Terms and Conditions
By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your country, state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your country, state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.You may not use our Services for:
- any illegal purpose
- unauthorized purpose
- for violating any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).
- The U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List, Entity List of proliferation concern, or Unverified List; or
- The U.S. State Department List of Statutorily Debarred Parties ; or
- The List of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. TopShipping also will not provide services to any person or entity that is directly or indirectly involved in the financing, commission or support of terrorist activities or in the development or production of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons or in missile technology programs as specified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. part 744).
Customer further acknowledges
that TopShipping may return to sender or discard any mail that is received at such mailing address but is addressed to a name not previously registered with TopShipping or is addressed to a name that has not completed the requirements set forth by TopShipping to verify the identity of such name, or is shipped by USPS from the vendor to a name for which TopShipping has not received a properly executed USPS Form 1583 and two forms of identification.TopShipping takes every precaution and makes every effort to fully comply with all laws and regulations governing international trade, including the Federal Trade Statistics Regulations (FTSR).TopShipping reserves the right to open and inspect all items delivered in your name without notice to you. The following list is a non-exclusive sampling of items that are either restricted, cannot be shipped or, depending on your destination country, may either require an import license, additional documentation and/or cause problems and delays during the customs review of your shipment:- Combustible/flammable items (paints, oils, lighters)
- Any type of pressurized can (hair spray, shaving cream, spray cans of any type)
- Hazardous materials (matches, chemicals, explosives)
- Firearms, weaponry and their parts: military, police and tactical equipment of any kind, including guns, gun replicas, gun accessories, gun components (magazines, clips and rail systems), ammunition, knives, swords, compound bows, crossbows, discharge weapons such as shock batons or stun guns, tooling for guns or gun parts, optical scopes, laser sights, night sights, night vision goggles, handcuffs and other restraints, surveillance equipment.
- Agricultural products such as tobacco, plants and seeds.
- Coffee
- Perishable foods
- Animals and products made with animal skin (furs)
- Alcohol
- Cash, currency, money orders, cashiers’ checks, bank drafts, bearer bonds and collectible stamps and coins. Jewelry and precious stones are (a) restricted to some countries and (b) can only be insured up to $500 maximum and any shipments of jewelry in excess of $500 carriage limit is uninsured and Member assumes all risk of loss above such limit
- Lottery tickets and gambling devices
- Prescription and/or veterinary medication
- Pornography
- Lock picking devices
- Government IDs and licenses, or items that claim to be, or that look similar to, government identification documents. This includes uniforms and badges or patches designed to look like official government issue.
- UPS Facts and Regulations & Guide to Shipping Dangerous Goods
- DHL Facts and Regulations & Guide to Shipping Dangerous Goods
- USPS Facts and Regulations & Guide to Shipping Dangerous Goods
- They refuse delivery of your parcel for any reason.
- The carrier makes unsuccessful attempts to deliver his parcel to his address because he was not at home and/or did not pay duties and taxes.
- They provide an invalid or incorrect address.
- Their parcel is returned by customs because your merchandise is restricted from import into his country.
- They refuse to pay duties and taxes.
- If the customer fails to clear the items from Customs.
- They want to return an Assisted Purchase that they have already received for whatever reason. (We send the customer a copy of the order confirmation when the Assisted Purchase is placed, and they are responsible for notifying us of any inconsistencies before we receive and forward the Assisted Purchase to them)