The World Gallery is committed to your satisfaction. The information below outlines our sales policies. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact us.

Shopping Info

General Questions

Delivery Time
Payment Forms
Custom Framing
Shipping Charges
Ordering By Fax
Sales Tax
Return Policy
Internatinal Orders
Who are we?
World Gallery Mission
Using the art on this site
Exhibiting at The World Gallery
Linking to your site
Support our programming...link to us

DELIVERY TIME
Unframed Items- Please allow 1 Week for delivery.
Framed Items- Please allow 2 to 3 Weeks for delivery.
Quick Gifts- Our "Quick Gifts" program provides overnight delivery via FedEx delivery at no additional charge. Please click the "Quick Gifts" icon at the bottom of the screen for a listing of specific items.
We do not mass produce our orders. All work is done on a custom basis.


PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD
The World Gallery accepts....Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.


CUSTOM FRAMING
For only $50.00 we will custom frame your image by hand through our Frames Direct service. The framing charge for items above 24" x 36" is $60.00.
Each frame includes...

-Choice of black, silver, or gold aluminum frame.
-Hand mounting on a posterboard backing.
-Break resistant plexiglass.


When framed, we mat many of our photographs for no additional charge.


SHIPPING CHARGES
The following shipping and handling charges will be added to each order...

Order Price Shipping Cost
$0.00 to $30.99 $6.00
$31.00 to $49.99 $8.00
$50.00 to $69.99 $10.00
$70.00 to $99.99 $14.00
$100.00 and up $18.00

For framed orders to Alaska or Hawaii, shipping charges will be e-mailed back in response to your order. Shipping is through UPS or the US Postal Service.

International orders please read the header entitled: International Orders.


ORDER BY FAX
Our website is safe and secure. However, US residents my order by fax toll-free at 1-888-888-9576.


SALES TAX
-Illinois customers will be charged 7.0% sales tax.
-California customers will be charged 8.25% sales tax.
-International orders may be subject to duties or tariffs. These will be collected by the destination country's customs office.


RETURNS/REPLACEMENTS
Exact exchanges will be made on damaged or defective posters and frames. If the shipping tube or box is visibly damaged upon receipt, refuse it and
notify us via e-mail immediately.

Claims must be made within 5 working days of receipt.

If you are unhappy with your purchase you may return it to us, undamaged, for a refund of the cost of the item.

Please
insure and send the merchandise to...
World Gallery- Returns
2666 Priscilla Ave.
Highland Park, IL 60035


INTERNATIONAL ORDERS
We will attempt to honor all international orders.

The following restrictions and charges will apply...

-Images are available
UNFRAMED ONLY (unless they are only available framed)

-An additional handling charge of
$5.00 US will by added to the base shipping charge. This charge will not appear when you check out of the Image Exchange Store, but will be added to your bill.

-Orders will be shipped via the United States Postal Service, and should arrive in 3-5 Weeks.

-You are responsible for any import duties.


WHO ARE WE
The World Gallery is an off-shoot of The Image Exchange, an online art gallery that launched on America Online in February 1995.

With the growth of the World Wide Web we felt it was time to reach the audience outside the confines of AOL. Visit us on AOL at keyword: Image


WORLD GALLERY MISSION
Be Part of the Art! The World Gallery works to help promote the activities and collections of artists, museums and estates. By using the distribution of the Internet we hope to add another level of accessibility to the art world .


USING ART ON THIS SITE
We regret that we cannot grant third-party use of any of the images on our site. However, we will forward any licensing requests to the appropriate party when applicable.


EXHIBITING AT THE WORLD GALLERY
We are always on the look-out for our next exhibit. Contact us by clicking
here. Be sure to include your full name, email address, phone number, and a link to your website or online samples.


LINKING TO YOUR SITE
Drop us your URL with a brief description and we'll take a look. It's always a plus if you are already linking to us.


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