Terms and Conditions
Terms and conditions for the supply of goods Your attention is specifically drawn to Condition 8 which explains the total liability of Yelden Services Limited trading as IMAC Elctronic Solutions The customer's attention is drawn in particular to the provisions of condition 8
1. Interpretation
1.1 Definitions. In these Conditions, the following definitions apply:
Business Day: a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) when banks in London are open for business.Conditions: the terms and conditions set out in this document as amended from time to time in accordance with condition 11.6.Contract: the contract between the Supplier and the Customer for the sale and purchase of the Goods in accordance with and subject to these Conditions.Customer: the person, partnership, firm or company who purchases the Goods from the Supplier.Force Majeure Event: has the meaning given in condition 9.Goods: the goods (or any part of them) set out in the Order.Order: the Customer's order for the sale and supply of Goods, otherwise as set out in the Customer's purchase order form; the Customer's written acceptance of the Supplier's quotation; the placing of an order by the Customer over the telephone with an authorised representative of the Supplier or the written order by a Customer by fax or email using an authorised faxed number or email address, as the case may be.RMA Number: a returned material authorisation number that is given by the Supplier with regard to Goods that are to be returned in accordance with condition 4.4.Specification: any specification for the Goods, including any related plans and drawings, that is supplied to the Supplier by the Customer, or produced by the Supplier and agreed in writing by the Customer. Supplier: Yelden Services Limited trading as IMAC Electronic Solutions (registered in England and Wales with company number 04139784) of Unit 3 Barn Court, Shelton Road, Upper Dean, Bedfordshire, PE28 0NQ.
1.2 Construction. In these Conditions, the following rules apply:
(a) A person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality).
(b) A reference to a party includes its personal representatives, successors or permitted assigns.
(c) A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to such statute or provision as amended or re-enacted. A reference to a statute or statutory provision includes any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision, as amended or re-enacted.
(d) Any phrase introduced by the terms including, include, in particular or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms.
(e) A reference to writing or written includes faxes and e-mails.
2. Basis of contract
2.1 These Conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that the Customer seeks to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.
2.2 The Order constitutes an offer by the Customer to purchase the Goods in accordance with these Conditions. It is the Customers obligation to read these Condtions. The Customer shall ensure that the terms of the Order and any relevant Specification are complete and accurate.
2.3 The Order shall only be deemed to be accepted when the Supplier issues a written acceptance of the Order, or when the Supplier initiates delivery of the Goods which ever is earlier, at which point the Contract shall come into existence.
2.4 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. The Customer acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of the Supplier which is not set out in the Contract. Any samples, drawings, descriptive matter, or advertising issued by the Supplier and any descriptions or illustrations contained in the Supplier's catalogues or brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods described in them. They shall not form part of the Contract or any other contract between the Supplier and the Customer for the sale of the Goods, and the Contract shall not be deemed to be a sale by sample.
2.5 A quotation for the Goods given by the Supplier shall not constitute an offer. A quotation shall only be valid for a period of 20 Business Days from its date of issue.
2.6 The Customer may only terminate the Contract in whole or in part at any time before delivery with immediate effect by giving the Supplier written notice, whereupon the Supplier shall discontinue all work on the Contract. The Customer shall be liable for and shall indemnify and pay the Supplier the cost of terminating the Contract with compensation for work-in-progress including loss of anticipated profits or any consequential loss at the time of termination, as well as all expenses and third party costs.
3. Delivery
3.1 The Supplier shall ensure that:
(a) each delivery of the Goods is accompanied by a delivery note which shows the date of the Order, all relevant Customer and Supplier reference numbers, the type and quantity of the Goods (including the code number of the Goods, where applicable), special storage instructions (if any) and, if the Order is being delivered by instalments, the outstanding balance of Goods remaining to be delivered; and
(b) if the Supplier requires the Customer to return any packaging materials to the Supplier, that fact is clearly stated on the delivery note. The Customer shall make any such packaging materials available for collection at such times as the Supplier shall reasonably request. Returns of packaging materials shall be at the Supplier's expense.
3.2 The Supplier shall deliver the Goods to the location set out in the Order or such other location as the parties may agree (Delivery Location) at any time after the Supplier notifies the Customer that the Goods are ready.
3.3 Delivery of the Goods shall be completed on the Goods' arrival at the Delivery Location.
3.4 Any dates quoted for delivery are approximate only, and the time of delivery is not of the essence. The Supplier shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods that is caused by a Force Majeure event or the Customer's failure to provide the Supplier with adequate delivery instructions or any other instructions that are relevant to the supply of the Goods.
