In brief layman language it is very simple: this site and anyone related to or affiliated with it (MEGAGRIPE.COM) is a virtual “soapbox”. If you write on our site you are the “speaker”. If you read off our site you are the “audience”. We, the soapbox are not responsible for what the speaker is saying. We collect payments for the information posted to or acquired from this website. We host that information on and distribute it from our servers, allow it to be found via our search engine and do our best to bring a lot of people to look at our site. If you have a problem with whatever is published on our site you, the audience, should go to court and sue the speaker. You hereby agree that you cannot and will not ever sue us, MEGAGRIPE.COM or anyone related to or affiliated with us, (the “soapbox”) for any real or imaginary damages or any other reason whatsoever, which may result from or be in any way connected with the information posted on this website or any other reason directly or otherwise related to this website!
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT USING ANY SERVICES OF THIS WEBSITE REQUIRED YOU TO CHECK THE BOX ATTESTING TO YOU HAVING READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS AND THERE IS NO REASONABLE WAY TO GET AROUND AND USE THIS WEBSITE OTHERWISE.
Here we go in legalese. By accessing, browsing or otherwise using this site or any part thereof you certify that any visitor accessing this website via an Internet browser or otherwise (hereinafter "you" and the derivatives thereof) have read and understood and you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of this site listed below. MEGAGRIPE.COM reserves the right to modify or otherwise alter such Terms and Conditions at any time, therefore, it is recommended that you should return to this page from time to time, as these Terms and Conditions will be binding upon you as set forth above.
(a) THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE CANNOT BE GUARANTEED. MEGAGRIPE.COM AND ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS OR DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES) INCURRED BY YOU AS THE RESULT OF YOUR OR ANYBODY ELSE'S READING OF, RELIANCE ON, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED HEREON, OR ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE. MEGAGRIPE.COM AND ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DELAYS OR ERRORS IN THE TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY OF ANY PART OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS SITE OR ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE BY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE OF THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS OF THIS SITE; (b) YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY POSTINGS OF INFORMATION PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SITE OR LINKS HEREFROM MAY NOT REFLECT THE ACCURATE ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS, PERSONS AND ENTITIES DESCRIBED THEREIN AND ARE ONLY THE OPINIONS OF THE AUTHORS OF THE POSTINGS, FOR WHICH MEGAGRIPE.COM DOES NOT BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER. YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY DECISIONS, PERSONAL OR BUSINESS-RELATED BASED ON SUCH POSTINGS OR ON ANY OTHER INFORMATION ACCESSED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT MEGAGRIPE.COM DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOU, WHETHER BY THE SAME METHODS CURRENTLY USED OR OTHERWISE. YOU AGREE NOT TO HOLD MEGAGRIPE.COM LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM A DISCONTINUATION OR MODIFICATION OF ALL OR PART OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DESCRIBED ON THIS SITE, WHICH MEGAGRIPE.COM RESERVES ITS FULL RIGHT TO DO AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE; (c) THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. MEGAGRIPE.COM AND ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ERROR-FREE UNINTERRUPTED SERVICES. MEGAGRIPE.COM DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WHATSOEVER, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OR ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO YOU REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE POSTINGS OF INFORMATION ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY PERSONAL OR BUSINESS EVENTS RELATED TO THE USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE POSTINGS, OR ANY DELAY OR LOSS OF USE OF SUCH INFORMATION, OR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTS ON OR DAMAGES TO SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY USE OF THIS SITE; (d) MEGAGRIPE.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY HARM CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION OF A COMPUTER VIRUS, OR OTHER COMPUTER CODE OR PROGRAMMING DEVICE THAT MIGHT BE USED TO ACCESS, MODIFY, DELETE, DAMAGE, CORRUPT, DEACTIVATE, DISABLE, DISRUPT OR OTHERWISE IMPEDE IN ANY MANNER THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR ANY OF YOUR SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, OR OTHER PROPERTY; (e) MEGAGRIPE.COM AND ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR IN CONNECTION TO ANY POSTINGS ON THIS SITE, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LIBEL, SLANDER AND OTHER PERSONAL OFFENSE YOU OR ANYONE ELSE MAY TAKE IN RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED HEREIN. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, MEGAGRIPE.COM SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSSES CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE, ACTIONS OR FAILURE TO ACT OF MEGAGRIPE.COM OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS, NOR SHALL THEY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE REASONABLY FORESEEABLE OR FOR ANY LOSS THAT RESULTS FROM A CAUSE OVER WHICH MEGAGRIPE.COM AND ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS DO NOT HAVE CONTROL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO UNTRUTHFUL POSTINGS BY VISITORS TO THE SITE, THE FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, STRIKES, FAILURES OF COMMON CARRIERS OR UTILITY SYSTEMS, INCLEMENT WEATHER, OR OTHER CAUSES COMMONLY KNOWN AS "ACTS OF GOD"; (f) THIS SITE IS PROVIDED FOR USE BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE CUSTOMERS OF MEGAGRIPE.COM AS WELL AS ITS CORPORATE CLIENTELE. SOME PARTS OF THIS SITE ARE PASSWORD PROTECTED OR OTHERWISE INTENDED FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY; GAINING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO SUCH PARTS PROTECTED BY PASSWORD AND INTENDED FOR PRIVATE USE CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE; (g) YOU HEREBY WAIVE AND FORFEIT YOUR RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY CLAIMS AND/OR LAWSUITES AGAINST MEGAGRIPE.COM AND/OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS AND LICENSORS IN COURTS OR ARBITRATION RELATED TO ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE.
