Scope
This Policy applies to eligible purchases of physical and digital products made directly through vurkhen.com.
Nothing in this Policy excludes or reduces mandatory consumer rights that cannot legally be waived.
Where applicable mandatory law grants a Customer greater protection than this Policy, the mandatory legal protection prevails.
Product Fulfillment
Vurkhen may sell:
- printed comics;
- apparel;
- merchandise;
- collectibles;
- accessories;
- print-on-demand products;
- digital comics;
- downloadable creative assets;
- other physical or digital products.
Certain physical products may be manufactured or fulfilled by external providers such as Printful.
Those providers perform services for Vurkhen.
A Customer is not required to pursue Printful directly merely because Printful manufactured the item.
Worldwide 14-Day Baseline for Eligible Physical Returns
or eligible standard physical products purchased directly through vurkhen.com, Vurkhen voluntarily provides a 14-calendar-day return/withdrawal request period unless a legal exception applies.
The period begins when the Customer, or a person designated by the Customer other than the carrier, receives the relevant goods.
Where applicable law provides a longer mandatory period, the longer mandatory period applies.
This 14-day standard intentionally aligns Vurkhen’s ordinary physical-product return framework with the principal EU distance-selling withdrawal period while exceeding the five-business-day revocation period that Mexican law provides in transactions covered by Article 56.
Starting a Return
To request an eligible return, contact:
contact@vurkhen.com
within the applicable period.
The request should include:
- order number;
- Customer name;
- email used for purchase;
- item being returned;
- reason, if the Customer wishes to provide one.
A reason is not required where applicable law grants an unconditional statutory right of withdrawal.
Vurkhen will provide appropriate return instructions.
Customers should not send products directly to Printful or another third-party facility without instructions from Vurkhen.
Condition of Change-of-Mind Returns
Where permitted by applicable law, a Customer may handle a product to the extent reasonably necessary to inspect its nature, characteristics, fit, or basic functionality.
Where legally permitted, the Customer may be responsible for diminished value caused by handling substantially beyond what was reasonably necessary to inspect the product.
Products should, where reasonably possible, be returned with their associated components and packaging.
Return Shipping for Change of Mind
For a valid return made solely because the Customer changed their mind, selected an incorrect size, or no longer wants an otherwise conforming product, the Customer may be responsible for the direct cost of return shipping where applicable law permits Vurkhen to allocate that cost to the Customer.
Vurkhen will bear or reimburse return shipping costs where applicable law requires Vurkhen to do so.
The EU 14-day withdrawal regime generally permits the direct return cost to fall on the consumer if properly disclosed beforehand, subject to applicable exceptions.
Refunds for Valid Returns
Where a valid withdrawal or return requires reimbursement, Vurkhen will process the refund using the original payment method unless another method is legally permitted and agreed.
Where law permits, Vurkhen may wait to issue the refund until:
- the returned goods are received; or
- the Customer provides sufficient evidence that the goods were returned,
whichever condition applicable law recognizes.
External banks or payment processors may require additional time to post a refund after Vurkhen has initiated it.
Products Excluded From Change-of-Mind Returns
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, ordinary change-of-mind withdrawal may be unavailable for categories legally exempt from such rights, including where applicable:
- products genuinely made according to individual Customer specifications;
- clearly personalized products;
- certain sealed hygiene-related products after legally relevant unsealing;
- rapidly perishable items;
- digital content whose immediate performance has validly begun following all legally required consent and acknowledgments;
- other legally exempt categories.
A standard Vurkhen design is not automatically treated as personalized merely because a print-on-demand provider manufactured it after the order was placed.
EU guidance recognizes an exception for goods genuinely made to order or clearly personalized.
Size Selection and Customer Error
Customers are responsible for reviewing available size information before ordering.
Where the product delivered correctly matches the size and variation selected by the Customer and contains no defect, an incorrect size choice may be treated as a change-of-mind return rather than a defective-product claim.
This provision does not eliminate any mandatory statutory withdrawal right.
Defective, Incorrect, Damaged or Non-Conforming Goods
he 14-day change-of-mind period is not the deadline for statutory defective-product rights.
Customers should contact Vurkhen if a product:
- contains a manufacturing defect;
- arrives materially damaged;
- is the wrong product;
- materially differs from its advertised description;
- contains a substantial printing error;
- is missing material parts;
- otherwise fails to conform to mandatory legal requirements.
Vurkhen may reasonably request:
- photographs;
- order number;
- packaging photographs;
- shipping information;
- description of the issue.
These requests are intended to investigate and document the claim and will not be used to impose unlawful barriers to consumer remedies.
Remedies for Defective or Non-Conforming Goods
Depending upon applicable law and the circumstances, available remedies may include:
- replacement;
- reshipment;
- repair where appropriate;
- price reduction;
- cancellation;
- refund.
Mexican law separately allows qualifying claims concerning goods under Articles 92–93 and permits such claims to be presented to the seller, manufacturer, or importer within two months after receipt under the statutory conditions; it also specifies a response period.
Where EU consumer law applies, statutory conformity rights are separate from the 14-day change-of-mind period, and EU rules generally provide at least a two-year legal guarantee for qualifying faulty or non-conforming goods.
Print-on-Demand Products
A product manufactured through a print-on-demand provider remains subject to the rights applicable to the transaction between Vurkhen and the Customer.
Vurkhen may internally rely upon Printful or another provider to investigate, reproduce, or reimburse a defective item.
