Terms & Conditions/Privacy Policy

Ordering from Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products

Information & Policies 

We at Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products value your business and strive to do everything within our ability to make your shopping experience with us hassle free and productive. Our business has been built on the principle that the customer comes first and that it is our job to serve you in the best possible way.

Our Customer Service Representatives are available to assist you by phone, or email during normal business days Monday - Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday 8:00am to 12:00 Noon, Central Standard Time(CST). Our phone number is 1-712-263-2442 or Toll Free 1-800-832-7383. Send email to Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products.

Ordering: 
You can purchase our merchandise through our secure Online Shopping Cart (see international orders). All prices listed are in U.S. Dollars and are subject to change. Merchandise can also be ordered by contacting our Customer Service area at 1-712-263-2442 or Toll Free 1-800-832-7383. Purchase orders may be emailed to Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products.
Do not include Credit Card Numbers in Email. No order will be shipped until payment is verified.

Information Security: 
Our Shopping Cart service was created and is hosted by PPP Design. PPP Design is an Internet Solutions Provider which directs that your purchase information is relayed through encrypted channels. To be sure you are viewing secure pages when entering payment information, check your Web browsers status bar located at the bottom of the window for the closed padlock icon. This icon will appear in the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Also, all browsers display an "s" after the "http" (https://) in the Web site address to indicate that you are in a secure environment. Credit Card's are encrypted and processed in an "SSL" (Secure Sockets Layer) environment, NO Credit Card #'s are maintained in our store beyond order processing. Please do not send your credit card information by email as this is not secure.

For your protection, all orders over $200.00 and or 100 lbs will be telephone verified by one of Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Customer Service Representatives. Please see our privacy policy. If the phone number provided with an order is invalid we may not be able to process your order.

Shipping

Processing Time:
Your order will be processed as soon as we are able to confirm payment (see Payment and Terms sections for detailed information). Credit card processing normally takes less than 24 hours but can take longer if additional information is needed or if we are initially unable to obtain an approval code from the card issuer. For your protection, all orders over $200.00 placed via our on-line shopping cart are verified by telephone prior to the order being processed. 

Total Delivery Time:
The total time that it takes for you to receive your order depends on the amount of time that it takes for us to confirm your payment, processing time (usually 1-3 business days) and the transit time from the carrier. This can range from 7-10 business days for ground shipping on in-stock items.

Backordered items are shipped as soon as they are received. Your order may be split into multiple shipments which will allow us to fill your order as quickly as possible.

Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products offers shipping options UPS Ground or Freight only. 

Shipping Methods:
All items are shipped, unless otherwise specified, using UPS. Items over 100 lbs, or those requiring special handling, may be shipped using an alternative method. Shipping charges for trucked items are calculated for a commercial delivery, which is considered to be dock to dock. The transportation company may assess additional charges for services that extend beyond delivery of the product to the destination, for example an additional charge for a Residential Delivery, and Inside Delivery, or a Limited Access Delivery may be charged.

Shipping Costs:
Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Online Shopping Cart was designed to provide you with accurate shipping costs on all of our products. However, shipping costs can vary, unique package size, weight, destination and delivery method may affect shipping charges. A Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Service Representative will contact you with a shipping quote prior to processing your order if the charges provided to you through our Online Shopping Cart are exceeded by 10% or more of the actual shipping costs. In the rare instance where additional shipping charges apply Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products will confirm the charges via Email before the order is processed.

International Orders:
Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products can ship your purchase to almost any address in the world! Different costs and regulations may apply when your purchase is being shipped outside of the Continental US. Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Customer Service Representative will do their best to provide you with accurate shipping costs, however additional custom or brokerage fees may be charged by the transportation company.
Please call 1-712-263-2442 or Toll Free 1-800-832-7383 or email us at Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products if you have any questions regarding international orders. 

Payment:
All payments are required to be made in US Currency. Our online store accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover. If you are interested in purchasing our merchandise using a different payment method please contact us by phone at 1-712-263-2442 or Toll Free 1-800-832-7383 or Email us at Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products. Do NOT send Credit Card information via Email as this is not secure.

Sales Tax: 
If a “Tax Sales ID” is not provided, tax in the amount of 7.000% will be charged and added to the invoice of all Iowa customers. Customers in other states are advised to check with the appropriate state agency to determine sales tax liability and payment.