3.5 If the Supplier fails to deliver the Goods, its liability shall be limited to the costs and expenses incurred by the Customer in obtaining replacement goods of similar description and quality in the cheapest market available, less the price of the Goods. The Supplier shall have no liability for any failure to deliver the Goods to the extent that such failure is caused by a Force Majeure Event or the Customer's failure to provide the Supplier with adequate delivery instructions or any other instructions that are relevant to the supply of the Goods.
3.6 If the Customer fails to take delivery of the Goods within 3 Business Days of the Supplier notifying the Customer that the Goods are ready, then, except where such failure or delay is caused by a Force Majeure Event or the Supplier's failure to comply with its obligations under the Contract:
(a) delivery of the Goods shall be deemed to have been completed at 9.00 am on the third Business Day following the day on which the Supplier notified the Customer that the Goods were ready; and
(b) the Supplier shall store the Goods until delivery takes place, and charge the Customer for all related costs and expenses (including insurance).
3.7 If 10 Business Days after the Supplier notified the Customer that the Goods were ready for delivery the Customer has not taken delivery of them, the Supplier may resell or otherwise dispose of part or all of the Goods and, after deducting reasonable storage and selling costs, account to the Customer for any excess over the price of the Goods or charge the Customer for any shortfall below the price of the Goods.
3.8 The Customer shall not be entitled to reject the Goods if the Supplier delivers up to and including 5% more or less than the quantity of Goods ordered, but a pro rata adjustment shall be made to the Order invoice on receipt of notice from the Customer that the wrong quantity of Goods was delivered.
3.9 The Supplier may deliver the Goods by instalments, which shall be invoiced and paid for separately. Each instalment shall constitute a separate Contract. Any delay in delivery or defect in an instalment shall not entitle the Customer to cancel any other instalment.
4. Quality
4.1 The Supplier will use all reasonable endeavours to pass onto the Customer the benefit of any guarantee or warranty provided for and given to the Supplier by the manufacturer or the original supplier of the Goods and the Customer shall indemnify the Supplier against all costs, claims and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of such a warranty or guarantee.
4.2 Where the Supplier is unable to assign a warranty or guarantee under condition 4.1 the Supplier warrants that on delivery, and for a period of 12 months from the date of delivery (warranty period), the Goods shall:
(a) conform in all material respects with their description and any applicable Specification;
(b) be free from material defects in design, material and workmanship; and
(c) be of satisfactory quality (within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979); and
(d) be fit for any purpose held out by the Supplier.
4.3 Subject to condition 4.4 and 4.5, if:
(a) the Customer gives notice in writing to the Supplier during the warranty period within a reasonable time of discovery that some or all of the Goods do not comply with the warranty set out in condition 4.1; and
(b) the Supplier is given a reasonable opportunity of examining such Goods; and
(c) the Customer (if asked to do so by the Supplier) returns such Goods to the Supplier's place of business at the Customer's cost, the Supplier shall, at its option and full discretion, repair or replace the defective Goods, or provide credit with the Supplier equal to the price of the defective Goods or payment to the Customer of the price of the defective Goods in full.
4.4 Where Goods that are delivered under the Contract are to be returned to the Supplier for what ever reason, either at the request if the Supplier or by the Customer, the Customer shall first seek an RMA Number from the Supplier so as to identify the Goods and so the Supplier is aware of the consignment. The Supplier shall not accept any returned Goods that do not clearly state the RMA Number and all risk and liability for the Goods shall remain with the Customer.
4.5 The Supplier shall not be liable for Goods' failure to comply with the warranty set out in condition 4.2 if:
(a) the Customer makes any further use of such Goods after giving notice in accordance with condition 4.3; or
(b) the defect arises because the Customer failed to follow the Supplier's oral or written instructions as to the storage, commissioning, installation, use and maintenance of the Goods or (if there are none) good trade practice; or
(c) the defect arises as a result of the Supplier following any drawing, design or specification supplied by the Customer; or
(d) the Customer alters or repairs such Goods without the written consent of the Supplier; or
(e) the defect arises as a result of fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, or abnormal storage or working conditions.
4.6 Except as provided in this condition 4, the Supplier shall have no liability to the Customer in respect of the Goods' failure to comply with the warranty set out in condition 4.1.
4.7 Except as set out in these Conditions, all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
4.8 These Conditions shall apply to any repaired or replacement Goods supplied by the Supplier.
5. Title and risk
5.1 The risk in the Goods shall pass to the Customer on completion of delivery.
5.2 Title to the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the Supplier has received payment in full (in cash or cleared funds) for:
(a) the Goods; and
(b) all other sums which are or which become due to the Supplier for sales of the Goods or any other products to the Customer.
