Terms & Conditions
Welcome to Reflective Safety Wear Web Site Please read carefully our Terms of
Business which governs your use of our Web Site. By using this Site and/or
placing an order, you are agreeing to them.
DEFINITIONS
In these conditions "the company" shall mean Reflective Safety Wear "the purchaser" shall mean the
person, firm or company who has viewed/used Reflective Safety Wear , any
quotation or with whom any contract is made and "the goods" shall
mean the goods and/or services agreed to be sold by the Company to the
purchaser.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS
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Web Site, including all design, text, graphics, selection and arrangement of
content and all other information on this Site are copyright Viz Extras or its
licensees, content providers or technology providers. All rights reserved.
Permission is granted to copy, print and distribute in hard copy sections of
this Site for the purpose of browsing and shopping or for placing an order at Reflective
Safety Wear .co.uk. Any unauthorised use of the material (especially forwarding
prices to our competitors) on this site without the prior permission of
hivizextras.co.uk is a violation of copyright, trademark and other applicable
laws and immediate litigation will follow. Reflective Safety Wear respects all relevant trademarks which are
marked accordingly.
QUOTATION AND ACCEPTANCE All quotations are given and all orders
are accepted on these terms which shall apply to the exclusion of and shall
override any other items stipulated or referred to by the purchaser whether in
its order or any other document, or in any negotiations or communication or
course of dealing established between the Company and the purchaser. No
modification or amendment of these terms or addition thereto shall be effective
unless made in writing and signed by a director of the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF AND STATEMENT AS TO GOODS Save where the goods
are stated to be sold as complying with a recognised trade or industry
standard, all descriptions, specifications, drawings and particulars of weights
and dimensions submitted by the Company or otherwise contained in the Company's
website, catalogues, brochures, price lists, quotations and publicity materials
are approximate only and the Company shall not be liable for their accuracy unless
they are expressly incorporated into the contract in writing. These terms
represent the entire agreement between the Company and the purchaser relating
to the goods and such terms supersede and the purchaser shall not place any
reliance upon any statements, recommendations and advice whether oral or in
writing given (whether before or after the acceptance by the Company of the
purchaser's order) by the Company, its servants or agents as to any matter
relating to the goods save where such statement, recommendations or advise is
given in writing and signed by a Partner of the Company in response to a
specific written request from the purchaser before or at the time of the
Company's acceptance of the order.
PRICES
Prices quoted by the Company are those in effect at the date of quotation.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Company reserves the right to increase
prices when it accepts the purchaser's order so as to reflect one or more of
the following: Any variation the may have occurred in the costs of labour,
materials, suppliers, overheads and transport. Any change in duty, tax,
surcharge or levy of any kind whatsoever affecting the sale price of the
goods.Any cost to the Company resulting from delay by the purchaser in giving
to the Company information sufficient to enable it to supply the goods or
provide the services or resulting from any alteration made at the request of
the purchaser in the specification of the goods or in the place to which they
are to be delivered or shipped. Any extra cost to the Company resulting from
the goods being carried at the request of the purchaser by modes of transport
more expensive than the Company's normal form of transport."MRRP" -
any "MRRP" used on this Site represents the manufacturers' suggested selling
prices and may not be indicative of the prevailing selling prices at any
specific time and place."Pipestock Unit Price" - despite our careful
attention to pricing, an item could be mis-priced inadvertently. If an item's
correct price is lower than our quoted price, we will charge the lower
(correct) amount and deliver the item to you. If an item's correct price is
higher than our quoted price, Reflective Safety Wear shall have the right to refuse or cancel any
such orders whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card
charged. However, we might at our discretion decide to honour the lower
(incorrect) price and send the item in order not to cause you inconvenience
PAYMENT Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the price for the
goods will be due and payable on the last business day of the month following
delivery.The Company shall be entitled to charge interest on any part of the
price which is not paid in accordance with: clause (a) at the rate per annum of
5% above the Base Rate of Barclays Bank from time to time.Time of payment is of
the essence and if the purchaser defaults in punctual payment of the price the
Company shall be entitled to terminate the contract and recover the goods at
the purchaser's expense without prejudice to any further rights which the Company
may have.Any default in payment of an invoice or an instalment payable on an
invoice on the due date shall render the entire balance outstanding on all
invoices from the Company to the purchaser immediately payable in full without
demand being made notwithstanding any contrary provisions as to terms of
payment in any one or all invoices.If the purchaser fails to give all
instructions reasonably required by the Company and all necessary documents,
licences, consents and authorities for forwarding the goods or is unable to
accept delivery of the goods at the time when the goods are due and ready for
despatch or delivery or shall otherwise cause or request delay, the purchaser
shall pay to the Company all costs and expenses, including storage and
insurance charges incurred or arising from such delay during which at the
Company's absolute discretion if its storage facilities permit, the goods will
be stored at the purchaser's sole risk. This provision shall be in addition to
and not in substitution for any other payment or damages for which the
purchaser may be liable in respect of his failure to take delivery at the
appropriate date.The purchaser shall not be entitled to make any deduction from
the price of goods which have been delivered to the purchaser in respect of any
set off or counterclaim unless both the validity and the amount thereof have
been expressly admitted in writing by the Company and such admission is signed
by a director of the Company. IN the absence of any specific appropriation by
the purchaser, the Company shall have the right to appropriate any payment made
by the purchaser towards the satisfaction of any invoice outstanding from time
to time as the Company shall in its absolute discretion think fit.
