POLICY & PROCEDURES FOR PURCHASE
The aim of Santa Barbara Medical Center is to facilitate your purchasing of tickets to your favorite events (concerts, plays, theatres, shows, etc.), easier, more convenient and pleasant. Santa Barbara Medical Center purchase policies are intended to make sure you understand the process of buying tickets from us on sbmc. These Policies & Procedures for Purchase are subject to Santa Barbara Medical Center Terms & Conditions and are incorporated by reference, here in these policies.
The ticket you buy from Santa Barbara Medical Center is only a license to attend a specific event you have purchased the ticket for, and such license can be revoked, if any of Santa Barbara Medical Centers’ policies, Terms & Conditions, or additional conditions on the tickets and /or any other laws or regulations are violated by You, the purchaser of such ticket.
HOW YOU PAY FOR TICKETS
You have a variety of options to pay for the tickets you purchase from sbmc. We accept major credit cards including, Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express. The price of tickets for the events taking place within the United States is in U.S. Dollar.
YOU BUY FROM THE EVENT ORGANIZERS,
SANTA BARBARA MEDICAL CENTER SOLELY FACILITATE YOUR PURCHASE OF TICKET
Santa Barbara Medical Center facilitates your purchase of tickets from the organizations and entities i.e. the “event organizers”. Santa Barbara Medical Center solely handles the transactions and collects payments for the tickets sold by the “event organizer”. Therefore, You will be buying your ticket from the “event organizer” while Santa Barbara Medical Center only acts as the provider of sale services for your purchase. If you exchange your tickets or purchase tickets by using Exchange Tickets facility services, you buy tickets from either a reseller who is not an event organizer, or Santa Barbara Medical Center, or the event organizer. Santa Barbara Medical Center is only provider of the services for such sales, unless Santa Barbara Medical Center sells tickets through the Exchange Ticket method.
TICKET PRICES ARE SET BY THE “EVENT ORGANIZERS”
NOT BY SANTA BARBARA MEDICAL CENTER
Santa Barbara Medical Center acts as the facilitator for sale of tickets and sells tickets for the benefit of the “event organizers “ including; promoters, providers, bands, performers and the venues. The “event organizers” will set the ticket prices and determine seating arrangements. Santa Barbara Medical Center generally is not involved in determining the tickets prices, nor in the seating arrangements or locations of the sold tickets. Tickets are sold via several distribution centers, including online, information center and retail stores. Santa Barbara Medical Center does not control the inventory of the tickets or their availability. Since there is always the possibility that tickets to favorable events sell out very fast, extra tickets could be foreseen and may be available prior to the event but as stressed earlier, Santa Barbara Medical Center does not control such inventory or its availability. Santa Barbara Medical Center also facilitates the resale of tickets and handles relevant transactions on ExchangeTickets . Please take into consideration the fact that tickets sold through Santa Barbara Medical Center’s ExchangeTicket service are often sold at a higher prices than their original prices. Occasionally, the additional tickets for subsequent distribution may be allocated to, and received by, Santa Barbara Medical Center or other distributors, centers, which may have higher demands or the same status as the tickets sold on Exchange Ticket, or may be put for sale at a lesser price than the price charged on Exchange Ticket.
CONFIRMATION NUMBER
Please note that if after you submitted the required payment information, you do not receive a confirmation number/ letter, or email, it is your responsibility to confirm with your Customer Section, whether or not your requested order has been placed. Santa Barbara Medical Center will not be liable for any pecuniary/monetary and /or any other losses due to your erroneous presumption that your order has not been placed because you did not receive confirmation.
FACILITATION & PROCESSING CHARGES
When you purchase tickets on sbmc, you will be charged a facilitation fee per ticket and a non-refundable processing fee per order. Your tickets may be subject to a delivery cost/fee, if applicable.
YOU CAN BUY LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS
In order to establish a fair purchasing method and to prevent unfair attempts and practices of buying tickets, there is a limitation on the particular number of the tickets you may purchase for a specific event i.e. the“purchase limit”. The “purchase limit” for each event would be determined by Santa Barbara Medical Center.
AFTER YOU PURCHASED YOUR TICKETS,
REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES ARE PROHIBITED
Please carefully select and purchase your desired event on sbmc. You must thoroughly review all information pertinent to the event, including but not limited to the date, time and contents of the programs and event/s, prior to purchasing any tickets on sbmc. This is of highly importance since the event organizers prohibit and do not allow us to refund or exchange, after you have purchased the ticket. You also need to safeguard your tickets because the event organizers do not allow any refund or exchange for your lost, stolen, destroyed, torn, obliterated or damaged tickets.
YOUR MUST PROVIDE ACCURATE AND CURRENT BILLING &
CREDIT CARD INFORMATION.
YOUR TICKETS MAY BE CANCELLED, IF INFORMATION IS NOT VERIFIED
Please note that it is your obligation to provide accurate and current billing and credit card information to Santa Barbara Medical Center for a ticket order, including a billing address and other billing information. No ticket order could be processed unless the credit card and billing information is verified. In case of existence of any inaccuracy, discrepancy or mistake in your billing and credit card information, your order may be cancelled by Santa Barbara Medical Center and your tickets may be sold to another consumer without further notice. However, the Consumer Department of Santa Barbara Medical Center will try to contact you through the information you have provided and if Santa Barbara Medical Center not able to contact you, your ticket may be cancelled and sold.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF SANTA BARBARA MEDICAL CENTER’S TRADE MARKS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS ILLEGAL
Use of Santa Barbara Medical Center’s trade marks and intellectual property is illegal unless Santa Barbara Medical Center has expressly consented in writing. Your tickets will be cancelled or seized, if any attempt is made on your part to unlawfully resell any ticket . Without the written express consent of the event organizer and Santa Barbara Medical Center, no ticket shall be used for the promotional, sweepstakes, or advertising purposes.
SANTA BARBARA MEDICAL CENTER HAS THE RIGHT TO CANCEL AND REFUND YOUR TICKET IN CASE OF ERROR
Santa Barbara Medical Center reserves the right to cancel and refund your ticket when an error occurs with respect to the price, or the time of availability for sale, and/or other relevant matters to the ticket which are announced on sbmc caused by a machine or human error, computer malfunctions, and /or other Santa Barbara Medical Center’s operational system and programs.
LIMITED LIABILITY
When you purchase ticket through Santa Barbara Medical Center, you expressly agree to be bound by Santa Barbara Medical Center’s Terms and Conditions ( Pls. review Santa Barbara Medical Center’s Term & Conditions, which are herein, incorporated by reference) on your behalf and your children or any minor accompanying you to the event. You further expressly agree to bear and assume all the risks and liabilities pertinent to, and as the result of, the event ( before, during or after the event) that Santa Barbara Medical Center has issued the ticket for.