We accept public-sector purchase orders
Terms and Conditions of Sale
PREAMBLE — LEGAL INFORMATION
This website (https://www.mesjoliestables.fr/) is owned by SAS MJT.
SAS MJT, a simplified joint-stock company incorporated in 2020 with share capital of €10,000.
SIREN 890078736 — NACE 4791B
10 rue de la Source — 75016 Paris (registered office)
2 rue Henri Lavedan — 45000 Orléans (warehouse)
Tel.: +33 (0)9 72 76 02 03
Email: contact@mesjoliestables.fr
Publication director: David Vogin.
Before we begin — because some people quite reasonably enjoy precision — the terms “Mes Jolies Tables”, “SAS MJT”, “we”, “us” and “our” in these Terms and Conditions of Sale refer to SAS MJT. “The Customer”, “you” and “your” refer to any individual or legal entity placing an order with SAS MJT through this website (the “Website”), by email or directly at our premises. You are welcome to visit us in Orléans: we do not see people all that often, so “we” may even buy “you” a coffee.
Our lawyer also advised us to clarify that “coffee” may mean tea or a glass of water, and that the coffee may come from a recyclable capsule and be served in a recyclable plastic cup. Worth every cent we pay him — the lawyer, not the coffee.
1. PRICES
1.1 Our prices are stated in euros, either including VAT or excluding VAT, and exclude any contribution towards delivery charges or any imaginative new tax our charming government may decide to invent.
1.2 A personalised quotation with a limited validity period may be issued to the Customer before an order is placed. We are not wildly enthusiastic because it creates more work for us, but if you insist...
1.3 SAS MJT reserves the right to change its prices at any time — for example, like everyone else, by 41% every year because of the war in Ukraine — but orders will be invoiced at the prices stated in the personalised quotation, provided that quotation remains valid.
1.4 For business customers, returning an accepted quotation constitutes acceptance of the price excluding VAT. If the applicable VAT rate increases between acceptance of the quotation and issue of the final invoice, the total price including VAT will be adjusted accordingly. This is a textbook example of a clause that will probably never be needed. We hope.
2. ORDER CONFIRMATION
2.1 You declare that you have read and accepted these Terms and Conditions of Sale before placing your order — even if, like 99% of customers, you have not actually read them. Confirming your order therefore constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
2.2 If the Customer's general purchasing terms conflict with these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Customer may rely on its own terms only where SAS MJT has expressly accepted them. Bam — a very French legal reverse card.
2.3 An order becomes firm and final when it is confirmed on this Website, when payment is received, or when we receive written approval by email or post — does anyone still use post? — of a quotation sent to you. There is no need to sign in blood; we do trust you a little. We are not savages.
2.4 If a requested deposit is not paid within 15 days after you accept a quotation, the sales contract may be treated as cancelled.
2.5 If an item remains unavailable for an extended period, your payment will be refunded and the order cancelled. Not ideal, but honest.
2.6 Returning a purchase order or an accepted quotation constitutes a firm and final order, even if no immediate payment is made. For products excluded from the right of withdrawal — including printed, personalised or made-to-measure goods — cancellation will then be possible only with our agreement. We are generally fairly accommodating, but if we have already manufactured half your order before you realise that the dimensions you supplied are wrong, that one is not on us.
3. DELIVERY AND RECEIPT
3.1 Delivery charges are added to the price of the goods according to their weight and volume and the urgency of the requested delivery.
3.2 If you provide an incorrect delivery address or nobody is available to receive the parcel, we cannot be held responsible for non-delivery and any additional delivery costs may be charged to you.
3.3 You must check the contents of your parcels as soon as they are delivered or collected. If no written claim is made within 48 hours after delivery, the delivery will be deemed compliant and no claim concerning the quantities delivered will be considered.
3.4 If a parcel is damaged or torn open, or contains fragile products, the buyer must inspect its contents in the carrier's presence and record precise, specific reservations. No claim will be accepted where insufficient reservations were made when the parcel was delivered. We have put this clause in bold because it really matters. If the carrier breaks or loses part of your equipment and you do not report it at the time of delivery, the carrier will say it was not their fault and refuse to reimburse anyone. You will be unhappy, then we will be unhappy, everyone will grumble and the day will be ruined. We do not like pointing fingers, but this one will be your responsibility.
3.5 Most textile products shown on mesjoliestables.fr, and most products we sell generally, are made to order for you. This allows us to offer an unusually wide range of materials, sizes and colours. We hold a small stock of the most popular standard products, which may be dispatched on the day of your order and delivered within 24–48 hours, but most of our products take between one and six weeks. For logistical reasons, live stock availability cannot be displayed on the Website. Please contact us — preferably in writing, by email or through the contact form — to check a particular product. Written messages are just as quick for us and rather less delicate than an international telephone conversation, even though a chat about the weather would prove that we are in France and not humanoids controlled by ChatGPT.
