Terms & Conditions
Shopping with us online is easy, you'll also be delighted to hear that you are covered by the distance selling regulations. These have been established to make sure you have an opportunity to cancel your order if the goods aren’t what you expected.
You have the right to cancel your order at any time, up to 14 days after the day you receive it.
Important - If you enter wrong address or refuse delivery/collection and the parcel is returned to Vaping 101 you will be liable for the return to sender fee. This is a flat rate from Royal Mail of £3.95 for any service within the UK. Additional postage fees may apply if you wish to have the parcel re-posted.
Tracked 48 return and re-postal £8.20
Tracked 24 return and re-postal £9.10
If you wish to cancel your order whilst this process is taking place, please be aware that we must wait until the parcel has been returned to us. At that point if you wish to have the order cancelled and refunded your original postage charge plus the returns fee will be deducted from your final refund.
You must take good care of the items whilst they’re in your possession. Goods returned must be complete with any accessories, leads or other items provided with the goods, and undamaged, with proof of purchase. If you fail to return the goods in this manner, we may charge you the costs we incur in recovering the goods from you (which may be substantial) or the stand alone retail value of any missing or damaged items. In all occasions at a cost to yourself. It is your responsibility to ensure that the Goods are received by us and we recommend using Special Delivery or Signed For services where appropriate.
These regulations don’t apply to anything that has been personalised or intimate, perishable or time-critical goods. This includes e-liquids, coils and tanks, due to hygiene purposes. We reserve the right to charge a restock fee for any unwanted or non-faulty items returned and up to the full retail value
Please note that we are unable to accept any returned e-liquids or tanks that have been unsealed or used in any way, as this would constitute a health and safety risk due to hygiene purposes. Coils are a consumable item and returns can only be accepted when the blister pack remains intact.
You are entitled to examine any goods ordered as you would in a shop. however, if you use the goods, you may lose your right to cancel your purchase. Use would include, but not be limited, any functions of the goods for example fitting an atomiser to the mod, firing the mod with an atomiser, changing any setting on the mod.
If you are having an issue with any item, please use the “contact us” form on the website (please note we are not able to answer any messaging service, we require you to contact us using the form or by our email info@vaping101.co.uk and we will respond within 24hrs) A video will be requested which is standard practice. Very often a video can identify the cause and a simple fix can be established. The manufacturer also requires a video to review.
In the main, google and youtube can assist with 98% of problems as we are never the first to have a problem so they are well documented, as are the solutions.
All return goods can be returned by sending them to returns team, Vaping 101, 253 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6BR, at your cost. It is your responsibility to ensure that the goods are received by us and we recommend using special delivery or signed for services where appropriate. Where goods may be faulty we will refund postage to the value of £3.50. If goods are not faulty this will not be refunded and payment to have the goods returned to you will be required at our discretion.
Despatch & Delivery
Orders placed before 2pm will be sent out same day. Orders placed after 2pm will be sent the following day. Please note when sales are on it may take an extra day to despatch simply due to volume of orders.
Shipping is Monday to Friday currently.
If an item does not turn up. Royal Mail/DPD/UPS ask that you wait 10 working days after date of dispatch to see if it arrives. If still not arrived, a replacement will be sent. This is hugely inconvenient i know, but it is rare for items to go missing. There are no issues refunding or replacing any item that does happen to go missing, but Royal Mail terms state 10 working days must pass before can be reported missing. By ordering from vaping 101 you accept these terms. Refunds of any postage fees for late deliveries will not be offered.
Important Please Read -
Tanks, RDA’s, RTA’s etc – Do not allow these to leak, they “will” cause problems. All tanks leak but there is a wealth of information to stop a tank leaking that can be found HERE.
Squonkers – Do not overfill your squonk bottle. Do not over-squonk. There is a learning curve with squonking, allow your RDA to leak it will cause problems. There are many tutorial videos that can be viewed HERE.
Mods/Devices – Never charge via USB unless the battery is built in. Purchase a dedicated charger. Don’t drop. Don’t allow tanks to leak. Always use appropriate batteries in good condition with no damage to the outer wrap. Replace any damaged wraps. Use paired batteries (have same amount of cycles). Your Mod is not waterproof.
