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Conditions of Sale of Seaward Electronic Ltd

All quotations, contracts and goods sold by the seller will be governed and controlled under the following conditions unless otherwise stated in writing.

1. Quotations and Acceptance
• a) Quotations are valid for thirty (30) days from date of despatch by the seller of the quotations and represent no obligation until the seller accepts the Purchaser’s offer in a written order. Any verbal quotation by the seller must be confirmed in writing before the quotation has any validity on the seller’s part.
• b) In the event of inconsistency between the Seller’s and the purchaser’s conditions the seller shall prevail. No variation of the seller’s conditions shall be binding upon the seller unless and until the variation has been accepted in writing by a duly authorised person on behalf of the seller.
2. Price and Delivery
• a) Prices do not include vat.
• b) Unless otherwise agreed delivery will be ex-works and the seller’s goods will be
  Packed to the seller’s normal specifications in non-returnable packing and carriage will be arranged at the request and at the expense of the purchaser.
  Where applicable C.O.D charges will be added to the price of the goods.
• c) Any delivery period quoted will be an estimate only and commence from the seller’s acknowledgement by a written acceptance of an authorised order from the purchaser. Provided the seller takes all reasonable steps to delivery the goods at the time stated the seller shall be under no liability for failure to do so.
• d) The seller reserves the right to delivery in more than one consignment and to invoice each consignment separately.
• e) Purchases outside the UK are responsible, at their own expense, for obtaining any import licence required in the country for which the goods are destined. The seller is responsible for seeking any export licence from the UK that may be necessary unless the Purchase’s officer, from which the order is issued, is situated in the UK.
• f) Save where different conditions are stated therein all contracted for export from UK shall be in accordance with INCOTERMS 1980 Edition or any amendments or re-publication thereof for the time being in force at the date of the contract.
• g) Claims for incorrect or non-delivery of goods must be made IN WRITING TO THE SELLER WITHIN TEN (10) WORKING DAYS of the receipt of the goods, accompanied by the original packing note for incorrectly delivered goods, and within the ten (10) working days of receipt of the covering invoices for non- delivery. All claims covering the operability of the goods will be covered by the seller manufacturing guarantee (see section 6 of these conditions of sale)
  Damage in transit must be notified to the seller and the carrier within 3 days of receipt and the original packing should be returned.
  The seller reserves the right to refuse to accept claims that are not received at the seller’s offices within the times or under the conditions set out above.
3. Reservation of Title and Risk
• a) All goods sold by the seller to the purchaser shall be and remain the property of the seller until the full purchase price thereof shall be paid to the seller.
• b) All sellers’ goods will be identified by the seller trade name and/ or a seller’s serial number.
• c) Risk in goods shall pass in accordance with the delivery and carriage terms stated in the seller’s acceptance of an order or in the absence of such statement then on leaving the sellers premises.
• d) The seller reserves the right for employees or agents of the seller to enter any premises of the purchaser for recovering goods in respect of which the property has not passed to the purchaser.