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TERMS OF USE

Key information:

• You just be 18 years old or more;

• Act of good faith - you will be responsible for the gear damage;

• Try my Gear does not provide transportation service - you must deal with the other user;

Welcome to Try my Gear, a peer-to-peer rental marketplace for outdoor and sports equipment (the "Site")  provided by Try my Gear Ltd, ("Try my Gear" "we" or "us"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") describe the terms and conditions that govern your use of and participation in Try my Gear services, including the Site, web widgets, feeds, applications for third-party web sites and services, and any other mobile or web services or applications offered by Try my Gear (collectively the "Service").

For the purposes of these Terms, "you" means each person using the Service. All visitors, users, and others who access the Site and/or Service, including you and any persons that you authorize to use your account, may be referred to in these Terms as the "User."

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these terms, as amended from time to time.           If you do not agree to these Terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing the Site or the Service.

Please read this agreement carefully to ensure that you understand each provision.

Our Service; Member Accounts

Try my Gear provides a forum and service to connect owners of outdoor sports equipment, such as a            surfboard, snow skis, snowboard, tent, or kayak (each "Equipment") interested in making their equipment available for rent ("Listers") and individuals interested in renting Equipment ("Renters"). Try my Gear reserves the right to relocate any listing to any other category without previous notice. Try my Gear will always try to keep the listing and categories as much organised as possible.In order to rent or list Equipment on Try my Gear, you will need to establish a member account ("Account"). By applying for an Account, you give us        permission to disclose certain of your personal information to third parties for verification purposes, and to      obtain additional information about you. Try my Gear may accept or reject account applications in our sole discretion.

Your Account is for your personal use only. You may not create an Account on behalf of a business or entity. You may not use another member's Account, permit anyone else to use your Account, or assign or otherwise transfer your Account to any other person or entity. When applying for and creating your Account, you must provide accurate and complete information, and keep such information updated and accurate throughout the term of these Terms. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must notify Try my Gear immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your Account. Try my Gear will not be liable for any losses caused by any unauthorized use of your Account and reserves the right to suspend or deactivate any user’s account based on violations of this Terms of Use or if the user has repeatedly lapse in response time to requested rentals.

You may control your Member profile and how you interact with the Service by changing the options in your Settings page. By providing Try my Gear your email address, you consent to our using the email address to send you Service-related email, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. By providing Try my Gear your cell phone number, you consent to our using the phone number to send you Service-related SMS messages. You may not opt out of Service-related emails or SMS messages. We may also use your email address and/or cell phone number to send you other messages, such as changes to       features of the Service and special offers. If you do not want to receive such messages, you may opt out or change your preferences in your Settings page. Opting out may prevent you from receiving messages      regarding updates, improvements or offers. We also may use your images for a business proposal.

Policies and Procedures; Rental Confirmations; Feedback

When you use the Service to conduct a Rental, you will be required to agree to a rental contract. The Rental Contract is an agreement between a Lister and a Renter. Try my Gear is not a party to the Rental Contract.

Both Renters and Listers are encouraged to submit feedback to the Service following the completion of each Rental. We may block you from any further use of the Service until you have submitted such feedback.

Service Rules

In using the Service, you agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: i. copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated "scraping"; ii. using any automated system, including without limitation "robots," "spiders," "offline readers," etc., to access the Service in a manner that sends more request messages to Try my Gear servers than a human can reasonably produce in the same period of time by using a conventional on-line web browser except that Try my Gear grants the operators of public search engines revocable permission to use spiders to copy materials from Try my Gear.co.nz or any from Try my Gear domains for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials; iii. transmitting spam, chain letters, or other unsolicited email;                   iv. attempting to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service; v. using the Site, App or Service in any manner to circumvent or secure a rental outside of the Service or to avoid fees payable to Try my Gear in connection with your use of the Service; vi. taking any action that imposes, or may impose at our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; vii. uploading invalid data, viruses, worms, or other software agents through the Service; viii. collecting or harvesting any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service; ix. using the Service for any commercial solicitation purposes; x. impersonating another person or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity, conducting fraud, hiding or attempting to hide your identity; xi. interfering with the proper working of the Service; xii. accessing any content on the Service through any technology or means other than those provided or authorized by the Service; xiii. or bypassing the measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service, including without limitation features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Service or the content therein.

Try my Gear may permanently or temporarily terminate, suspend, or otherwise refuse to permit your access to the Service without notice and liability for any reason, including if in Try my Gear's sole determination you violate any provision of these Terms. Try my Gear also retains the right to remove or suspend listings for any reason, including a violation or suspected violation of these Terms. All aspects of the Service are subject to change or elimination at Try my Gear's sole discretion. Try my Gear reserves the right to interrupt the Service with or without prior notice for any reason. You agree that Try my Gear will not be liable to you for any interruption of the Service, delay or failure to perform.

