These terms set out how membership of The Uncommon Sense Book Club works. By joining, you agree to them. If anything here is unclear, get in touch before you sign up.
1. Who runs the club
The Uncommon Sense Book Club is run by Carly Söderström (Carlz J Söda) and operated by Kobey Pty Ltd, ABN [to be added], based in Melbourne, Victoria. In these terms, "we", "us" and "the club" mean Kobey Pty Ltd, and "you" means the member.
2. Membership and price
- Membership costs A$89 a month. The price includes GST and delivery to an Australian address.
- You're charged when you sign up and then on the same date each month until you cancel. Payments are processed securely by Stripe. We never see or store your full card details.
- Membership is currently open to Australian delivery addresses only.
- Founding members (the first 50 people to join) keep the A$89 price for their first twelve months of continuous membership.
- We may change the price in future. We'll give you at least 30 days' notice by email before any change applies to you, so you can cancel first if you choose.
3. What's included
Each month of membership includes:
- the month's book, posted to you
- a printed essay from Carly on the book's themes
- study tools, which vary from month to month
- weekly reading guides and weekly recorded talk-throughs
- access to the private member community on Skool
- a monthly online catch-up
Your first box also includes a starter kit. WordStash, the vocabulary app, is free while you're a member. The reading list shown on our website is an example of a year's reading and may change. We'll let members know about any change before the season it affects.
4. Delivery
- Your book is posted about a month before the club starts reading it, so you're always a month ahead.
- Please keep your delivery address up to date. We aren't responsible for boxes sent to an out-of-date address you gave us.
- If your box goes missing or arrives damaged, let us know within 14 days of the expected delivery date and we'll replace it.
5. Cancelling
- You can cancel at any time using the "manage subscription" link in your Stripe receipt email, or by contacting us.
- Because each book is bought and posted a month ahead, your cancellation takes effect after your next payment, and that payment covers the book already on its way to you. After that, you won't be charged again.
- When your membership ends, your access to the Skool community and member materials ends too.
- We recommend staying for at least one season of three books, but there's no minimum term.
6. Refunds and your consumer rights
Our goods and services come with guarantees that can't be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. Nothing in these terms limits those rights. Apart from those rights, we don't offer refunds for a month that has already been paid for, or for a change of mind.
7. The community
The club exists to read hard books and argue about them well. Disagreement is welcome. Personal attacks, harassment, hate speech, spam and sharing other members' private information are not. We may remove anyone who breaks these rules from the community, and if that happens we'll cancel their membership and stop future payments.
8. Our content
The guides, essays, videos and other materials we create are protected by copyright. They're for your personal use while you're a member. Please don't share, sell or republish them without our permission.
9. Liability
To the extent the law allows, we're not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your membership. Where our liability can be limited, it's limited to resupplying the goods or services or refunding what you paid for them.
10. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. We'll email members about any significant change before it takes effect.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia.
12. Contact
Questions about these terms? Email us.