Copyright Notice: Some parts of this site are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. By accessing, browsing or otherwise using this site, you agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate the content of this site to anyone without the express prior written consent of MEGAGRIPE.COM. If you write your postings or upload files and images to MEGAGRIPE.COM you hereby forfeit any and all copyright and/or other authorship or any other claims of rights to those postings and irrevocably submit those postings to "public domain". MEGAGRIPE.COM provides you with the service of hosting your story and other information, promoting access to it and making it available for others to read for a fee.
Identification and Age Restrictions: This website and postings thereon may be unsuitable for minors. We will make our best effort to identify the writers of the postings via validating their credit card information, however there is no way we can establish the legal age of every visitor to this site. If you are under 18 years of age you are not permitted to write postings to our website and are not allowed to buy access to the postings of the others. If however you are under 18 years of age and have obtained access to our site in violation of these Terms & Conditions you and your parents and/or legal guardians bear full responsibility for any consequences of your access to this website whatsoever and hereby fully and unconditionally indemnify MEGAGRIPE.COM and anyone related to or affiliated with us of any claims of liability whatsoever related to non-compliance with this paragraph of the Terms & Conditions.
Files and Images: MEGAGRIPE.COM may provide you with an opportunity to upload files and images to be hosted along with your other posted information. You are hereby expressly prohibited from posting any photos of partially or fully nude persons, or any other images, which may be construed as offensive to general public. MEGAGRIPE.COM reserves a right to review delete any images it would consider inappropriate without any notice or compensation to you whatsoever. Any documents posted to MEGAGRIPE.COM may and will be reviewed by our staff and may be deleted at our own discretion for any reason or for no reason whatsoever if we consider those to be inappropriate in any way.
"Internet Bullying": MEGAGRIPE.COM may not be used for systematically offending another person with the purpose of inflicting personal pain and suffering or any other similar purpose, which is known as "Internet Bullying". All the postings on MEGAGRIPE.COM are monitored automatically and manually and in case you suspect that such bullying takes place we reserve the right to suspend and/or delete your postings without any notice or reimbursement.
Privacy: Personal information submitted through the on-line registration process is stored in a secure database, which is accessed only by appropriate MEGAGRIPE.COM personnel. MEGAGRIPE.COM may use this site to collect information that may identify you (such as your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address) if you volunteer that information through Customer Registration and payment facilitation pages. We may automatically collect certain non-identifying information about you, such as the type of browser or computer operating system you use, or the domain name of the web site from which you link to us. Any information we gather, whether voluntarily provided by you or automatically collected, may be used for our internal business and marketing purposes and may be disclosed to our affiliates for such purposes. If any information posted on this site violates any privacy laws of any jurisdiction the author of such information bears full responsibility for compliance with such laws and regulations, agrees to fully indemnify MEGAGRIPE.COM and/or anyone affiliated with it of any claims whatsoever related to alleged non-compliance with any privacy laws or regulations.
