Terms & Conditions

Welcome to our website (atthetap.com) owned and operated by The Tap (referred to herein as “The Tap”, “we”, “us” or “our”).  By using our Site YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, OUR PRIVACY POLICY, and all the terms, conditions, disclaimers and limitations that appear or are made available to you on our Site (for example, in connection with special offers or promotions) and all of these, as they may be amended from time to time, we may refer to collectively as your “Agreement” with us. The policies that apply in our retail stores may differ from those applicable to your use of our Site and you should keep in mind these are separate and relate to different locations and platforms. We may refer to anyone using, registering, visiting or taking advantage of any of the features, functions, offers or links made available, on or through our Site, as “you” or “your” in our Agreement.

Acceptance of and Changes to Terms of Service
By using our Site and services, you signify your acceptance of the Agreement, including, without limitation, all the terms and conditions in these Terms of Service. If you do not agree completely with any terms, conditions, disclaimers, limitations or other provisions in your Agreement with us, your only remedy is to discontinue use of our Site. We reserve the right to modify our Agreement with you, including, without limitation, these Terms of Service at any time. Your continued use of any portion of our Site following the effective date contained in the notification or the posting of such changes on our Site if no other effective date is specified, will constitute your acceptance of those changes and agreement to comply with all the current terms and conditions of the Agreement.

If you have questions or concerns about our specific terms, please send an e-mail to info@thetaponponce.com.

User Obligations
You agree not to do any of the following while using the Site (or any of The Tap websites):

  • Intentionally or knowingly violate any applicable law or regulation, agreement that you are bound by – including this Agreement – nor the rights of any other party;
  • Misrepresent or try to deceive us as to your identity or the identity of anyone else, use buying agents or conduct fraudulent activities;
  • Access, tamper with, or use any areas of the Site or The Tap’s computer systems, resources, programming, code or communications capabilities, nor any features or functions of our Site. Anyone who does so or attempts to do so may be subject to prosecution.
  • Frame or link to the Site or any of our other sites, unless permitted in writing by The Tap.

The Sale of Alcoholic Beverages
We do not sell alcohol to persons under the age of 21 or anyone outside the United States (or even in the U.S if prohibited by law). By using this Site you swear and affirm and represent to us that you are over the legal age required to buy alcoholic beverages and products and we will rely upon this representation because if we are held liable for any reason that is not true, you agree to indemnify us and/or reimburse us and be responsible for all costs, expenses (including legal fees) and damages we suffer or incur. We make every effort to ensure that alcoholic beverages are not sold to anyone who is under the age of 21. You also agree that any alcohol purchased from us is intended for personal consumption and not for resale. If you cannot make these affirmations and representations or you do not agree with all of these conditions of use please do not use this Site. If you intentionally or unintentionally misrepresent your age in order to obtain or provide alcohol to a person under the age of 21, we will report this to the appropriate authorities and prosecute you fully to the extent allowable by law.

Title and Ownership
Title to, and ownership of, all alcoholic beverages passes from us to the purchaser at the store, in the State the alcoholic beverage is purchased, and it is the purchaser’s sole responsibility to ship and/or arrange for shipping to his/her home State.

Third Party Content and Monitoring
Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, events or other information or content expressed or made available on our site by any third parties (including information providers and users) are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not ours. We neither endorse nor are responsible for these, in any way, including, without limitation, the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, information or statement made by anyone other than our employee who is authorized by us and is acting in her or his official capacity.

Parental Control Protections
As required by the Communications Decency Act of 1996, we hereby notify you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to information and content that may be objectionable or harmful to minors as specified by law. Among the many companies that provide Internet blocking and screening software are CyberPatrol, NetNanny, SurfWatch and GuardOne. We do not sponsor or endorse or control any of these companies or their services.

Links
Our Site may contain links to other websites and/or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for their (1) availability or accuracy; or (2) content, advertising or products on or made available. The inclusion of any link on our site does not imply that we endorse, verify, have reviewed or monitor the link or the Site reached through the link.

