This User Agreement, and all policies and additional terms posted on and in our site, applications, tools and services (collectively "Services") set out the terms on which The 145 offers you access to and use of our Services. You agree to comply with all terms of this User Agreement when accessing or using our Services.
1. Using The 145
In connection with using or accessing our
Services, you agree to comply with this User Agreement, our policies,
our terms, and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and you
will not:
2. Policy Enforcement
When a buyer or seller issue arises,
we may consider the user's performance history and the specific
circumstances in applying our policies. We may choose to be more
lenient with policy enforcement in an effort to do the right thing for
both buyers and sellers. The foregoing does not limit or impair our
right to refuse, modify, or terminate all or part of our Services to
anyone, or to terminate this agreement with anyone, for any reason at
our discretion.
3. Listing Conditions
When listing or posting data on The 145 you agree to comply with the
follow:
4. Release
If you have a dispute with one or more users,
you release us (and our affiliates and subsidiaries, and our and their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents) 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. In entering into this release, you expressly waive any
protections (whether statutory or otherwise) that would otherwise
limit the coverage of this release to include only those claims which
you may know or suspect to exist in your favor at the time of agreeing
to this release.
5. Indemnity
You will indemnify and hold us (including our
affiliates and subsidiaries, as well as our and their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents) harmless from any claim or
demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due
to or arising out of your breach of this User Agreement, your improper
use of our Services or your breach of any law or the rights of a third
party.
6. Legal Disputes
Please read this section carefully. It
affects your rights and will have a substantial impact on how claims
you and The 145 have against each other are resolved.
In this Legal Disputes Section, the term "related third parties"
includes your and The 145's respective affiliates, subsidiaries,
parent companies, predecessors, successors, assigns, as well as your,
The 145's, and these entities' respective employees and agents.
You and The 145 agree that any claim or dispute at law or equity that
has arisen, or may arise, between you and The 145 (or any related
third parties) that relates in any way to or arises out of this or
previous versions of this User Agreement, your use of or access to the
Services, the actions of The 145 or its agents, or any products or
services sold or purchased through the Services, will be resolved in
accordance with the provisions set forth in this Legal Disputes
Section.
A. Applicable Law
You agree that, except to the extent
inconsistent with or preempted by federal law, the laws of the State
of Utah, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern
this User Agreement and any claim or dispute that has arisen or may
arise between you and The 145, except as otherwise stated in this User
Agreement.
B. Agreement to Arbitrate
You The 145 each agree that any and all disputes or claims that have
arisen, or may arise, between you and The 145 (or any related third
parties) that relate in any way to or arise out of this or previous
versions of the User Agreement, your use of or access to our Services,
the actions of The 145 or its agents, or any products or services
sold, offered, or purchased through our Services shall be resolved
exclusively through final and binding arbitration, rather than in
court.
Alternatively, you may assert your claims in small claims court, if
your claims qualify and so long as the matter remains in such court
and advances only on an individual (non-class, non-representative)
basis. The Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), and to the extent not
inconsistent with the FAA, the laws of the State of Utah, without
regard to principles of conflict of laws, governs the interpretation
and enforcement of this Agreement to Arbitrate.
Prohibition of Class and Representative Actions and
Non-Individualized Relief
You and The 145 agree that each of us may bring claims against
the other only on an individual basis and not as a plaintiff or class
member in any purported class, or representative or private attorney
general action or proceeding. Unless both you and The 145 agree
otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate or join more than one
person's or party's claims, and may not otherwise preside over any
form of a consolidated, representative, class, or private attorney
general action or proceeding. Also, the arbitrator may award relief
(including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) only in favor
of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent
necessary to provide relief necessitated by that party's individual
claim(s). Any relief awarded cannot affect other users. If a court
decides that applicable law precludes enforcement of any of this
paragraph's limitations as to a particular claim or a particular
request for a remedy (such as a request for injunctive relief), then
that claim or that remedy request (and only that claim or that remedy
request) must be severed from the arbitration and may be brought in
court (pursuant to Section 18.C below), subject to your and The 145's
right to appeal the court's decision. All other claims will be
arbitrated.
Arbitration Procedures
Arbitration is more informal than a
lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a
judge or jury, and court review of an arbitration award is very
limited. However, an arbitrator can award the same damages and relief
on an individualized basis that a court can award to an individual. An
arbitrator should apply the terms of the User Agreement as a court
would. All issues are for the arbitrator to decide, except that issues
relating to arbitrability, the scope or enforceability of this
Agreement to Arbitrate, or the interpretation of Section 1 of this
Agreement to Arbitrate ("Prohibition of Class and Representative
Actions and Non-Individualized Relief"), shall be for a court of
competent jurisdiction to decide.
The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration
Association ("AAA") under its rules and procedures, including the
AAA's Consumer Arbitration Rules and the AAA's Commercial Arbitration
Rules, and the AAA's International Centre for Dispute Resolution Rules
(as applicable), as modified by this Agreement to Arbitrate. Absent
agreement of the parties, the AAA shall decide which AAA rules apply
to the arbitration. The AAA's rules are available at www.adr.org and
www.icdr.org. In the event that the AAA is unavailable to administer
the arbitration, another administrator will be selected by the parties
or, if the parties cannot reach the agreement, the court (pursuant to
Section 18.C below) shall select the administrator.