Terms and Return Policy

Terms:
With the submission of an Order, our customers agree to the terms and policies as stated.

Returning damaged, defective or incorrect merchandise:
If your package arrives visibly damaged, please note any and all damage to the carton on the delivery receipt or kindly refuse the delivery and contact Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products immediately. Please unpack and inspect items as soon as possible, if the incorrect item is shipped to you or if the merchandise arrives damaged or is not working properly, please contact Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products within 7 business days of arrival. Once we have evaluated the problem, we will do our best to ensure that you receive the correct item or a replacement item. Incorrect items will be substituted with the correct items. 

Orders shipped to addresses outside the United States:
Orders shipped to addresses outside the Continental United States may be assessed a tax or duty by the country accepting the package(s). Taxes, duties or brokerage fees are to be paid directly by the customer and are not refundable under any circumstances. Please check with your customs office to make sure you understand all fees that may be assessed on your order.

Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Privacy Policy

Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy issues. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Web site: www.petersenwaterers.com.

Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products values the privacy of all site visitors and customers and does not provide individually identifiable information to third parties.

If a customer chooses to provide personally identifiable information to Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products by making a purchase, faxing information, requesting additional information through email or telephone, or communicating directly with Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products, this information remains secure and will not be used for anything other than the purpose for which it was obtained.

Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products may, at times, use customer email contact information to send the user information about our company and/or products. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. We do not share, rent, sell or otherwise distribute customer information with other persons, companies, affiliates or organizations. 

To process an order made on our shopping cart, we require information such as your name, billing address, phone number, email address, shipping address and credit card information. This information is relayed to us via our shopping cart service, created by PPP Design. PPP Design is an Internet Solutions Provider which directs that your purchase information is relayed through encrypted channels. 

We use this information to process your order and possibly contact you by phone or email. This information, and only that information which is absolutely necessary, will be shared with those third parties that are involved in the processing, filling, and shipping of your order. For example: the financial institution that issued your credit card, a vendor who might be fulfilling your order and/or the shipping carrier that delivers your order.

Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products may also collect your computer's IP address. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, administer and market our Web site, track and or prosecute malicious users, and track fraudulent credit card transactions. Your IP address is used to help identify you and your shopping cart and may be used to gather broad demographic information. 

No personal information about you (i.e., your name, email address, etc.) is gathered or collected from your IP address. This site may at times contain links to other sites. Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. This site has strict security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. All information is stored on secure servers, and NO Credit Card information is stored at our site beyond what is necessary for order processing, and stringent policies govern the use and handling of such information.

Information Collected 

The information that we will collect about you will depend on how you use Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Waterers Website. Our system will record the date and time of your visit to our site, the pages viewed and any information downloaded, we may also collect your IP address. However, our systems will not record any personally identifiable information unless you register, sign up for our mailing list, or make a purchase.

If you decide to complete an online order, the information that you enter into the online form will be collected by us for purposes of processing your order, and or contacting you regarding your order or other "shop" processes. 

Cookies 

A "cookie" is a small text file placed on your computer by our web page server. A cookie can later be retrieved by our web page servers. No personal information is collected with this cookie.

Cookies are frequently used on Web Sites and you can choose if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your browser.

Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products uses cookies for one purpose, Cookies are used by the web server to store information in Session Variables.

Session variables reside on the web server for a short period of time (about 10 minutes). Accordingly, if you wish to place an order, it is required that you accept cookies.

You may still be able to use some information-only pages even if you do not accept cookies. 

How we handle E-mail 

We will preserve the content of any e-mail that you send us, if we believe that we have a legal requirement to do so. Your e-mail message content may be monitored by our employees for security issues including where e-mail abuse is suspected; our response to you may be monitored for quality assurance issues.

Disclosure of Information 

We do not disclose personal information. We do not share, distribute or disseminate your personal information to third parties other than what may be necessary to complete an order from our online store.


Acceptance and Changes to Security and Privacy Statement 

You acknowledge and accept that your use of Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Waterers Web Site indicates your acceptance of Petersen Mfg. Co. Concrete Products Terms of Use and the Security and Privacy Statement. This is the current Security and Privacy Statement. It replaces any other Security and Privacy Statement for this Web Site.