DAMAGE OR EXPENSE WAS CAUSED BY LABGEMS, ITS DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL LABGEMS’ LIABILITY BE GREATER THAN THE PRICE YOU PAID FOR THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT IS THE BASIS FOR THE CLAIM.

Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. It is your responsibility to check local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusions of implied warranties

INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless LABGEMS, its independent contractors, service providers and consultants, and its parents, affiliates, and related entities and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, expenses and costs (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs), arising out of or relating to your breach of these Conditions or your access to or use of the LABGEMS Site or inability to use the Site, including without limitation any actual or threatened suit, demand or claim made against LABGEMS and/or its independent contractors, service providers, employees, directors or consultants, arising out of or relating to the Content, your conduct, your violation of these Terms and Conditions or your violation of the rights of any third party.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND SERVICES
Links to other Internet sites and services operated by third parties, including LABGEMS vendors, do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or approval by LABGEMS of the content, policies, or practices of such linked sites or services. LABGEMS is not responsible for the availability, content, security, policies, or practices of linked sites or services, including, without limitation, the accuracy of content on linked sites or services and the privacy policies and practices of linked sites and services.

TERMINATION
Notwithstanding any of these Conditions, LABGEMS reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use this site, and to block or prevent future your access to and use of the Site.

MISCELLANEOUS
These Conditions contain the entire understanding of you and LABGEMS with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between you and LABGEMS with respect to the subject matter hereof. The failure of LABGEMS at any time to enforce any of the provisions of these Conditions will not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provisions, or in any way to affect the right of LABGEMS to thereafter enforce each and every provision of these Conditions. No waiver by LABGEMS of any breach of any provision of these Conditions will be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other subsequent breach. If any provision of these Conditions is declared invalid or otherwise determined to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be deemed to be severable from the remaining provisions of these Conditions, which will otherwise remain in full force and effect. Provisions concerning your rights and obligations which by the content of the provision operate after termination or which are necessary to enforce any right will survive any termination or expiration of these Conditions.

QUESTIONS
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Terms and Conditions updated on October 18, 2023.