Terms and Conditions
S CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPANY, LLC.
SERVICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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EFFECTIVE DATE AND SERVICES. S Customer Service Company, LLC. (“the COMPANY”) has issued these Service Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) effective as of May 6, 2020 (“Effective Date”). The Company provides answering and call center related services (“Services”) to users of the Services (“Customer”).
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ACCEPTANCE. By using the Services, Customer agrees to be unconditionally bound by these Terms as of the later of the Effective Date or the date on which Customer begins to receive Services from the Company and is provided notice by the Company of these Terms (“Customer Start Date”). These Terms will remain in effect at all times Customer receives Services from the Company. If Customer does not agree with any of these Terms, it may notify the Company immediately with a cancellation request in accordance with Section 4 so that its agreement with the Company may be terminated. If Customer does not provide the Company with a cancellation request but continues to use Services provided by the COMPANY after the later of the Effective Date or the Customer Start Date, Customer is deemed to have consented to these Terms.
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The Company may change or modify the information, services, materials and any other resources contained on or accessible through this Site, or discontinue this Site altogether, at any time without notice. The Company may modify these Service Terms at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Service Terms. Accordingly, you agree to review the Service Terms periodically, and your continued use of this Site and/or the Service shall be deemed your acceptance of the modified Service Terms.
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In the event any portion of these Terms are found to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms shall remain in full force and effect and the otherwise unenforceable portion shall be amended so as to be enforceable to the greatest extent permitted by law.
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3. CHARGES FOR SERVICES. Customer is responsible for paying all charges and fees for Services provided by the COMPANY, in accordance with any payment terms set forth in its agreement with the COMPANY. Customer will incur the monthly charges and fees associated with the service plan
they selected for each whole or partial month during which this Agreement remains in effect, plus any applicable taxes, duties, or other additional
payments required by law, which you authorize the COMPANY to collect from you. If you exceed your plans minutes in any given month, you will
be charged for any additional minutes used during that month at the overage rate associated with the plan you selected. You acknowledge that
you will be charged in whole-minute increments, and that any partial minutes will be rounded up to the nearest whole minute. For inbound calls,
usage of Services is calculated starting from the time the receptionist receives the call and ending when a receptionist transfers the call through to
someone, or to voicemail, or otherwise disconnects because the call is over, as well as any time a receptionist spends completing any information
on a Customers call after the caller has hung up. The COMPANY reserves the right to change its charges or pricing plans or adjust pricing for
Services or any components thereof in any manner and at any time.
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4. TERM & CANCELLATION. This agreement shall automatically extend on a month-to-month basis until the COMPANY receives a written cancellation
request from the Customer, and after receipt of that notice, the Services will be cancelled as of the date the notice is received, unless a later date
is requested by the Customer. The COMPANY reserves the right to terminate this agreement at any time with thirty (30) days written notice to the
Customer. Service may be discontinued earlier and without any written notice if the COMPANY determines in its sole and absolute discretion, that
continuation of service will adversely affect service to other customers, that Customers advertising is causing extreme fluctuations in call volume
that adversely affects service to other customers, that Customer or its callers are abusive, disrespectful, or otherwise inappropriate to the
COMPANY personnel, that Customer is in violation of any FCC rules, that a request from Customer or its callers constitutes or otherwise relates to
fraudulent or otherwise illegal activity or to a sexual or otherwise potentially illicit encounter, the credit information furnished to the COMPANY by
Customer is inaccurate or that Customer is otherwise in breach of these Terms. Customer authorizes the COMPANY to furnish any information
the COMPANY has concerning Customer to law enforcement, collection and credit agencies. Customer consents to the COMPANY’s response to
any subpoena, court order, or other court authorized request for information served upon it without necessity to contest the request on any
grounds.
