BILLING POLICIES
The following Terms of Use constitute Invent Spark's
Billing Policy and apply to ALL Invent Spark customers:
Payments
All charges are shown in US Dollars. Invent Spark
accepts the following types of payment:
> Credit Card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover)
All payments are due on the Account Statement Date. The
Account Statement Date is the monthly/quarterly/yearly anniversary of the
date the account was activated. If you provide Invent
Spark your credit card information, you authorize Invent
Spark to automatically charge your credit or debit card
for charges that apply to your account. Recurring charges
will be posted to your credit card until such time that
you cancel your account in accordance with Invent spark
Billing Policy. You are responsible for directly updating,
or notifying Invent Spark, of any changes to your credit
card (including, but not limited to card number,
expiration date, billing address, or card status).
Accounts that are thirty (30) days past due will be
automatically suspended. All past due and unpaid balances
are subject to collection. In the event of collection, you
will be liable for costs of collection including
attorney's fees, court costs, and collection agency fees.
Account Renewals
In order to insure uninterrupted service to your Invention
Listing page, all plans will automatically renew at the
end of the plan's Billing Cycle. Plan renewal charges are
based on the prevailing rate on the date of renewal
according to the service selected. Plans are renewed for
the same billing cycle. If you wish to cancel your plan
before plan renewal, please refer to the Cancellation
section below.
Statements
Invent Spark does not mail paper invoices or statements.
Statements can be viewed and printed through Billing
control panel.
Cancellations
Invention Listing plans will automatically renew until a plan is cancelled.
In order to cancel service, contact
support with subject title "Cancel Invention Listing".
Please be aware that there are no pro-rated refunds for
monthly and quarterly Invention Listing plans.
Cancellation requests must be received by Invent Spark a minimum of ten (10) days prior to the end
of your Billing Cycle. Cancellations submitted later
than this time may result in automatic renewal of your
Invention Listing plan. Cancellations become effective on
the day processed by Invent Spark. Invent Spark is unable
to cancel your account effective for a future date.
Invent Spark will confirm the cancellation request when it
is processed. If you do not receive a confirmation, please
contact Invent Spark as soon as possible.
Cancellation of services does not relieve the customer
from paying any outstanding balance owed on the account.
Invent Spark, Inc. reserves the right to cancel any
account, at any time, without notice, for any reason
Invent Spark, Inc. considers appropriate.
Billing/Price Changes
Invent Spark policies and prices are subject to change
without notice. Any price changes become effective in the
next billing cycle.
Invention Listing Billing
Invention Listings are billed on 1 month, 3 month and
yearly cycles. Payments are made in advance based on the
billing cycle selected. Accounts are automatically renewed
at the end of each billing cycle for the next cycle to
avoid interruption of service.
Refunds
Invention
Listings:
There are three subscription levels for listing your
invention in the Invent Spark database - monthly,
quarterly and yearly.
The monthly and quarterly subscriptions have a recurring
fee on the first day of each month or quarter, based on
when the customer first subscribed to the listing service.
When the customer requests that their listing be withdrawn
from the database after the billing cycle of that
month/quarter, no refund shall be supplied, however they
may choose to keep their listing until the end of that
month/quarter.
For yearly subscriptions, once the customer has requested
to withdraw their invention from the database, Invent
Spark shall process the request and prorate the remaining
months in the form of a refund to the customer's credit
card, minus a $12.95 processing fee.
Discounts
Occasionally, Invent Spark will run special promotions for
its current members and will provide a promotional code to
receive a special discount. The promotional code
should be entered in the "Promo Code" field at the time of
purchase to receive the discount. Further, such
discounts and promotions may not be applied with
transactions already processed, only for new transactions
for the time period listed in the specific promotion. |
