Terms of Service

2.1 The Service: Card Butler provides a cloud-based inventory management system for trading cards, including collector profiles, friend connections, playgroups, and related social features described in section 8.

2.2 Beta & Early Access Disclaimer: You acknowledge that the Service is currently in a "Beta" or "Kickstarter" phase. The Service is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" with all faults. We make no warranties regarding uptime, data integrity, or the accuracy of card scans during this phase.

2.3 Modifications: We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time.

3.1 Magic Link Access: Access is authenticated solely via "Magic Links" sent to your email.

3.2 User Responsibility: You are responsible for maintaining the security of your email account. Card Butler is not liable for any unauthorized access to your account resulting from a compromised email address.

3.3 Account Termination: We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your account if you breach these Terms.

3.4 Eligibility: The Services are intended for people who are at least 18 years old. If you are under 18, you may not register for or use the Services.

5.1 Pre-sale and pre-order: Card Butler devices sold as pre-sale, pre-order, Kickstarter, early-bird, or similar early-purchase programs are not in-stock retail goods. You acknowledge that you are buying a product that may still be in design, tooling, manufacturing, quality control, or fulfillment.

5.2 Crowdsupporting contribution: Under Swiss law, a Card Butler pre-sale or pre-order is a crowdsupporting contribution (reward-based crowdfunding), not a conventional retail purchase of goods already manufactured and in stock. The Card Butler project is at an early stage. By placing a pre-order, you contribute funds to that project in exchange for a future reward — the device and related benefits — if and when the project is completed. Website and shop pre-orders are a continuation of the same Kickstarter campaign funding: they support the same early-stage project on the same footing as campaign backing, not a separate finished-goods retail sale. You acknowledge the inherent risk that an early-stage project may be delayed, changed, or, in exceptional circumstances, not completed as originally described. Where mandatory consumer law gives you a right you cannot waive, that right is limited to the minimum the law requires.

5.3 No guaranteed delivery date: Any advertised ship date, fulfillment window, or estimate is indicative only and is not a contractual deadline. Manufacturing, component shortages, tooling, quality control, freight, customs, carriers, and other events outside our control may delay delivery. In some cases, a pre-sale device may take more than one (1) year from the date of purchase to be delivered. By placing a pre-sale or pre-order, you accept that possibility.

5.4 Waiver of delay claims: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you waive all claims arising from delayed delivery of pre-sale or pre-order hardware, including claims for refund, damages, specific performance, interest, or cancellation solely because delivery takes longer than expected — including longer than one year. Where mandatory law gives you a right you cannot waive, that right is limited to the minimum the law requires.

5.5 Shipping and risk of loss: Risk of loss passes to you when we (or our fulfillment partner) deliver the hardware to the carrier. We are not responsible for packages lost, delayed, seized, or damaged in transit, or for customs duties, import taxes, or refused shipments.

5.6 Limited hardware warranty: After delivery, we warrant that the hardware will be free from material defects for two (2) years from delivery, as required by Swiss law. This warranty does not cover misuse, accidents, unauthorized modification, normal wear, or damage to cards, sleeves, or other property. Except for that limited warranty, hardware is provided "AS IS" to the maximum extent permitted by law. You waive all other express or implied warranties regarding the device, including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, to the extent such waiver is allowed.

5.7 Use of the device: You use the Card Butler device at your own risk. We are not liable for damage to cards, sleeves, binders, or other property, or for misidentified, missed, or duplicate scans.

6.1 No Refunds: Subscription fees are non-refundable.

6.2 Digital Performance: By purchasing a subscription, you request immediate access to the service and waive any right of withdrawal once access is granted.

6.3 Fair Use — Store (Gold) plan: The Store plan (also referred to as the Gold tier) includes unlimited scans subject to fair use. This allowance is intended for a normal trading-card store operating during ordinary working hours. It is not a license for continuous 24-hour scanning, industrial-scale or warehouse-style processing, or any use inconsistent with typical store operations. If we reasonably determine that your usage exceeds fair use, we may throttle, limit, or suspend scanning, or require a custom arrangement, without that constituting a failure of the Services.

6.4 Insolvency and bankruptcy: If Card Butler or TCG Inventory LLC enters bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, or a similar proceeding, unused subscription tiers, scan allowances, and prepaid plan time are not refundable. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any claim for a cash refund of those amounts. Any remaining subscription value will, where legally possible, be applied toward creating or maintaining a fallback service so that scanning functionality can continue for users rather than being returned as cash. This is a statement of intent and does not override mandatory insolvency law or the rights of other creditors.

7.1 Cap on liability: To the maximum extent permitted by law, Card Butler and TCG Inventory LLC shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, lost goodwill, business interruption, or cost of substitute goods or services, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total liability for any claims related to the Services or hardware shall not exceed the amount you paid to us in the last twelve (12) months or CHF 100, whichever is greater.

