Before use, please examine your merchandise carefully for any shipping inaccuracies or manufacturing defects. 

Returns must be made within 15 days from the date on your invoice/packing list or it will not be accepted. All returns must be in unused condition and its original packaging must be included and undamaged.

This will give you ample time to try it on and decide if you like it.  In fact, let's break it down:  I ship an item on the first (let's call it a Monday).  That date will be the one on your invoice/packing list.  We usually ship USPS Priority Mail or UPS 3-day ground.  You should receive your items on or before the 4th (Thursday in our fictional example).  That will give you all full week to try it on a few times, take a gander of yourself in a mirror, ask a significant other how it looks, etc., before I would suggest the last day is you would be able to get it back in the mail (Thursday the 11th) in order for us to receive it within the 15 day period.  We do not ask you to jump through the "return merchandise authorization" (RMA) hoops, or even email or call us before you return something (although it would be nice if you did).  Our fictional example is dependant on you sending it back the same way we shipped it to you, via USPS Priority Mail or 3-day UPS Ground. 

Any deviation of the above protocol will result in your item re-shipped to you.

Shipping fees are not refundable.

CLEARANCE AND CUSTOM ITEMS MAY NOT BE RETURNED OR EXCHANGED.  NO EXCEPTIONS.

All returns are subject to approval before refunds or exchanges will be made.  All returns are the responsibility of the customer; therefore, please send your package via a prepaid, traceable and insured method to help guarantee a safe, documented delivery to:

Circle City Swimwear
6935 Lake Plaza Dr., B6
Indianapolis, IN 46220

Please allow 3 weeks for your exchanged item(s) to be shipped to you. Per our credit card processor, please allow two billing cycles for a credit to appear on your credit card statement for item(s) returned.

Any credits issued will be processed in the same manner in which the purchase was made (i.e., a purchase that was put on a credit card will be credited to that same card number).

We WILL NOT honor online prices in-store. With such a razor-thin profit margin on many products, the dollar or less savings online reflects the lower overhead costs in running the online store. The stellar personal service and warm fuzzy feeling you get by purchasing items in our physical store surely outweighs the few bucks saved online.

Use of Credit and Debit Cards:

We utilize industry standard encryption regarding your personal information, including credit and debit card numbers, in partnership with VeriSign and their parent company PayPal.  Fraudulent use of credit/debit cards will be reported and prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law.  We will never email you asking for your personal or credit/debit card information.  See the definition of phishing (external site).

Speaking of credit and debit cards, we have in place a system that will not charge your card until we ship your order.  There will be a 'hold' on the amount, reducing your available credit, but not actually charging for the money until we ship.  This allows us to adjust the amount in the case of out-of-stock items, shipping adjustments, pirate attacks, etc.  

If in the unlikely situation we cannot fulfill your order to your satisfaction, our crack team of internet commerce specialists (i.e., Me) will void the transaction. 

Terms and Conditions:

  1. Your access to and use of the Site is subject to all terms and conditions herein and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that any other agreements between you and CCSW are superseded with respect to the subject matter hereof.

  2. While we at CCSS use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information in the Site, we make no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. We assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Site.

  eyeyeye. Any personal data (for example, your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address) you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, will be used by CCSS in accordance with the privacy policy of the Site. Any other communication or material you transmit to the Site, such as questions, comments, suggestions or the like, will be treated as non confidential and non proprietary.

  4. Images of people or places displayed on the Site are probably the property of, or used with permission by, CCSS.  The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

    4a. Speaking of images, we cannot be held responsible for color differences between what you see online on your monitor and what the product actually looks like In Real Life (IRL).  With the literally hundreds of different monitors at one's disposal, the different lighting available when I take the picture, or the quality of images I borrow from our vendors, any images used on the site are most likely of poor quality and the color could be off by several shades.  One manufacturer's "kumquat" could be another's "sunny orange", which might be your "plain orange". 

  V. Unless they are particularly interesting, CCSS has not reviewed any or all of the sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site. Your linking to the Site, off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk and without the permission of CCSS.

  6. I may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions without notice and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.  Or, like most people, you can skip all the quasi-legal mumbo-jumbo and just assume that what's written here only protects you, and not the other way around.

  Use of Site

 You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the site and the Internet. It is solely your right to evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of all opinions, advice, services, merchandise and other information provided through the service or on the Intranet in general.  Personal responsibility does not - nay - cannot surrender.

 CCSS and its agents do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects in the service will be corrected, even as great as Hostasarus is, sometimes stuff happens. 

 Risk of Loss

 All items purchased from the on-line store are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This includes the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier.  I have no idea what that means, but it sounds good.  I think it means that stuff shipped might get lost and it's your responsibility after our USPS or UPS people (Gail or Don, respectively) pick it up from our store. 

 Final all-encompassing Super Disclaimer

 Your use of and browsing this Site are at your risk. Neither CCSS, any of its agencies, nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON INFRINGEMENT (whatever that means, IANAL). Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. CCSS also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses/worms/Trojans that may infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site (or, just buy a Mac and don't worry about it.. I don't). Finally, I is not responsible for typhographic or grammar errors, 'cause we all know I flunked high school freshman English...  no, really - I did.

*Full blown plagerization has been responsible for some of the contents of this page - in fact, I stole that phrase from here.