Do not store devices in pockets. This puts unnecessary strain on the tank which also transfers to the Mod's 510 connection and will cause problems.
These are all absolutely simple, common sense essentials to a happy vaping life. Do not rely upon Vaping 101 footing the bill for your unwillingness to follow these simple, key steps.
Images - Please Note - All images on site are for reference only and things like colour tone or glass may be different.
"Conditions" means these terms and conditions;
''Goods'' means any goods you purchase under these Conditions;
''Non-subscription Services'' mean any Services other than Subscription Services;
''Personal Information'' means the details provided by you to us;
"Services" means any services you order or otherwise purchase under these Conditions;
''Subscription Services'' means Services to which you subscribe on an ongoing basis, for example technical support Services;
"Us/our/we" means Vaping 101 which is a trading name and part of the Mackenzie Stuart Group Ltd, 5 Carron Den Road, Stonehaven, Scotland, AB39 2QH
"Website" means either one of the websites located at https://www.vaping101.co.uk or any other URL which may replace it
"You/Your" means the person ordering or otherwise purchasing the Goods or Services.
- Rights and Obligations
1.1. You undertake:
1.1.1. To pay any amounts due to us in a timely manner;
1.1.2. that the Personal Information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete in all respects;
1.1.3. To notify us immediately of any changes to the Personal Information using the contact details in Clause 5.4
1.1.4. Not to impersonate any other person or entity or to use a false name;
1.1.5. To ensure the goods purchased are being used by persons over the age of 18.
1.2. We reserve the right to modify the price or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, some or all of the Goods available. We also reserve the right to change or add to these Conditions from time to time.
1.3. Unless you have placed an order for any Goods, by the time such a change takes effect, we shall not be obliged to give you notice of any such modification or withdrawal.
1.4. From time to time we may also have to make changes in the specification of any Goods:
1.4.1. To make it conform with any applicable safety or other statutory requirements; or
1.4.2. To make it reflect changes in the manufacturer's specification,
but we will endeavour to ensure that such changes do not reduce the quality or performance of such Goods. Where you have placed an order for the affected Goods and such changes are substantial, we will notify you in advance to ensure that you still wish to proceed with any order that you have placed.
1.5. Goods:
1.5.1. You will be subject to the policies and Conditions in force at the time you order or otherwise purchase the Goods, unless we are legally obliged to make changes to these Conditions that apply retrospectively. If this happens, these changes will apply to any orders we have not yet fulfilled when the changes took effect, even if your order was placed previously.
1.5.2. We shall not withdraw or modify to your substantial detriment any of the Goods for which we have accepted an order from you, other than where such modification or withdrawal is required as a result of events outside of our reasonable control, or any pricing error on the website.
1.6 Estimated time frames for delivery of Goods are estimates only and delays may arise due to matters outside of our reasonable control.
1.7. Goods may be subject to your countries export control laws. Under these laws, such Goods may not be sold, leased or transferred to restricted end-users (including to nationals of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and/or Syria) or countries or for restricted end-uses (including uses related to the development, production, use, or maintenance of ''Weapons of Mass Destruction'', including without limitation, uses related to nuclear, missile, and/or chemical/biological development). If Goods are supplied to you subject to any such Export Laws, such supply is subject to you not falling into any such restricted categories.
- Orders
2.1. Goods are available only to individuals who we, in our absolute discretion, consider eligible. The eligibility criteria include, without limitation, those whose applications are acceptable to. All products on our website are restricted to individuals over the age of 18 only. Any order that is found to be placed by someone underage will be cancelled with immediate effect.
2.2. When requested by us, you must provide your name, phone number, address, payment details and other requested information.
2.3. Each order placed by you will be treated as an offer to purchase the Goods to which your order relates. The contract will only be completed when we dispatch the Goods or when we take any due payment from you (which includes debiting your payment method), whichever is the earlier.
2.4. You acknowledge that any automated acknowledgement given when you place an online order shall not amount to our acceptance of your offer to purchase.
2.5. We may, at our own discretion, limit, restrict or reject any order you place at any time prior to the contract having been completed. You also acknowledge that we have the right to cancel any order before it has been dispatched when we have reason to believe that an error has occurred. Where this happens, we will attempt to contact you. We also reserve the right to limit or prohibit sales to dealers or to entities that we believe, in our sole discretion, are making use of the Goods for profit.
