Delivery and Returns Policy
- Delivery Policy
Atlantic Medical Supplies delivers free of charge on all online orders over R1000.00 within South Africa excluding furniture, either door-to-door or Pudo Box, depending on where you’re located. If you reside outside of a main center but would like door to door delivery – you can select that delivery option for a R100.00 delivery fee. We do not offer overnight deliveries, please use your own courier should your require an overnight delivery. We do not offer overnight deliveries on any orders. The free delivery on orders over R 1000.00 applies to online orders only.
During the checkout process, Atlantic Medical Supplies will determine your delivery fee based on your order value. For South African orders, if you select door to door delivery, Atlantic Medical Supplies will deliver after payment has reflected in our banking account or on our payment Gateway within 2 – 10 working days depending on where you are located.
Please note: No orders will be dispatched until funds have cleared in our banking account or reflect via our payment gateway (Yoco). Should you require your order urgently please make use of the instant EFT option via Bank Deposit.
Orders are dispatched within 1 - 5 working days from date of confirmed order. Payment confirms order.
For Pudo deliveries, Atlantic Medical Supplies cannot offer a delivery lead time as there may be locker availability delays in your area. Should you require a specific Pudo locker for collection purposes, please note the locker location in the notes section on your order, otherwise the nearest Pudo locker to your given address will be used.
Should you have any queries regarding your delivery options, please call our customer support agents on 021 556-4877 or email: sales@atlanticmedical.co.za
- Late Delivery
The Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 ("ECT Act") entitles you to cancel your purchase within 7 days’ notice if the products you have purchased are not delivered within the agreed delivery period as specified in Atlantic Medical Supplies terms and conditions. The product(s) in question must be returned to Atlantic Medical Supplies in their original state, including all labels. Any such cancellation must be done by via the Atlantic Medical Supplies call center by either calling 021 556-4877 or emailing sales@atlanticmedical.co.za. Once the item/s have been returned and inspected, Atlantic Medical Supplies will then process the refund.
- Stock shortages
Should a product you have ordered be:
- temporarily unavailable, Atlantic Medical Supplies will notify you thereof as well as the anticipated delay in delivery and, unless you agree to wait for such longer period for delivery or accept delivery of another product instead or a credit on your Atlantic Medical Supplies account, Atlantic Medical Supplies will issue a refund in respect of that product to you;
- permanently unavailable, Atlantic Medical Supplies will notify you and, unless you agree to accept another product instead or a credit on your Atlantic Medical Supplies account, Atlantic Medical Supplies will issue a refund in respect of that product to you.
- Should you have redeemed a voucher or coupon against a product that is temporarily unavailable and you do not agree to an extended delivery period, or to accept delivery of another product instead, or the product is permanently unavailable and you do not agree to accept another product instead, Atlantic Medical Supplies will re-issue you with a replacement voucher to the same value, with the same voucher terms and conditions.
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Non-defective products (your right to return)
- Save for certain exceptional cases (such as made-to-order products or products that are a special buy out product), you are entitled to return any purchase concluded on Atlantic Medical Supplies within 7 days of the product(s) being delivered. In order to obtain a purchase price refund, the product(s) being returned must be sent back to Atlantic Medical Supplies in accordance with the return procedure set out in clause 7 below.
- Consequently, if upon receiving your purchase you are not satisfied with your choice of product(s) and wish to return it for a refund as aforesaid, please retain the product(s)’ original packaging and do not wear the product where applicable. In particular, if you want to return non-defective products, please ensure the items are returned in the exact condition they were received in, and in their original packaging.
- If the incorrect product is delivered to you by mistake (i.e. it is not the product you purchased), please do not remove the product from its original packaging or try the product on at all. Please promptly contact Atlantic Medical Supplies call center on 021 556-4877 or email: sales@atlanticmedical.co.za to notify Atlantic Medical Supplies thereof, so that we can resolve the mistake by arranging to collect such product from you and deliver the correct product to you as quickly as possible.
