Terms & Conditions of Sale

Last Updated: August, 2026

The Debord Standard

Every Debord acquisition is intended to bring a considered piece of the natural world into the home.

Our collections are chosen for their form, material character, geological interest, craftsmanship, and visual presence.

Because natural objects possess individual variations and many specimens cannot be identically reproduced, customers should review product descriptions, photographs, dimensions, and care information carefully before completing a purchase.

These Terms & Conditions of Sale govern orders placed through www.maisondebord.com.

By submitting an order, you agree to these Terms.

United States Sales

Debord currently accepts and ships orders only within the United States.

Debord does not currently offer international shipping.

Orders submitted using an unsupported destination, international forwarding service, or arrangement that creates additional shipping or fraud risks may be refused or canceled.

Natural Mineral Characteristics

Minerals are natural objects formed through geological processes.

Natural characteristics may include:

  • Color differences

  • Pattern variations

  • Mineral inclusions

  • Matrix material

  • Natural cavities

  • Fissures

  • Fractures

  • Veining

  • Pitting

  • Uneven surfaces

  • Differences in transparency

  • Variations in shape

  • Variations in weight

  • Variations in dimensions

  • Natural asymmetry

These characteristics are generally part of a mineral’s natural formation and are not automatically considered damage or defects.

Polished, carved, cut, mounted, or otherwise worked pieces may also display minor variations associated with hand-finishing and the natural material.

Exact and Representative Photography

Product listings may offer either:

  • The exact specimen shown in the photographs

  • A comparable specimen selected from a group of similar pieces

When a listing uses representative photography, the item received may vary naturally in:

  • Color

  • Shape

  • Pattern

  • Veining

  • Inclusions

  • Transparency

  • Dimensions

  • Weight

  • Surface character

  • Other individual features

By purchasing a representative item, the customer acknowledges and accepts reasonable natural variation.

Debord seeks to depict products as faithfully as reasonably possible. However, lighting, camera settings, image processing, screen calibration, display brightness, and device settings may affect the appearance of color, scale, texture, and detail.

Measurements and Weights

Measurements and weights are approximate unless a product listing expressly states otherwise.

Minor variations may arise from:

  • Natural irregularity

  • Measurement methods

  • Rounding

  • Hand-finishing

  • Differences between comparable inventory pieces

Decorative objects may appear larger or smaller in photographs depending on styling, perspective, and surrounding objects.

Customers are responsible for reviewing listed dimensions before purchasing.

Orders and Acceptance

An electronic order confirmation acknowledges that Debord has received an order. It does not necessarily constitute final acceptance of the order.

Debord may accept, refuse, review, place on hold, or cancel an order for legitimate reasons, including:

  • Product unavailability

  • Inventory discrepancies

  • Pricing errors

  • Description errors

  • Photograph errors

  • Measurement errors

  • Payment failure

  • Suspected fraud

  • Unsupported shipping destinations

  • Duplicate orders

  • Technical errors

  • System errors

  • Violation of Debord policies

  • Circumstances making fulfillment impracticable, unsafe, or unlawful

A sale is accepted when Debord confirms fulfillment or ships the order, subject to rights provided by applicable law.

Pricing, Listing, and Other Errors

Debord makes reasonable efforts to maintain accurate:

  • Prices

  • Photographs

  • Descriptions

  • Measurements

  • Weights

  • Availability information

  • Inventory records

  • Promotional terms

  • Shipping information

  • Checkout information

Errors may nevertheless occur.

Debord reserves the right to:

  • Correct a typographical error

  • Correct a technical error

  • Correct a photographic error

  • Correct an inventory error

  • Correct a descriptive error

  • Correct a measurement error

  • Correct a promotional error

  • Correct a pricing error

  • Refuse or cancel an affected order

  • Withdraw an incorrectly listed item

  • Correct an invoice

  • Request confirmation before proceeding at a corrected price

These rights apply even after an order confirmation or payment authorization has been issued, to the extent permitted by law.