- Price and Payment
3.1. The price of the Goods shall be the price of which we inform you prior to accepting your order. Prices include VAT at current rates.
3.2. If you fail to make any payment when due then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy we may have, we may:
3.2.1. Where you have ordered Goods, cancel your order; and/or
3.2.2. In any event, charge you interest (before and after any judgment) on the amount unpaid, at the rate of 4% per calendar month, until payment is made in full (a part of the month being treated as a full month for the purpose of calculating interest).
3.3. You confirm that any payment method you use is your own.
3.4. Payment methods are subject to validation checks and authorisation and we will not be liable for any delay or non-delivery caused by failure of such checks or authorisation.
3.5. Once your Goods have been collected and/or otherwise received by you, all risk of damage to, or loss of, the Goods shall pass to you.
3.6. Irrespective of your receipt of the Goods, the passing of risk or any other provision of these conditions, ownership shall not pass to you until we have payment in full for the Goods.
3.7. Until such time as the ownership passes to you, you shall hold the Goods on our behalf and keep them safe and identified as our property, and we shall be entitled to ask you to return the Goods to us.
- Cancellation, Returns and Exchanges
4.1. Without prejudice to our rights under Clause 1 above, if either party breaks the terms of these Conditions in any material way, the other party can terminate these Conditions by giving the other party 7 days' written notice.
4.2. In certain situations, we may be prepared to give you a refund or exchange for Goods if you change your mind. For details our Consumers should be aware that if they wish to exercise their right to cancel an order that has already been dispatched, within 14 days, that they will not receive a refund on the postage following any return of items.
4.3. Goods ordered online or over the phone only
4.3.1. Consumers ordering Goods at a distance (such as via telephone or online) have certain cancellation rights under the The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013. Consumers should be aware that certain products that are deemed as perishable items are not covered.
4.3.2. You may cancel any order for Goods other than time-critical or perishable items or anything that is without its original packaging within 14 days without liability to us.
4.3.3. You may cancel your order by using the Contact Us form on the website
4.3.4. If you cancel an order for Goods, they must be returned to us within a reasonable period, complete (with any accessories, leads or other items provided with the Goods) and undamaged, with proof of purchase. If you fail to return the Goods in this manner, we may charge you the costs we incur in recovering the Goods from you (which may be substantial) or the stand alone retail value of any missing or damaged items.
4.3.5. Unless collection of the Goods has been arranged, you must return the Goods by sending them to Vaping 101, 253 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6BR, in all occasions at a cost to yourself. It is your responsibility to ensure that the Goods are received by us and we recommend using Special Delivery or Signed For services where appropriate.
4.3.6. Where we have agreed to collect the Goods from you, you must ensure that they are available for collection at the time arranged.
4.3.7. You shall be under a duty to take reasonable care of the Goods until received or collected by us and it is your responsibility to ensure that the Goods are not damaged whilst in transit using transport arranged by you.
4.3.8. You are entitled to examine any Goods ordered as you would in a shop. However, if you use the Goods, you may lose your right to cancel your purchase. Use would include, but not be limited to breaking the seal on a bottle of E-Liquid, putting E-Liquid into a tank or clearomizer, putting coils into an RDA or RTA, powering up of a Mod or installing a tank onto the Mod. We reserve the right to charge you for the value of any Goods returned which have been used or damaged whilst in your possession, up to the full cost price of the Goods.
4.3.9. If you cancel your order in accordance with the provisions of this Clause we will refund any sums paid by you in relation to your order (less our costs if we have to recover any Goods from you) within 30 days.
- Your Personal Information
5.1. We need to collect certain Personal Information to provide you with the Goods and/or Services.
5.2. You agree that we may use, update, share and process your Personal Information in accordance with our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is available at any time by visiting https://vaping101.co.uk
5.3. You will have the opportunity to consent to us contacting you by email, phone or SMS about products and services which Vaping 101 believe may be of interest to you. You can make changes to your marketing preferences at any time by unsubscribing using the link available in any email we send to you or your account dashboard under "Subscriptions". Please note that it may take up to 72 hours for such changes to take effect.
