The Terms and Conditions set out the basis on which you may join the Free Schoolbooks Scheme, what to do if there is a problem and other important information. The Terms and Conditions do not affect your legal rights.

Purchase of a savings certificate and the completion of the order process constitute your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

With a view to keeping our savings products as simple to understand as possible, we have opted to present these Terms and Conditions for the Free Schoolbooks Scheme in straightforward English rather than using lots of legal words, phrases and definitions.

 

What is the Free Schoolbooks Scheme?

The Free Schoolbooks Scheme is a lump sum savings scheme that we, Entrepreneur Supplies Limited t/a Schoolbooks.ie (“Schoolbooks.ie”), are very pleased to offer to our customers.

We have designed it to enable our customers to reduce or eliminate the cost of purchasing any physical products from Schoolbooks.ie such as schoolbooks, stationery and schoolbags.

This savings scheme is suitable for customers who have lump sums of €500, €750 or €1,000 and are looking for ways to use these funds to generate savings over a 1-5 year period.

Customers can remain in the Free Schoolbooks Scheme for a maximum of 5 years. On the 5th anniversary, the savings certificate will automatically be exchanged for a full cash refund.

A customer joins the savings scheme by purchasing a savings certificate from Schoolbooks.ie for €500, €750 or €1,000.

Immediately upon buying a savings certificate, our customer will receive free store credit equal to 10% of the amount of their savings certificate.

Our customer can then use that free store credit to purchase any physical product on Schoolbooks.ie.

On each of the first 4 anniversaries of the purchase of the savings certificate, our customer will receive additional free store credit equal to 10% of the face value of the savings certificate.

For example, if a customer purchases a savings certificate for €1,000 and remained in the scheme for 5 years, they will receive the following amounts of free store credit:

Date	Free store credit Received
Immediately on purchase	€100
1st anniversary	€100
2nd anniversary	€100
3rd anniversary	€100
4th anniversary	€100
Total	€500 free store credit

 

Customers have two options to exchange their savings certificates in return for a full cash refund before the 5 years have elapsed:

 

Option 1:      Customers can exchange their savings certificates for a full cash refund by providing us with 12 months’ notice by email to savings@schoolbooks.ie. Customers who avail of this option keep all the free store credit that they have received up to the date of their email to request a full refund. Customers will not receive any new free store credit from the date of their email.

 

Option 2:      Customers can exchange their savings certificates for a full cash refund by providing us with 14 days notice by email to savings@schoolbooks.ie. Customers who avail of this option have to give back any free store credit that they have received in the 12-month period prior to the date of their email to request a full refund. Customers will not receive any new free store credit from the date of their email.

Our goal is to become the preferred destination for Irish families who have lump sums of €500, €750 and €1,000 and who want to use these savings to generate savings.

With this in mind, we have endeavoured to:

• Make our savings scheme as attractive as possible
• Make our savings scheme as simple to understand as possible
• Provide our customers with flexibility to exit our savings scheme early
• Create a savings scheme that is minimal hassle for our customers and minimal cost for us to manage
• Make our savings scheme as fair as possible, while protecting it from abuse

 

How does the Free Schoolbooks Scheme work?

Customers can purchase savings certificates from Schoolbooks.ie for amounts of €500, €750 or €1,000 in the same way that they purchase any other product on our site.

 

When a customer purchases a savings certificate, they immediately receive an amount of free Schoolbooks.ie store credit which is equal to 10% of the amount of the savings certificate:

Savings certificate purchased	Free store credit received upfront
€500	€50
€750	€75
€1,000	€100

 

This free store credit can be used to purchase any physical product from Schoolbooks.ie (please see “Store credit” below for more details).

Additional free store credit each year

On the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th anniversaries of the date that a savings certificate was purchased, the owner of a savings certificate will automatically receive a further amount of free store credit that is equal to 10% of the amount of their savings certificate.

The free store credit will simply be automatically credited to your Schoolbooks.ie account – there is no need to contact us (i.e. minimal hassle for you).

