Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By entering, reading or using the pages of www.miandan.hair, a visitor agrees to be bound by the terms recorded on this page. If a rule below is not acceptable, the visitor should simply leave the site and use none of its services, because continued use is taken as agreement to these terms.

These are the whole terms that govern the relationship offered through the site, and no promise made on a phone call or in a single message replaces the written record here unless it is agreed on paper and signed by both sides. The trading desk would rather lose an unclear enquiry than win one that was misunderstood, so any conflict between a casual remark and a written term is resolved in favour of the written term.

2. The Service Provider

The site and the trading services described on it are provided by the trading company named below. That company is the party that a visitor deals with, the party that holds the order records and the party that answers for the conduct described in these terms.

Liuyang Miandan Trading Co., Ltd.
No. 19 Shangci Group, Dacheng Village,
Wenjiashi Town, Liuyang City
410000, China (CN)

The site is operated under the product and engineering guidance of the developer team named MianDan. Use of the name MianDan in this context identifies the developer responsible for building and maintaining the site; it does not change the trading company as the contracting entity for any commercial dealing. Emails reach the company at hello@miandan.hair and calls at +18726740409.

3. Purpose of the Site

www.miandan.hair exists for a single commercial purpose: to present the cotton commodity trading and systems services of the desk and to let spinning mills and textile manufacturers open a discussion about buying lint on specification. Description of those services, grade notes, contact channels and the published operating style all point back to that purpose.

The site is not a general information portal, a news outlet or a public forum. Nothing on these pages is offered as legal, financial, investment or other advice to the general reader. A grade chip such as the codes SM, MOT, SLM, MLM or similar is a code used inside cotton trading shorthand and appears for identification within the working examples the desk shows; it does not by itself commit the desk to supply any specific lot at any stated price.

4. Eligibility to Use the Site

The site is intended for commercial users acting in a professional capacity in the cotton, spinning or textile trade, and for genuine buyers and industry partners. It is not directed at children and is not offered for personal gadgetty or casual shopping.

A person who is legally barred from trading under the law of a relevant country must not use the procurement services of this desk. Likewise, no automated scraper may harvest the content, contact details or structural pages of this site for building a rival directory or for any purpose the desk has not agreed to. The desk reserves the right to decline an enquiry or an order from any party, without stating a reason where the law allows, and to close a conversation that shows little prospect of legitimate trade.

5. Accuracy of the Content

The desk works hard to keep the words on these pages true and current, but a trading operation changes its position daily, and the site can never update faster than the floor moves. Details such as service descriptions, examples and style notes are therefore provided for general understanding rather than as a live quotation of availability.

Nothing on this site is a binding offer to sell a specific lot of cotton at a specific amount. Prices, grades, staple measures, volumes and lead times shown anywhere are indicative unless a signed written contract says otherwise. The desk does not warrant that every piece of content will remain error free, and a visitor should treat an apparent discrepancy as a reason to ask at hello@miandan.hair rather than as a reason to act on a guess.

6. Enquiries and Indicative Quotes

An enquiry made through the contact form or by email starts a conversation; it does not by itself form any binding contract. When the desk answers with an indicative quote, that figure describes a working position at the time of writing and remains open only for the window stated in the reply or, failing that, for a short reasonable period set by ordinary trade practice.

An indicative quote can move as the underlying trade moves. Grade, freight, exchange movement and gin availability can each change overnight, and the desk will say so plainly when it relays a revised position. A buyer should treat a first quote as a starting point for negotiation and should not commit downstream spending, such as booking transport, against a figure that has not yet been made firm by a signed confirmation of sale.

7. Forming a Trading Contract

A binding trading contract between the buyer and Liuyang Miandan Trading Co., Ltd. is formed only when both sides agree in a confirmed written record: an accepted written offer, a signed contract sheet or another written confirmation exchanged directly. Where the desk issues a written confirmation of sale and the buyer does not object in writing within a short stated period, the buyer is taken to have accepted the terms in that confirmation.

Any purchase order, acceptance note or confirmation must identify the lot, the grade, the quantity, the price, the delivery terms and the contact of both parties. Where an order refers to these online terms and to no other, these terms apply. Where the parties agree separate written terms for a particular shipment, that separate writing governs that shipment to the extent it clashes with this page.

8. Order, Grade and Staple Terms

Every order is taken against a written specification. The specification names the cotton grade by its classing shorthand, such as SM, MOT, SLM, MLM or the origin code agreed, and where relevant the staple and micronaire range the mill actually spins. The desk fulfils to that sheet, not to a looser description in casual conversation.

If the cotton that arrives at the point of inspection does not meet the agreed grade or staple tolerance, the desk treats that as a real fault and not as a matter of fine print. The remedy follows the terms of the specific shipment, normally being a price adjustment where the difference is small, a right to reject where the difference is material, or an agreed substitution lot. A buyer who ordered on a grade sheet cannot later insist on a different standard merely because a market move made the original attractive to walk away from.

9. Inspection and Quality Release

The desk coordinates inspection of the consolidated lot before it is released for the mill, and the result of that inspection, where the order calls for it, is the basis on which the lot is accepted or disputed. An inspection report that certifies the lot against the agreed grade is treated as the reference for quality unless the buyer disputes it within the window described in the claims section.

Nobody gains from a lot released on a failing report, and the desk will not knowingly push a substandard lot to a mill that ordered a better grade. Where inspection finds a genuine shortfall, the desk states it openly and works on a remedy with the buyer. A buyer is expected in turn to give the inspector reasonable access to the lot at the agreed time, because an inspection that never happens protects no one.

10. Delivery and Scheduling Terms

The date the desk contracts is the date the lot is scheduled to arrive or to be available, and the desk runs its whole chain to hit that date. Each written confirmation states which kind of date it promises: an arrival date at the mill or an availability date at the named warehouse. Those are different promises and the difference matters.

