Terms of Service
1. Acceptance of these terms
These Terms of Service, the Privacy Policy and the Refund Policy govern your use of CarsGuyana, a website operated by Caribbean Dynetics. By creating an account, posting a listing, buying anything from us or otherwise using the website, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the website. If you use the website for a business, you confirm that you have authority to bind that business.
2. What the website is
CarsGuyana is an online noticeboard on which users advertise vehicles and vehicle parts for sale and others browse them. Caribbean Dynetics is not a dealer, broker, agent, auctioneer, escrow agent or payment agent for any vehicle sale, and is not a party to any agreement or transaction between users. We do not own, inspect, test, certify or guarantee any vehicle or part. We do not verify ownership, condition, mileage, history, import status, legality or the identity of any user.
Any agreement to buy or sell a vehicle is made solely between the buyer and the seller. We do not handle payment for vehicles, deposits, delivery, registration or the transfer of ownership.
CarsGuyana will never ask you to pay money for a vehicle, a deposit or a verification fee. Anyone who claims to act for CarsGuyana and asks for such a payment is attempting fraud. Please report them to admin@caribbeandynetics.com.
3. Accounts
You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a contract. You must give accurate information and keep it up to date. You are responsible for all activity under your account and for keeping your password confidential, and you must tell us promptly if you suspect unauthorised use.
Each person may have one account only. You must not create, use or operate more than one account, directly or through another person, and an account may not be sold, shared or transferred. To enforce this rule we may record and use technical information such as IP address, device identifiers and the time an account was created, and we may refuse to create an account where that information shows that the same person or connection has already created accounts. A phone number or email address may belong to one account only, and different spellings of the same email inbox count as the same address. We may refuse an account, a listing or a change of details that uses a phone number or email address already linked to another account, and we may close any account created later that shares a phone number or email address with an earlier account.
Listing allowance. A free account may have one active car listing and one active part listing at a time. Listings marked as sold or deleted do not count. You can add to this allowance by buying extra listing slots or a Dealer pass (section 9). An allowance applies to new listings; it does not remove listings that were already live when it took effect.
4. Listings
When you post a listing you confirm that:
- you own the vehicle or have the owner's authority to sell it;
- the vehicle or part can lawfully be sold, is not stolen, and any lien, finance, police hold or unpaid duty or tax on it has been disclosed;
- every detail is accurate and not misleading, including make, model, year, mileage, condition, modifications, accident or flood damage, and price;
- you have the right to use the photographs and they show the actual vehicle or part;
- the contact details are yours, and you consent to them being shown to visitors in the ways you choose on the listing form (phone number, WhatsApp and email address); and
- the listing complies with all applicable law.
Car listings must show a genuine asking price of at least GYD 200,000. A featured listing may show "Call for price" instead of the number, but you must still enter your real asking price, which we keep private and may use in anonymous market statistics. Part listings must describe the part honestly, including whether it is new, used or rebuilt, genuine or aftermarket, and which vehicles it fits. You are responsible for checking that a part fits before you describe it as fitting.
Each vehicle may be listed from one account only. If the same vehicle is listed from more than one account, we may permanently remove every account created after the account that first listed it, together with all of its listings, without notice and without refund. You must mark a listing as sold, or remove it, promptly once the vehicle or part is sold or is no longer available. When you mark a listing as sold you may tell us the selling price. That price is never shown on your listing; we may use it, without your name or a link to your listing, in statistics that help sellers price similar vehicles.
5. Prohibited conduct
You must not:
- list a vehicle you have no right to sell, or one that is stolen or fraudulently obtained;
- post false, misleading or duplicate listings, misstate a vehicle's mileage or history, or advertise a vehicle you do not have;
- ask for deposits, advance fees, gift cards, cryptocurrency or wire transfers for a vehicle the buyer has not inspected, or otherwise operate a scam;
- post anything unlawful, defamatory, hateful, harassing or sexually explicit, anything that infringes another person's rights, or another person's personal information without permission;
- send spam, or advertise anything other than vehicles and vehicle parts for sale;
- impersonate any person or organisation, or suggest a connection with us that does not exist;
- copy or harvest listings or contact details, other than by normal browsing and search engine indexing, or use bots or automated tools without our written permission;
- attack, overload or attempt to bypass the security or limits of the website, or interfere with its use by others; or
- help or encourage anyone else to do any of these things.