When Debord cancels an order because of an error, Debord will refund the amount paid for the canceled merchandise.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, refunding the amount paid will be the customer’s sole monetary remedy for the canceled item.

A website, pricing, inventory, description, photograph, measurement, or technical error does not create a right to:

  • Purchase merchandise at an obviously or materially incorrect price

  • Receive substitute merchandise

  • Receive additional merchandise

  • Receive additional compensation

  • Recover anticipated profits

  • Recover consequential losses

Nothing in this section eliminates rights that cannot legally be waived.

Payment and Taxes

Payment must be successfully authorized using a payment method accepted during checkout.

By submitting payment information, the customer represents that:

  • The customer is authorized to use the payment method

  • The billing information is complete

  • The billing information is accurate

  • The transaction is lawful

Applicable sales tax will be collected where required.

Product prices do not include taxes or shipping charges unless expressly stated.

Payment authorization may be delayed, declined, reversed, or canceled by a payment provider or financial institution. Debord is not responsible for decisions made independently by those institutions.

Processing Time

Standard orders generally require three to five business days for processing before shipment.

Business days exclude:

  • Saturdays

  • Sundays

  • Federal holidays

  • Announced closure periods

Processing times are estimates and are not guaranteed delivery dates.

Additional processing time may be required for:

  • Large objects

  • Heavy objects

  • Fragile objects

  • Specialized packaging

  • Address verification

  • Payment review

  • Fraud screening

  • High-volume periods

  • Severe weather

  • Carrier interruptions

  • Custom work

  • Commissioned work

If Debord cannot ship within the period represented, Debord will provide notice and any delay-consent, cancellation, or refund options required by applicable law.

Shipping and Delivery

Available carriers, shipping services, costs, and estimated delivery periods will be displayed during checkout when available.

Carrier delivery estimates are not guarantees.

Transit may be affected by:

  • Severe weather

  • Traffic

  • Service interruptions

  • Peak shipping periods

  • Security procedures

  • Natural disasters

  • Carrier staffing

  • Transportation failures

  • Events outside Debord’s reasonable control

Customers are responsible for providing a complete and accurate shipping address.

Debord is not responsible, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for delays, additional charges, or delivery failures caused by:

  • Incorrect addresses

  • Incomplete addresses

  • Missing apartment numbers

  • Missing unit numbers

  • Failure to accept a package

  • Failure to retrieve a package

  • Unauthorized forwarding

  • Customer-requested carrier changes

  • Unsafe delivery locations

  • Inaccessible delivery locations

Customers should email inquiries@maisondebord.com immediately after discovering an address error.

Debord cannot guarantee that an address can be changed after an order is submitted.

Signature Requirement

Orders containing crystals or mineral specimens with a merchandise value greater than two hundred dollars require a recipient signature upon delivery.

Debord may also require a signature for another order when we consider secure delivery appropriate.

A customer who asks a carrier to waive, redirect, release, or alter a signature requirement assumes the risks associated with that instruction to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Lost, Missing, Delayed, or Stolen Packages,

Packages Without Confirmed Delivery

When tracking does not show successful delivery and a shipment appears lost or materially delayed in transit, the customer should email inquiries@maisondebord.com.

Debord may assist with a carrier investigation or insurance claim.

Any resolution will depend upon:

  • The circumstances

  • Available evidence

  • Carrier findings

  • Insurance coverage

  • Applicable law

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Debord is not responsible for carrier delay, carrier loss, carrier misdelivery, theft, or circumstances occurring after an order has been transferred to the shipping carrier.

This limitation does not eliminate any refund or other remedy that applicable law requires.

Packages Marked Delivered

When a carrier marks a shipment as delivered to the address provided at checkout, the customer should:

  • Check the stated delivery location

  • Ask household members

  • Ask building staff

  • Check secure package areas

  • Review any available delivery photograph

  • Contact the carrier

  • Report suspected theft to the appropriate authorities

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Debord is not responsible for theft, disappearance, misplacement, or loss occurring after the carrier records delivery to the address supplied by the customer.