The desk gives the earliest honest date rather than a flattering impossible one. Delays caused by a buyer, such as a missed inspection window or a late loading instruction, extend the schedule by the period of that delay, because the desk cannot be said to have failed a clock the other side held back. Any change to the named delivery point or the receiving window must be agreed in writing before it becomes the desk responsibility.

11. Risk and Title

Risk and title move at the point stated in the written confirmation, and where the confirmation is silent they follow ordinary trade reference for the delivery term used. The desk urges every buyer to read these terms on each shipment, because cotton is moved in quantity and a misunderstanding over who carries the lot through a border can be expensive for both sides.

Until title passes to the buyer, the desk retains its interest in the cotton as a lawful owner protecting its own stock, and a buyer holds no lien over the lint beyond the terms of the particular agreement. Where the confirmation states that risk passes on loading while title passes on payment, the desk records both plainly so there is no surprise when a claim is made mid-transit.

12. Payment and Late Payment

Payment terms appear in the written confirmation and are always stated before shipment rather than discovered after it. Where a term names a due date, that date binds the buyer, and the desk releases documents or cargo in line with the agreed method, whether that is a straightforward transfer, a letter of credit or another agreed mechanism.

An overdue account is a serious matter in the cotton trade because the desk buys against the same bills of exchange. Where payment falls behind the agreed term, the desk is entitled to charge a reasonable late interest figure stated from time to time, to suspend further deliveries until the account is current, and to exercise any right of set off it holds under the contract. A buyer who sees a problem with an invoice coming is asked to raise it before the due date rather than after the desk has relied on the funds.

13. Claims and Notification Windows

Safety in the cotton trade depends on speaking up early. A buyer who believes a lot is short, off-grade or damaged must notify the desk in writing within the window stated on the confirmation, and where no window is stated then within a short working window after the lot arrives or is inspected, whichever comes first.

A claim made after the lot has been unpacked, mixed or spun is not recoverable in the ordinary course, because the desk can no longer tell what left its floor from what happened on the mill side. Any claim on a certified weigh ticket or classing report should come with the original document so the desk can verify it against its own chain of custody. A quiet defect discovered weeks later is a lesson with only one side able to learn from it.

14. Force Majeure

Neither side is liable for failing to perform where that failure is caused by an event beyond the reasonable control of that side and that no amount of careful planning could have avoided. Such events include a natural disaster, flood, fire, an epidemic, a national transport stoppage, an export ban, an import embargo, a war, a civil disturbance or a failure of public infrastructure.

When such an event strikes, the affected side must tell the other promptly and give a realistic picture of when performance might resume. What happens next follows the agreement: the schedule may simply stretch to the new reality, or, where the delay defeats the purpose of the deal, either side may treat the affected portion as ended. Force majeure never excuses a payment that was already due before the event, because an old debt does not vanish with a storm.

15. Limits of Liability

Because cotton is bought against real money and real calendars, some boundaries must be drawn so that the price of an order includes a plan for the worst day rather than an open cheque.

To the fullest extent the law allows, the desk is not liable for a loss the buyer could have avoided by reasonable action, such as insuring against the risk the desk recommended or making a claim within the stated window, nor for an indirect loss such as lost spinning production, lost future profit or idle labour that runs far beyond the value of the cotton or service itself. The desk liability for a particular shipment does not exceed the value recorded for that shipment or the fee charged for that service, whichever is lower, unless the cause was a deliberate act that the law will not let a trader limit.

Nothing in these terms removes a statutory right that cannot lawfully be removed in the jurisdiction of the buyer, and where a clause is unenforceable it is cut to the minimum needed to keep the remainder effective.

16. Intellectual Property

The look, the layout, the motif and the written words of this site are the property of the trading company and its developer team MianDan. The gin wheel, the lot tag look and the overall feel of these pages are part of the identity the desk presents to the trade, and copying them whole is not a favour to anyone, least of all to the copyist who will be read within the trade as a pretender.

A reader may share a page reference, quote a short passage with a mention of its source, or save a page for reference, and the desk welcomes honest circulation of its material. What is not allowed is reproducing the visual style wholesale, passing the text off as another firm, or scraping the site to rebuild a competing directory. Rights in the content remain with the company unless an item is clearly licensed from a third party, in which case that third party keeps the credit it is owed.

17. Governing Law and Disputes

These terms are governed by the law that applies to the trading company, with disputes first approached through negotiation and good faith because a cotton relationship that ends in a courtroom is almost always a relationship that ended in a warehouse first.

If a dispute cannot be settled by direct discussion, the parties agree to make a genuine attempt at mediation or an agreed form of alternative dispute resolution before turning to proceedings. Where the parties are in different jurisdictions and cannot agree on a forum, the desk proposes the courts with the clearest connection to the trading company, while recognising that a buyer may properly insist on the courts of its own country where the law of that country requires it. Any dispute resolution shall seek the fair reality of the trade rather than the tactical advantage of fine print.

18. Contact for Service Matters

A term is only useful if there is a human being to talk to about it, and the desk keeps its door open on the same channels it uses for trade. Any question about these terms, about an order, about a quotation or about a claim should go to the trading company at the address below.

Liuyang Miandan Trading Co., Ltd.
No. 19 Shangci Group, Dacheng Village,
Wenjiashi Town, Liuyang City
410000, China (CN)

Reach the desk by email at hello@miandan.hair, by telephone at +18726740409, or through the contact page this site provides. The desk answers within a reasonable working time, and it would rather receive an honest, early question about a term than a silent reading of it that causes trouble later. That plain preference is the spirit in which every clause on this page is offered.