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PURPLE
CAT LIMITED
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Purple Cat Limited will accept orders for goods on the Conditions
set out below. These Conditions cannot be varied unless
agreed in writing by a director of Purple Cat Limited.
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1. In these
Conditions the following words shall have the meanings set
opposite them:
"Carrier" means and (unless the context requires
otherwise) includes the carriers servants agents and any
person or persons carrying Goods on our behalf under any
contract of carriage.
"Charges" means our charges for supplying and,
where appropriate installing and/or maintaining the Goods.
"Confirmation of Order" means when we confirm
our acceptance of your Order orally or in writing (whether
electronically or otherwise) or when we effect Delivery,
whichever occurs first.
"Contract" the contract made between you and us
for the purchase of Goods incorporating these Conditions.
"Delivery" means our delivery of the Goods to
the address you have stipulated in the Order or our notifying
you that the Goods are available for collection.
"Goods" means the article(s) that we agree to
supply to you pursuant to an Order.
"Order" means your request for us to supply you
with Goods in consideration of the Charges, which you make
by either completing an online order or otherwise requesting
the Goods that you require.
"We", "us" "our" means Purple
Cat Limited.
"You", "your" means the person firm
or corporation that places an Order with us.
2. ORDERS
2.1. Any Order
you place will constitute an offer capable of acceptance
by us. We will not be obliged to accept an Order and we
reserve the right to refuse an Order without giving any
reason.
2.2. You may
cancel an Order at any time until Confirmation of Order
except that you may not at any time cancel any Order for
Goods that are customised to meet your particular requirements.
2.3. Each Order
if accepted by us shall constitute a separate severable
contract.
3. CHARGES
3.1. Unless expressed
otherwise, our Charges shall exclude delivery charges and
VAT at the prevailing rate.
3.2. You agree
to pay our Charges in accordance with the terms stated on
our invoice without deduction or set off. If you fail do
so we may, without prejudice to any other right or remedy
available to us, charge interest both before as well as
after any Judgment on any outstanding balance at the rate
of 4% above the Nat West Bank Base Rate until we receive
payment in full.
3.3. If you fail
to pay us the Charges in accordance with this clause 3,
we may, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available
to us, either suspend any Delivery or cancel any other Contract
between us. We can sue for the Charges due for any Goods
that we have agreed to sell to you pursuant to a Confirmation
of Order.
3.4. We reserve
the right to increase the Charges at any time on notice
to you if for any reason the price of the Goods increases
between the Confirmation of Order and Delivery.
3.5. We reserve
the right to ask you to pay the Charges in advance of Delivery
in any event.
4. GOODS
4.1. All Goods
will be subject to availability and we reserve the right
to modify the Goods at any time or substitute them with
goods of equivalent functionality without notice.
5. DELIVERY
5.1. Any indication
we may give as to the time of Delivery will be a good faith
estimate only. Whilst we will use all reasonable endeavours
to effect Delivery at the time we have estimated, time of
Delivery is not of the essence.
5.2. If it is
not possible for us to effect Delivery for whatever reason
including but not limited to your being away or your premises
being inaccessible, you will be liable to pay us an additional
sum to cover our storage and administration charges.
5.3. We reserve
the right to effect Delivery by instalment in which case
each instalment will be a separate Contract.
5.4. Subject
to clause 2.2 above, should you wish to cancel or reschedule
any Order, you agree to give us as much notice (in writing)
as is reasonably practicable and agree to pay our storage
and administration charges in addition to the Charges.
5.5. Subject
to the other provisions in these Conditions, we will not
be liable to you for any loss (including but not limited
to loss of profit) costs, damages, and charges, expenses
caused directly or indirectly by a delay in Delivery (even
if caused by our negligence).
6. TITLE AND RISK
6.1. Risk of
damage to or loss of Goods shall pass to you on Delivery.
6.2. Notwithstanding
Delivery and the passing of risk in the Goods, title in
the Goods shall, subject to clause 9, not pass to you until
we have received payment of the Charges in full by cash
or cleared funds payment for all Goods that we have agreed
to sell to you pursuant to a Confirmation of Order.
6.3. Until such
time as the title in the Goods passes to you, you will hold
the Goods as a bailee and keep the Goods separately from
any other goods belonging to you or any third party and
properly stored, protected and insured and identified as
our property.
6.4. Until such
time as title in the Goods passes to you, we may at any
time require you to deliver up the Goods to us and, if you
fail to do so, enter any premises where the Goods are stored
to repossess the Goods.
7. QUALITY
7.1. We warrant
that (subject to the other provisions in these Conditions)
the Goods will be of satisfactory quality.
7.2. As we are
not the manufacturer of the Goods, all warranties, conditions
and other terms implied by statute or common law (except
as to title) are, subject to 7.1 above, expressly excluded.
However, we will endeavour to pass on to you the benefit
of any warranty or guarantee given by the Manufacturer in
respect of the Goods.
