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All orders are accepted subject to our Standard Conditions of Sale reproduced
below, which apply to and govern all contracts, quotations, sales, supplies
and deliveries of goods, materials, services, hire of plant and other
products thereinafter called (Products), by the Company or its representatives
to any individual Firm, Company or other person (hereinafter called the
Buyer), to the exclusion of all and any standard terms of the Buyer and
of all or any other conditions, warranties or terms otherwise Implied
or expressed. The giving of an order by the Buyer to the Company for
any product shall constitute an unqualified acceptance by the Buyer that
if the Company accepts the order, the hire, sale, supply or delivery
of such products by the Company will be governed solely by these Conditions
of Sale, with the only exception being where in addition to these Conditions
of Sale "our General conditions for the Hiring of Plant", will apply
to all Plant Hire Contracts. No variation of these Conditions of Sale
and no oral Stipulations or representations shall be binding on the Company,
unless expressly agreed to in writing and signed by an authorised agentof
the company on its behalf.
PRICES
Except as otherwise expressly stated and contracted, the Company reserves the right to vary prices at any time. Stated prices are exclusive of all Value Added Taxes or Duties.
Prices quoted in foreign currency may be adjusted at any time in relation to
variations in the appropriate exchange rate and are ex works the Company premises
at Bedworth, England. The price does not include the costs of freight carriage,
packing or Insurance, which unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing,
will be additionally charged to the buyer.
DELIVERY
The Company shall make all reasonable efforts to meet quoted delivery dates.
Time shall not be of the essence and we shall not be liable for late or incorrect delivery, howsoever caused. We reserve the right to delivery by instalments. The Buyer shall inspect all goods on delivery.
The Company reserves the right to refuse claims for non-delivery, damaged goods or shortages, if the Buyer falls to take the following actions:
i) Buyer shall endorse Carrier’s note appropriately.
ii) Buyer shall advise the Company immediately by telephone +44 (0)
2476 361570.
iii) Buyer shall send full particulars of claim to the Company in writing within
10 days after delivery.
In case of non-delivery of whole consignment, the Buyer shall advise the Company
within 10 days after date of invoice. The Buyer shall be bound to pay for all
goods, notwithstanding any alleged non-delivery or shortage of goods if the
foregoing conditions have not been complied with.
FORCE MAJEURE
The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by delay in
its performance or non-performance of any of its obligations hereunder, where
the
same is occasioned by any cause whatsoever that is beyond the Company’s control.
Should any such event occur, the Company may cancel or suspend any Contract
without incurring any liability for any loss or damage thereby occasioned.
TITLE AND RISK
a) The Goods shall be at the Buyers risk from the time of delivery or receipt
of same.
b) Notwithstanding delivery, the Goods sold remain the absolute property of
the Seller until payment of all amounts involved to the Buyer in respect of
the Goods has been made.
c) The intending Buyer acknowledges that until such time as payment is made,
it is in possession of Goods solely as Bailee for the Company and shall store
the goods separately from its own goods and in such a fashion as to be readily
identifiable by the company’s representatives.
d) In the circumstances where the goods are delivered to an address specified
by the Buyer and are not paid for, the Company shall be entitled to enter upon
the premises of the Buyer with such transport as necessary and repossess the
goods to which it has title hereunder.
e) In no circumstances shall any Goods be returned to the Company without prior
written consent.
f) The Buyer shall be at liberty to sell or use the Products in the ordinary
course of business, but the Company may revoke this power by notice to the
Buyer if the Buyer defaults in payment of the whole or part of the purchase
price of the Products.
g) The Buyer’s power of sale or use automatically ceases and full title of
all unpaid for products reverts to the seller if a Receiver is appointed
over any
of the assets or the undertaking of the Buyer or if a Winding Up Order Is
made against the Buyer or the Buyer goes Into Liquidation or calls a Meeting
or
makes any arrangements or composition with Creditors or commits any act of
Bankruptcy
or allows execution to be levied against it or its goods.
WARRANTY
The Company warrants that the Goods shall at the time of delivery correspond
to the published specifications when used for the purposes for which Goods
of that type are normally used and stored and to the normal industrial quality.
Although the Company uses every effort to ensure that all products are manufactured
or supplied to specification, it is in all cases including repeat orders,
for the Buyer to ensure by adequate tests or otherwise that the Goods are
fit and suitable for the purposes to which the buyer requires them and in
the specific conditions and on the specific substrates in which they will
be used or applied and to be within such reasonable tolerances and variations
as are generally acceptable within the industry.
If any of the Products are proved to be defective, the Company’s entire liability
hereunder shall be strictly limited to
a) the replacement at the seller’s expense of any products which are proved to the seller’s
satisfaction to be defective or
b) bringing the Products into conformity with the published specifications
of the Company or as normal industrial quality. or
c) take back the Products found not to conform to the warranty and refund the
total of the purchase price.
The liability of the Company under the foregoing is conditional upon:
a) The Buyer conforming to the Delivery Conditions.
b) The Buyer shall advise the Company immediately by telephone +44
(0) 2476 361570 of the alleged defect, c) The Buyer giving written
notice to the Company within 7 days of the alleged detect and in any event
within 10 days of receipt of Products.
d) The Buyer affording the Company reasonable opportunity to inspect the Products,
application and site conditions. e) The Buyer making no further use of the
Products that are alleged to be defective after the time at which the Buyer
discovered or ought to have discovered the alleged defect.