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5. NO WARRANTIES. THE COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ANY
MATTER WHATSOEVER IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES OR RELATING TO THE AVAILABILITY, QUALITY, RELIABILITY, SUITABILITY, TIMELINESS,
TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES. THE CUSTOMER’S USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT ITS OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” AND “WHERE-IS” BASIS WITH NO
WARRANTY OF IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON- INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY
RIGHTS. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET ALL OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT ITS OPERATIONS WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION, REPRESENTATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY THE COMPANY OR ANY
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY WITHOUT A WRITING SIGNED BY THE COMPANY REFLECTING THE CREATION OF
THAT WARRANTY.
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6. LIMITATION OF THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY. The obligations of THE COMPANY set forth herein are the sole remedy with respect to the provision of
the Services. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms or any agreement between the COMPANY and Customer, except as provided in
the next paragraph, in no event shall the COMPANY be liable for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or punitive damage or loss of business
caused directly or indirectly by any failure, omission, error, delay or interruption, including but not limited to (1) the cell phone/’s or pager/s or
any inadequacies thereof for any purpose, or (2) by the use or inability to use the Services or from the failure to take and transmit any message or
from the failure to receive an accurate message or from the failure to receive any message at all, or (3) by the interruption or suspension or
cancellation of Services or (4) failure to discontinue Services after Customer or the COMPANY cancels Services. The COMPANY is not responsible
or liable for failure of telephone and satellite communications or wireless carriers which provide service links and other elements of the Services.
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The COMPANY shall have no liability unless notice of a Customer’s claim is given to the COMPANY in writing within fourteen (14) days following the date of the problem. The COMPANY’S liability at all times shall be limited to a credit adjustment equal to the Customer’s pro-rated monthly service charge for the period during which the liability arose, to a maximum of fifteen (15) days or $500.00, whichever is less.
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7. INDEMNITY OF THE COMPANY. Customer shall indemnify the COMPANY, its officers, directors, employees and agents from, and protect, defend
and hold the COMPANY harmless against any loss, cost, damage or expense, including but not limited to attorney’s fees relating to or arising out
of Customer’s use of any Services.
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8. AUTOMATED PAYMENTS, CREDIT CARD USE & PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION. If Customer authorizes Automated Payments (“Simplified Payment
Plan” / “SPP”) to make payments to the COMPANY the Customer is expressly authorizing the COMPANY to charge the payment method on file for
the balance due on its account. Cancellation of SPP requires a Written Notice of Cancellation Request emailed to: info@lalscs.com, or written
notice mailed to: 3575 Wake Robin Way, Cumming, GA 30028, Attention: Billing Department.
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Please note we do not charge a surcharge for payments made by debit cards, ACH or check. However, for payments made by credit card we do charge a 3.0% surcharge to help recover costs.
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9. DEFAULT / NON PAYMENT / RECONNECT FEES. If Customer defaults in payment of any sum due the COMPANY or in the observance of any term
hereof, and the COMPANY is unable to charge the payment method on file in accordance with Section 8, the COMPANY may without incurring
any liability notify Customer either by telephone, in writing or transmitted message, that their Services will be temporarily discontinued.
Customer shall pay the COMPANY all amounts hereunder, plus interest on delinquent amounts at the rate of 1.5% per month (or the maximum
allowed by state law), plus late charges, collection agency and attorney fees and expenses, court costs, and other expenses incurred in recovering
such sums owing. Acceptance by the COMPANY of any payment that is less than the sum due hereunder shall not constitute a release or an
accord or satisfaction for any greater sum due, or to become due, regardless of any endorsement restriction. Customer agrees to pay a
reconnect fee determined by the COMPANY at its discretion for reinstatement of a suspended account. All past amounts owing must be paid and
current. The COMPANY reserves the right to refuse reinstatement of any suspended account.
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10. NOTICES. Customer shall provide the COMPANY with valid contact information for communication by email, phone and US mail, and the
COMPANY may use that contact information to communicate with Customer about the Services. Service announcements or administrative
communications may be communicated by updates to this site or by email, phone, US mail or other means. Any notice by US mail shall have
been deemed given five (5) business days after the same is placed in the US mail postage prepaid, and addressed to the party at its address
provided to the COMPANY.