User Content Some areas of the Service may allow you to post feedback, comments, questions, images and other information ("User Content"). You are solely responsible for any User Content that you upload, publish, display, link to or otherwise make available (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, and you agree that we are only acting as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of your User Content. You understand that Try my Gear does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Content.

You agree not to post User Content that: (i) may create a risk of harm, loss, physical or mental injury, emotional distress, death, disability, disfigurement, or physical or mental illness to you, to any other person, or to any animal; (ii) may create a risk of any other loss or damage to any person or property; (iii) seeks to harm or      exploit children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise; (iv) may constitute or contribute to a crime or tort; (v) contains any information or content that we deem to be unlawful, harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, infringing, invasive of    personal privacy or publicity rights, harassing, humiliating to other people (publicly or otherwise), libelous, threatening, profane, or otherwise objectionable; (vi) contains any information or content that is illegal (including, without limitation, the disclosure of insider information under securities law or of another party's trade secrets); (vii) contains any information or content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; (viii) contains contact or other information in an       attempt to circumvent the Service or avoid fees in connection with your use of the Service; or (ix) contains any information or content that you know is not correct and current.

You agree that any User Content that you post does not and will not violate third-party rights of any kind, including without limitation any Intellectual Property Rights (as defined below), the rights of publicity and  privacy. Try my Gear reserves the right, but is not obligated, to reject and/or remove any User Content that    Try my Gear believes, in its sole discretion, violates these provisions.

For the purposes of these Terms, "Intellectual Property Rights" means all patent rights, copyright rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction. Try my Gear takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content that you or any other User or third party posts or sends over the Service. You understand and agree that any loss or damage of any kind that occurs as a result of the use of any User Content that you send, upload, download, stream, post, transmit, display, or otherwise make available or access through your use of the Service, is solely your responsibility. Try my Gear is not responsible for any public display or misuse of your User Content. You understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Content that is inaccurate, offensive, indecent, objectionable, or inappropriate for children, and you agree that Try my Gear shall not be liable for any damages you allege to incur as a result of such User Content.

Other Users

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Try my Gear Users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Users. Try my Gear shall have no liability for your interactions with other Users, or for any Users action or inaction, with respect to Rentals or the Service. You acknowledge that Try my Gear does not offer transportation services. Instead, the Service allows Renters and Owners to transact Rentals directly with each other. While we may help facilitate successful transactions and the resolution of disputes, we do not guarantee the quality, safety, truth or accuracy of Rentals, User Content, or other services or transactions available via the Service.

If you have a dispute with one or more Users, you release us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, and employees) from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes or your use of the Services.

License Grant

You retain all of your ownership rights in your User Content. By posting any User Content on the Service, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Try my Gear a royalty-free, sub-licensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such User Content and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Content, in whole or in part, and in any form, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with Try my Gear's (and its successors and affiliates) business. You also  hereby grant each User of the Service a non-exclusive license to access your User Content through the Service, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Content as permitted through the functionality of the Service and under these Terms.

Fees; Billing; Payments

Fee Schedule and Billing Policies. You agree to the fees and charges, terms of sale, payment and billing       policies applicable to your use of the Service as stated in our Rental Contract. Try my Gear may add new      services for additional fees and charges, or amend fees and charges for existing services, at any time in its sole discretion. All fees and charges for your use of the Service are non-refundable, except as may be expressly stated in the Rental Contract. Payments. If you are a Lister, you may set the Rental fee for your Equipment as permitted by the Service; provided, that you must list your Equipment for a nominal value (i.e., you cannot list your Equipment for free). When establishing your Account as a Lister, you will be required to enter your     banking information so payments can be processed to you through the payment gateway. Try my Gear reserves the right to withhold payment or charge back to your account any amounts otherwise due to us    under these Terms, or any amounts due as a result of a breach of these Terms by you, pending Try my Gear's reasonable investigation of such breach. To ensure proper payment, you are solely responsible for providing and maintaining accurate contact and payment information associated with your account, which may include required tax information for certain Lister’s whose annual payments will exceed $100, or as otherwise required by applicable law. If we believe that we are obligated to obtain tax information and you do not provide this information to us after we have requested it, we may withhold your payments until you provide this information or otherwise satisfy us that you are not a person or entity from whom we are required to obtain tax information. Any bank fees related to returned or cancelled checks due to a contact or payment information error or omission may be deducted from the newly issued payment. You agree to pay all applicable taxes or charges imposed by any government entity in connection with your participation in the Service. If you dispute any payment made hereunder, you must notify Try my Gear in writing within thirty (30) days of any such payment; failure to so notify Try my Gear shall result in your waiver of any claim relating to any such disputed payment. Payment shall be calculated solely based on records maintained by Try my Gear. No other measurements or statistics of any kind shall be accepted by Try my Gear or have any effect under these Terms.