5.3 Until title to the Goods has passed to the Customer, the Customer shall:
(a) hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Supplier's bailee;
(b) store the Goods separately from all other goods held by the Customer so that they remain readily identifiable as the Supplier's property;
(c) store the separated Goods, in accordance with condition 5.3 (b), in separate consignments in accordance with the delivery date of each batch so that not only can the Goods be readily identifiable as the Supplier’s property, but that the Goods can also be readily identified by reference to age and its delivery date;
(d) not remove, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging on or relating to the Goods;
(e) maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition and keep them insured against all risks for their full price from the date of delivery;
(f) notify the Supplier immediately if it becomes subject to any of the events listed in condition 7.2; and
(g) give the Supplier such information relating to the Goods as the Supplier may require from time to time, but the Supplier grants a licence to the Customer to use or to resell the Goods in the ordinary course of its business on the express condition that the oldest Goods are used or sold first and that the entire proceeds of any sale or insurance proceeds received in respect of the Goods are held in trust for the Supplier and are not mixed with other monies or paid into an overdrawn bank account and shall at all times be identifiable as the Supplier’s money.
5.4 The Customer shall grant or where necessary obtain a unencumbered licence for the Supplier, its employees and/or agents at any time to gain access to the Customer’s property or the property of any third party, where the Goods are stored in accordance with condition 5.3, so as to ensure that the provisions of condition 5.3 are complied with or where in the Supplier’s opinion it is considered necessary to recover the Goods, and the Supplier its employees and/or agents shall be entitled to re-sell such Goods recovered.
5.5 If before title to the Goods passes to the Customer the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in condition 7.2, or the Supplier reasonably believes that any such event is about to happen and notifies the Customer accordingly, then, provided that the Goods have not been resold, or irrevocably incorporated into another product, and without limiting any other right or remedy the Supplier may have, the Supplier may at any time require the Customer to deliver up the Goods and, if the Customer fails to do so promptly, enter any premises of the Customer or of any third party where the Goods are stored in order to recover them.
5.6 The Customer shall indemnify the Supplier against any costs, expenses or losses incurred or sustained by the Supplier in exercise of the Supplier’s rights under this condition 5.
6. Price and payment
6.1 The price of the Goods shall be the price set out in the Order, or, if no price is quoted, the price set out in the Supplier's published price list in force as at the date of delivery.
6.2 The Supplier may, by giving notice to the Customer at any time up to 5 Business Days before delivery, increase the price of the Goods to reflect any increase in the cost of the Goods that is due to:
(a) any factor beyond the Supplier's control (including foreign exchange fluctuations, increases in taxes and duties, and increases in labour, materials and other manufacturing costs);
(b) any request by the Customer to change the delivery date(s), quantities or types of Goods ordered, or the Specification; or
(c) any delay caused by any instructions of the Customer or failure of the Customer to give the Supplier adequate or accurate information or instructions.
6.3 The price of the Goods is exclusive of the costs and charges of packaging, insurance and transport of the Goods, which shall be paid by the Customer when it pays for the Goods.
6.4 The price of the Goods is exclusive of amounts in respect of value added tax (VAT). The Customer shall, on receipt of a valid VAT invoice from the Supplier, pay to the Supplier such additional amounts in respect of VAT as are chargeable on the supply of the Goods.
6.5 The Supplier may invoice the Customer for the Goods on or at any time before or after the completion of delivery.
6.6 The Customer shall pay the invoice in full and in cleared funds within 20 Business Days of the date of the invoice. Payment shall be made to the bank account nominated in writing by the Supplier. Time of payment is of the essence of the Contract.
6.7 If the Customer fails to make any payment due to the Supplier under the Contract by the due date for payment (due date), then the Customer shall pay interest on the overdue amount at the rate of 4% per annum above the Bank of England’s base lending rate from time to time. Such interest shall accrue on a daily basis from the due date until the date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. The Customer shall pay the interest together with the overdue amount.
6.8 The Customer shall pay all amounts due under the Contract in full without any deduction or withholding except as required by law and the Customer shall not be entitled to assert any credit, set-off or counterclaim against the Supplier in order to justify withholding payment of any such amount in whole or in part. The Supplier may at any time, without limiting any other rights or remedies it may have, set off any amount owing to it by the Customer against any amount payable by the Supplier to the Customer.
7. Customer's insolvency or incapacity
7.1 If the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in condition 7.2, or the Supplier reasonably believes that the Customer is about to become subject to any of them and notifies the Customer accordingly, then, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the Supplier, the Supplier may cancel or suspend all further deliveries under the Contract or under any other contract between the Customer and the Supplier without incurring any liability to the Customer, and all outstanding sums in respect of Goods delivered to the Customer shall become immediately due.