3.6 As you will have gathered from the paragraph above, delivery may take up to six weeks for products that are not in stock or require personalisation or made-to-measure production. Exceeding these estimated times does not give rise to specific compensation. To put that into perspective, “six weeks maximum” really is the maximum maximum: the usual time is two to three weeks, and an essential date communicated to us in good time is met in almost every case.
3.7 Delivery dates for products made to the Customer's order, excluding immediately available stock, are estimates. Manufacturing and transport involve numerous contingencies, and delivery may therefore take place later than originally indicated. The Customer acknowledges this risk and accepts that such a delay will not give rise to compensation.
3.8 Where a precise final delivery date is an essential term of the contract, clearly stated by the Customer when purchasing and expressly accepted by SAS MJT, failure to meet that date entitles the Customer to cancel the order free of charge.
3.9 As an exception to the rule above, that right of cancellation does not apply where the delay results from a carrier's failure to deliver between our warehouse and your delivery point. The same applies where you were unavailable to receive the parcel and it is subsequently delivered late. That may sound a little obscure, so, as my secondary-school biology teacher used to say, here is an example. On Thursday, you order a branded table cover for a trade show taking place on Saturday. You are in a hurry and need delivery to the stand no later than Saturday morning. We love making customers happy, so we move heaven and earth to produce and dispatch it on time. Then, through sheer bad luck, the carrier arrives on Saturday morning but venue security refuses access and sends your parcel to a collection point, where it can be collected on Monday — after the show. We are sorry, but that is not our fault and the order cannot be cancelled or refunded. It can, however, still serve you at the next trade show.
3.10 I am far too good at telling stories. I am basically Père Castor 2.0 — a very French reference, admittedly.
3.11 In all circumstances, SAS MJT excludes compensation for the consequences of a delay beyond an announced delivery time, a non-compliant delivery, or any alternative solution that you may choose to arrange. We do not make pacemakers: nobody will die if your cocktail table has no cover on the day of the event, and your creativity will probably produce a perfectly workable solution without ruining anyone. Sorry if that sounds slightly condescending, but when a bride shouts at you because “our” carrier lost her parcel, she had to use white tablecloths instead of hessian, her wedding and indeed her life are therefore ruined, her emotional damage is almost beyond valuation and she intends to summon both the courts and the GIGN, you may understand our position a little better.
3.12 For deliveries outside continental Europe, delivery charges are not calculated when the order is placed. You may pay a delivery deposit. Once the parcels are ready, we can determine their weight and volume and offer the available solutions, such as Colissimo, DHL or FedEx. The deposit is deducted from the final price of the option you choose. Because we are nice, we use comparison services such as Boxtal or Upela to find the best rate and do not add a margin to transport. If you have a cheaper solution, we will also be perfectly happy to use it.
4. PAYMENT, CANCELLATION AND WITHDRAWAL
4.1 Orders placed on mesjoliestables.fr must be paid when the order is placed, before dispatch or production begins.
4.2 For orders placed by email:
— If you are a business established in mainland France, your first three orders are payable when ordered. Subject to approval, payment within 30 days after receipt of subsequent orders may then be available.
— If you are a French public-sector entity, payment is made through Chorus Pro after delivery. Production or dispatch begins once we receive a duly completed public-sector purchase order.
— If you are an individual, an association, a squirrel or a legal entity established outside mainland France, payment is due when the order is placed, before dispatch or production begins.
4.3 For Customers granted 30-day payment terms, this facility may be withdrawn by SAS MJT at any time without any obligation to provide reasons. In particular, it may be withdrawn where the Customer shows apparent or proven financial difficulties or has previously failed to pay within 30 days. A deposit may also be requested for certain orders exceeding €1,000 excluding VAT.
4.4 Payment may be made by bank card, PayPal, bank transfer, hazelnuts — valued at the latest RNM market price, because squirrels can be crafty and one cannot be too careful — or a corresponding public-sector purchase order. Cheques are not accepted. Narcotics would need to be discussed.
4.5 An order already in production for personalised goods — specific sizes or models, made-to-measure items, branded products and so forth — may be cancelled only with the express agreement of SAS MJT. Receipt of written approval of a quotation or of a purchase order from the Customer constitutes a final and irrevocable commitment. The same applies to an approved artwork proof: the Customer approves the size and design of the personalisation shown in that proof, which can then be changed only with our agreement. Once a proof is approved, we press print. The French joke works better.
4.7 Under Article 2367 of the French Civil Code, SAS MJT retains ownership of the products until the Customer has paid the price in full. Goods remaining unpaid 60 days after receipt may be recovered by us at the Customer's expense. The Customer remains liable for the delivery charges — at actual cost where delivery was originally free — and for immediately payable return costs. Returned products that can no longer be resold because of their condition may be invoiced again to cover the damage.
4.8 Late payment will incur the statutory fixed recovery charge of €40. Amounts due will also bear late-payment interest at 1.5% per month. I have a friend in debt collection, so be careful: he is spectacularly persistent. I say “friend”, but he is so persistent that I never invite him home.