Debord may review exceptional situations individually but does not guarantee a refund, replacement, or store credit for a shipment marked delivered.

All Sales Final

All Debord sales are final.

Debord does not accept returns or exchanges for:

  • Change of mind

  • Buyer’s remorse

  • Personal preference

  • Preference concerning natural variations

  • Differences caused by lighting

  • Differences caused by screen settings

  • Failure to review dimensions

  • Failure to review measurements

  • Failure to review product descriptions

  • Unwanted gifts

  • Decorative incompatibility

  • Carrier delays

  • Promotional purchases

  • Representative specimens that reasonably correspond to their listing

This policy does not eliminate rights or remedies that cannot legally be waived when merchandise arrives damaged, materially incorrect, or otherwise subject to mandatory consumer protection.

Damaged, Incorrect, or Incomplete Orders

Customers must inspect each order promptly after delivery.

Visible shipping damage, breakage, a materially incorrect item, or a materially incomplete order must be reported to inquiries@maisondebord.com within twenty-four hours after the carrier records delivery.

The report must include:

  • The customer’s full name

  • The order number

  • A description of the issue

  • Clear photographs of the entire item

  • Close photographs of all affected areas

  • Photographs of the interior packaging

  • Photographs of the exterior shipping box

  • A photograph of the shipping label

  • Any additional evidence reasonably requested by Debord

The customer must preserve:

  • The product

  • Any broken fragments

  • Interior packaging

  • Protective materials

  • Inserts

  • The exterior shipping container

  • The shipping label

These materials must be retained until Debord confirms that they may be discarded.

Failure to preserve the item and packaging may prevent Debord or the carrier from verifying the claim.

Reporting within twenty-four hours allows Debord to document the condition of the shipment and pursue available carrier remedies.

A delayed report may limit Debord’s ability to verify or resolve the claim. This reporting period does not eliminate rights that cannot legally be waived.

Resolution of Damage Claims

Each damaged, incorrect, or incomplete order claim will be reviewed case by case.

Depending upon the circumstances, available inventory, evidence, carrier findings, and applicable law, Debord may offer:

  • Replacement with the same item

  • Replacement with a comparable item accepted by the customer

  • Store credit

  • Partial refund

  • Full refund

  • Repair

  • Another reasonable resolution

Debord may prefer store credit or replacement when appropriate, particularly for unique, limited, or difficult-to-replace natural objects.

No particular remedy is guaranteed before Debord completes its review.

Debord may deny a claim involving:

  • Damage occurring after delivery

  • Improper handling

  • Improper storage

  • Improper cleaning

  • Improper installation

  • Failure to follow care instructions

  • A natural characteristic disclosed or reasonably visible in the listing

  • Insufficient evidence

  • Inconsistent evidence

  • Alteration before review

  • Repair before review

  • Use before review

  • Disposal before review

  • Fraudulent activity

  • Abusive claim activity

Nothing in this section limits a remedy required by applicable law.

Order Cancellations

Debord prepares orders promptly and cannot guarantee that an order can be changed or canceled after submission.

Cancellation requests must be emailed immediately to inquiries@maisondebord.com.

Debord may approve or deny a cancellation request depending upon whether:

  • Payment has been processed

  • Packaging has begun

  • Fulfillment has begun

  • Shipping documents have been created

  • The order has been transferred to a carrier

  • Custom work has begun

An order is not canceled until Debord provides written confirmation.

Debord may cancel an order under the circumstances described in these Terms.

When Debord cancels an order, amounts paid for the canceled merchandise will be refunded, subject to applicable law.