8. REJECTION
8.1. If on Delivery
the Goods appear to be visibly damaged you must notify the
Carrier immediately that you will not accept Delivery otherwise
you will forfeit your right to reject the Goods for visible
damage.
8.2. If the Goods
are not visibly damaged on Delivery, but you wish to reject
the Goods for any other non conformance or unapparent damage,
you may reject the Goods provided that:
8.2.1. you obtain an RMA number from us within 24
hours of Delivery, submit a completed RMA form to us as
soon as possible thereafter and allow us facilities to inspect
the Goods within 7 days of the date of Delivery; and
8.2.2. the Goods are undamaged, unused, in their
original packaging and you have not marked either the Goods
or their packaging.
8.3.
Subject to clause 8.4 below, we will bear the costs of collecting
any Goods you reject provided that you have complied with
the requirements of 8.2.
8.4. Should you
reject and return the Goods in accordance with 8.2, we reserve
the right to charge a "restocking fee" which will
be an amount equivalent to 25% of the price payable by you
in respect of the returned Goods.
8.5. If you fail
to comply with either 8.1 or 8.2, you will be deemed to
have accepted the Goods.
9. SOFTWARE
9.1. Where the
Goods incorporate software, title in the software will not
pass to you even when you have paid the Charges in respect
of such Goods in full.
9.2. You agree
to comply fully with the terms of any software licence that
is supplied with the Goods. Failure to do so may lead to
such software licence being revoked by the owner of the
software.
9.3. Where the
Goods incorporate software belonging to a third party, and
such software fails to conform to its specification or is
otherwise defective, our sole liability will be to obtain
a corrected version of such software from that third party
for your use.
10. FORCE MAJEURE
10.1. We will
not be liable for any failure to effect Delivery of the
whole or part of any Order due to an event beyond our reasonable
control. If Delivery is delayed due to an event beyond our
reasonable control, we will notify you promptly of the reason
for such a delay and you agree to give us such an extension
to effect Delivery as is reasonable in the circumstances.
11. ASSIGNMENT
11.1. You may
not assign, charge or transfer any of your rights or obligations
under any Contract without our prior written consent.
11.2. We may
assign and/or sub-contract any Contract at any time on notice
to you.
12. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
12.1. We may,
in our absolute discretion, suspend any Delivery and / or
terminate any Contract immediately on notice to you if:
12.1.1. You pass a resolution for winding up (except
for amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent company)
or if a court makes an order to that effect or if you have
a receiver or administrator appointed over all or any of
your assets or business, or if you cease or threaten to
cease to carry on business.
12.1.2. You are in material breach of any of these
Conditions.
12.1.3. We are unable to effect Delivery due to an
event beyond our reasonable control.
12.2.
Termination of any Contract between us shall not affect
your liability to pay us (without deduction or set off)
such Charges as are due for Goods for which we have effected
Delivery. If on termination of any Contract, we owe you
any sums, we reserve the right to set off against such sums
any outstanding Charges as you owe us.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
13.1. Our liability
for death or personal injury as a result of our negligence
or the negligence of our employees shall not be limited.
13.2 Our total
liability to you for a breach of the Conditions or for negligence
in the course of supplying Goods to you shall be limited
to the repair or replacement of any Goods giving rise to
your claim or at our option an amount equivalent to the
Charges (or proportion of the Charges) that you have paid
us for Goods giving rise to your claim.
13.3 Except as
set out in clause 13.1 and 13.2 above, we will not be liable
for the following loss or damage howsoever caused even if
it foreseeable by us: loss of profits, business, revenue,
goodwill, anticipated savings, data, corruption of data,
whether sustained by you or third party and/or special,
indirect or consequential loss (other than direct physical
damage to your tangible property) whether suffered by you
or another third party.
14. GENERAL
14.1. These Conditions
constitute the entire agreement between you and us in respect
of the Goods and supersede any earlier arrangements, understandings,
promises or agreements made between the parties in respect
of the Goods.
14.2. You acknowledge
that in instructing us to supply the Goods, you do not do
so on the basis of any representation, warranty or any provision
not expressly contained within these Conditions.
14.3. Any failure
by us to enforce a breach of the Conditions by you shall
not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of
these Conditions that you may make.
14.4. If at any
time any one or more of these Conditions are held to be
unenforceable, illegal or otherwise invalid in any respect,
such enforceability, illegality or invalidity shall not
affect the remaining Conditions, which shall continue in
full force and effect.
14.5. Nothing
in this Agreement shall create or be deemed to create a
partnership or joint venture between us and you or the relationship
of principal and agent or employer and employee.
14.6. These Conditions
shall be governed exclusively by English law and you and
we agree to submit exclusively to the jurisdiction of the
English courts.
14.7. You and
we agree that no third party shall be afforded any rights
under these Conditions.
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