Consumers' CHECKBOOK Terms of Use

When you use this site, it is important that you are fully aware of our respective legal rights and obligations. For that reason, we have created these Terms of Use as the legally binding terms to govern your use of the Consumers' CHECKBOOK website, your obligations when you provide information for the website, and your obligations as a CHECKBOOK subscriber. Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By registering on this website, you agree to the Terms of Use and accept the obligations of a CHECKBOOK subscriber.

If you do not agree with any of these Terms of Use, please do not use this site and do not provide information to Consumers' CHECKBOOK, whether directly on the CHECKBOOK website or in response to surveys and other inquiries we send to you, because by registering on this site or using this site you will be deemed to have irrevocably agreed to these terms.

By using this site you warrant that you have the legal capacity to enter into the agreement set out in these Terms of Use. Please note that these Terms of Use may be revised and reissued without notice at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page regularly to review the current Terms of Use, since your continued use of the site will be deemed as irrevocable acceptance of any revisions.

As a registered CHECKBOOK subscriber or user of this website, you agree that you will not provide comments or ratings or other information, directly or by links to other sources, that is defamatory, known by you to be false or inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, exploitative, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or in violation of any law.

You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you. You agree not to post any advertising, URLs with affiliate IDs or tracking numbers, or anything which actively promotes a site or company. You agree not to represent yourself as another person, company, or entity.

CHECKBOOK reserves the right to delete any message for any or no reason, you remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless CHECKBOOK and CHECKBOOK's employees and agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your ratings or comments made in violation of these Terms of Use. CHECKBOOK reserve the right to revoke your access to the CHECKBOOK website or disable your posting ability for any or no reason.

You agree that, in providing information to CHECKBOOK, including comments or ratings provided in response to surveys, you will only report on your actual first-hand experiences with service providers; you will report only on a service experience that you have had within about a year of the job completion (or a longer period if CHECKBOOK specifically asks about a longer period): and you confirm that you do not work for, are not in competition with, and are not in any way related to the service providers for which you submit comments or ratings.

If a firm feels the need to respond to a comment placed on the CHECKBOOK website in the Neighbor-to-Neighbor comments area, the procedure is as follows: Send an email to support@checkbook.org containing a copy of the comment to which you are responding, along with the text of your response. Identify your firm and your position with the firm. The firm will be contacted by CHECKBOOK to verify that the response is genuine. Upon verification, the firm's response will be posted with the original comment that has prompted the firm's response.

CHECKBOOK's policy is not to reveal the identity of individuals who provide ratings or comments for use in CHECKBOOK's ratings and comment areas so long as such information is provided in accord with these Terms of Use. But individuals who comment on firms should be aware that their identity might be able to be discerned by the subjects of comments based on information the commenter includes in the comments themselves. Further, individuals who rate or comment on firms should be aware that CHECKBOOK might provide identities of such individuals if required to do so, or CHECKBOOK judges that it could be required to do so, by a court or law.

The documents contained within the checkbook.org Website and its associated web pages are presented by Consumers' Checkbook, a division of the Center for the Study of Services, solely with the intent of providing public service information on consumer products and prices, service provider quality and prices, and consumer health and health-related topics.

Health care information and advice is not intended nor is implied to be a substitute for professional advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Subscriber Privacy

See Consumers' CHECKBOOK Privacy Policy page.

Subscription Fees & Billing

Consumers' CHECKBOOK will charge you a subscription fee in order to provide our subscription service. You acknowledge that Consumers' CHECKBOOK reserves the right to modify its subscription fees and billing methods at any time. Subscription fees are paid in advance through our website billing mechanism.

Monthly Subscriptions - If you select a monthly subscription, each month Consumers' CHECKBOOK will automatically renew your Monthly Subscription at the Monthly Subscription rate (such rate may be modified as stated above) using the credit card information on file at Consumers' CHECKBOOK. If the renewal of your monthly subscription fails, CHECKBOOK may attempt to process your renewal for a period of up to 90 days. You acknowledge that Consumers' CHECKBOOK will not provide you with any notices prior to each monthly renewal payment. Monthly subscriptions may be cancelled at any time through a link on you're My Account page at www.checkbook.org. No partial month refunds will be made.

Subscription terms other than Monthly where Convenience Renewal option is selected - If you select Convenience Renewal option for any subscription type where this option is offered, Consumers' CHECKBOOK will automatically renew your Subscription at the Subscription rate (such rate may be modified as stated above) using the credit card information on file at Consumers' CHECKBOOK. If the renewal of your subscription fails, CHECKBOOK may attempt to process your renewal for a period of up to 90 days. You acknowledge that Consumers' CHECKBOOK will provide you with notice of an upcoming renewal charge attempt through an email sent to your registered subscription email address on file at Consumers' CHECKBOOK. Notification of an upcoming renewal charge attempt will be sent via email either shortly before the publication of the issue of Consumers' CHECKBOOK with which your subscription expires or within seven days of your expiration date, depending on the type and term of CHECKBOOK product to which you subscribe. Subscriptions other than Monthly Subscriptions may be cancelled at any time through a link on you're My Account page at www.checkbook.org.

This Web Site and the information available through it are the property of Consumers' Checkbook, a division of the Center for the Study of Services, and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. By using this site, you agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast, print or circulate any of the information received through this Web Site to anyone without the express prior written consent of Consumers' Checkbook, and to accept any charges to credit card accounts whose information you provide on-line for the purchase of products or services. This Web Site, and any of its data, listings or other constituent elements may not be downloaded, republished, resold or duplicated, in whole or in part, for commercial purposes or for purposes of compiling mailing lists or any other lists. All information presented in this Web Site is intended for your personal, non-commercial use. The use of this Web Site to establish independent data files or compendiums of statistical information is prohibited. Consumers' Checkbook and the Center for the Study of Services reserves the right to limit, restrict, or terminate access to this Web Site at our discretion, without notice.

Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services cannot and does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, correctness, noninfringement, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose of the information or views available through this web site, or the site itself. Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services shall not be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or injury caused in whole or in part by its negligence or contingencies beyond its control in procuring, compiling, interpreting, reporting or delivering this web site and any information through this web site. In no event will Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or views or for any incidental, consequential, special, or similar damages even if advised of the possibility of such damages. You agree that the liability of the Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services, if any, arising out of any kind of legal claim (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) in any way connected with the web site or the information in the web site shall not exceed the amount you paid to Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services for use of the web site or subscription or purchase of Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services publications. Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. The above warranties are the only warranties of any kind either expressed or implied including warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.