7.2 For the purposes of condition 7.1, the relevant events are:
(a) the Customer suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts or (being a company) is deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986, or (being an individual) is deemed either unable to pay its debts or as having no reasonable prospect of so doing, in either case, within the meaning of section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986, or (being a partnership) has any partner to whom any of the foregoing apply; or
(b) the Customer commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors; or
(c) (being an individual) the Customer is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order; or
(d) a creditor or encumbrancer of the Customer attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of its assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 10 Business Days; or
(e) (being a company) an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator or if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is appointed over the Customer; or
(f) (being a company) a floating charge holder over the assets of the Customer has become entitled to appoint or has appointed an administrative receiver; or
(g) a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets of the Customer or a receiver is appointed over the assets of the Customer; or
(h) any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to the Customer in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in condition 7.2(a)to condition 7.2(g) (inclusive); or
(i) the Customer suspends, threatens to suspends, ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or substantially the whole of its business; or
(j) the financial position of the Supplier deteriorates to such an extent that in the opinion of the Customer the capability of the Seller adequately to fulfil its obligations under the Contract has been placed in jeopardy.
(k) (being an individual) the Customer dies or, by reason of illness or incapacity (whether mental or physical), is incapable of managing his or her own affairs or becomes a patient under any mental health legislation.
8. Limitation of liability
8.1 Nothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude the Supplier's liability for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or the negligence of its employees, agents or subcontractors (as applicable);
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
(c) breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979; or
(d) defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987; or
(e) any matter in respect of which it would be unlawful for the Supplier to exclude or restrict liability.
8.2 Subject to condition 8.1:
(a) the Supplier shall not be liable to the Customer, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit or indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with the Contract (including any losses that may result from a deliberate breach of the Contract by the Supplier, its employees, agents or subcontractors); and
(b) the Supplier's total liability to the Customer in respect of all other losses arising under or in connection with the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, including losses caused by a deliberate breach of the Contract by the Supplier, its employees, agents or subcontractors shall not exceed £100,000.
9. Use of goods
9.1 A number of the Goods that may be supplied under the Contract may be subject to certain export restrictions either in connection with the USA, the United Kingdom or the European Union so as to ensure that the Goods are not supplied or distributed to unauthorised countries or states. In accordance with this the Customer warrants and undertakes not to supply, export or deal with in any way with the Goods so as to be in violation of any export restrictions over the Goods enforced in the USA, the United Kingdom and the European Union that are currently in force or may be in force from time to time.
9.2 In the event that the Customer fails to comply with the warranty under condition 9.1 and the Supplier is subject to any demand, claim, or action that it is in breach of exportation regulations in force, the Customer agrees to be responsible for and to indemnify the Supplier against any demand, claim or action relating to a breach of exportation restrictions including any interest, penalties, costs, damages or expenses (including legal and other professional fees) which the Supplier may incur by reason of such demand, claim or action.
10. Force majeure
Neither party shall be liable for any failure or delay in performing its obligations under the Contract to the extent that such failure or delay is caused by a Force Majeure Event. A Force Majeure Event means any event beyond a party's reasonable control, which by its nature could not have been foreseen, or, if it could have been foreseen, was unavoidable, including strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving its own workforce or a third party's), failure of energy sources or transport network, acts of God, war, terrorism, riot, civil commotion, interference by civil or military authorities, national or international calamity, armed conflict, malicious damage, breakdown of plant or machinery, nuclear, chemical or biological contamination, sonic boom, explosions, collapse of building structures, fires, floods, storms, earthquakes, loss at sea, epidemics or similar events, natural disasters or extreme adverse weather conditions, or default of suppliers or subcontractors.
11. General
11.1 Assignment and subcontracting.
(a) The Supplier may at any time assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract.
(b) The Customer may not assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract without the prior written consent of the Supplier.
11.2 Notices.
(a) Any notice or other communication given to a party under or in connection with the Contract shall be in writing, addressed to that party at its registered office (if it is a company) or its principal place of business (in any other case) or such other address as that party may have specified to the other party in writing in accordance with this condition, and shall be delivered personally, sent by pre-paid first-class post, recorded delivery, commercial courier, fax or e-mail.
12. Delivery Policy
Orders can only be entered where the product is in stock at the time of placement and delivery in the UK is made using Royal Mail Recorded Delivery typically delivered the next working day. Export orders are done using TNT or DHL on a 2 to 3 working day signed for delivery.
13. Return / Refund
Procedure is to request a Returns Authorisation Number (RMA) which should be clearly indicated on the return package and claims must be made within 7 days of original receipt