Terms of Service

Agreement

These terms apply when you use Vanto (vanto.cards). By creating an account or using the site you agree to them and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use Vanto.

Your account

• You must be at least 13 years old to make an account.
• Give a real email address you can reach, and keep your password to yourself.
• You're responsible for what happens on your account. If you think someone else is using it, change your password and tell us at hello@vanto.cards.
• Pick a username that doesn't pretend to be another person, a shop or a brand.

Your collection and photos

Everything you add stays yours. So that we can run Vanto, you give us permission to store it, copy it as needed to keep it safe, and show it as your settings say: only to you when your garage is private, and the cars you put on show to everyone when it's public. That permission ends when you delete the content or your account, apart from backups that are overwritten on their regular cycle.

If you switch on Share my photos with the catalog in your profile, you also let us show your cover photo of a car as that release's catalog picture, to everyone, credited with your username. Switch it off, or remove the photo, and it leaves the catalog.

Only upload photos you took yourself or have the right to use. Don't post anything that:

• is illegal, hateful, sexual or violent, or harasses anyone;
• shows someone else's personal details, such as an address or phone number;
• is spam or advertising unrelated to your collection.

We may remove content that breaks these rules.

Fair play

The club leaderboard and medals only mean something if collections are real. Don't add cars you don't own to climb it, make extra accounts, or try to change scores or medals any other way than collecting. We may remove entries, medals or a place on the leaderboard that we believe aren't genuine.

Also, please don't:

• scrape or bulk-download other collectors' garages, or use automated tools against the site;
• try to reach data that isn't yours, or to break, overload or get around the site's security;
• use Vanto to deceive other collectors, such as in a swap.

Price estimates

Values on Vanto are estimates, worked out from current listings on eBay and from what collectors on Vanto have recorded. Asking prices aren't sale prices, listings can be mismatched, and markets move. Treat an estimate as a starting point: it isn't an appraisal or financial advice, and you shouldn't rely on it alone to buy, sell or insure a car.

Swaps and other collectors

The swap shelf helps collectors find each other. Any swap, sale or meeting is between you and the other collector: Vanto doesn't take part, check the cars, handle payment or guarantee the outcome. Take the care you would with any stranger, and tell us at hello@vanto.cards about anyone who misuses the site.

Brands and models

Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Mini GT, Tomica and the other brands and car names on Vanto belong to their owners. Vanto is an independent project and isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. The Vanto name, look and site are ours; the 3D car on the front page is used under its own licence, credited on the page.

Free, and changes to the service

Vanto is free to use: your collection, the garage, sets, the map and barcode scans cost nothing, and what was free before paid membership came stays free. We keep improving Vanto, which means features can change or be retired, and you'll never be charged without choosing to pay.

Membership and payments

Vanto Black, the Founding pass and scan packs are optional and paid through Razorpay, in the currency and at the price shown when you pay. What each includes is described on the Membership page.

• Vanto Black renews automatically every month or year until you cancel. Cancel any time on the Membership page: it stops renewing and stays yours to the end of the period you've paid for. Its AI scans reset each calendar month and don't carry over.
• The Founding pass is a single payment for the first 500 members, numbered in the order they pay. It includes what Vanto Black does for as long as Vanto runs. If more people pay than there are passes, we refund anyone who missed out.
• Scan packs add AI scans that don't expire. A scan that fails isn't counted.
• Refunds: if something went wrong, such as being charged twice or for something you didn't get, write to hello@vanto.cards within 14 days and we'll put it right. Otherwise payments aren't refunded once the membership has started or the scans have been added, except where the law where you live says they must be.
• If we change a price, it applies to your next renewal only after we've told you. If we ever close Vanto, we'll refund the unused part of any membership.

Leaving, and suspension

You can stop using Vanto at any time, and download your collection from the Collection page first. To delete your account, write to hello@vanto.cards from your account's email address. We may suspend or close an account that seriously or repeatedly breaks these terms; where we can, we'll tell you why first.

No guarantees

We work hard to keep Vanto running and your collection safe, but the site is provided “as is”: there may be interruptions or mistakes, and we can't promise it will always be available or error-free. Keep your own copy of anything that matters to you; the spreadsheet download is there for that.

Limits on our responsibility

As far as the law allows, Vanto isn't responsible for indirect losses, such as a deal made on the strength of an estimate, or for what other collectors do. Nothing in these terms takes away rights you have under the consumer laws of the place you live.

Changes to these terms

When these terms change we update the date at the top, and for important changes we tell members on the site or by email first. Using Vanto after a change means you accept the new terms.

Contact

hello@vanto.cards. See also our Privacy Policy.