Sales & Service to the PCB Industry
 
 
Spindles - Terms & Conditions for Service & Sales
 
1. GENERAL The following are the standard terms and conditions which A&D Electronics, A&D Electronics Limited, A&D Automation Limited, A&D Automation (Sales) Limited, A&D Services (Sussex) Ltd and their associates and subsidiaries (referred to hereafter as 'The Group') supply PCB manufacturing PCB assembly and inspection equipment or parts, installation and training of this said equipment; repairs and servicing of PCB manufacturing & PCB assembly equipment and other CNC equipment (hereinafter called 'The service') workshop repairs to CNC machine parts including spindles (hereinafter called 'Workshop Repair Service') to person firm or company (hereinafter called 'The customer') whose order has been accepted.

2. QUOTATIONS A quotation shall be valid for no longer than thirty days unless otherwise specified. Any quotation acceptance either written or verbal for goods or services is deemed to be made at the Company's offices in Lancing.

3. PRICES FEES AND CHARGES All prices fees and charges are exclusive of carriage, packing, UK duty and VAT unless otherwise stated in writing. We have to reserve the right to amend prices without prior notice.

4. ORDERS A customer's order shall not be binding on The Group unless a duly authorised servant or agent of The Group has accepted it in writing. An order once accepted in writing by The Group is binding on the customer and may not be cancelled unless specifically agreed to by The Group. In any event The Group reserves the right to make a cancellation charge which will not exceed the contract price but which will cover expenses already incurred by The Group.

5. ORDERING Orders can only be processed for non-account customers if full payment has been received. A pro-forma invoice will be issued upon customer request. Goods will then be despatched on receipt of payment in full. Requests for account facilities should be accompanied by two trade references and bankers details. It should be noted that documentation to open an account normally takes two weeks to process. Default of our payment terms by account status customers (30 days unless otherwise agreed in writing), will result in cancellation of account status.

6. SERVICE The Group shall supply the services only to perform the functions as described in The Group's proposal Throughout the contract The Group's standards of working and documentation shall be used unless different standards are agreed in writing. The Group warrants that it will use its best endeavours to ensure that the service will conform to the proposal.

7. WORKSHOP REPAIR SERVICE When goods are received for repair, a workshop repair quotation will be sent to the customer as soon as possible by fax or email, there will be no charge for this quotation providing instructions are received from the customer within 45 days from the quotation date irrespective of whether the customer agrees to the repair. If after a period of 45 days from the repair quotation date no instructions have been received from the customer in response to the repair quotation an amount of £20 will be invoiced to the customer for the repair quotation. If after 180 days from the repair quotation no instructions have been received by The Group notification will be given to the customer in writing that the goods will be deposed of and any monies resulting from disposal of the goods will be set against outstanding invoices.

8. DESPATCH All stock items are despatched within 24 hours of receipt of order (unless otherwise specified on The Group's quotation). Should an item be out of stock every effort will be made to despatch the order as soon as possible.

9. FORCE MAJEURE The Group will not be liable for incidental or consequential loss or damage. Nor will it be liable for any property damage except any such caused by The Group's negligence. Whilst The Group will use its best endeavours to meet any time schedules it will be under no liability of it does not and without prejudice to the generality thereof it will not be liable for any delay caused by elements beyond their control, acts of God, acts of customers, acts of civil or military authorities, terrorism, fires or floods, illness or epidemics, war, riots, strikes, differences with employees, accidents to machinery, delays in transportation, delays in delivery by The Group's suppliers, delay in custom clearance, or any other causes beyond the control of The Group

10. INVOICES The Group will render invoices in respect of its prices, fees and charges in accordance with the schedule to the proposal. All The Group's prices, fees and charges shall be paid against invoices, and payments must be received within THIRTY DAYS of the issue of the invoice unless otherwise agreed in written terms. If payments are not received within the said period the customer shall pay interest on the invoice value from the due date until payment is actually made at the base-lending rate. All goods sold or sent to the customer shall remain the property of the Group and will be considered on rental from The Group until their invoices are paid in full.

11. CLAIMS Advice of damage, delay or partial loss of goods in transit or of non-delivery must be given in writing to The Group and the carrier within three clear days of delivery and any claim in respect thereof must be made in writing to The Group and the carrier within seven clear days of delivery. The Group shall not be liable in respect of any claim unless the aforementioned requirements have been complied with except in any particular case where the customer proves that (a) it was not possible to comply with the requirement's (b) advice (where required) was given and the claim made as soon as reasonably possible.

12. LIABILITY The Group shall not be able liable for any loss to the customer arising from delay in transit not caused by The Group

13. CUSTOMERS PROPERTY The customer's property and all property supplied to The Group or on behalf of the customer shall while it is in the possession of the The Group or in transit to or from the customer be deemed to be at customer's risk unless otherwise agreed, and the customer should insure accordingly

14. INSOLVENCY if the customer ceases to pay their debts in the ordinary course of business, or cannot pay their debts as they become due, or being a company deemed to be unable to pay its debts, or has a winding-up petition issued against it, or being a person who commits an act of bankruptcy, or has a bankruptcy petition issued against them. The Group without prejudice to other remedies shall:
(i) have the right not to proceed further with the contract or any other work for the customer and be entitled to charge for work already carried out (whether completed or not) and materials purchased for the customer, such charge to be immediate debt due to them, and
(ii) in respect of all unpaid debts due from the customer have a general lien on all goods and property in their possession (whether worked on or not) and shall be entitled on the expiration of 14 days' notice to dispose of such goods or property in such manner and at such price as they think fit and to apply the proceeds towards such debts.

15. LAW These terms & conditions for services & conditions of sale and the contract to which they relate shall in all respects be constructed and operated in accordance with English Law.