DELIVERY Any time or date stated for delivery is given and
intended as an estimate only and the Company shall not be liable for any loss
or damage whatsoever resulting from any delay in delivery howsoever arising.
Unless otherwise stated in writing delivery shall be deemed to take place upon
the occurrence of the first in time of the following, namely: the physical
delivery of the goods to the purchaser at the Company's works the physical
delivery of the goods to the purchaser's carrier or agent for the purpose of
transmission to the purchaser or his nominee the physical delivery of the goods
to the purchaser's place of business or such other place as he may direct by
the Company, its carrier or agent, the purchaser being responsible for
unloading
Signature of the Company's delivery note by any employee,
representative or agent of the purchaser shall be conclusive proof of delivery.
Where the contract provides for delivery by the Company, its carrier or agent
any claims for non-delivery must be made in writing to the Company within seven
days of receipt of invoice or advice note whichever is the earlier any claims
in respect of goods damaged in transit or shortages in delivery must be made in
writing to the Company within three days of delivery, shortages in delivery
shall not give rise to a right to reject the goods delivered
The Company shall be entitled to make partial deliveries or
deliveries by instalments and all the provisions of these terms shall apply to
such deliveries. The Company shall endeavour to the best of its ability to
deliver the total linear requirements in the lengths ordered, but reserve the
right to fulfil the order in available lengths at the same price per linear
metre.
PROPERTY AND RISK Risk in the goods shall pass to the purchaser
at the time at which delivery takes place in accordance with clause 5 above and
the purchaser shall be solely responsible for insuring the goods thereafter.
The Company shall retain ownership of and title in the goods delivered until
full payment has been made in respect of all such goods. Until such time the
goods shall be: stored separately from other goods in the possession of the
purchaser marked or otherwise rendered identifiable as being the property of
the Company held by the purchaser as bailee of the Company held by the
purchaser free from any charge, lien or other encumbrance
Provided the Company has not requested their return and not
withstanding that payment in full has not been made for all of the goods
delivered, the purchaser as principal and not as agent for the Company shall be
entitled to use the goods or offer for sale and sell them in the ordinary
course of his business. Where the purchaser sells the goods prior to paying for
them in full the Company shall be legally and beneficially entitled to the
proceeds of sale the purchaser shall hold the proceeds of sale on trust for the
Company and shall not mingle them with other monies and shall not pay them into
an overdrawn bank account he shall deposit the proceeds of sale in a separate
bank account, the location and number of which he has previously notified to
the company, and he shall not be entitled to use or deal with the proceeds of
sale until payment in full for the goods has been made with the Company
The Company shall have the right at any time by its servants or
agents to enter the purchaser's premises where the goods are stored or are
thought by the Company to be stored, so as to retake possession of the goods
when the Company has requested their return and the purchaser has not
immediately complied with the request, such retaking or return to be without
prejudice to any other rights the Company may have arising there from inspect
the storage of the Company's goods which have not been paid for in full
investigate and ascertain whether all these terms are being complied with.