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11. SERVICE. Service is subject to transmission limitations caused by failures in third party telephone, satellite or wireless carriers which provide
service links and other elements of the service, scheduled and emergency maintenance, atmospheric conditions and other uncontrollable
interferences. Customer agrees and understands that the COMPANY is not required to notify them of any interruptions of any type,
suspensions, curtailments or failures, and that the COMPANY has no liability for any damages or loss therefrom. The Customer agrees to receive
message information via electronic means including but not limited to SMS, email, and secure message app, and not engage in using the
services in violation of any and all applicable state and Federal laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and Protected Health Information (“PHI”) or in connection with offensive or obscene subject matter.
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12. ACCESS NUMBERS. Customer has no property rights to any the COMPANY telephone number or any other form of ID number that THE
COMPANY assigns to Customer. The COMPANY may assign, designate, or change such numbers when, in its sole discretion, it is reasonably
necessary in the conduct of its business to do so, without liability to the Customer. Customer shall hold the COMPANY harmless and without
liability should their telephone, pager or ID number/s no longer be available.
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13. MONITORING AND RECORDING. When permitted by state law, Customer acknowledges and consents to telephone conversations into the
COMPANY call center being monitored and recorded for training and quality purposes.
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14. DISPUTE RESOLUTION/ARBITRATION. Any controversy or claim between Customer and the COMPANY arising out of or relating to: (a) these
Terms, or the breach thereof, or (b) Customer’s access to or use of the Services, or (c) any alleged violation of any federal or state or local law,
statute or ordinance (each such controversy or claim, a “Claim”), shall be resolved exclusively by a binding arbitration administered by the
American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules, with the arbitration to be held in the city of Cumming,
Georgia. Customer hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Cumming, Georgia (or, for federal
courts, Atlanta, Georgia) to enforce these Terms. However, judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof.
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Claims shall be heard by a single arbitrator. Arbitrations shall be held in Chesapeake, Virginia, but the parties may choose for themselves whether to appear in person, by phone, or through the submission of documents. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and by the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflicts of laws principles. The prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees.
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In arbitration, the parties give up their right to have their Claim decided by a judge or jury, and their Claim is instead decided by an arbitrator. Discovery rights and appellate rights in arbitration are more limited than in court. The arbitrator shall issue a reasoned award in writing, including all findings of fact and law upon which the award was made.
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CUSTOMER AND THE COMPANY AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. UNLESS BOTH CUSTOMER AND THE COMPANY AGREE OTHERWISE IN WRITING, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE OR JOIN THE CLAIMS OF OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES WHO MAY BE SIMILARLY SITUATED, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS PROCEEDING. IF A CLAIM IMPLICATES THIS SECTION, AND IF THIS SECTION IS FOUND TO BE INVALID, UNENFORCEABLE OR ILLEGAL BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, THEN SUCH CLAIM MUST BE ADJUDICATED BY A COURT AND NOT BY AN ARBITRATOR.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IF ANY CLAIM IS NOT SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION, CUSTOMER AGREES TO SUBMIT AND CONSENT TO THE PERSONAL AND EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION IN, AND THE EXCLUSIVE VENUE OF, THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA (OR, FOR FEDERAL COURTS, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA), WHICH IS THE PLACE OF PERFORMANCE OF THESE TERMS.
15. CLASS ACTION WAIVER. CUSTOMER WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO COMMENCE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY RELATED TO ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY, AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, AGREES TO OPT OUT OF ANY CLASS PROCEEDING AGAINST THE COMPANY OTHERWISE COMMENCED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
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16. PRIVACY POLICY. Customer acknowledges they have read and understand the COMPANY’s Privacy Policy located at scustomerservice.com/privacy-statement.