Fistful of Beans
Terms and Conditions of Service
This website, and the services it provides, is operated as a component of a sole trader. Throughout the site, when using terms like “we” and “I”, this refers to Fistful of Beans and, by extension, myself, Ryan, as an individual entity and not a registered Limited Company (yet). Additionally, when referring to “the site”, it is in reference to this very site, fistfulofbeans.com . ‘Fistful of Beans’ should be considered an alias of Ryan for the purposes of these terms.
Please read carefully before continuing your access to the site. Accessing or utilising the site in any way is considered an agreement to these terms and conditions, and binds the user to them. Users who do not agree to these terms are prohibited from accessing the site or the services it provides.
Furthermore, any services or features added to site are subject to these same terms. The most recent version of the site’s Terms and Conditions will be available on this page at any time. By continuing to use the site, the user (you) agrees that it is their responsibility to stay up to date on these conditions, regardless of prompting from the site, it’s owner, or any entities related. Continued use of this site will be considered acceptance of these terms.
Furthermore, after engaging in any form of business, any contractual obligations of this site extend to both parties regardless of if the client has visited the site.
Contract of commission
Acceptance and confirmation of business after a quote, be it formal or not, will result in the formation of a contract.
Following this, a dialogue will be opened between I and the client, where further specifications will be established and an initial invoice will be sent via email to the client. This invoice may be revised during the process of establishing client services. A formal quote will typically be provided at this point. Continued acceptance further binds the contract.
I will not be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the contract or the arranged total, invoices, or dialogues engaged. Important items of notice will typically be sent via email for accountability and posterity, but dialogue may extend to other platforms such as SMS messaging, WhatsApp, and other instant message services.
Before the return of the commission, a final invoice revision will be provided to the client with a total list of established charges.
The contract will continue until services are rendered and is governed by the law of England and Wales.
Painting Standards
Fistful of Beans offers 3 painting standards, referred to as ‘Recruit’, ‘Veteran’, and ‘Heroic’ or ‘Hero’. Details and explanations of each standard can be found on their respective site pages available via the ‘Painting’ sub-menu in the navigation bar at the top of the site.
Fistful of Beans reserves the right to change the names or details of any of these standards, as well as adding, expanding, or removing them from the the available services.
Pricing
Fistful of Beans reserves the right to adjust or amend pricing as and when it is seen fit prior to the sending of the first invoice to the client. Initial invoices remain valid for 30 days. If no business is continued or nothing is heard back, the deal and contract are considered closed and the process must be restarted with a different invoice number and is considered a different transaction.
I reserve the right to correct or revise any formatting or pricing mistakes on the invoice at any time.
Furthermore, prices are non-standard and may change between transactions as Fistful of Beans does not operate on any real established pricing structure or ‘per model’ charge. Factors like the inclusion of white or yellow in a commission, or a ‘rush charge’ may result in additional or increased charges to the client.
Service pricing is decided entirely case-by-case by myself and is somewhat dependent on a model’s size, base circumference, level of detail or, as mentioned before, usage of typically ‘poor-coverage’ colours like, but not limited to white or yellow.
Assembly and Cleanup
Fistful of Beans offers the assembly and cleaning of models as an optional commission service. Clients are welcome to build the models themselves for any reason, with zero regard for sub-assemblies or my own ease of painting. Clients are encouraged, but not required to pay courtesy in how they build their models. However, if a model is delivered to me built, it will be assumed that the model has also been cleaned of mould lines, sprue tabs, etc. As the Assembly and Cleanup of a model are considered part of the same service, a standard price may be charged in the event that the model is in need of either. Fistful of Beans reserves the right to choose whether or not the model is in a state ready for painting.
If models are delivered to Fistful of Beans in a state deemed unready for painting, I will provide the client with possible options on how to proceed; the client may pay the full standard rate for building and cleaning (a), the commission may be cancelled at the clients request and the models returned to them (b), in the event the model is ‘close-enough’, I may just do cleanup free of charge (c).
Fistful of Beans reserves the rights to deny option (c), and will be considered the sole arbiter of it’s allowance. Additionally, I reserve the rights to cancel a commission on the grounds that the models are not in a workable state to provide a quality service.
These same terms and conditions extend to the magnetisation of models.
Painting
Fistful of beans offers the client three levels of painting standard titled Recruit, Veteran, and Heroic. I consider each painting standard to be a unique level of painting quality.
Each standard has methods and processes assigned by me. Fistful of Beans reserves the right not to elaborate too deeply on any stage of the painting process or methods employed there-in and is not required to disclose any part of the process to the client.
Furthermore, Fistful of Beans reserves the right to increase the standard of painting on any number of commissioned models at no additional cost to the client, simply because Ryan enjoys the model or is running ahead of schedule in regards to allotted time. This is, however, not a guaranteed privilege of the service.
For more details on what to expect of the painting standards, see the Services page and the respective pages for each standard.
Payment
Payment is typically delivered before or during the return of the finished commission, though this is subject to a case-by-case basis and I reserve the right to provide extensions or grace periods to payments.
‘Local’ clients, included but limited to clients within a reasonable travel distance or attendees of the Gloucester Tabletop Gaming Community, are provided with three payment options; PayPal transfer (a), Cash Payment (b), or Direct Bank Transfer (c) and will be invoiced accordingly.
Non-local or international clients, included but not limited to clients that require delivery or are otherwise incapable of meeting in-person, are limited to PayPal transfer.