Custom Orders, Commissions, and Special Acquisitions

The following are final sale:

  • Custom orders

  • Commissioned artwork

  • Personalized products

  • Specially sourced objects

  • Made-to-order products

  • Custom mineral acquisitions

  • Deposits

  • Special acquisitions

Unless Debord expressly agrees otherwise in writing:

  • Deposits become nonrefundable once work or sourcing begins

  • Custom orders cannot be returned

  • Custom orders cannot be exchanged

  • Requested changes may result in additional charges

  • Requested changes may extend completion estimates

  • Natural materials may vary from references or samples

  • Preliminary images are not guarantees of exact appearance

  • Completion dates are estimates

Debord may decline a custom request that is:

  • Impracticable

  • Unsafe

  • Unlawful

  • Inconsistent with Debord’s standards

  • Dependent upon unavailable materials

  • Beyond Debord’s present capabilities

Refusal of Service and Fraud Prevention

Debord may refuse, limit, review, hold, or cancel an order when reasonably necessary to address:

  • Suspected fraud

  • Unauthorized payment use

  • Chargeback abuse

  • Resale activity

  • Repeated unsupported claims

  • Threatening conduct

  • Abusive conduct

  • Attempts to circumvent purchasing restrictions

  • Legal risks

  • Safety risks

  • Reputational risks

    Debord may request:

    • Identity verification

    • Address confirmation

    • Payment verification

    • Additional transaction information before accepting or shipping an order.

Promotions and Discount Codes

Promotions and discount codes:

  • Are subject to their stated terms

  • May not be combined unless expressly permitted

  • Have no cash value

  • May be limited to qualifying merchandise

  • May be modified or withdrawn before an order is accepted

  • Cannot be applied retroactively unless Debord agrees in writing

Debord may cancel, correct, or withdraw a promotion affected by a technical, typographical, inventory, descriptive, or pricing error.

Care, Handling, and Placement

Minerals, stone objects, artwork, and decorative pieces may be:

  • Heavy

  • Fragile

  • Sharp

  • Light-sensitive

  • Porous

  • Water-sensitive

  • Heat-sensitive

  • Vulnerable to temperature changes

Customers are responsible for:

  • Reviewing available care guidance

  • Selecting a stable display surface

  • Keeping objects away from unstable edges

  • Using appropriate supports or mounting

  • Supervising children around objects

  • Supervising animals around objects

  • Obtaining professional installation assistance when appropriate

  • Handling heavy objects safely

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Debord is not responsible for injury or property damage caused by improper:

  • Handling

  • Installation

  • Cleaning

  • Storage

  • Placement

  • Display

  • Use

after delivery.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Debord will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages arising from an order or product.

Where liability cannot legally be excluded, Debord’s aggregate liability relating to a product will not exceed the amount paid for that product, except where a greater remedy is required by applicable law.

Events Outside Reasonable Control

Debord is not responsible for delay or failure caused by circumstances outside its reasonable control, including:

  • Severe weather

  • Natural disasters

  • Fire

  • Flood

  • Labor disruptions

  • Carrier interruptions

  • Supply shortages

  • Transportation failures

  • Utility outages

  • Cybersecurity incidents

  • Government actions

  • Public emergencies

  • Other force-majeure events

Debord will make reasonable efforts to communicate material fulfillment delays and provide any options required by applicable law.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Unless applicable consumer law requires otherwise, disputes relating to a purchase will be brought in a state or federal court with jurisdiction in New York County, New York.

Severability

If a provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only to the minimum extent necessary.

The remaining provisions will continue in effect.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with:

  • The applicable product listing

  • The Privacy Policy

  • The Terms of Use

  • Any written custom-order agreement

  • Any other written terms expressly accepted by the customer constitute the agreement between the customer and Debord concerning the sale.

Changes to These Terms

Debord may revise these Terms periodically.

The version displayed when an order is submitted will ordinarily govern that order unless applicable law requires otherwise.

Contact Debord

Questions concerning an order, damage claim, shipping issue, or these Terms may be directed to:

Debord
www.maisondebord.com
inquiries@maisondebord.com