5.4. You will have the option in your account dashboard to delete your account with Vaping 101. This will not delete any orders you have placed but disassociate them from your account.
5.5. You are entitled to request a physical copy of any records we hold for yourself. To have this arranged contact us via “Contact Us” found on the website https://vaping101.co.uk
- Limitation of Liability
7.1. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by us in circumstances where:
7.1.1. there is no breach of a legal duty of care owed to you by us; and/or
7.1.2. such loss or damage is not reasonably foreseeable.
7.2. We will not be liable any loss or damage caused wholly or mainly by your breach of these Conditions.
7.3. Our liability shall not in any event include losses related to any business of a customer including but not limited to lost data, lost profits or business interruption.
7.4. Nothing in these Conditions shall:
7.4.1. exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our acts or omissions or those of our servants, agents or employees; or
7.4.2. limit your rights as a consumer under applicable UK law.
7.5. All Services are provided on a commercially reasonable basis. Although we will provide the Services with reasonable skill and care, we make no warranty that the Services will meet your exact requirements or that they will always be available.
7.6. The Goods, where new, are sold with the benefit of and subject to the terms set out in any warranty or guarantee given by the manufacturer of the Goods. This is in addition to your legal rights in relation to Goods which are faulty.
7.7. Each provision of this Clause 7 operates separately. If any part is disallowed, or is not effective, the other parts will continue to apply even after our agreement has been terminated or cancelled.
- General
8.1. Third Parties: Nobody but you and us can benefit from these Conditions under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
8.2. Assignment: You may not but we may, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of our rights under these Conditions. Any attempt by you to do so shall be void.
8.3. Governing Law: These Conditions will be governed by Scottish Law and if you are not happy with how we deal with any disagreement and want to take bring court proceedings, you must do so within the UK.
8.4. Each Clause of these Conditions operates separately. If any part is disallowed, or is not effective, the other parts will continue to apply even after our agreement has been terminated or cancelled.
8.5. Call Monitoring: Monitoring or recording of your calls may take place for our business purposes. Calls to our customer service numbers should incur local call costs from a standard BT line, calls from other providers may vary and calls from mobiles may cost significantly more.
- Handling Complaints and Sending Notices
9.1. If you wish to make a complaint you may do so in the following way:
9.1.1. by using the “Contact Us” form on the website https://vaping101.co.uk - Age of Consent
You may only purchase Products from our site if you are at least 18 years old. Vaping 101 being a responsible company use Verify My Age to confirm all Customers are of legal age to purchase. Verify My Age are recommended by Trading Standards and do all verifications on Ebay. They are PAS 1296:2018, ISO 27001 Certified to the highest standards in the UK. All date is protected by the highest encryption levels available. More information can be found HERE
If you falsely declare your age to us you shall be held responsible for all costs, expenses, losses, damage fines and other penalties that we may suffer or incur as a consequence of your false statement.
11. International Shipping
All goods shipped Internationally are on a DDU (Deliver Duty Unpaid) also known as DAP (Delivered at Place) basis.
You are not being charged UK VAT.
The buyer is responsible for obtaining all necessary licenses for importing the goods and paying all relevant taxes, duties, and inspection costs.
All risks involved in this process are borne by the buyer.
Once the goods are placed at the disposal of the buyer, all further transportation costs and risks fall on the buyer.
If for any reason the goods are not accepted at destination, or you refuse to pay the appropriate Customs fees relevant to your country, Vaping 101 reserves the right to deduct any return shipping, costs to destroy, or Customs fees that remain unpaid, from any refund you the Customer is due.
Please note - we are sometimes seeing lengthy delays at Customs in destination countries. This is totally out-with our control and we have no influence whatsoever over Customs. UPS is far quicker than Royal Mail and do not suffer the same queues we see with Royal Mail.
Vaping 101 is a Trading Name and part of the Mackenzie Stuart Group Ltd - Company Registration: Registered in Scotland SC552973 - Registration address: Acumen Accountants and Advisors Limited, Bankhead Drive, City South Office Park, Portlethen, Aberdeen, AB12 4XX. VAT Registration - 274201527