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Terms and Conditions



All maps shown on this website are © 2006, The Exploration Company. Teachers and schools who are granted access to this site (paid or unpaid free trial access) are granted limited license to use these materials only for the period that access to the site is granted. This include downloading maps, printing them and making copies for one’s classroom. Once the membership expires, one is not entitled to print out maps and use them for personal or classroom use after this access license has expired.

Methods of Payment and Credit Terms

We accept MasterCard, Visa and Discover Cards, as well as School Purchase Orders, on all online orders. Our payment term for School Purchase Orders is “Net 30”. When using a School Purchase Order online, please do not mail or fax a confirming or duplicate Purchase Order to avoid the potential of double shipping your order. Also, please be certain to include all leading letters or numbers that are on your official Purchase Order when you enter the P.O. number on the order form. This will help us answer any questions regarding your order.

Please mail your check orders to:

The Exploration Company

951 Brown Road, A
Orion, MI 48359

Shipping and Delivery Information

We carefully pack your unique order & put it in a truck within 48 hours! Then it begins its journey across the fruited plains, over mountains & rivers, past the small towns & great cities of America to your door!

Shipping and handling charges are automatically calculated at a simple 10% of all orders They show up on your order recap before you finalize your online order. Your order will be sent by UPS Ground, unless you select something else.

 

If you want your order to go by airplane over the fruited plains, select the method you want from the table below.

Orders Under $100

Additional Charge

Delivery Time**

UPS NEXT DAY

$20

1 Business Day

UPS 2 DAY

$15

2 Business Days

Orders Over $100

Additional Charge

Delivery Time**

UPS NEXT DAY

Call the Toll-Free 800 number M-F 9AM-6PM EST For Additional Charges.  Maps are heavy and expensive to ship

1 Business Day

UPS 2 DAY

2 Business Days

**Do not "count" Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays.

EXPEDITED DELIVERY FOR OVERSIZE PACKAGES AND PACKAGES WEIGHTING MORE THAN 10 POUNDS:

Please request service needed and include your phone number.  We will call you today or the next business day to get authorization before shipping.

Sales Tax Info

Don't worry about paying sales tax! The Exploration Company takes care of this for you.

Our Tax I.D. number is: 38-2152616.

International Orders

Is your order being sent outside of the United States? We ship worldwide.
For international orders we charge actual shipping plus $10 handling.
Please call us at 248-391-8377 or fax us at 248-393-4093 so we can help pick the method that is best for your order.
Please remember that we are in the Eastern Time Zone of the US, so if you call at 2am, we will be home sleeping.

Returns and exchange

We want you to be completely satisfied with everything you buy from The Exploration Company and www.k12maps.com. Always! That’s why if you are not completely satisfied with your purchase for any reason, you can return it for a prompt refund, exchange or account credit. No questions asked. You can return any product for any reason, any time. Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. If the product is defective, we'll reimburse you for the shipping charges.

It's easy! Just send it back and tell us if you want an exchange for another product, a replacement, a credit or a refund. Also, it helps us a lot if you could include the packing slip (if you still have it). Please take the time to tell us why you're returning the item so we can do a better job of meeting your needs and expectations.  PLEASE package the items just as good as it was when we sent it to you.  Maps are heavy, and we will all be sad if they are ruined when returned to us.

Send your package to:
The Exploration Company
951 Brown Road
Orion, MI 48359

We will take care of your return within 48 hours of receiving it.
Call us at the Toll Free number if you have any questions.

Submitting Your Product Ideas

We are ALWAYS interested in your product suggestions and materials you may have developed for the English, Social Studies, or Science classroom.

Please send your ideas or samples to:
The Exploration Company
Attn: Product Development
951 Brown Road
Orion, MI 48359

Or you can always send  an e-mail to Daniel Rirdan, the director of product development.  Daniel’s email address is:  daniel@theexplorationcompany.com

Technical Help

This page provides information about the technology used to build the The Exploration Company website and advice on how to make the best use of our website.

Minimum computer set up to use our website

Our website has been developed for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and 6, Mozilla 1.5 and Netscape. Users with earlier versions of these browsers or other browsers may not be able to access the website or use all of its features.
Visually the website has been designed to work at a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels or larger. In most cases your screen resolution can be changed by altering the settings on your computer.

Icons used on the Product Detail Page

You will see some of these icons on the detail page for a product. Our goal is to offer you as much information as possible on our products before you purchase them.


- Book sample pages in printable PDF format


Sole source (We created the product!) - COMING SOON!
 

File downloads

Much of the information on this website is provided as downloadable files. These are either Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files or MPEG files.

PDF files for Free Quizzes and Book Pages

You can browse a few pages of most of our books by clicking on the icon for sample pages.
If you can't open the link, it is probably because you do not have Acrobat Reader 4.0 or above installed. You can get this free software by clicking on the link below and following Adobe's instructions for installation on your particular computer.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

Further help

You may find more useful information Privacy section and in our General Information section, which gives answer to the most commonly asked questions about our website.

Still having problems?

If you are having technical difficulties while using our website, the site does not appear to be working properly or you find broken links please email us at: webmaster@theexplorationcompany.com

CONTACT US

At The Exploration Company and k12maps.com, your satisfaction is our main goal. Our hours are Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Time. If you have a question or concern about a product or order, feel free to contact Kisha or Christine via phone, fax, or email:

PHONE:  888-394-6531,

FAX: 248-393-4093

EMAIL:  sales@theexplorationcompany.com

You will find Kisha. Christine, and whoever else might answer the phone to be pleasant and fun to talk with!!  J

 


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