Availability

Try my Gear uses reasonable efforts to ensure that the Site is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.          However, there will be occasions when the Site may be interrupted for maintenance, upgrades and emergency repairs or due to failure of telecommunications links and equipment that are beyond the control of Try my Gear. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize such disruption where it is within the reasonable control of Try my Gear. You agree that Try my Gear shall not be liable to you for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Site or the Service. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SITE AND SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. You are responsible for obtaining access to the Site and any third party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges) that you incur.

Exclusive Ownership of Rights

The Site and any software used in connection with the Site contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by intellectual property laws in applicable jurisdictions. You acknowledge and agree that the information and materials presented through the Site are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by us, you agree not to modify, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform or create derivative works based on the Site, in whole or in part. Any commercial use of the Site, or any portion thereof, by you is strictly prohibited.

Try my Gear grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the Site on a computer or other Internet device; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy,    reproduce, distribute, reverse engineer or otherwise exploit any content, code, data or materials on the Site. You agree not to modify the Site in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Site for any purpose. We do not grant any license or other authorization to any user to use our trade names, trademarks, service marks or other marks or logos or those of our partners without our separate express written agreement. Third party marks are the property of their respective owners.

Any questions, comments, suggestions, or materials submitted to us through the Site will become our sole property. We will own all rights in such materials, and have the unrestricted right to use, publish and             otherwise disseminate such information for any purpose, without attribution or compensation.

External Links

From time to time Try my Gear may provide links that will take you to a third party website. These links are provided for your convenience only. If you decide to access linked website you do so at your own risk. Try my Gear does not endorse or take responsibility for the content on other websites or the availability of other website and you agree that Try my Gear is not liable for any loss or damage that you may suffer by using other websites.

Amendment

We reserve the right to amend these Terms from time to time without notice. Your continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of any amendments, additions, or modifications to these Terms.

Eligibility

This Service is intended solely for people (18) years of age or older, and any registration, use or access to the Service by anyone under 18 is strictly prohibited. Try my Gear reserves the right to limit or restrict access by any person, in our sole discretion.

Privacy

We care about the privacy of our Users. Our Privacy Policy outlines how we use and safeguard your                  information. By using the Service, you are consenting to have your personal data collected, used, transferred to and processed in New Zealand. More information on Privacy

Security

We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Try my Gear and its subsidiaries, agents, licensors, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service, including any data or content transmitted or received by you; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms, including without limitation your breach of any of the representations and warranties above; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy, publicity rights or Intellectual Property Rights; (iv) your violation of any law, rule or regulation of New Zealand or any other country; (v) any claim or damages that arise as a result of any of your User Content or any that is submitted via your account; or (vi) any other party’s access and use of the Service with your unique username, password or other appropriate security code. You will defend Try my Gear from and against any such claims at Try my Gear request.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The information and services on this Site are provided "as is" and for informational purposes only. Try my Gear makes no representations or warranties that the Site will be suitable for your needs, is complete, timely, reliable, or free from errors, inaccuracies or typographical mistakes. Try my Gear disclaims all warranties,    express or implied, including the warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of the rights of others. We do not warrant that the Site will be free of errors or viruses, worms or other destructive or harmful code.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Try my Gear or any of our directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, or content or service providers (collectively, the "protected entities") be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages arising from, or directly or indirectly related to, the use of, or the inability to use, the site and the services offered hereby, or the content, materials and functions related thereto, including, without limitation, loss of revenue, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort (including, but not limited to, negligence, or otherwise) exceed five dollars ($5.00). The above limitation may not apply in all jurisdictions or to all users. If you are not in agreement with the foregoing, your sole remedy is to terminate discontinue use of the site.The listers must have full insurance for the gear and third party use.

The Service is controlled and operated from its facilities in New Zealand. Try my Gear makes no                        representations that the Service is appropriate for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Service from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are entirely responsible for compliance with all    applicable in New Zealand and local laws and regulations, including but not limited to export and import regulations. You may not use the Service if you are a resident of a country embargoed by New Zealand, or are a foreign person or entity blocked or denied by the New Zealand government. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all materials found on the Service are solely directed to individuals, companies, or other entities    located in New Zealand.

Governing Law

The Service and these Terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand without giving effect to any principles of conflict of laws. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Any dispute arising from your use of this Site shall be brought exclusively in the appropriate state or federal courts in New Zealand.                Try my Gear is not responsible for any user violation of law. If certain gear requires specific license the gear owner is responsible for making sure to check the renters certification. Persons who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of   action arising out of or related to use of the Service or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. If you are a Lister and have a claim against a Renter, the Rental Contract provides that you must notify us prior to the earlier of (a) two weeks from the return of your Equipment in connection with that Rental, or (b) commencement of a subsequent Rental for the same Equipment.

Contact

Any questions, comments or suggestions, including a report of any violation of these Terms, should be 

provided to us at info@trymygear.co.nz

Try my Gear team