Information Security: MEGAGRIPE.COM will use its best efforts to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of the information received from the customers. Such information will be stored in a secure file for 3 years from the date of receipt, and it may be produced to state and Federal regulators upon court-authorized request, and otherwise will be guaranteed to be anonymous to visitors to our website and otherwise. MEGAGRIPE.COM may disclose such information to its employees, officers, representatives, properly authorized agents and affiliates, as well as properly authorized government entities. Disclosure may be made under appropriate confidentiality agreements for any purpose related to the conduct of MEGAGRIPE.COM's business, or to comply with applicable laws, to comply with subpoenas or other legal process, or to comply with any court-authorized request of any governmental agency.
Indemnification: You hereby indemnify and hold harmless MEGAGRIPE.COM (and its directors, officers, employees, control persons, vendors, licensors and agents) from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) related to you and arising out of or related to your use (as writer or reader) of the information published on this site (a) in violation of this agreement, (b) in violation of any rights of MEGAGRIPE.COM or its affiliates, agents or licensors, including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, or other intellectual property rights, or (c) in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation. This indemnification shall be binding upon you and your executors, heirs, successors, and assigns.
Termination: Either you or MEGAGRIPE.COM may terminate this Agreement and your access to the site at any time, for any reason, or for no reason. Any violation or breach by you of any of the terms and conditions herein will be cause to terminate your access to the products and services mentioned in this site without notice.
Payments: MEGAGRIPE.COM provides access to the services of this website for a fee. Fees may vary and are subject to change without notice. We may use a third-party credit card processor to facilitate a charge to your credit card. We are not liable for any losses or damages related to the services of such third party credit card processor or any other entity affiliated with it. You are hereby bound by the obligation NOT TO DISPUTE OR CHARGE BACK THE FEES APPLIED TO YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY MEGAGRIPE.COM ON THIS WEBSITE. We will vehemently oppose any such charge back attempts and use every bit of legal protection to retain the fees you paid us. There will be NO CANCELLATIONS OF ORDERS OR REFUNDS OF ANY FEES PAID BY YOU TO AXELITS.COM WHATSOEVER. If full details of the information you entered was requested and paid for by visitors to our website we may credit you a part of the fees we received. The amounts of such credits will be arbitrarily established by us and are subject to change without notice.
Services and Rates: Rates and fees charged on this site are subject to change without notice. The current original rates are as follows: (1) Filing a Complaint with author's name published - $4.99; (2) Filing a Complaint with author's name kept anonymous - $9.99; (3) Retrieval of the Full Details of a published Complaint - $9.99; (4) removal of a Complaint by its author - $4.99; (5) publication of a Complaint on "The Worst and Most Notorious" list - $19.99. You hereby agree to pay these rates or any other rates, including but not limited to possible discounts and/or markups in full and prior to posting of your information on our site via credit card or any other payment processing vehicle offered on this site.
Censorship: Although we promote free speech and serve as a conduit for mostly negative personal references we reserve the right to censor any postings and delete any language, which we deem inappropriate and/or offensive for any reason without any notice or compensation to you whatsoever.
Legal Advice: we are not providing any legal advice or any legal representation services, although in certain select cases we may proactively assist in delivering information about your complaint to respective parties with the purpose of assisting you in speedy resolution of your claim.
Foreign Jurisdictions: If you reside in a jurisdiction, which does not guarantee a right to free speech, or according to the laws of which the postings on this website may be deemed illegal in any way you bear full responsibility for compliance with such jurisdiction and hereby fully and unconditionally indemnify MEGAGRIPE.COM and anyone related to or affiliated with us from any claims of liability whatsoever related to non-compliance of postings with such laws.
Residency Restrictions: Residents of certain countries and territories may not be allowed to receive services of MEGAGRIPE.COM because of legal restrictions imposed by domestic and international laws and agreements. Currently services of MEGAGRIPE.COM are not available to residents of the following countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Burma (AKA Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Montenegro, Nigeria, North Korea, Serbia (AKA Yugoslavia), Sudan, Syria and Yemen. This list is subject to change at any time and without any special notice therefore, please contact our Customer Support for more information pertinent to residency restrictions.
Copy of the Terms & Conditions: the original printed copy of these Terms & Conditions is on file in our offices and in any case the electronic copy of the Terms & Conditions is altered in any way by means of unauthorized access to this website or any other illegal means whatsoever the said printed copy on file Terms & Conditions will prevail over the illegally altered one.