TERMS & CONDITIONS
CREDIT TERMS ARE STRICTLY 30 DAYS FROM DATE OF INVOICE
Definitions: - In these conditions the following expressions shall have the following meanings: "The Company" means Automatic Refreshments Ltd.
"The Customer" means the person, firm, company or organisation specified in the order or being party to any contract to which these terms and conditions apply.
"The Goods" means the goods (including any instalment of the goods or any part for or of them) which the company is to supply in accordance with these terms.
Payment: - You the customer are required to pay for all goods within 30 days of date of invoice. The company reserves the right to withdraw supply of goods when an account is not settled by the due date and will hold all goods ordered until the appropriate payment is received. If our bank returns a cheque the customer will be automatically debited with a £10 charge for administration. We reserve the right to cover any costs incurred in the recovery of overdue accounts and the right to charge interest at the rate of 2.5% above the Bank of England base rate per annum and any legal costs incurred. Should your account fall past due we reserve the right to remove credit facilities and demand that all outstanding monies are paid in full.
Returns: - Returns are at the sole discretion of a director. Items ordered as part of a large or special order are non returnable. Should returns be due to the buyers error we reserve the right to charge a 15% restocking fee and the buyer is to pay the return postage.
Retention of Title: - It is a condition of the contract that the goods shall remain the property of the company and shall not pass to the customer until the company has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full for the goods or any other monies outstanding. Any risk of damages or loss to the goods shall pass to the customer on delivery. Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the customer the customers shall hold the goods properly stored, protected and insured. Until the property in the goods passes to the customer the company shall be entitled at any time to recover the goods and may enter upon the customer's premises where the goods are stored and repossess the goods.
Delivery: - Free carriage is subject to the company's minimum order requirement for your area being met. If you the customer are unsure of your minimum order requirement, please contact the company.
Pricing: - The prices shown in the company's PLOF are correct at the time of going to press, but the company reserves the right to change prices at anytime without prior notice. It must be accepted that goods will be invoiced at prices prevailing at the date of order. All products are subject to V.A.T at standard rate (except for sanitary products where a 5% rate applies, and a zero rate applies to certain tea, coffee and other foodlines). All products are subject to availability E. & O.E.
Claims: - In the event of non-delivery, shortages or damages, please inform the company within 2 days of delivery. Any claims made after this may not be processed.
Our Terms and Conditions of sale can be found on our website and also form part of this agreement.
Force Majeure: - The company should not be liable for failure to deliver the goods or for failure to comply with the contract in any other respect by reason of force majeure or any circumstance howsoever arising outside the reasonable control of the company including, but without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, any industrial action, strikes, lock-outs, shortages of labour, breakdown of machinery, non-availability of supplies of stock, materials or parts, delay in delivery to the company of goods or materials, civil commotion, riots, war, breaking off of diplomatic relations, fire, explosion, accident, sabotage, storm, flood, earthquake, fog, subsidence, pestilence or epidemics or compliance with any directive request or order of any person with actual or apparent governmental authority, Government action or legislation or regulation or any act of God and inability to obtain fuel, power or transportation. Such failure shall not affect the obligation of the customer to pay for goods already delivered. In the event that such circumstances shall continue for an unbroken period of sixty days the company shall have the right by notice in writing to terminate the contract or contracts in question to the extent that they shall not have been performed.
Acceptance of Terms
By signing the below you agree that all the information you have provided is factual and that you have the authorisation to complete this agreement and the authorisation to sign this agreement electronically.
You agree that a soft credit check will be carried by ourselves.
You also agree to the terms of this agreement as shown above and the terms and conditions of sale as shown on our website.
