Payment & Sales Tax Policy

This policy explains how payment and sales tax work for orders placed on manishasareepalace.com.

1. Accepted payment methods

We accept the following credit and debit cards:

• Visa
• Mastercard
• American Express
• Discover

We do not accept cash on delivery, checks, bank transfers, cryptocurrency or buy-now-pay-later services.

2. How payments are processed

Card payments are processed by Stripe, a payment processor certified to PCI DSS Level 1. Your full card number is sent directly to Stripe over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection and is never stored on our website or servers.

3. When your card is charged

Your card is charged in full when you place your order. The total shown on the final checkout page, including the items, shipping and any sales tax, is the amount charged. No other fees are added.

4. Currency and prices

• All prices are in U.S. dollars (USD).
• Prices shown on product pages do not include sales tax or shipping. Both are calculated and shown at checkout before you pay.
• We do not charge any payment, service, handling or processing fee.

5. Sales tax

• We are based in California. California sales tax is added at checkout for orders delivered to a California address, at the rate that applies to the delivery location. The tax amount appears as a separate line before you pay.
• Orders delivered outside California are not charged sales tax at checkout. Depending on your state, you may owe use tax on your purchase directly to your state.
• If we become required to collect sales tax in other states, we will update this policy and the checkout before collecting it.
• Sales tax on returned items is refunded together with the item price.

6. Payment security and verification

To protect you from card fraud, some orders may need extra verification by your card issuer (such as a one-time code). If we cannot verify a payment, we will contact you before shipping, and if it still cannot be verified, the order is cancelled and any amount charged is refunded.

7. Declined payments

If your card is declined, no order is placed. Please check the card details and billing address, or contact your card issuer.

8. Billing questions and disputes

If you see a charge you do not recognize or believe a charge is wrong, please contact us first. We will look into it and correct any error quickly.

9. Contact us

If you have any question about this policy, please contact us. We reply to messages within one business day (Monday to Friday, excluding U.S. federal holidays).