Legal Stuff... Our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, a Disclaimer, some copyright information and related items.

Privacy Policy:

This statement discloses the privacy practices for Abbys Good Stuff.

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to


Newsletter:
We do not distribute or sell the e-mail addresses of our newsletter mailing list. Period.

  For other e-mail addresses that people use to contact us ~ for link exchanges, report a bad link, suggest a new freebie, ask for help, etc... We will most often reply, Once.
  These addresses are not added to any list, and once the reply goes out ~ that's it; there's no reason to continue sending mail to that address unless the recipient responds again with a question or comment requiring some type of reply.
  After a few days or a week, if there is no further correspondence, the mail and addresses are deleted so no virus can find the address on my system, and to conserve disk space.
  Our Tell-a-Friend/Recommend Us form only sends the mail. All names and addresses entered on that form are not saved or added to any list either.
  We Do Not Share any addresses with anyone, for any reason.

Cookie Policy:
  The only cookies we use are for security (anti-spam) reasons in the tell-a-friend script and/or to see how many visitors we get and for the few pop-unders we serve - which are designed to allow only one pop-under per day, per browser. No personally identifiable information is exchanged and they expire after a short time.
  Advertisers and Sponsors may use cookies, for various reasons and to varying degrees. We have no control over them and expressly disclaim responsibility for however they may be used.

  abbys-good-stuff.com uses third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email, or telephone number) about our visitors in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest.
  The primary company involved in this practice on this website is Google, they use the DART cookie to serve ads to our visitors based on their visits to this and other sites on the Internet. Note: You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
  Visit the Network Advertising Initiative site for more information about this and to learn about your choices regarding how this information is used by these companies.
  We have contracted with other 3rd party data collection, advertising, marketing and monitoring partners to track certain pages of our website for the purpose of reporting website traffic, statistics, place cookies, advertisement "Click-Throughs", and/or other activities on our website. These 3rd parties have been approved by AGS to use cookies, javascript and HTML pixels, and/or other monitoring technologies, to compile statistics about our website visitors.

Cookie FYI: Virtually all websites use cookies to provide features and services to visitors and members. A 'cookie' is simply a small file containing a string of characters that is automatically sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that website to recognize your browser. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent. Be aware that if you do that, some website features or services may not function properly.

Security:
We take every reasonable precaution to protect our user's information. When you submit information to us, your information is protected both on-line and off-line in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.

Modification:
Abbys Good Stuff reserves the right to modify this policy statement at any time without notice due to the changing nature of consumer and client needs. Therefore, we recommend that you review this Privacy Statement periodically to note any changes that may have occurred.

Off-Site Links:
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.

Disclaimer:

The offers listed on Abbys Good Stuff are provided by outside companies and individuals. They may limit the quantities of their offers, change them or remove them at any time.

We do not claim, nor do we know, if any of the offers are still valid after we leave their site. Things change fast on the internet. Use your judgment and contact the companies at your own risk.

All offers are for adults and any minors should consult their parents before giving out any information in order to receive offers over the internet. The links provided on this web site are for entertainment or informational purposes only.

This site gives no warranties, expressed or implied, and is not responsible for damages incurred by the users of this site. All information is provided as-is, and all trademarks are property of their respected owners.

Disclaimer of Liability:

The user assumes all responsibility and risk for the use of this web site and the Internet generally. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall anyone involved in creating or maintaining this web site be liable for any DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL or CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, or LOST PROFITS that result from the use or inability to use the web site and/or any other web sites which are linked to this site. Nor shall they be liable for any such damages including, but not limited to, reliance by a member or visitor on any information obtained via the web site; or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, viruses, errors, defects, or any failure of performance, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access.

Dealings with our Advertisers:

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through Abbys Good Stuff, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Abbys Good Stuff shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on Abbys Good Stuff.

Copyright Notice:

Please remember that copyright violation is a crime, and unless otherwise stated all text, graphics, layout and design used on this Web site are copyrights of Abbys Good Stuff and may not be copied, forwarded and or displayed on other Web sites without our express written permission.

This permission is not hard to get in normal circumstances - just ask. But get the permission in writing or you may get sued.

The sole exception is our link codes; which include text links, javascript feeds, flash videos and graphical buttons. Link graphics may be freely displayed and distributed.

General Terms and Conditions of Use

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE CAREFULLY. By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms and conditions of use. We reserve the right to modify them at any time. You should check these terms and conditions periodically for changes. By using this site after we post any changes to these terms and conditions, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to accept these terms and conditions of use, please do not use this site.

Scope of Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions apply to your use of all of the sites and all services owned or operated by Abbys Good Stuff, and affiliated companies, (collectively "we," "us," or "our"), including any other site that we have owned or operated, do own and operate or may own or operate in the future (collectively, the "Sites"). Unless we say otherwise, all references to the Sites in these terms and conditions include all such sites. These terms and conditions do not apply to your use of unaffiliated sites to which any of the Sites only provides links.

Restrictions on Use of Materials

The contents of our sites are protected by copyright and trademark laws, and are the property of their owners. Unless we say otherwise, you may access the materials located within the Sites only for your personal use. This means you may download one copy of any posted materials on a single computer for personal, noncommercial home use only, so long as you neither change nor delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice. When you download copyrighted material you do not obtain any ownership rights in that material. You may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way exploit the content of the Sites. Only if you obtain prior written consent from us -- and from all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property -- may you publish, display or commercially exploit any material from the Sites. To seek our permission, simply send an email to . If permission is granted by us and by all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice.