Fistful of Beans reserves to the right to prohibit or allow any forms of payment at any time, as well as reserving the right to refuse payment from the client for any reason.
Failure to pay for services rendered as per the most-recent agreed invoice, ‘agreed’ meaning acknowledgement without denial or objection, may result in completed models not being returned to client and is considered a forfeit of them. Furthermore, no refund will be provided and the contract may be terminated at my discretion. Furthermore, Fistful of Beans reserves the right to deny you future business or anyone for that matter, for any rational reason. Additionally, in cases I deem as extreme failures to deliver payment, such as due to the balance owed, I reserve the right to pursue legal action.
Any further questions may be directed to me via my Contact form.
Delivery and customs/import charges
The client is expected and to pay all delivery fees, regardless of shipping distance. Alternatively, for ‘local’ clients (see: payment), in-person drop-offs and pick-ups can be arranged.
When delivering models into or out of the UK, as well as into or out of the client’s country, the goods may be subject to import taxes levied once the goods reach their destination. Any such charges are to be paid by the client without exception. Import and Customs charges on my end can either paid up-front by you before work begins, or can be footed by me on the condition that it is added to the total commission cost and will be noted on the final invoice.
Note that when shipping goods to or from the UK, shipments may be subject to opening or inspection by the authorities. In such cases, you are deemed to be the importer and hold sole responsibility for any items or goods contained, as well as their compliance with the laws and regulations of the country into which they are being delivered.
When sending any packages to Fistful of Beans, you, as the client, acknowledge and accept responsibility for any import charges Fistful of Beans is requested to pay in order for customs to release the package. If these charges are not paid by you, the charges will not be paid, at which point the parcel is in the hands of the customs authorities and the contract between myself and the client is considered void. Fistful of Beans is not responsible for what customs does with the models and has no control over the process.
Wait times, Deadlines, and Turn-arounds
Fistful of Beans cannot guarantee the meeting of any deadlines, be it for a tournament or event of any kind. Additionally, while able to estimate, Fistful of Beans is not obligated to meet any proposed turn-around or wait period. By entering a contract with me, you acknowledge the job will take as long as it takes and may be subject to work-load, as well as my personal life and the time it affords me.
If, during the process of a commission job, the client wishes to open an additional commission, they can do so. However, Fistful of Beans reserves the right to hold-off on delivering a completed job until all currently open transactions with that client are complete, at which point they will be returned together for my own convenience.
General conditions and terms
I reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason, any time.
You, as the client, agree that I am allowed to document and distribute any media or information about the model at any time before, during, or after it’s completion. This includes, but is not limited to, featuring it on my website, social media, or promotional material.
Additionally, while I cannot enforce this, you forfeit your right to claim the model as your own work, only as your own possession. You acknowledge that my witnessing of you passing my work off as your own may result in refusal of future services, as well as being a self-admittance that you are a “stinky nerd”.
The headings used throughout this page are for convenience and ease of reading, and do not divide or reclassify any of these terms or otherwise limit their effects.
Prices or terms of my services are subject to change without notice.
Errors, Inaccuracies, and Omissions
In the event of inaccurate information or typographical errors on this website or any of its associated social media accounts, including but not limited to those that relate to product descriptions, promotions, pricing, shipping, and availability. I reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information regarding any services offered.
I undertake no obligation to update or clarify any information in this site’s terms of service.
Usage prohibitions
In addition to any other prohibitions set in place by the Terms and Conditions, you are prohibited from using this site and it’s content; for any unlawful purpose (a); to solicit others into performing unlawful acts (b); to violate any laws or regulations put forth by international, federal, provinces, etc (c); to infringe upon or violate my intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others (d); to harass or abuse anyone for any reason, particularly those involving gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, or national origin (e); to submit or distribute false or misleading information (f); to upload or transmit any kind of virus or malicious code that would affect the operation of the service or the informational security of myself or the sites users (g); to collect or track personal information of others (h); to phish, pharm, spam, spider, crawl, or scrape unless authorised explicitely by me (i); for obscene or immoral purposes (j); to interfere with or circumvent any security features of the site, service, or any related to it or the wider internet. Fistful of Beans reserves the right to terminate your use of the site and its services for any reason, including having violated these terms or any others listed.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
Fistful of Beans guarantees nothing and does not warrant that the usage of my services will be uninterrupted, timely, error-free, safe, or secure.
I do not warrant or claim that the results of any commission will be accurate or reliable in regards to their description on the site or by me.
You agree that I reserve the right to cancel services by ‘closing commissions’ or otherwise denying service to anyone for any reason, with no notice.
You expressly and explicitely agree that your use of the service, or inability to do so, is at your sole risk. Fistful of Beans guarantees nothing in regards to the finished product, its functionality, or its quality.
You agree not to hold Fistful of Beans responsible, as well as Ryan as an individual, responsible or liable for any lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, lost savings, replacement or repair costs, as well as any other similar charges or damages, period.
Personal Ignorance and Accountability
You recognise that Ryan, the individual human being behind the Fistful of Beans name and services, is not a lawyer, nor do they claim to be, and has a very limited knowledge of ‘legalese’ regarding business operation or transactional services. You agree not to hold him to account for anything one should expect to find in the Terms and Conditions page of a website that might be lacking here.
You acknowledge that Ryan is literally just a dude who paints plastic men on the internet for money, and would never set out with ill intent towards his clients or the community.
I thank you for reading these terms and taking them into serious consideration before doing business with me.
Any questions regarding my Terms of Service can be directed to me via the Contact form