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SteelThumb policy

Terms of sale and use draft.

These draft terms frame the customer-facing sale boundary for the Grow Kit, SeedPort, and PlotTags. Paid checkout stays disabled until final price, included parts, excluded parts, preorder timing, cancellation rights, safety responsibilities, and legal review are complete.

Offer state

  • Current public state is preorder interest only; paid preorder is not open
  • A preorder is not open until final price, deposit amount, lead time, cancellation terms, and shipping region are shown at checkout
  • Each SKU must state included parts, excluded parts, customer-provided equipment, package contents, and support contact before payment
  • Estimated delivery dates are estimates unless a final written commitment is made
  • SteelThumb may cancel and refund an order if supplier, safety, legal, or fulfillment gates fail

Customer information

  • Customer must provide accurate shipping, contact, and site-suitability information
  • Customer must review product page, quickstart, safety insert, warranty, returns, privacy, and support links before checkout
  • Customer must accept SKU-specific acknowledgements for safety, included items, excluded items, no yield or germination guarantee, and preorder delay/cancellation terms
  • Customer acceptance records must be stored in the checkout provider or private order system, not in this public repo

Customer responsibility

  • Read the setup guide, safety page, and product-specific limits before use
  • Use appropriate outdoor power practices and manual shutoff around water
  • Inspect the garden system regularly and stop automation if behavior is uncertain
  • Do not rely on SteelThumb products for safety-critical, medical, commercial crop, or property-protection functions
  • Provide soil, seeds, plants, reservoir, power, tools, mounting location, and local installation work unless the final SKU explicitly includes them

Open hardware and brand boundary

  • Open hardware files do not grant the right to sell unofficial products as SteelThumb goods
  • Official names, logos, packaging, marketplace listings, and certification language remain reserved brand assets
  • Modified builds should identify themselves as unofficial or compatible, not official SteelThumb products
  • Final sale terms still need legal review before paid checkout
  • Open-source hardware and software rights do not create a right to use SteelThumb marks, packaging, specimens, marketplace identity, or first-party support claims

Outcome boundaries

  • SteelThumb can help with planning, monitoring, watering, seed-starting workflow, and garden records
  • SteelThumb does not guarantee germination, plant health, harvest quantity, grocery savings, crop survival, or customer garden outcomes
  • Seed-to-table ROI examples are educational comparisons, not a promised customer return
  • Customer remains responsible for local code, site suitability, weather, pests, water source, power source, and ongoing inspection