You must abide by all additional copyright notices or other restrictions contained in any of the Sites.

Off-Site Links

These terms and conditions apply only to the Sites, and not to the sites of any other companies or organizations, including those to which any of the Sites may link. We are not responsible for the availability of any other site to which any of the Sites link to. We do not endorse or take responsibility for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other site. Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other site. You should direct any concerns to that other site's administrator or webmaster.

Other sites may link to any of our Sites only with designated links as described above. Permission must be granted by us for any other type of link to the Sites. To seek our permission, simply send an email to . We reserve the right, however, to rescind any linking permission granted by us, and to require termination of any such link to any of our Sites, at our discretion, at any time.

Submissions

We welcome your comments about any of the Sites. However, unless a site has set up a specific submissions policy, we will not review or consider any unsolicited creative submissions. We hope you will understand that this policy is intended to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings in the event that projects developed by our staff might seem to others to be similar to their own creative work. Accordingly, we must ask that you not send us any original creative ideas, suggestions or materials. If, despite our request, you send us any creative idea, suggestion or material ("Submission"), it shall become our property. No Submission will be subject to any obligation of confidence by us, and we will not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submission. We will exclusively own all known or later-existing rights to the Submission worldwide, and will be entitled to the unrestricted use of the Submission for any purpose, and without compensation to the provider of the Submission.

Forums

A "forum" means any message board, chat room, user review forum or other interactive service appearing on any of the Sites and includes both public boards and private folders. You must register in accordance with instructions that you will find on the Sites in order to contribute to any forum. You may not post on any forum, or send to any other forum user or our employee, any material that is abusive, vulgar, threatening, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, invades a person's privacy, violates any intellectual or other property rights, or that would otherwise violate any law. You may not use any forum in a commercial manner. You may not post material that solicits funds, or that advertises or solicits goods or services. You may not post material known to be false. You may not post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.

We are not responsible for material appearing in any forum on the Sites, except for material signed by an identified representative. We are not responsible for screening material posted by users for libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, copyright or trademark infringement, accuracy, or for any other reason. We retain, however, the right to modify or remove messages or other material that we, in our sole discretion, consider infringing, offensive, abusive, defamatory, obscene, stale, or otherwise unacceptable. We also reserve the right to edit materials for any other reason. Whether or not we modify or remove such material, users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages or postings.

By posting on the Sites, you grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) us and/or relevant affiliated companies the worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive right to use your questions, comments, and postings, in their original or edited form, in any medium now known or later developed. You also warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content you have posted and that the public posting and use of such content by us will not infringe the rights of any third party. Additionally, you warrant that any "moral rights" in posted materials have been waived.

You are not entitled to any compensation for any materials you may post on the Sites.

We may, at our discretion, suspend or terminate the registration of any forum user who violates any of these terms and conditions of use, any of the member guidelines or for any other behavior that we in our discretion believe is inappropriate.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, WILL WE OR ANY OF OUR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, MISUSE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS ON THE SITES, OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE SITES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU BY US OR ANY OF OUR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US, IF ANY, FOR ACCESS TO THE SITES.

No Personal Advice

The information contained in or made available through the Sites (including but not limited to information contained on message boards, in text files, or in chats) cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including, but not limited to, financial, medical, or legal matters. In particular, you should regularly consult a doctor in all matters relating to physical or mental health, particularly concerning any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. We and our suppliers make no representations or warranties concerning any treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation by any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Sites. Neither we nor our partners, or any of their affiliates, will be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary or other damages that may result, including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death.

Parental Permission

Some of the information available on the Sites may not be appropriate for children. Further, our Sites are not directed to children under the age of 13, nor will we knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT PARENTS PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EXPLORATION OF THE INTERNET AND ANY ONLINE SERVICES AND USE THEIR BROWSER'S PARENTAL CONTROLS TO LIMIT THE AREAS OF THE INTERNET TO WHICH THEIR CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS.

We may, at our discretion, limit access to certain content to users above a specified age. You agree to abide by any such restrictions, and not to help anyone avoid these restrictions.

We reserve the right to charge fees, surcharges and/or membership fees for all or any of its services currently provided for free at any time upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to you.

Jurisdictional Issues

We control and operate this site from our offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

Miscellaneous

These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Idaho, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to these terms will be subject to binding arbitration in accordance with the Idaho Arbitration Law and will be arbitrated in Idaho. If any of these terms and conditions are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining terms and conditions, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between you and us relating to the subject matter it contains. This agreement may be modified only by our posting of changes to these terms and conditions, or by a writing signed by both parties. Any inquiries concerning these terms and conditions of use should be directed to .

(Last modified on September 4th, 2007.)

Affilliations / Partnerships:

  Approximately 24% of companies/web sites listed on Abbys good Stuff and approximately 30% of the total links listed. (Excluding the link exchange / Web Directory pages) are "Affiliates" or "Associates"
  Affiliated sites in our Bargain Center pay us for your business; either a percentage or a flat fee, and about 10% of the sites in the Freebies section pay us a few pennies or a few dimes if you use their free services or order their free items, another 5% or so pay us only if you like their stuff enough to return later and buy something.
  Either way, thank you for using Abbys Good Stuff to find what you are looking for... we know there are other sites you could visit, thank you for visiting us!