Copyright Notice
All text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips and software on the Site (“Content”) are copyrighted materials owned by or licensed to us. Content may contain trademarks, service marks and trade names which are owned by us and may also contain brand and product names which are trademarks, service marks or trade names which are owned us or by third parties and the term “Content” will be used and mean to include these as well. Unless authorized in writing by an officer of The Tap, you may not use any Content without our consent and even if we consent, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits us. You may not sell, reproduce, distribute, copy, duplicate, resell, modify, display, publicly perform, prepare derivative works based on, frame, mirror, repost, exploit for any commercial purpose, or otherwise use any of the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose without our prior written consent or the consent of the rights holder if not us. You may not use the Content on any other website or medium or in a networked computer environment for any purpose. If you violate any of these terms, your permission to use the Content will automatically terminate, you must immediately destroy Content in your possession or under your control and any copies you have made and we may end your authorization to use our Site. Nothing shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any copyright, trade secret, patent, trademark or other intellectual property rights to you and we expressly reserved all such rights.

Notices
We will give you any necessary notices by posting them on our site. You authorize us to send notices via electronic mail or by other electronic or digital means (e.g., wireless, web, etc.), in our sole discretion. You agree to check our Site for notices, and that you will be deemed to have received a notice when it is made available to you by posting on the Site or sent to you via electronic mail or made available in any other reasonable means consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

Disclaimer of Warranties
Although we endeavor to provide current, accurate and reliable information on our Site, we cannot and do not warrant, promise, guarantee or make any representations regarding the accuracy, reliability or any use of the functions, features, operations, Content or information. We cannot and do not warrant your use of our Site, or the operation or function of the our Site, any component, feature, function, capability or offer or any products, software or services, will be uninterrupted or error free or that defects or malfunctions will be corrected or that the Site is free of viruses or other harmful elements.

Your use of our Site is solely and fully at your own risk and you assume full responsibility for all costs and expenses associated with servicing and/or repair in any way connected or arising from attempted, alleged or actual use or access of our Site. We make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness and accuracy of the Site. OUR SITE AND THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Limitation of Liability
In no event shall we and/or our officers, directors, partners, owners, agents, contractors, representatives and/or be liable to you or anyone else for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with our Site, this Agreement, the use or performance of our Site, the delay or inability to use our Site, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any events, information, software, products, services and related graphics obtained through the our Site, or otherwise arising out of the use of our Site, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if we or any other party may have been advised of the possibility of damages.

If you are dissatisfied with any portion of our Site, or with any part of this Agreement or your transactions with us, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using our Site. This sole and exclusive remedy is separate and independent of any other provision that limits our liability or your remedies under this Agreement.

Privacy Policy
Your use of our Site is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which forms a part of your Agreement with us, as noted above.

Errors on Our Site
Prices and availability of products and services are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected where discovered and we have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for products and/or services listed at an incorrect price, rebate or refund or other promotional offer or containing any incorrect information or typographical errors. We have the right to refuse or cancel any such orders, whether or not the order has been confirmed and/or your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is canceled, we shall issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the charge. Individual bank policies will dictate when this amount is credited to your account.

Termination of Use
We may terminate your “The Tap” Account with or without cause at any time effective immediately. You are personally liable for any orders that you place or charges that you incur prior to termination. We reserve the right to change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspects of the Site at any time without prior notice.

Force Majeure
We shall be excused from performance under this Terms of Service if we fail or are prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing by reason of: (a) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of any court, the United States of America, or any State or local government body, (b) any act or omission of a third party, or (c) any act, emergency condition, war, computer or telecommunications failure or other circumstance beyond our control.

General Provisions
You agree that we and our agents, representatives, contractors, suppliers and others working on our behalf, may make improvements and/or changes in the Content on our Site, and all features, functions and/or services may change at any time without notice and without liability of any kind. You are responsible for compliance with applicable laws and regulations that apply to you, keeping in mind that access to our Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. Even if we don’t exercise some right or enforce some provision at any particular time, that doesn’t mean we have waived that or any other right in any way. If any provision of our Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties, with all other provisions remaining in full force and effect. These Terms of Service, along with the our Privacy Policy and any other terms, conditions or provisions specifically referred to herein, comprises the entire agreement between you and us regarding the subject matter and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements, if any, between the parties with respect to same. These Terms of Service and our Agreement with you, is personal to you and you may not transfer, assign, or delegate any of them to anyone without our express written permission and any attempt to do so without prior written permission, will be void ab initio. These Terms of Service will inure to the benefit of our successors, assignees, and licensees. The headings are included for reference only and have no effect on the meaning of any provision. South Carolina law and controlling U.S. federal law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction, will govern any action related to these Terms of Service and our Agreement with you. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in the State of South Carolina, for the resolution of all disputes arising from or related to these Terms of Service, our Agreement with you and/or your use of the Site.