The following are the amounts of free store credit that a customer who chooses to participate in the Free Schoolbooks Scheme for the full 5 years would receive:

	€500 savings certificate	€750 savings certificate	€1,000 savings certificate
	Free store credit received	Free store credit received	Free store credit received
Purchase date	€50	€75	€100
1st anniversary	€50	€75	€100
2nd anniversary	€50	€75	€100
3rd anniversary	€50	€75	€100
4th anniversary	€50	€75	€100
Total free store credit	€250 free store credit	€375 free store credit	€500 free store credit

 

Store credit

Customers can use their store credit to purchase any physical product from Schoolbooks.ie only. It cannot be used in any other store.

Store credit never expires.

There are no account fees or other charges in relation to store credit.

Store credit cannot be exchanged for cash or gift cards and it cannot be exchanged for new savings certificates.

Store credit is not transferable (however, customers can use it to purchase physical products for others).

If the value of a purchase you make with store credit is greater than the balance of the store credit available, you will need to pay the difference by alternative means. If the value of a purchase you make with store credit is less than the balance of the store credit, the remaining balance will remain on your Schoolbooks.ie account.

If any item purchased with store credit is subsequently refunded or exchanged for an item of a lower value, we may refund any money owed to you by adding it to the remaining balance on your Schoolbooks.ie account.

 

Schoolbooks.ie right to redeem savings certificates

Schoolbooks.ie has the right to exchange a savings certificate for a full cash refund at any time.

 

Customer redemption of savings certificates

Customers have two options to exchange their savings certificates in return for a full cash refund before the 5 years have elapsed:

Option 1:      Customers can exchange their savings certificates for a full cash refund by providing us with 12 months notice by email to savings@schoolbooks.ie. Customers who avail of this option keep all the free store credit that they have received up to the date of their email to request a full refund. Customers will not receive any new free store credit from the date of their email.

Option 2:      Customers can exchange their savings certificates for a full cash refund by providing us with 14 days notice by email to savings@schoolbooks.ie. Customers who avail of this option must give back any free store credit that they have received in the 12-month period prior to the date of their email to request a full refund. If a customer does not have sufficient store credit left in their account to give it back to Schoolbooks.ie, then any shortfall will be deducted from the refund of the face value of their savings certificate. Customers will not receive any new free store credit from the date of their email.

 

We will email you back to confirm that we have received your refund request and this email will confirm the date that you will receive your full cash refund. Depending on which refund option you avail of, the date that you will receive your cash refund will be exactly either (a) 12 months or (b) 14 days after the date that you emailed us to request the refund. If this date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday, you will receive your refund the next day that banks are open in Ireland.

In most cases, we will apply the refund to the same payment method that was used to purchase the savings certificate (e.g. debit card, credit card, PayPal etc). We understand that cards expire, and we are set-up to accommodate new cards where necessary.

Alternatively, customers can also choose to receive their refund as Schoolbooks.ie store credit instead.

The value of your savings certificate and your store credit is not covered by any statutory compensation scheme. You should therefore be aware that your money may be lost in the event that Schoolbooks.ie becomes insolvent. This is a risk you bear with all similar retail saving schemes, gift cards and gift vouchers.

Transfer of savings certificates

You have the right to transfer your savings certificate(s) to someone else.

Any transfer of a savings certificate can only be for 100% of a savings certificate: it is not possible to transfer part of a savings certificate.

If you would like to transfer your savings certificate, please email savings@schoolbooks.ie for a Savings Certificate Transfer Form.

Once we have received the completed and signed Savings Certificate Transfer Form, we will endeavour to process the transfer within 5 working days.

 

Communications

Please feel free to email savings@schoolbooks.ie to find out details of the savings certificates that you own at any time.

 

Data Protection

We will process the personal data of customers participating in the Free Schoolbooks Scheme in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You can see a copy of our Privacy Policy on our website (link here) and it includes details of the personal data that we collect and how it will be used.

 

Jurisdiction

The Free Schoolbooks Scheme and these Terms and Conditions are governed by Irish Law and the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish Courts is applicable to any dispute in relation to these Terms and Conditions and/or the Free Schoolbooks Scheme.

 

Amendments to these Terms & Conditions

Subject to your legal rights as a consumer, we reserve the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time for any reason. We may amend these Terms and Conditions by amending this page. Changes to these Terms and Conditions will not affect any orders placed before the changes were uploaded to this website. These Terms and Conditions were last updated on 26 July 2022. If you need a copy of the Terms and Conditions in force on an earlier date, please email your request to savings@schoolbooks.ie and tell us the date that you are interested in.