While the Company will use its best endeavours to give instructions, recommendations
and advice to a Buyer in respect of storage, application and use of the Products,
it shall be understood that it shall be the responsibility of the buyer to
satisfy himself that the intended application of the Products is suitable in
each particular
application and use.
Save as stated above, all Conditions and Warranties expressed
or implied whether by Statute, Common Law or otherwise as to the Conditions
or fitness for any purpose of the products are hereby expressly excluded and
the
Company shall be under no liability for any direct or subsequential loss or
damage howsoever arising, which may be suffered by the Buyer by reason of any
defect
in or failure to perform on the part of the Product.
The liability of the Company under this Contract shall be limited to any defects
which appear in the course of normal usage and application, during the period
of 12 months from the data of delivery to the Buyer.
PATENTS AND TRADE MARKS
No representation, Warranty or Indemnity is given by the Company that the Goods
do not infringe any Letter, Patent, Trade Merits, Registered Designs or other
industrial rights.
In compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, our Product
Labels give (as required by the Statutory Regulations for the labelling of
Paint,
Ink and ancillary products), Information of known hazards associated with
the product
and our sales literature states their properties. However almost all Products
may be hazardous in certain conditions if handled and applied without due
care.
Our resources are available on request to provide any information Buyers may
require in order to meet their obligations under the Safety at Work Act 1974.
The Buyer shall indemnify the Company against any claim by any Third Party
caused by products accepted by the Company proving not to be fit and suitable
for such
Third Party’s purposes for any reason.
LIABILITY FOR ACCIDENTS AND DAMAGE
If the Company, its Agents or Sub-Contractors are on site for the purpose
of the Contract, then the Company will indemnify the buyer against direct
damage
or injury to the Buyer’s property or to the Buyer, occurring whilst the company
are working on site to the extent caused by the negligence only of the Company,
its Agents or Sub-Contractors but not otherwise, by making good such damage
to properly or compensating personal injury. Provided that:
a) The total liability of the Company for damage to property including damage
caused by our breach of contract, test or statutory duty shall not exceed £1000.
b) The Company shall not be liable for any loss of profit or consequential
loss howsoever caused. c) The Company shall not be liable for any damage or
injury occurring after completion of work by the Company or Its Agents or Subcontractors
on site.
GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with English
Law. The Buyer irrevocably submits in respect of all matters and disputes arising
out of this Agreement to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
ASSIGNMENT
This Contract is personal to the buyer and may only be assigned with the written
consent of the Company.
PAYMENT
Unless the Company otherwise agrees or the sale is a cash or cash on delivery
sale or by Irrevocable letter of credit, payment is due in full by the 20th
day of the month following the month in which the Buyer is invoiced in respect
of the relevant products.
Payment should be made to S Jack Supplies., in sterling or equivalent
sum thereto, if the Buyer fails to make payment in full in accordance with
the terms set out herein, the Company reserves the right to cancel or suspend
any
further delivery or supply of Products and to make an additional charge of
interest on the monies outstanding, at the rate of 2% per month from the
date of Invoice.
If at any time the credit standing of the Buyer has in the opinion of the
Seller been impaired, the Company may refuse delivery of Products required.
CANCELLATION OF ORDERS
Orders for Products may not be cancelled or suspended without the Company’s
prior written consent. Any cancellation or suspension of an order which the
Company
does agree to, shall be on the condition that the Buyer shall indemnify the
Company against any loss incurred wholly or in part by the cancellation or
suspension.
RETURN OF GOODS
No goods are supplied on a sale or return basis. There shall be no liability
on the Company to accept returned goods.
CONFIRMATION ORDERS
In order to avoid orders being duplicated, all orders that are confirmation
of orders previously placed should clearly indicate the fact.
Where the Buyer orders non-standard products which are specifically manufactured
or produced to his unique requirements, the Buyer shall accept the supply or
a quantity whether more or lees within: 10% of the stipulated amounts. In such
circumstances the Invoice value of the goods shall be subject to a corresponding
adjustment,
EXPORT
Without prejudice to these Conditions of Sale, products for export shall
be at the Buyers risk from the time of collection by the Freight Carrier
from
the Company’s
Bedworth premises.
All prices quoted are ex-works the Company’s premises at Bedworth and will
be exclusive of all Taxes, Duties, Insurance, Packing and Freight, unless
otherwise expressly quoted for in writing and any other costs incurred by
the Company
but
not included in the price of the products. The Uniform Law on International
Sales shall not apply to this contract. The terms of payment shall be as
specified in writing by the Company.
Where the prices quoted are in any currency other than Sterling, these prices
are based on the relevant exchange rate of the currency concerned ruling on
the date of quotation and the Company reserves the right to vary the prices
if there should be any change incurred in the rate at the time of despatch.
INTERNET PURCHASES
Where goods are purchased by credit card through the BriwaxProfessional.com
website the following additional terms apply:
UK Customers Only: Under the terms of The Consumer Protection
(Distance Selling) Regulations 2000, consumers have a "cooling off" period
of 7 working days from the date that the order is placed in which they
may cancel orders placed by distance contract. However, this right to
cancel does not apply where service provision begins before the end of
the cooling off period.
In the event that the company is to refund full or partial payments,
refunds will be made by the same means in which the original order was
placed. Customers who paid by credit or debit card will be refunded directly
to their credit or debit cards. Customers who paid by cheque will be
refunded by cheque. All refunds will be made within 30 days of agreement
to make a refund.
The Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 do not apply
to business-to-business transactions, nor to transactions with businesses
or consumers outside the UK.
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