TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
COMPUTER
RESPONSE LIMITED
Response
House, Foundry Street, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 9AU
1 In the
absence of any contract conditions, all and any business undertaken
including advice, information or service provided gratuitously or otherwise
by Computer Response Limited (hereafter called “the Company”) is transacted
subject to the Standard Terms and Conditions hereinafter set out. No one of
the conditions herein shall be altered except where the context requires it
to be in any way limited or restricted by reference to the terms of any
other condition. No agent or employee of the Company, other than those
specially authorised in writing by the Company for the purpose, shall have
the authority to alter, vary or qualify in any way these Conditions. These
Conditions and any special contractual conditions shall take absolute
precedence over any conditions stipulated by the Customer. The term
“Customer” means the buyer, client or any other person who enters or wants
to enter into an agreement with the Company or to whom the Company makes an
offer or provides a delivery or performance.
2 QUOTATIONS.
Quotations are given on the basis of immediate acceptance and are
subject to withdrawals or revisions. A quotation refers to the basic cost of
equipment and is exclusive of VAT, packing, freight and any other incidental
costs. The Customer guarantees the accuracy and completeness of the
dimensions, requirements, performance specifications and other details given
to the Company by the Customer and used by the Company as a basis for its
quotes. The Company may use the assistance of third parties to fulfil an
agreement and/or may arrange for all or part of its contractual activities
to be carried out by third parties, without any requirement to inform the
Customer.
3 SPECIFICATIONS. The Company reserves the
right to alter, vary or modify the specifications of goods without notice.
The specifications of any goods supplied by the Company pursuant to a
contract shall be deemed to be the specification of the goods current at the
date of delivery. All drawings, brochures, catalogues illustrations and
other materials are used by the Company by way of general description only.
No performance details, power rating, capacity, output, dimensions, or other
particulars of the goods or of their operation (whether contained in such
descriptive material or not) shall form any contract of sale with the
Company or otherwise by the Company, unless included in and forming part of
an official quotation by, the Company.
4 PRICES. All
purchase prices are quoted in pounds sterling and unless otherwise stated
EXCLUDE VAT, which shall be payable by the Customer at the then applicable
rate. The Company’s published prices are subject to alteration without
notice. All prices are payable in full without deduction of any discount or
allowance prior to delivery unless alternative arrangements have been made
as part of the contract. Any costs, charges or expenses incurred by the
Company incidental to the supply of goods pursuant to a contract shall be
extra charges to be paid by the Customer at the time of payment for goods.
5 TERMS OF PAYMENT. Payment may be made by a valid
credit or debit card, cash, cheque or bank transfer. Payment by credit or
debit card can be made via the telephone but for security reasons the
Company does not accept credit or debit card details via email. The Company
offer credit accounts to some Customers, subject to a credit check being
carried out and the Customer passing any such credit check and satisfying
the Company as to their credit-worthiness. Where a credit account has been
agreed by the Company full payment for goods supplied is due and shall be
made within thirty days of the Customer receiving notification that the
goods are ready for delivery. The Company reserves the right to charge
interest and penalties in respect of the late payment of any sum due at the
rates and other terms prescribed from time to time in accordance with the
Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998. A Customer’s account
will be placed on stop if an outstanding amount remains for more than ninety
days unless otherwise agreed previously with the Company. If a Customer
defaults on payment of goods the Company will take legal action to recover
all outstanding amounts plus legal fees.
6 OWNERSHIP.
Goods shall remain the property of the Company until they are paid
for in full. Where arrangements have been made for the sale price to be paid
after delivery, then the Customer shall be responsible for and shall
indemnify the Company against all loss or damage to the goods from
whatsoever cause occurring. All items delivered to the Customer remain the
property of the Company until all amounts payable to the Company by the
Customer have been received, including any interest and expenses payable by
the Customer in respect of items delivered or still to be delivered or for
services performed or still to be performed pursuant to any agreement and/or
in respect of the failure to fulfil such an agreement. Rights, including
rights of use, where appropriate, will be granted or transferred to the
Customer on the condition that the Customer has paid in full all amounts due
under the agreement entered into between the parties. If a periodic payment
obligation has been agreed in respect of a right of use, the Customer will
retain that right of use for as long as he fulfils his periodic payment
obligations.
7 DELIVERY. Delivery will be carried
out without delay and within 30 days, unless otherwise agreed. If a stated
delivery period has been exceeded, this does not constitute default by the
Company. The Company will never be liable for exceeding a delivery period if
the cause is attributable to the Customer or previous links in the chain,
e.g. delays in delivery from our suppliers. The Customer shall take delivery
within seven days of receipt of notification from the Company that the goods
are ready for delivery. In the event of failure of the Customer to take
delivery at the stipulated time and place, the Customer shall be liable to
the Company for (a) all charges incidental for the storage of the goods and
(b) interest on the purchase price at the rate of 12% per annum or 1% of
London Clearing Banks Base Rate (whichever be the higher), calculated from
the date of delivery notification. If after a period of not less than 14
days from the date of delivery notification the Customer has failed to take
delivery of the goods and not notified the Company of their right to cancel,
the Company shall have the right to dispose of the goods to a third party
and recover from the Customer (in addition to any costs of storage and of
interest), (i) the amount if any by which the disposal proceeds are less
than the selling price under the contract of sale and (ii) any expense
incurred by the Company in negotiating and completing the disposal of goods.