A party who intends to seek arbitration must first send to the other,
by certified mail, a valid Notice of Dispute ("Notice"), which may be
downloaded at this link. The Notice to The 145 must be sent to The 145
Inc., Attn: Litigation Department, Re: Notice of Dispute, 583 W. The
145 Way, Draper, UT 84020. The 145 will send any Notice to you to the
physical address we have on file associated with your The 145 account;
it is your responsibility to keep your physical address up to date. To
be valid, you must personally sign the Notice and complete all
information on the Notice form, including a description of the nature
and basis of the claims you are asserting, the specific relief sought,
and the email address and phone number associated with your account.
If you and The 145 are unable to resolve the claims described in a
valid Notice within 30 days after The 145 receives that Notice, you or
The 145 may initiate arbitration proceedings. A form for initiating
arbitration proceedings is available on the AAA's site at www.adr.org.
In addition to filing this form with the AAA in accordance with its
rules and procedures, the party initiating the arbitration must mail a
copy of the completed form to the opposing party. You may send a copy
to The 145 at the following address: The 145, Inc. c/o CT Corporation
System, 1108 E South Union Ave., Midvale, UT 84047. In the event The
145 initiates an arbitration against you, it will send a copy of the
completed form to the physical address we have on file associated with
your The 145 account. Any settlement offer made by you or The 145
shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator.
If you are a resident of the United States, then the arbitration
hearing shall be held in the county in which you reside or at another
mutually agreed location. If you are not a resident of the United
States, then the arbitration hearing will be held in Salt Lake County,
Utah, United States, or another mutually agreed location. Where no
disclosed claims or counterclaims exceed $25,000, the dispute shall be
resolved by the submission of documents only, subject to the
arbitrator's discretion to require an in-person hearing, if the
circumstances warrant. In cases where an in-person hearing is held,
you and/or The 145 may attend by telephone, unless the arbitrator
requires otherwise. The language of the arbitration will be English.
The arbitrator will decide the substance of all claims in accordance
with applicable law, including recognized principles of equity, and
will honor all claims of privilege recognized by law. The arbitrator
shall not be bound by rulings in prior arbitrations involving
different users, but is bound by rulings in prior arbitrations
involving the same The 145 user to the extent required by applicable
law. The arbitrator's award shall be final and binding and judgment on
the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof.
Costs of Arbitration
Payment of all filing, administration
and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA's rules, unless
otherwise stated in this Agreement to Arbitrate. If you complied with
the Notice of Dispute procedures of Section 2 of this Agreement
("Arbitration Procedures") and the value of the relief sought is
$10,000 or less, at your request, The 145 will pay all administration
and arbitrator fees associated with the arbitration. Any request for
payment of fees by The 145 should be submitted by mail to the AAA
along with your Demand for Arbitration and The 145 will make
arrangements to pay administration and arbitrator fees directly to the
AAA. In the event the arbitrator determines the claim(s) you assert in
the arbitration to be frivolous, you agree to reimburse The 145 for
all fees associated with the arbitration paid by The 145 on your
behalf that you otherwise would be obligated to pay under the AAA's
rules.
Severability
With the exception of any of the provisions
in Section 1 of this Agreement to Arbitrate ("Prohibition of Class and
Representative Actions and Non-Individualized Relief"), if an
arbitrator or court decides that any part of this Agreement to
Arbitrate is invalid or unenforceable, the other parts of this
Agreement to Arbitrate shall still apply.
Opt-Out Procedure
If you are a new user of our services,
you can choose to reject this agreement to arbitrate ("opt-out") by
mailing us a written opt-out notice ("opt-out notice"). The opt-out
notice must be postmarked no later than 30 days after the date you
accept the user agreement for the first time. You must mail the
opt-out notice to The 145 inc., attn: litigation department, re:
opt-out notice, 45 e. 100 n., alpine, ut 84004.
You must complete an Opt-Out Notice form by providing the following
information: including your name, address (including street address,
city, state and zip code), and the user ID(s) and email address(es)
associated with the The 145 Service account(s) to which the opt-out
applies. You must sign the Opt-Out Notice for it to be effective. This
procedure is the only way you can opt out of the Agreement to
Arbitrate. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, all other
parts of this User Agreement and its Legal Disputes Section will
continue to apply to you. Opting out of this Agreement to Arbitrate
has no effect on any previous, other, or future arbitration agreements
that you may have with us.
Future Amendments to the Agreement to Arbitrate
Notwithstanding any provision in the User Agreement to the contrary,
you and we agree that if we make any amendment to this Agreement to
Arbitrate (other than an amendment to any notice address or site link
provided herein) in the future, that amendment shall not apply to any
claim that was filed in a legal proceeding against The 145 prior to
the effective date of the amendment. The amendment shall apply to all
other disputes or claims governed by the Agreement to Arbitrate that
have arisen or may arise between you and The 145. We will notify you
of amendments to this Agreement to Arbitrate by posting the amended
terms on www.The 145 at least 30 days before the effective date of the
amendments and by providing notice through the The 145 Message Center
and/or by email. If you do not agree to these amended terms, you may
close your account within the 30-day period and you will not be bound
by the amended terms.
C. Judicial Forum for Legal Disputes
All claims or
disputes that are not subject to the Agreement to Arbitrate above is
found not to apply to you or to a particular claim or dispute, either
as a result of your decision to opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate
and all matters brought pursuant to and in aid of the Agreement to
Arbitrate will be resolved exclusively by a state or federal court
located in Salt Lake County, Utah. You and The 145 agree to submit to
the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within Salt Lake
County, Utah for the purpose of litigating all such claims, disputes,
or matters.