6. Buyers
Buyers are responsible for their own checks. Inspect the vehicle in person, have an independent mechanic examine it, confirm the seller's ownership documents, and meet in a safe public place. Be cautious of prices that look too good, sellers who cannot be met, and anyone who wants money first. A vehicle appearing on CarsGuyana, or being featured, is not an endorsement or a guarantee.
7. Content and intellectual property
You keep ownership of what you post. You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, display and promote your listings, photographs and details on and in connection with the website, including in search results and in link previews, for as long as they remain on the website and for a reasonable period afterwards for backups. You can end this licence for a listing by deleting it.
The website, its software, design, text, logos and the CarsGuyana name are the property of Caribbean Dynetics or its licensors and are protected by copyright and other laws. All rights are reserved. You may use the website for its intended purpose but may not copy, modify, distribute or resell any part of it. We may use any feedback you give us without payment or obligation.
If you believe a listing infringes your rights, email admin@caribbeandynetics.com with a description of the work, the link to the listing, your contact details, and a statement that you are the owner or authorised to act and that your complaint is made in good faith. We may remove the content, tell the person who posted it, and close the accounts of repeat infringers.
8. Moderation and reporting
Listings go live as soon as they are posted. Our team reviews new listings after they are published and may hide, edit or remove a listing, or suspend an account, if it appears to break these terms. A listing having been reviewed, or still being live, does not mean we have checked or verified the seller, the vehicle or part, its documents or its price, and is not an endorsement.
Use the report button on any listing, or email us, to raise a problem. We have no duty to monitor or screen content and are not liable for content we have not removed. We may remove or edit content, limit its visibility, and refuse, suspend or close accounts at our discretion. If you believe we have made a mistake, email us and we will review the decision fairly.
9. Paid products and payments
What can be bought. All paid products are optional and are shown with their current prices on the Pricing page:
- Featured passes for car listings, lasting 30 days or until the listing sells;
- Extra listing slots, each adding one active car listing or one active part listing to your allowance; and
- Dealer passes, each lasting 30 days.
Featured passes. A featured listing is shown in featured areas of the website, which may include the Featured window, the top of matching searches and the side columns on wide screens, where listings may be ordered by their distance from the person browsing. Space is limited, so featured listings may be shown in rotation, and a listing may not appear on every page, in every search or to every visitor. We may also share featured listings, including their photos, title, price and region, on CarsGuyana's Facebook and Instagram pages; we never post your phone number or email there unless you show them on the listing. We do not promise any number of views, enquiries or sales, or any particular position. A pass belongs to the account that bought it and features one listing at a time. If your account has more than one live listing of the right kind, you may move a pass between your own listings or swap two passes. Featured passes, including those that come with a Dealer pass, work on car listings only; part listings cannot be featured. A 30-day pass runs for 30 days from confirmation of payment, wherever it is placed, and moving it does not add time. Buying more time for a listing that is already featured starts when the current time ends. An until-sold pass ends when the listing it is on is marked as sold, deleted or removed by us; if it has been moved from one listing to another, it also ends no later than 6 months after purchase. We may retire an until-sold pass on a listing that has been live for more than 12 months. Passes cannot be transferred to another person.
Extra listing slots. A slot adds one active listing of its kind to your account for as long as the account exists. When a listing in that slot is sold or deleted, the slot is free for your next listing. Slots end if the account is closed or removed.
