Terms & Conditions
Definitions
The Company means Wholesale Book Supplies. The Customer means the person who buys or agrees to buy goods from the Company.
Product Specifications
The
Company warrants that the goods will at the time of delivery correspond
to the description given by the Company. It is the responsibility of
the Customer to check the compatibility and suitability of goods for any
particular purpose before ordering. Publishers may however make minor
modifications to text and images at any point without notification.
Payment
The
Company’s normal terms of business are payment to be made prior to
despatch of the goods. The contract will be deemed as active once the
company has received payment in full.
Delivery
Normal delivery
of all stock items will be 3 to 4 working days, but is subject to
availabilty of stock. Whilst every reasonable effort shall be made to
keep to any delivery date, time of delivery shall not be of the essence
and the company shall not be liable for any losses, costs, damages or
expenses incurred by the Customer. The risk in the goods shall pass from
the Company to the Customer upon delivery of such goods to the
customer.
Damages and Shortages
The Customer shall report any
damage or shortage to the Company and the carriers in writing within 7
working days of delivery. All items must be checked before signing a
proof of delivery from the courier if damage is present this must be
written on the proof of delivery. Provided prompt notice of transit
damage or loss is given, and provided it is proved to the Company's
satisfaction that such damage occurred in transit in the UK but not
otherwise, the Company will refund, repair or replace such equipment
free of charge to the Customer. this does not effect your statuary
rights as a consumer.
Complaints
Any complaints must be
reported to the Company by e-mail or in writing. We endeavor to respond
to all complaints within 5 working days. At this point we will give a
clear outline of any action that we will need to take and confirm a time
scale to resolve any such complaint we expect all complaint to be dealt
with within 28 days.
Returns
All goods are supplied on a firm
sale basis only and not as sale or return unless otherwise agreed in
writing. Unless otherwise stated, all publications listed on this site
are current editions. Items which are not current will generally be
listed in the clearance section and the fact that it is an old edition
will be highlighted in the product description. Publishers frequently
revise the material in their publications and consideration should be
given by the customer to running down stocks when a publication date for
a new edition has been announced. The company will endeavor to inform
the customer at the time of ordering if a new edition of a title is
imminent, but no guarantee can be provided by the company to supply this
information - publishers frequently revise titles at short notice.
Distance Selling Regulations
The
terms and conditions of sale detailed below are provided for your
information, in line with legislation contained in Consumer Protection
(Distance Selling) Regulations 2000. This legislation covers items
bought where there is no direct contact between the supplier and the
consumer. It does not apply where goods are bought for business use,
from showrooms, fairs or exhibitions
The Distance Selling
Regulations give consumers a 7 working day cancellation period -
starting the day after receipt of the goods.
To cancel the
contract under the terms of the Direct Selling legislation the company
must be contacted in writing within 10 days of receipt of the goods. The
company will then contact the customer with a authorisation number
within 5 working days. This number must be quoted on all returned goods
so that the goods can be properly identified. The company cannot be held
responsible for goods returned without proper identification.
Customers
may return specified goods without reason for a refund. This excludes
goods made to the consumer’s specifications. It does not apply to goods
intended for everyday consumption. Video recordings or computer software
unsealed by the consumer are also excluded. Goods returned have to be
complete and in a resalable condition including original packaging. The
cost of returning and appropriately insuring, the goods until
satisfactory receipt at the company will be borne by the customer.
The customer will be refunded in full within 30 days of cancellation of the contract.
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