Returns Policy

These policies pertain to Australian purchases only.

Unopened or defective merchandise may be returned to BOS Australia within 90 days of original purchase date. BOS Australia requires valid identification when processing all returns and exchanges without an original receipt. Valid identification is also required to receive or redeem a non-transferable merchandise certificate or mail check.

Online returns

Online refunds will be issued in the original form of payment for price paid or merchandise exchange when returned within 90 days of the invoice date. A mail cheque may be issued when original form of payment is unavailable for credit.

BOS Australia accepts your cheque by utilizing an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) system. In the event that the EFT or draft is returned unpaid (or, if a paper cheque is accepted and the cheque is returned for any reason), there will be a return fee, as permitted by State or Commonwealth law, of $20 or more (which may include fees, collection costs and applicable state taxes). This fee may be presented to your bank electronically or submitted via a paper draft.

Returning or Exchanging Items by Mail

To return any BOS Australia Online purchase by mail:

  1. Notify us at contact@orangutans.com.au of your intention to return the product(s), including the reasons you are returning them and whether you want a refund or an exchange.
  2. We will contact you with a return authorisation along with any special instructions.
  3. Pack and seal your return securely (in the original package if possible) and include a copy of the return authorisation. All returns must be sent prepaid - we do not accept C.O.D. deliveries.

Send returns to:
BOS Australia
PO Box 3916, Mosman, NSW 2088

We will only refund shipping charges if we have sent the wrong item or if the item sent is defective.

Credit Card Refunds

On returns, we can only credit the credit card used for the original purchase. Please allow 1-2 billing cycles for the refund credit to appear on your statement.

 
Latest BOS News and Information
Don't hurt my baby!

27 January 2012
As bounty hunters with bush knives entrapped them in a circle and moved in for the kill, the only thing this mother orang-utan could think to do was to wrap a giant protective arm around her daughter. Read Article »

 
 
Orangutans supplement diet with loris

18 January 2012
When fruit is scarce, try chomping on a slow loris. That seems to be the strategy adopted by the normally vegetarian orang-utans, which have been spotted knocking the small primates out of trees and killing them with a bite to the head. Read Article »

 
 
RSPO to certify 20% of palm oil output by 2015

18 January 2012
Indonesia's certified palm oil production is expected to reach about 5.6 million tons by 2015, or one-fifth of its total palm oil output throughout the year, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) auditing body estimates. Read Article »

 
 
Plight of orangutans highlighted with new rock song

17 January 2012
An Indonesian rock band, Navicula, is highlighting the plight of orangutans in their native country through a new song entitled, aptly, "Orangutan."

Read Article »

 
 
Maria Agatha van Noordwijk: Delving deeper into orangutan conservation

4 January 2012
Maria Agatha van Noordwijk raised her eyebrow as she crossed out several Indonesian names on the list of orangutans she and her fellow experts and students studied in conservation projects in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Read Article »

 
 
Palm oil threat to Indonesia's orangutans

27 December 2011
Eight-month-old baby orangutan Elaine would have never survived without her carer Rosa.

Read Article »

 
 
Don't trust the web

25 December 2011
Solaris Paper Pty Ltd, which supplies the Australian market with private label tissue products, is an Australian operated and managed affiliate of Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), a brand umbrella for paper products manufactured by a number of mills in Indonesia. Things got nasty recently when its tussle with Greenpeace over sourcing of rainforest timber became public. Read Article »

 
 
Will sustainable palm oil transform the market?

30 November 2011
The ambition of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was always to bring sustainable practices to the mainstream. Read Article »

BOS Newsletter
Keep up with the latest from BOS Australia.
First Name:  *
State:  *
Email:  *
Date of Birth:    [dd/mm/yyyy]