4.9 There is no clause 4.6. Nobody noticed. Hee hee.
4.10 You have just gone back to check whether clause 4.9 was telling the truth. Hee hee.
5. RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
5.1 Mes Jolies Tables grants both individual and business Customers a one-year withdrawal period after the complete, compliant order has been received, subject to the following conditions:
— products must be new, meaning undamaged and unwashed;
— for the first 60 days, we pay the return costs for returns sent from mainland France. You may be asked to take the parcel or parcels to a post office or collection point. After 60 days, return costs are payable by you. Return costs from outside mainland France are always payable by you.
— if withdrawal takes place within 60 days, the Customer will receive a full refund, including any original delivery charge, through the payment method used for the order. After 60 days, reimbursement will be made by a credit note valid for one year and will not include any delivery charges originally paid by the Customer.
Frankly, “the Customer” will struggle to find more generous conditions elsewhere. Further proof that Mes Jolies Tables is number one — although “number one” does not actually mean very much.
5.2 As provided by law, the right of withdrawal does not apply to goods made to your specifications or clearly personalised, whose production requires special adaptations to meet precise technical and aesthetic requirements — for example, a tablecloth in a particular size or a branded cover. For these products, your order confirmation is final even if immediate payment has not yet been made.
5.3 Goods returned outside the conditions described above cannot be refunded, including used goods and late returns. They will be held at our warehouse for collection by the Customer or may be sent back at the Customer's expense.
6. CONFORMITY AND ORDERING ERRORS
6.1 Any item delivered in a defective condition or not matching your order will be exchanged free of charge as quickly as possible. This warranty remains valid for one year after receipt of your order. We told you we were number one.
6.1 bis The conformity warranty also applies to personalised and made-to-measure products. We have frankly unreasonable levels of swagger.
6.1 ter The Customer is responsible for selecting the type of product stated on the Website, quotation or purchase order and for the measurements supplied. The Customer acknowledges the characteristics of each type of material, particularly fabric: colour matching is not as precise as printing on paper, and stretch fabric may alter dimensions and proportions when fitted. If anything is unclear, please ask us — we are here to help. If the Customer chooses the wrong material or provides incorrect dimensions and notices only after delivery or collection, SAS MJT cannot guarantee a replacement. The full sale price nevertheless remains payable; let us not get carried away. We are generally nice people, though, so contact us, preferably in writing, and we will discuss it. At this point, after reading such a long document, we are practically friends anyway.
6.1 quater Branded or printed products made to the Customer's instructions are not necessarily covered by a formal artwork proof. That proof may be replaced by artwork positioned through the Website's visual customiser or by positioning instructions emailed by the Customer. Where no formal proof is issued, the Customer's instructions and all documents supplied by the Customer are authoritative. On request, SAS MJT can provide files for preparing artwork proofs for short production runs.
6.1 quinquies Nothing here. We simply wanted an excuse to reach “sexies”, because we are sexy.
6.1 sexies In truth, “the Customer” is the sexy one. Impeccable mojo. Thank you for being you; never change.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND DISPUTES
7.1 This contract is governed by French law. SAS MJT cannot be held liable for damage of any kind — tangible, intangible or bodily — resulting from the malfunction or misuse of products sold. For example, if Mistress Elvira injures you by tying you to a St Andrew's cross with a taffeta chair sash, that really is not our fault. The same applies to product changes made by manufacturers. In all circumstances, SAS MJT's liability is limited to the value of the order and cannot be incurred for simple errors or omissions remaining despite all reasonable care in the presentation of products. SAS MJT will not be required to compensate loss arising from a breach of the obligations under this contract. This is the paragraph our lawyer charged us the most for. It is full of impenetrable legal language, but perhaps one day it will save us from a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
7.2 If a dispute arises from this contractual relationship, the buyer and SAS MJT agree to seek an amicable solution before starting legal proceedings. Failing agreement, the Commercial Court of Orléans has exclusive jurisdiction, irrespective of the place of delivery or accepted method of payment. Now that we are friends, falling out would be rather a shame.
7.3 Out-of-court dispute resolution: the European Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform was discontinued on 20 July 2025. The European Commission now provides a list of alternative dispute resolution bodies. If a problem arises, please contact us first in writing at contact@mesjoliestables.fr so that we can seek an amicable solution and keep a clear record of the correspondence.
8. PERSONAL DATA AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
8.1 All elements of the Website and catalogues, including photographs, trademarks and graphic material, are protected by copyright and trademark law. They are the exclusive property of SAS MJT and may not be reproduced without written permission. “Mes Jolies Tables” is a trademark registered with the French National Institute of Industrial Property, the INPI. Classy.
8.2 Business customers placing an order authorise SAS MJT to use their name and logo as a reference in its marketing materials. That sounds slightly cheeky; in practice, we will probably ask for permission first. Probably.
8.3 Any photograph of products sent to us following a sale may be used in our various marketing materials. The Customer indemnifies SAS MJT against any third-party claim concerning reproduction rights in photographs supplied by the Customer.
8.4 The processing of your personal data is governed by the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Please read our separate privacy policy. I have had enough legal prose for one day; I am going home before dinner gets cold.