Terms of Sale

The product

The Personalised Signed Edition is a physical copy of Energy: A New Way to Live, personally signed by the author, Vimal Odedra, with a handwritten dedication based on the name and any note you provide at checkout. The exact wording of the dedication is at the author's discretion — we cannot guarantee your requested wording will be reproduced verbatim.

Price and payment

The book price is shown in pounds sterling (GBP) at checkout and does not include shipping. Shipping is calculated separately based on your delivery destination and shown before you pay. The total you are charged is the book price plus shipping. Payment is processed securely by Stripe; we do not see or store your card details. An order is only placed once payment has been successfully verified.

Stock availability

Each Personalised Signed Edition print run is limited. We take reasonable steps to prevent selling copies we do not have, but in the rare case that a payment is taken for a copy that turns out not to be available, we will contact you to offer a full refund or, if you prefer, add you to the list for the next available copy.

Gift purchases

If you purchase as a gift, the dedication will be addressed to the recipient name you provide. The order confirmation and receipt are sent to the purchaser's email address, not the recipient's, unless you tell us otherwise.

Delivery

We aim to dispatch personalised copies within a reasonable time of your order. A specific dispatch/delivery timeframe has not yet been set and should be confirmed and published here before real sales are activated.

Cancellation and returns

Because each copy is personalised at your specific request (a handwritten dedication), UK consumer law (the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013) may treat it as bespoke/ personalised goods, which can affect the standard 14-day cancellation right that applies to most online purchases. Whether, and to what extent, that cancellation right applies to the Personalised Signed Edition is a legal question that has not yet been confirmed by a qualified professional, and must be resolved — and clearly stated here — before real sales are activated. We are not stating a conclusion on this point ourselves.

Faulty or damaged goods

Regardless of the above, your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 are not affected: if your copy arrives damaged, faulty, or not as described, contact us at v@liyf.org and we will arrange a replacement or refund.

Lost or delayed parcels

If your copy has not arrived within a reasonable time of dispatch, contact us and we will investigate with the delivery service used. Whether tracked shipping will be used for every region, and the exact point at which a parcel is treated as lost rather than delayed, depends on the real shipping service Vimal selects for each region and has not yet been finalised — see the shipping recommendation in PROJECT_STATE.md.

Personalisation errors

If a dedication is written incorrectly due to our own error (for example, misreading the name you provided), contact us and we will put it right at no cost to you. We cannot be responsible for a spelling or naming error that was submitted incorrectly at checkout, but will always try to help.

Contact

Questions about an order can be sent to v@liyf.org or via our contact form. General website terms are covered separately in our Terms of Website Use.

Draft version — not yet finalised. Must be reviewed and approved before the Personalised Signed Edition is switched from waiting list to available for purchase.