About Us: Terms of Service

1. Ripoff Report Membership Terms & Conditions

To use this service, you must be at least 14 years old.

www.RipoffReport.com ("ROR") is an online forum created to help keep consumers informed. ROR is operated by Xcentric Ventures, L.L.C. located at:

Xcentric Ventures, L.L.C.
Ripoff Report
P.O. Box 310
Tempe, AZ 85280
(602) 359-4357

This is a legal agreement ("Agreement") between you and Xcentric Ventures, L.L.C. ("Xcentric"). Please read the Agreement carefully before registering for ROR. By registering for ROR, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the "Terms"). If you do not agree to the Terms, you are not permitted to use ROR.

The Terms are subject to change by Xcentric, at any time, without notice, effective upon posting of a link to same on our website. Persons who are under 14 years old may not register for ROR. By registering with ROR, you represent and warrant that you are at least 14 years old.

Xcentric reserves the right to immediately suspend or terminate your registration with ROR, without notice, upon any breach of this Agreement by you which is brought to Xcentric's attention.

Your registration with ROR is for your sole, personal use. You may not authorize others to use your user identification and password, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity.

2. Online Conduct

You agree that:

You are solely responsible for the content or information you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on ROR.

You will NOT post on ROR any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another party's rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and publicity). You will use ROR in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. By posting information on ROR, you warrant and represent that the information is truthful and accurate.

You will not post, distribute or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights and except as otherwise permitted by law.

3. Indemnity

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Xcentric, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) relating to or arising out of your use of ROR, including, but not limited to, any breach by you of the terms of this Agreement

4. Online Content

Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through ROR are those of their respective authors and not of Xcentric, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for the accuracy of such content. Xcentric does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on ROR and neither adopts nor endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made. Under no circumstances will Xcentric be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from anyone's reliance on information or other content posted on ROR.

5. Removal of Information

By posting information on ROR, you understand and agree that the material will not be removed even at your request. You shall remain solely responsible for the content of your postings on ROR.

While we do not and cannot review every message posted by users of the Service, and are not responsible for any content of these messages, we reserve the right, but are not obligated, to delete or remove profanity, obscenities, threats of physical violence or damage to property, and private financial information such as social security numbers and credit card information.

6. Proprietary Rights/Grant of Exclusive Rights

By posting information or content to any public area of www.RipoffReport.com, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Xcentric an irrevocable, perpetual, fully-paid, worldwide exclusive license to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.

7. Information Supplied by You

Except as provided otherwise in its privacy policy, Xcentric will keep confidential all information supplied by you to Xcentric, and shall use or disclose such information only for the purposes for which such information was collected, or as required by law.

8. Disclaimer of Warranty

Xcentric provides ROR on an "as is" basis and grants no warranties of any kind, express, implied, statutory, in connection with ROR or in connection with any communication with Xcentric or its representatives, or otherwise with respect to ROR. Xcentric specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Xcentric does not warrant that ROR's connection to the internet will be secure, uninterrupted, always available, or error-free, or will meet your requirements, or that any defects in ROR will be corrected.

9. Limitation of Liability

In no event will Xcentric be liable: (i) to you for any incidental, consequential, or indirect damages arising out of the use of or inability to use ROR, even if Xcentric or its agents or representatives know or have been advised of the possibility of such damages or: (ii) to any person other than you. In addition, Xcentric disclaims all liability, regardless of the form of action, for the acts or omissions of other members or users (including, but not limited to, unauthorized users, or "hackers") of ROR.

10. State by State Variations

Certain jurisdictions limit the applicability of warranty disclaimers and limitations of liability so the above disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability may not apply to you.

11. General Provisions

You agree that Arizona law (regardless of conflicts of law principles) shall govern this Agreement, that any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive venue of the federal and state courts in the State of Arizona, and that you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the State of Arizona in connection with ROR or this Agreement. This Agreement, accepted upon registering for ROR, contains the entire agreement between you and Xcentric regarding the use of ROR. This Agreement may only be amended upon notice by Xcentric to you, or by a writing signed by you and an authorized official of Xcentric. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the Terms will survive termination of your registration with ROR. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

12. Copyright Policy/Termination of User Privileges for Infringement and Contact Information for Suspected Copyright Infringement/DMCA Notices

We will terminate the privileges of any user who uses ROR to unlawfully transmit copyrighted material without a license, express consent, valid defense or fair use exemption to do so. In particular, users who submit user content to ROR, whether articles, images, stories, software or other copyrightable material must ensure that the content they upload does not infringe the copyrights of third parties.

If you believe that your copyright has been infringed through the use of ROR, please contact our Customer Service department at: info@ripoffreport.com or mail/fax at:

Ripoff Report Legal Department - Copyright Policy
P.O. Box 310
Tempe, AZ 85280
(602) 356-4357

You may also access contact information for ROR's Registered DMCA Agent via the United States Copyright Office's website here: http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/xcetven.pdf.

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