The following Terms and Conditions of Erick Gerber Guitar Lessons apply to all education-based services provided by the guitar teacher (hereinafter referred to as the “Teacher”). The Agreement is between the Teacher and the person responsible for the guitar student’s account, identified hereinafter as the “Client”.

Guitar Lessons

• Guitar lessons occur once every week for the allocated lesson length selected by the Client (either 30, 45, or 60 minutes per lesson).

• The recurring day & time of the guitar lessons must be agreed to in writing by both parties

• The guitar lessons shall occur weekly on the same day and time until the Client or Teacher specifically requests, in writing, for the lesson day and time to change and is approved by the other party.

• Guitar lessons occur throughout the year, even throughout school holidays.

• There will be no guitar lesson on a particular week where the guitar lesson falls on an official New Zealand public holiday. This includes public holidays specific to the Northland region.

• There will be no guitar lessons for three weeks during the festive season (usually the last 2 weeks of December and the first week of January). The exact dates are to be confirmed by the Teacher in writing each year.

• During the festive season period, the monthly payments will remain unchanged and will be paid as per usual. (The months containing 5 weeks throughout the year will make up for the 3 lessons lost during this period.)

Payments

• The Client agrees to a monthly payment to the Teacher equal to the amount found at: https://www.erickgerber.com/services/lessons/inpersonlessons for in-person or https://www.erickgerber.com/services/lessons/onlinelessons for online lessons.

• Payments are made for the month ahead and are due on or before the first day of each month. (E.g. February’s guitar lessons shall be paid on or before the 1st of February in advance)

• Once a Client wishes to discontinue lessons, the Teacher will be liable to carry out guitar lessons for the remainder of the current month (i.e. the month paid for in advance).

• The Client may discontinue at any time without prior notice, except during the four weeks leading up to the aforementioned festive season period. During this period, 2 months’ notice must be given.

• All payments are made in NZD (New Zealand Dollars).

• Guitar lessons shall not commence until the teacher has received the appropriate payment confirmation.
• If a client fails to make payment on or before the 1st of any given month, a grace period of 10 calendar days will take effect. After this grace period, the Teacher shall not be liable to carry out any more lessons until payment has been received and, until such time, shall be treated as a lesson cancellation. In such an event, it may result in a student losing their weekly time slot when late payment is eventually received.

Lesson Cancellations

• If the student cannot attend any given week’s guitar lesson for any reason, more than 7 calendar days’ notice must be given by the Client to the Teacher. Genuine medical emergencies, nationwide emergencies, region-wide emergencies, or natural disasters are exceptions to this rule.

• If the Client fails to notify the Teacher of non-attendance less than 7 calendar days in advance, the Client shall not be entitled to a make-up lesson nor a refund nor any credit of the lesson.

• If the lesson cancellation notice is less than 7 calendar days, the Teacher may, at their sole discretion, choose to arrange a catch-up lesson with the student.

• If a lesson cancellation notice is given more than 7 calendar days in advance, the Teacher is required to either arrange a catch-up lesson with the student or to partially refund the Client if no catch-up lesson was possible. The refund amount shall be equal to the value of 1 guitar lesson (e.g. $37.50 refundable per lesson for 30-minute lessons).

• If the Teacher cancels a lesson, the above point also applies.

General

• The Teacher shall not be held responsible for any injury, accident, damage, or loss sustained by the student or client in connection with the lessons, whether in-person or online.
• All lesson materials remain the property of the Teacher and may not be shared, copied, or distributed without prior written consent.
• This agreement is governed by New Zealand law

By agreeing to commence guitar lessons in writing (e.g. email, text) or by selecting “I accept the Terms & Conditions of using this service” on any of the Application Forms found at the URLs below, the Client hereby agrees to these Terms & Conditions.

• https://www.erickgerber.com/services/lessons/inpersonlessons/30min/
• https://www.erickgerber.com/services/lessons/inpersonlessons/45min/
• https://www.erickgerber.com/services/lessons/inpersonlessons/60min/
• https://www.erickgerber.com/services/lessons/onlinelessons/30min/
• https://www.erickgerber.com/services/lessons/onlinelessons/45min/
• https://www.erickgerber.com/services/lessons/onlinelessons/60min/