The risk for product damage and loss transfers immediately upon delivery to
the Customer or his representative appointed to this end, unless the courier
is one not offered or named by the Company but chosen or arranged by the
customer. In this case the risk or loss passes to the Customer when the
goods are passed to the courier. The Company may choose to deliver software
and the associated product/licence information via electronic transfer or
download.
8 SERVICE PROVISION. The Company will
provide the Customer with the services agreed in writing between the
parties. The Company provides all its services on the basis of an obligation
to perform to the best of its ability, unless and insofar as the Company
specifically undertakes in writing to provide a result and the result in
question is sufficiently clearly described. Service provision by the Company
takes place on the Company’s normal working days and at the Company’s normal
working times. Overtime will be worked only after an agreement to that
effect has been made between the Company and the Customer. The Customer
shall allow the Company’s personnel to have full and free access to the
equipment at all reasonable times in order to carry out any technical
support.
9 CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY. Where applicable
the Customer shall take responsibility for providing the Company with a list
of authorised personnel or purchase order numbers. It is the customer’s
responsibility for providing authorisation to staff who may call the Company
for support, the Company cannot be held responsible for any resulting
chargeable remote or onsite work, following a call from the Customer or its
representative whom the customer may at a later date advise was not
authorised to contact the Company. The Customer shall ensure that anti-virus
software installed is kept up to date as per software supplier’s
recommendations, unless a provision is included within the Customer’s
Contract. The Customer shall ensure that suitable and valid backups of all
data are regularly taken and maintained, including appropriate changes of
media used for the back-up, unless a provision is included within the
Customer’s Contract. The Customer shall ensure that equipment is fit for
purpose.
10 LICENCES AND PERMITS. If a sale requires
a licence or permit of any Government or authority the contract shall be
conditional upon such licence or permit being available at the relevant time
and if not, the contract shall be deemed cancelled. In the event of a
contract being deemed cancelled in pursuance of the terms of this paragraph
the Customer is liable for any costs incurred by the Company in the
execution of the contract up to the date of cancellation. Insofar as the
Company delivers and/or provides the Customer with equipment and/or software
that is covered by licences granted by third parties, the Customer will be
subject to all the conditions of those licences and will indemnify the
Company against all consequences of the use of that equipment and/or
software which contravenes the conditions of those licences.
11 INSTALLATION. Where installation is part of the deliverables,
the Company will make available experienced engineers at the site at a
mutually convenient time during the Company’s normal working hours. The
Customer shall be responsible for satisfying itself that its system is
suitable for the receipt and operation of the deliverables, for preparing
the site in accordance with any instructions given by the Company, for
providing all necessary labour and materials and for making ready equipment
and machinery not supplied by the Company. Installation will be deemed to be
complete on completion of a job sheet with a signature from the Customer
that the deliverables have been installed. If on arrival at the installation
Site the Company’s representative finds that sufficient and proper access to
the Equipment or the recommended environmental conditions and other
facilities and services are not provided or the call was not warranted, the
Company may exercise the right not to perform the service and to charge the
Customer for the Company’s costs and expenses reasonably incurred for wasted
time. The Company reserves the right to make a charge for the time and
expense incurred by its representative being called out due to faults not on
the equipment (e.g. British Telecom line faults, power supply fluctuations,
internet connections, etc).
12 SOFTWARE. The Company
shall not have any responsibility for the suitability or consequences of any
Software ordered, purchased or used by the Customer, from the Company or
elsewhere, for use on any of the Customer’s systems or goods whether these
be purchased from the Company or otherwise. The Company will endeavour to
provide support where possible but cannot guarantee resolution of all
problems. The Customer shall be responsible for all Licensing requirements
and product updates, patches and security. The Company reserves the right to
charge for software support. It is the Customer’s sole responsibility to
retain and safeguard all software provided with goods supplied by the
Company. The Company will be unable to provide copies or replacements of
software provided at the time of purchase. Software that has been
COPIED or
PIRATED from other sources is ILLEGAL and
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE COMPANY HANDLE, WORK WITH OR INVOLVE
ITSELF IN PIRATED SOFTWARE. The Company
WILL NOT be responsible for any fines or penalties levied to or incurred by
the Customer from Software suppliers as a result of their illegal use of
copied or pirated software.
13 FORCE MAJEURE. The
Company shall be entitled to delay or cancel delivery or to reduce the
amount delivered if it is prevented from or hindered in or delayed in
obtaining or delivering the Equipment by the normal route or means of
delivery through any circumstances beyond its control including but not
limited to strikes, lockouts or any other form of industrial action,
accidents, war, fire, reduction in or unavailability of power at
manufacturing plant, breakdown of plant machinery or shortage or
unavailability of raw materials or labour from normal sources of supply. The
Company is not obliged to fulfil any obligation, including any warranty
obligation to the Customer, if it is prevented from doing so by force
majeure. If force majeure prevails for more than 90 days, the Company will
be entitled to dissolve the agreement in writing. Under such circumstances,
settlement will be made on a proportionate basis for any part of the
agreement.
