The following terms and conditions must be agreed to when submitting a product for review to CFRO;

1. When submitting a product, vendors must understand and agree to the fact that the product may receive a negative review and we may recommend readers to purchase an alternative product.  We are here for the readers, not to help vendors shift sub-par products.  Vendors who don't agree to these terms will likely have their product purchased covertly, and we will go through it with a fine toothcomb to find out why, we will also inform our readers of any such vendors who attempt to tell us what to write and what not to write - you have been warned!
    
2. Should a submitted product receive a low rating, there is no appeal process to have the review modified or taken down from the website.  CFRO's review is final and not up for negotiation.
    
3. In the interest of  fairness, vendors can however submit a new or improved version of their product and receive an accelerated review update as opposed to our regular cycle.  A review update notice will be placed at the top of the review and will cleary lay out fixes and new features (in the Long Term section - however, the original review text will not change. The product "overall score" rating may significantly improve which we feel is fair.
    
4. CFRO at its discretion within what it deems a reasonable period of time - will update any factually incorrect information published in a review, once notified by the vendor using the contact us form.
    
5. CFRO does not review time limited demo, pre-release, beta or trial versions of software, licences should be fully functional and be valid for 12 months or more to qualify for a review.  To be crystal clear, any products submitted to CFRO for review will not be returned for at least 12 months.
    
6. Submitted products must be accompanied by the full warranty provided to regular customers, technical support and any software/firmware updates released as such services will also be tested where possible.
    
7. All vendors submitting products for review must ensure that any products shipped to CFRO have all shipping, customs, VAT and any other levies prepaid.  Any products arriving with outstanding fees will be refused at the point of delivery.  We are a review site and don't have any budget to purchase, pay or otherwise incur any costs whatsoever - our revenue from ad's fund our expenses and test equipment.
    
8. All items returned by CFRO to their vendor must be at the vendors expense and risk.
    
9. We have been approached by certain vendors who have asked us to sign an NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) before we review their product - blocking us from releasing their review before they have approved it.  No such agreements will ever be signed by CFRO and these vendors will be identified publicly on our website that attempt to do this.
    
10. Should one or more terms herein declared invalid by a court of law, all other terms will remain unaffected.
     
11.  CFRO uses vendors names, logos and product names (including trademarks) under the fair use provision of the trademark/copyright act - for journalistic processes.
     
12. CFRO will take demonstrable reasonble care of any products or items submitted for review, in the event of accidental damage or loss/theft, you agree to indemnify CFRO against any and all cost associated with such an incident.