Dealer passes. While a Dealer pass is active, your account may have any number of active car and part listings and receives five featured passes that can be placed on any of your car listings and last only as long as the Dealer pass. Buying another Dealer pass while one is active adds 30 days. A Dealer pass is not renewed or charged automatically. When it ends, the included featured passes end, and listings beyond your free allowance and any slots you own are hidden, oldest kept live, until you renew or free a slot; they are not deleted.
Market tools. While your account has an active featured pass or Dealer pass, you may use market tools that compare your listings with similar vehicles listed or sold on the website. The figures are estimates from the listings available on the website only, may be incomplete or inaccurate, and are not a valuation or financial advice.
Payment. Prices are in Guyanese dollars. Payment is a single charge by card, processed by Stripe, whose own terms and privacy policy apply. Your card details go directly to Stripe and we never see or store them. Your bank may add its own fees, including foreign transaction fees, and may decline a card for its own reasons, which we cannot override. No product is a subscription and nothing is ever renewed or charged again automatically.
Prices, offers and taxes. The price is the amount shown at checkout and we do not add sales tax. Introductory or sale prices apply only until the end date shown, after which the regular price applies. You are responsible for any tax, duty or fee that applies to you where you live. We may change prices at any time, but a change does not affect a product already bought. If a price is clearly wrong because of an error, we may correct it and cancel and refund any purchase made at the wrong price.
Delivery. A product is delivered once Stripe confirms the payment, normally within a minute. If it has not started after a few minutes, email us. We may refuse or cancel a purchase, and refund it, if we suspect fraud or error or if the account or listing breaks these terms.
Refunds and disputes. The Refund Policy sets out when a refund is given, and by paying you accept it. Fees are not refunded when a listing or account is removed under these terms, including for multiple accounts. Please contact us before disputing a charge with your bank. If you start a chargeback or dispute without first contacting us, we may end the product, suspend your account, and give Stripe and your bank the records they need to respond.
Changes. We may change, pause or stop offering any paid product. If we stop offering one, we will refund the unused part of anything paid for that has not run its course, calculated fairly in proportion to the time remaining.
10. Other companies' services
The website relies on and links to services we do not control, including Stripe for payments, WhatsApp for messaging and our hosting provider. Your use of them is subject to their own terms and we are not responsible for them. If a seller turns on WhatsApp, anyone can message that number. The conversation takes place on WhatsApp and we are not part of it. Do not send unsolicited or abusive messages.
11. Privacy and communications
The Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information. You agree that we may send you notices about your account, listings and payments by email or on the website, and that these satisfy any requirement for a notice to be in writing. If you save listings or set up search alerts, we will email you about price drops and new matching listings until you turn those emails off in your hub.
12. Suspension and termination
You may stop using the website at any time, delete your listings and ask us to close your account. We may suspend or end your access and remove your content immediately if you break these terms, if we reasonably believe there is fraud, harm or legal risk, if the law requires it, or after a chargeback made in breach of section 9. Closing an account ends any passes, slots and Dealer time on it without refund, except where the Refund Policy or the law says otherwise. We may also end a free account on 14 days' notice for any reason. When access ends, our licence to display your content ends within a reasonable time, although copies in backups and caches may remain briefly. Sections that by their nature should continue to apply will continue, including sections 7, 13 to 18 and 20.
13. No responsibility for dealings or experiences
Caribbean Dynetics has no responsibility or liability for any dealing, meeting, communication, inspection, test drive, payment, delivery or other experience between users or involving any vehicle, whether it takes place on the website or elsewhere, online or in person. This includes loss of money, deposits paid to another person, fraud by another person, vehicles that are defective or not as described, theft, injury, accident, damage and death.
Money paid between users is paid at the payer's own risk. We have no obligation to refund, reimburse, recover or compensate anyone for money paid to another user, or for any loss arising from dealing with another user or from any experience connected with a listing. The only payments we receive are fees for our own paid products, and refunds of those are governed solely by the Refund Policy.