- Defective products
General warranty:
If, within 3 months after delivery of a product to you:
- You find that the product is defective/faulty, unsuitable for the purpose generally intended (or otherwise expressly indicated by Atlantic Medical Supplies at time of purchase), or not legal or reasonably durable (based on the circumstances and product type) ("defective"); and –
- you arrange to return such product to Atlantic Medical Supplies for inspection in accordance with the returns procedure in clause 7 below, and the product is subsequently found to indeed be defective, you are entitled to either –
- (a) be fully refunded, or (b) have the product repaired or replaced at Atlantic Medical Supplies expense
- (the decision between repairing or replacing being that of Atlantic Medical Supplies depending on availability and other relevant circumstances, and in this regard, you acknowledge that Sale/ On Special products will usually only be able to be repaired).
- If the product is found NOT to be defective, you will NOT be entitled to any repair, replacement or refund but will instead be liable for the costs incurred in having such product returned to Atlantic Medical Supplies and then redelivered to you.
- When is a product defective? Please note: the following are examples of things which will NOT be regarded as defects and will NOT entitle you to any repair, replacement or refund under the general warranty above faults resulting from normal wear and tear; damage arising from incorrect usage of the product.
Supplier's warranty:
Certain products may come with a supplier's guarantee. If so, this will be stated in the product listing on the site. Clear details of these guarantees are given in their listings and no shopper may ask to be covered by a wide-ranging guarantee other than the one shown on such product listing.
- Exclusions
You may not under any circumstances return the following:
- Non-defective products that have been "made to order". (You will be notified of the relevant Online Sale if the products are "made to order".)
- For hygiene reasons, due to their nature: non-defective clothing and workwear unless the garment has merely been tried on and not worn.
- Products that you or any other person has altered, repaired, incorporated or added to where such alteration, repair, incorporation or addition has not been authorized by Atlantic Medical Supplies .
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Return procedure to be followed
- Contact our call center at 021 556-4877 or email sales@atlanticmedical.co.za and request a returns.
- Pack your items securely in a box to prevent damage to the items being returned.
- Return the item to 225 Blaauwberg Road, Table View, Cape Town, 7441
- Within 10 business days of the returned item having being cleared by Atlantic Medical Supplies quality control, the money will be refunded back to the form of payment you used to pay for the order (either EFT or Credit Card) unless you specified that you want a store credit or a swop out
- Contact our call center at 021 556-4877 or email sales@atlanticmedical.co.za and request a returns.
- Processing of credits and refunds
Should you be entitled to a refund for any reason, such refund shall either be effected on the method used to purchase the product or be deposited into the bank account used in the Electronic Funds Transfer, within 10 business days of the returned item having been cleared by Atlantic Medical Supplies quality checking.
Where your Atlantic Medical Supplies account has been credited, you will be entitled to use such credit towards other purchases made by you on the site. Do take note, however, that you cannot request that refund the credit on your profile in the form of cash once you opted for the credit option.
If you bought a sale item and want to return the item, the reduced price will be paid back to you and not the full price.
If you want to return an item that you paid the full amount for but is now on sale, we will only pay the full amount as a credit on your profile and not in the form of cash in your account. If you want a payback, the amount of the reduced price will be paid back
If you redeemed a coupon against your purchase and wish to return the item(s) from that purchase, the rand value paid for the item(s) being returned will either be refunded or credited to your account. The value of the voucher that was redeemed we will not be refunded to you or credited to your account. Rather, Atlantic Medical Supplies will re-issue you with a replacement voucher to the same value, with the same voucher terms and conditions.
- Fraud Prevention
Atlantic Medical Supplies reserves the right to refuse, in the interest of fraud prevention, processing any payment for any order, and/or to cancel any purchase partially or completely, with notice given to you. Atlantic Medical Supplies will be responsible for returning funds for the canceled portion of the order to you only if you have already paid such funds.