The Customer will not lose mandatory consumer rights merely because fulfillment was outsourced.
Minor Manufacturing Variations
Reasonable, non-material variations may occur because of:
- printing process;
- textile batch;
- screen calibration;
- fabric texture;
- manufacturing tolerances.
A minor variation that does not materially alter the nature, advertised characteristics, quality, or usability of a product does not automatically constitute a manufacturing defect.
This provision will not be used to excuse material non-conformity.
Digital Products
Digital products may include:
- digital comics;
- downloadable art;
- brushes;
- textures;
- files;
- templates;
- other digital resources.
Because downloaded content cannot ordinarily be physically returned, change-of-mind refunds may be restricted after digital performance begins, but only where permitted by applicable law.
For EU consumers, loss of the withdrawal right for immediately supplied digital content requires specific conditions, including prior express consent, acknowledgment of the effect on withdrawal rights and required confirmation.
Digital Product Technical Problems
If a digital product:
- cannot be downloaded due to a Vurkhen-side technical problem;
- is corrupt;
- materially differs from the description;
- is missing purchased content,
the Customer should contact Vurkhen.
Vurkhen may attempt to provide:
- a corrected download;
- replacement access;
- technical assistance;
- another legally appropriate remedy.
Recommended Digital Checkout Consent
Where legally required, Vurkhen may present a separate unchecked consent such as:
“I expressly request immediate access to this digital content before the end of any applicable withdrawal period and acknowledge that, where permitted by applicable law, I may lose my right of withdrawal once digital delivery begins.”
The checkbox should not be pre-selected.
Pre-Orders
A product labeled as a pre-order is expected to become available or ship at a future date.
Release and shipping dates identified as estimated may change due to:
- production;
- printing;
- creative development;
- manufacturing;
- supply chain;
- fulfillment;
- carrier issues;
- events outside reasonable control.
If Vurkhen permanently cancels a paid pre-order, amounts charged for the cancelled product will be refunded.
Mandatory cancellation rights remain unaffected.
Shipping
Shipping prices and available methods will be presented where reasonably practicable during checkout.
Delivery estimates are estimates unless Vurkhen expressly provides a guaranteed delivery commitment.
International Shipping
International orders may be subject to:
- customs inspection;
- import restrictions;
- duties;
- tariffs;
- VAT/GST;
- brokerage fees;
- local governmental charges.
Where such charges are not collected by Vurkhen, the recipient may be responsible for them according to applicable law.
Vurkhen will not intentionally represent an unavoidable known charge as included when it is not.
Customs Restrictions
Customers are responsible for ensuring that ordinary products may legally be imported into the chosen destination.
Vurkhen may cancel an order if it reasonably determines that shipment would violate applicable trade, sanctions, import, or export restrictions.
Delivery Delays
Manufacturing, carriers, customs, weather, force majeure, labor disruption, infrastructure problems, or other events may delay an order.
Vurkhen will not be liable for consequences of delays genuinely beyond its reasonable control to the fullest extent permitted by law.
However, this provision does not eliminate mandatory delivery remedies that applicable consumer law grants to the Customer.
Incorrect Shipping Address
Customers are responsible for reviewing their address before submitting the order.
If a package cannot be delivered because the Customer supplied materially incorrect information, Vurkhen may charge reasonable additional reshipping costs where permitted by law.
This does not apply to an address error caused by Vurkhen or its service provider.
Lost Packages
If tracking indicates unusual delay, loss, or delivery that cannot be located, the Customer should contact Vurkhen promptly.
Vurkhen may investigate with:
- fulfillment provider;
- postal service;
- courier;
- carrier.
The fact that Vurkhen uses an external carrier does not automatically eliminate Vurkhen’s obligations to the Customer.
Stolen Packages After Confirmed Delivery
Where reliable carrier evidence confirms delivery to the correct location and the package is subsequently stolen, Vurkhen may investigate the circumstances but does not guarantee automatic replacement where the loss occurred after completed delivery and the law does not assign responsibility to Vurkhen.
Order Cancellation Before Fulfillment
Customers may contact Vurkhen to request cancellation.
Because print-on-demand production can begin quickly, Vurkhen cannot guarantee voluntary cancellation once manufacturing has started.
This operational limitation does not override a statutory cancellation or withdrawal right that applies independently.
Chargebacks
Customers are encouraged, where reasonably possible, to contact Vurkhen before initiating a chargeback so the issue can be investigated.
This does not restrict lawful chargeback rights.
Vurkhen may contest fraudulent or knowingly false chargebacks using order, shipment, communication, authentication, and transaction evidence.
Abuse of Return Procedures
Vurkhen may investigate suspected return abuse, including:
- fraudulent defect claims;
- substitution of a different product;
- deliberate damage;
- false non-delivery claims;
- repeated misuse.
Vurkhen may refuse a fraudulent claim where legally supported and may restrict accounts reasonably associated with documented abuse.
This provision does not permit rejection of a legitimate statutory consumer claim.
Governing Rights
This Policy is principally governed by Mexican law.
Nothing in this Policy deprives a qualifying foreign consumer of mandatory protections that applicable law requires Vurkhen to honor.
Contact
Vurkhen™
Operator: Kevin E.C.G.
Creative pseudonym: Räfthkan™
Legal Notice Address: México (Global Digital Operations)
Email: contact@vurkhen.com
Website: vurkhen.com