14. Disclaimers
The website is provided as is and as available. To the fullest extent the law allows, we give no warranty, express or implied, about accuracy, availability, security, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. In particular we give no warranty about any vehicle, listing, price, description, ownership, history, roadworthiness or legality, or about any user. We do not promise that the website will be uninterrupted or free of errors.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any right, warranty or condition that cannot be excluded or limited under the law that applies to you, including mandatory consumer protection law.
15. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law:
- we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, goodwill, data or opportunities;
- we are not liable for any loss, injury, damage, theft, fraud or dispute arising from or connected with any vehicle, listing, transaction, meeting, inspection, test drive or communication between users, whether or not the website was used to arrange it; and
- our total liability to you for all claims relating to the website or these terms is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us for paid products in the 12 months before the claim arose and CAD $100.
These limits apply whatever the legal basis of the claim, including contract and negligence, even if we were told that a loss was possible. They do not limit liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, for our gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or for anything else that the law does not allow us to limit.
16. Release and indemnity
You are solely responsible for your dealings with other users. To the extent the law allows, you release Caribbean Dynetics and its owner and contractors from all claims and damages arising out of disputes between users or out of content posted by other users, subject to the exceptions in section 15. You keep any rights you have against the other user.
To the extent the law allows, you will defend and compensate Caribbean Dynetics and its owner and contractors against claims, losses, liabilities and reasonable legal costs arising from your listings and content, your breach of these terms or of any law, your infringement of any person's rights, or your dealings and disputes with other users. We will notify you promptly of any such claim and give reasonable cooperation, and you may not settle a claim in a way that admits fault on our behalf without our consent.
17. Users in Guyana
Many users of the website are in Guyana. Sellers and buyers are each responsible for complying with the laws of Guyana that apply to them, including those on the registration, licensing and transfer of motor vehicles, on customs duty and tax for imported vehicles, and on road traffic. A listing, or a payment between users, does not transfer a vehicle. In Guyana the transfer of a registered vehicle is completed through the Guyana Revenue Authority, and a buyer should confirm that the seller is the registered owner and that the transfer will be completed before paying in full.
Fraud, impersonation, unauthorised access and misuse of computer systems may be criminal offences under the laws of Guyana, including the Cybercrime Act 2018. We may report such conduct to the Guyana Police Force and other authorities and cooperate with their investigations, including by disclosing information.
We host content supplied by users. To the extent the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 2023 applies, we rely on every protection it gives to intermediaries and service providers.
If you live in Guyana, nothing in these terms removes or limits any right you have under mandatory Guyanese law, including the Consumer Affairs Act 2011.
18. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. Before starting a legal claim, email admin@caribbeandynetics.com and allow 30 days for us to try to resolve it, except where you urgently need a court order to prevent harm. The courts of Ontario have jurisdiction over any claim, but nothing in these terms removes a right you have under mandatory consumer protection law, including any right to bring a claim in the courts of the place where you live.
19. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. When we do, we will change the date at the top, and for material changes we will give notice on the website or by email at least 14 days beforehand where we can. Changes needed to protect people or to comply with the law may take effect immediately. If you keep using the website after a change takes effect, you accept the updated terms. If you do not accept them, stop using the website and close your account. Changes to prices and features apply only going forward.
20. General
These terms are the whole agreement between you and us about the website and replace anything earlier. If a provision is held invalid or unenforceable it is changed as little as necessary and the rest remains in force. A delay in enforcing a right is not a waiver of it. We may transfer these terms to a successor to the website, but you may not transfer them without our written consent. Nothing here makes you our agent, partner or employee, and no one else has rights under these terms. We are not liable for failure or delay caused by events outside our reasonable control, including internet, hosting or payment processor outages, natural events, government action and labour disputes. These terms are in English, and electronic records and acceptance are valid.
21. Contact
CarsGuyana is operated by Caribbean Dynetics. Questions or notices: admin@caribbeandynetics.com.