GUARANTEE AND LIABILTIY The Company guarantees all goods which
have been manufactured by the Company against any defect of work or materials
which can be proved to the Company's satisfaction to have been caused before
delivery provided that the goods are used for their normal purpose, full
details of any such defect are notified to the Company within fifteen days of
its first appearance and the goods in which the defect arises are returned at
the purchasers expense to the Company
The guarantee shall be for a period of twelve months from the
date of delivery in accordance with clause 4 above and the liability of the
Company shall be limited at its option either to supplying replacement goods,
which will be supplied subject to these terms, or refunding the price of the
goods. The Company gives no guarantee in respect of goods not manufactured by
it but shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure for the purchaser or
assign to the purchaser the benefit of any guarantee obtained by it from the
manufacturer or supplier thereof, however the Company shall not be required to
commence litigation against such manufacturer or supplier or to incur any
expense in connection with any such claim by the purchaser. The above guarantee
is given in lieu of and to the exclusion of all other warranties, conditions,
representations and undertakings express or implied by statute or otherwise in
respect of the quality or fitness for purpose of the goods or as to their
condition or performance or as to any other matter except where such warranty
or condition is implied by statute and, by reason of a statutory provision
cannot be excluded. Save as provided herein and save in any case where death or
personal injury has been caused by the Company's negligence or any case where
the Company is liable for a defect in the goods pursuant to Part 1 in the
Consumer Protection Act 1987 or any statutory replacement thereof, the Company
shall be under no liability whatsoever to the purchaser for any loss or damage
whether direct, indirect or consequential arising out of any defect in failure
of or unsuitability for any purpose of the goods or any part thereof whether
the same be due to any act, omission breach of contract, negligence or wilful
default in design, workmanship or materials or any other cause.
INDEMNITY AS TO INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS The purchaser shall
indemnify the Company against all loss, damages, costs and expenses suffered or
incurred by the Company or to which the Company may become liable as a result
of any work carried out in accordance with the purchaser's specification(s)
which involves infringement or alleged infringement of a patent, registered
design or other industrial property right. If the purchaser uses or sells the
goods in such a manner as to infringe any such rights the Company shall not be
responsible for such infringement and the purchaser agrees to indemnify the
Company from and against all liability arising there from.
TERMINATION
The Company shall have the right forthwith to cancel the purchaser's order if
any of the following events occur and subject to enforcement of the Company's
rights to recover the goods and to received payment of the price of damages, the
contract shall be deemed to have terminated: the purchaser commits any breach
of its obligations to the Company any distress or execution is levied upon any
property of the purchaser the purchaser makes or offers to make any arrangement
or composition with creditors or commits any act of bankruptcy or insolvency
any resolution is passed to petition presented to wind up the purchaser a
receiver or administrator is appointed or any charge takes possession of all or
any part of the undertaking or assets of the purchaser the purchaser stops
payment or ceases or threatens to cease to carry on its business or to pay its
debts as and when they fall due any remittance for payment of the whole or any
part of the purchase price of the goods is dishonoured by the purchaser's
bankers
ASSIGNMENT
The purchaser shall not assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer any
contract to which these terms apply to any other person without the Company's
prior written consent. The Company reserves the right to subcontract the
performance of the contract of any part of it
FORCE MAJEURE
If the Company is prevented or delayed (directly or indirectly) from making
delivery of the goods or any part thereof or from otherwise performing the
contract or any part thereof by reason of war, embargo, riot, strike, lockout,
trade dispute, fire, break-down of plant or machinery, inclement weather,
interruption of transport, Government action, delay in delivery to the Company
of any goods or materials or by any cause whatsoever (whether or not of a like
nature to the aforegoing) outside its control, is shall be under no liability
whatsoever to the purchaser and shall be entitled at its option either to
cancel the contract or without any liability to extend the time or times for
delivery by a period equivalent to that during which such delivery has been
prevented
Disclaimer
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED AT LAW, REFLECTIVE SAFETY WEAR IS PROVIDING THIS WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ON
AN "AS IS" BASIS AND MAKES NO (AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL)
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEB SITE OR ITS
CONTENTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN ADDITION, APPLIED SAFETY SOLUTIONS SOUTH
LTD DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS WEB
SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT.
In an effort to provide our customers with the most current
information, price and availability information is subject to change without
notice.
Save in respect of your statutory rights under the Sale of Goods
Act 1977 (as amended) and the Unfair Contracts terms Act 1977 and save in
respect our guarantee, we shall not be liable to you by reason of any implied
warranty, condition or other term, or any duty at common law, or under these
terms of our contract with you, for any indirect, special or consequential loss
or damage (whether for loss of profit or otherwise), costs, expenses or other
claims for compensation whatsoever (whether caused by our negligence) which
arise out of or in connection with the supply of the goods or their use by you.
PROPER LAW
The contract and these terms shall be governed by English law and the purchaser
shall submit to the sole jurisdiction of the English Courts