14 CANCELLATION. The Customer has a right
to cancel an order for goods within 14 days of receipt or 14 days before
services are to commence by contacting the Company. Goods should be returned
at the Customer’s expense within 14 days of cancellation for a full refund.
Any warranty or credit agreement will also be automatically cancelled. If
digital content is ordered by the Customer, they have no right to cancel
once a download of software has started. If the Customer for any reason
cancels the Company’s services after the 14 day cancellation period the
Customer shall be liable for all costs, expenses and losses whatsoever of
the Company resulting from such cancellation. Any payment made under the
provision of this paragraph to secure the cancellation of the contract shall
be without prejudice to the Company’s right to recover any other costs,
expenses and losses suffered by it as a result of such cancellation.
Services completed by the Company are exempt from cancellation rights. The
Company reserves the right to cancel the transaction at any time prior to
acceptance of the full payment of the purchase price.
15
COMPLAINTS. Any complaint made by the Customer relating to the
Company, the goods supplied or services provided after the cancellation
period should be made in writing to the Company. The Customer will give all
cooperation necessary for investigation of the complaint, such as enabling
the Company to investigate all the circumstances relevant to the complaint.
If the Customer does not cooperate or if investigation is otherwise not
possible, the complaint will not be considered and the Customer will not be
entitled to any form of compensation or refund. If the Company upholds a
complaint, it will at its discretion fulfil the order or credit the Customer
with an amount not exceeding the value of the order to which the complaint
relates. Under no circumstances will the Company have any further liability.
Software that has been supplied will not be returnable under any
circumstance. The Customer is not free to return items until the Company has
agreed to their return. If the Company is unable to resolve a Customer’s
complaint satisfactorily, the Customer as the right to contact an ADR Body,
for example Small Claims Mediation (UK) Ltd, PO Box 10352, Oakham, Rutland,
LE15 0SY or Pro Mediate UK Limited, Brow Farm, Top Road, Frodsham, Cheshire,
WA6 6SP.
16 EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY. No
representation, warranty, condition or term express or implied statuary or
otherwise as to the quality of the product, its fitness for any purpose or
compliance with any sample or description or any other respect shall apply
to this condition or to any delivery made hereunder except where the
equipment is new and carries a warranty from the manufacturer and this can
be transmitted to the Customer. No claim shall lie against the Company for
any injury, loss or damage arising out of or in consequence of any stoppage,
breakdown or defect in the goods. No employee or agent has any power or
authority to give any guarantee or to commit the Company as to or to accept
on behalf of the Company any other liability as to the quality of the goods
and any such purported guarantee or warranty or any such commitment or
acceptance shall not be binding on the Company. A warranty given by the
Company covers only defects in equipment which either has the “approved
selection” quality mark (12 months “carry-in” via the supplier) or has been
refurbished (6 months “carry in” via the supplier). The warranty given by
the Company is not valid if hardware supplied by the Company has been
subject to work repairs or additions carried out by external agents. No
software supplied by the Company is covered by a warranty. The Company is
not bound by a warranty given to a Customer who is in default of their
obligations to the Company.
17 PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY,
NON-TAKE-OVER. The Customer grants the Company the authority to
collect, use, store and transfer any personal data provided in order to
comply with its obligation pursuant to the law of the agreement and the
Customer indemnifies the Company against claims by persons whose personal
data have been registered or are processed as part of a body of personal
data for which the Customer is responsible under the law or otherwise. The
Company shall use its reasonable endeavours to keep secret any confidential
information disclosed to it by the Customer relative to the Customer’s
business and shall not disclose the same to any third party other than those
employees of the Company whose province it is to know the same. The Company
shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that any other confidential
information relating to the business of any client of the Customer, which
comes to the knowledge of the Company, or any of its employees shall be
treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed to any third party..
18 EXPORT. Where the contract shall be in respect of
new goods intended for use within a specific Country (hereafter called “the
Territory”) the Customer shall not, except with the prior written consent of
the Company, export or send such goods abroad to any place or country
outside the Territory (whether the Customer retains ownership or not). The
Customer shall also take all reasonable precautions not to sell, offer for
sale, distribute or otherwise dispose of such goods to any such person, firm
or corporation whom the Customer has reason to believe may intend to export
them or send them to a place or country outside the Territory. In the event
of the Customer so exporting, sending abroad, selling or disposing of the
goods within six months from the date of delivery of the goods by the
Company, the Customer shall pay to the Company a sum equal to the prevailing
official selling price of the goods in that place or country outside the
Territory less the price paid by the Customer to the Company for the goods.
19 ARBITRATION AND LAW OF CONTRACT. Any disputes on
contracts agreed in the United Kingdom shall be subject to English Law. All
disputes arising in connection with overseas contracts shall be finally
settled under the Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration of the International
Chamber of Commerce by one or more Arbitrators appointed in accordance with
the said Rules.
LAST UPDATED. March 2018