7.2 Additional waivers: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any claim based on: (a) scan, recognition, or matching errors; (b) pricing or valuation data; (c) downtime, beta defects, or discontinued features; (d) loss or corruption of inventory data; (e) delayed, lost, or damaged shipments, including pre-sale delivery taking more than one year; (f) customs, taxes, or import refusal; (g) damage to cards or other property from use of the device; and (h) unused subscription tiers or scan allowances in bankruptcy or insolvency, which are not refunded in cash.

7.3 Class and representative actions: To the maximum extent permitted by law, you waive the right to participate in a class action, class arbitration, private attorney general action, or other representative proceeding against us. You may bring claims against us only in your individual capacity.

7.4 No jury trial: To the maximum extent permitted by law, you waive any right to a jury trial in any dispute arising out of these Terms or the Services.

7.5 Mandatory rights: Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for intent or gross negligence, or any other right that cannot be waived under Swiss or other mandatory consumer law. Where a waiver is not enforceable, it is enforced only to the extent the law allows.

8.1 The features: The Services include collector profiles (pages addressed by your handle), friend connections, an activity feed, comments, notifications, and playgroups. A profile can include a display name, handle, biography, tagline, pronouns, location, avatar, banner, links, badges, collection information, and other modules you turn on.

8.2 You choose the audience: A new profile is private. Other people do not see it until you choose a visibility setting. You can keep a profile private, limit it to friends, share it with a private link, or make it public. Each module has its own audience. A private link shows only what that link is allowed to show, and anyone who receives the link can open it. A public profile or public playgroup may be indexed by search engines and may be turned into a link-preview image. If you make a profile public, it may also appear in discovery features we offer inside the Services.

8.3 Your responsibility: You are responsible for the text, images, and other material you place on a profile, in a playgroup, in a comment, or in a friend request. If you choose photographs from your scanner instead of catalog art, you confirm that you have the right to show those photographs to the audience you selected, including any person who can be identified in them. Do not publish another person's email address, or any other information you are not allowed to share.

8.4 Other people: When your profile is visible to someone, your friends list can show each friend's handle, display name, avatar, and favorite game, including a friend whose own profile is private. A public playgroup shows its members' handles, display names, and avatars to visitors, including a member whose own profile is private. Make a profile or playgroup public only if you accept that effect.

8.5 Copies outside the Services: Other people, search engines, and link-preview caches may copy what you publish. Deleting your account or hiding a profile removes it from our live service. It does not remove copies that have already been made elsewhere.

8.6 Handles: Your handle is the address of your profile. We may remove, reclaim, or change a handle that impersonates someone, is illegal, or is otherwise objectionable. If you release a handle, we may later assign it to someone else. Old links, printed QR codes, and cached previews can then open a different profile.

8.7 Collection value: A collection value shown on a profile is an estimate for entertainment and collection management, subject to section 7.2. You choose whether anyone else can see it. Other viewers may see a range rather than an exact figure unless you choose to show the exact figure.

8.8 License for social content: You keep ownership of your profile and social content. You grant Card Butler a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, and display that content only as needed to operate the Services for the audience you selected, to create link-preview images, to moderate, and to keep backups. The license ends when the content is removed from the live service, except for backups, which we keep for up to 90 days, and except for copies the law requires us to keep. This license does not allow us to sell your social content or to use it to train recognition models. The scan license in section 4.2 is unchanged.

8.9 Prohibited conduct: You may not use profiles, playgroups, the feed, comments, or messages to impersonate another person; to harass, threaten, or abuse anyone; to post illegal content, including sexual content involving minors; to publish someone else's private information, such as an email address or a home address they did not choose to share; to scrape profiles or friend lists in order to build a contact list or send unsolicited messages; to sell, buy, or transfer a profile or handle; or to suggest that you or Card Butler are endorsed by a trading-card publisher.

8.10 Moderation: We may remove or edit social content, clear an avatar or banner, return a profile or playgroup to a hidden setting, or suspend an account when we reasonably believe the content breaks these Terms or the law. We do not undertake to review all social content. If we restrict your content, you may email us for the reason. Where the law requires a statement of reasons, we will provide one, unless doing so would harm an investigation, another person, or the security of the Services.

8.11 Reports: A signed-in user can report a profile, playgroup, or post in the product. Anyone, including a visitor who is not signed in, can report illegal content or a privacy concern by emailing privacy@tcg-inventory.com with the page address and a short description. Copyright complaints can use the same address.

8.12 Public spaces: Making a profile, a section of a profile, or a playgroup public means anyone on the internet may see it, including people who are not signed in and search engines. You agree that these Terms apply to that public material, that you will follow the laws that apply to what you post online, and that you will use profiles, playgroups, the feed, and comments in a way that keeps the community safe. Other people may comment on and interact with what you publish. You are responsible for what you post. We are not responsible for comments, posts, or other activity by other users in public profiles, playgroups, or the feed, and we do not undertake to monitor that activity. This does not exclude any liability that section 7.5 says we cannot exclude.