Terms and Conditions - Placemat Advertising

The following are the full Terms and Conditions for Local4All Placemat Advertising.  Last update: 5/23/2010

  1. Services rendered: Placemat advertising in western PA plus the same service in other areas as they are added; also new services as they are added and offered for sale; also, do-it-yourself  online forms to add content to our website.  Self-promotion is encouraged within good community content.  See “b2.local4all.com” for examples and more information.
  2. Enhancements: Where and when possible, Local4All will promote advertisers within word search puzzles on the placemats, networking within the community, online in a searchable business directory, online in our company blog, creating custom online maps to help customers find your business location, and in social media such as FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others – all without additional cost unless specifically detailed in a separate contract.  The delivery or non-delivery of enhancements will have no effect on the amount due for placemat advertising.
  3. Pricing: All contract pricing starts with a predetermined dollar amount for a specific number of placemats, reduced by one or more discounts as detailed below.
  4. Discounts: Discounts are available as rewards for planning ahead and purchasing more than one ad at a time.  Detailed information is available through one of Local4All’s contracted sales persons and may or may not be published on our website at “placemats.local4all.com”.  Discounts and/or limitations on discounts may apply to a customer, customer group such as a Chamber of Commerce, a special offer such as ‘close-out special’, or ads on a special placemat issue.  Management approval is required but generally is not withheld for customers in good standing.
  5. Terms: Full payment is due on our acceptance of a placemat advertising contract or, with management approval, approximately 50% deposit and 50% to be invoiced which will be due on receipt of the invoice.
  6. Deposit: A deposit of 50%-75% is required for all new customers, also any advertiser who failed to pay an invoice within 15 days of its due date within the past year.
  7. Payment Options: Deposits and payments can be mailed to our office or paid online through PayPal or a credit card that PayPal accepts.  Start on this webpage:   http://pay.local4all.com.
  8. Cash-flow friendly: Local4All uses “Pay-as-we-go”  invoicing.  Contracts that include multiple issues are encouraged and rewarded with volume discounting.  For the most part, each issue will be invoiced as it is printed and distributed.  When several are printed at the same time or within a few days, one invoice may list all of them to save paperwork and postage for both parties.
  9. Late Charges: A 1.5% per month service charge will be added to all balances if not paid within 30 days of invoice date.
  10. Additional Penalty: Discounts require that a customer be in good standing and late payment cancels that good standing.  Any discounts on invoices not paid within 15 days of due date will be canceled.
  11. Collection Charges: If collection services are required, all related collection charges allowed by law will be collected from the advertiser.
  12. Graphic design: included at no extra cost
  13. Ad specifications: Primarily for do-it-yourself customers:
    • basic size:  2″ by 2″,
    • color:  we print in a single color on white paper.  Please submit grayscale artwork.
    • format:  PDF with embedded fonts (hi-resolution gif images can be used)
    • resolution:  minimum 200 dpi
    • oversize ads:  Multiple spaces can be joined for oversize ads; options include 2″x4″, 2″x6″, and 4″x4″.
    • tip:  check to make sure that art created from full color images has enough brightness and contrast.
  14. Proofreading: It is ultimately the customer’s responsibility to make sure that ad copy is correct.  To that end, Local4All will make ad copy available for review in a timely fashion so that changes can be made as needed.
    • a digital copy of the ad  included in or attached to email sent to the customer or customer’s designee, or
    • a printed copy of the ad delivered to the customer, or
    • as a very last resort, ad copy will be read to the customer line by line to make sure hours, business address, phone numbers, etc. are correct.  Spelling will checked the same way.
  15. Proprietary: Advertiser certifies that ads will contain NO copyrighted material or trademarks without permission.
  16. Limitation of Liability: If the ad fails to be processed in the above manner and contains one or more significant defects, Local4All’s liability is limited to the cost of the ad which may be mitigated by running a corrected ad on the same number of placemats in a future issue.
  17. Changes to the Terms: The full Terms and Conditions must be acknowledged annually and take precedence over the summary version printed on Local4All contracts.
  18. Changes to Ads: You have the right to request changes to your ad up until the day before we deliver the file to our printer though last minute edits should be limited to significant changes of information.  Requests for minor font changes, spacing, etc. in the last two days before printing will be allowed or not at Local4All’s sole discretion.
  19. Cancellation: YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL IS LIMITED:  Contracts for placemats ads are not cancellable by advertiser unless notice is received five days before print date.
  20. Jurisdiction: The laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be used to resolve any issues between the parties.