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PRELIMINARY
1.1 DEFINITIONS:
"Buyer" means
the person who accepts a quotation of the Seller
for the sale of the Good or whose order for the
Goods is accepted by the Seller."Goods"
means the Goods which the Seller is to supply in
accordance with these conditions and as specified
on the order form appearing on the face hereof."Seller"
means Tecord,Inc. having its principle place of
business in Florida, U.S.A."Conditions"
means the standard terms and conditions of sale
set out in this document and includes any special
terms and conditions agreed in writing between the
Buyer and Seller."Contract" means the
Contract for the purchase and sale of Goods.
1.2 ACCEPTANCE:
Acceptance by the seller
of Buyer’s purchase order for all Goods to be sold
by Seller to Buyer is conditioned on Buyer’s agreement
to the following terms and conditions. Buyer’s receipt
of the Goods shall be deemed an acceptance of these
terms and conditions. All orders are subject to
acceptance by an authorized representative of Seller
evidenced by Seller’s written order acknowledgement
addressed to Buyer. If such terms and conditions
are not acceptable, Buyer must notify Seller within
five (5) days from the date hereof, otherwise Buyer
agrees that the following terms and conditions shall
be the exclusive terms and conditions of sale.
1.3 HEADINGS:
The headings in these
Conditions are for convenience only and shall not
affect their interpretation.
QUOTATIONS:
All quotations by the
Seller are subject to change or withdrawal without
prior notice to the Buyer unless otherwise specified
in such quotation. Quotations will be made subject
to approval by the Seller of the Buyer’s credit
for the sale of Goods pursuant to a purchase order
submitted to the Seller by the Buyer. The Seller
shall not have any obligation to the Buyer with
respect to Goods until any one of the following
have occurred: a) the Buyer shall have signed and
delivered its purchase order to the Seller and the
Seller shall have accepted such order by issuing
a written order acknowledgement to the Buyer or
b) in the event that the Buyer does not issue a
purchase order to Seller, the Seller shall have
issued its price quotation for Goods to Buyer, and
these terms and conditions of sale of the Seller
shall apply to the sale of Goods.
PRICES: TERMS OF PAYMENT
3.1 PRICES:
Price of the Goods as
in effect at time of delivery shall apply unless otherwise
stated on an effective outstanding price quotation
issued by the Seller to the Buyer. Unless otherwise
stated on the face hereof all prices are F.O.B. the
carrier from the point of shipment with cost and freight
allowed to the point of delivery to the carrier. The
method and agency of transportation and the routing
will be designated by the Seller. In the event the
Buyer requests alternative shipment or routing, extra
packing, shipping and transportation charges thereby
resulting will be added to the Buyer’s account.
3.2 TERMS OF PAYMENT:
Unless otherwise stated
on the face hereof, all payments shall be (a) C.O.D.
(b) paid in U.S. Dollars. If shipment of the Goods
are delayed for any cause, payment shall become due
from the date on which the Seller is prepared to make
a shipment of the Goods, and storage thereof shall
be at Buyer’s risk and expense. If, in the sole judgment
of the Seller, the financial condition of the Buyer
at any time does not justify the continuance of shipment
of the Goods on the terms of payment specified herein,
the Seller may require full or partial payment in
advance of the deliver of Goods. If such circumstances
occur, the Seller may unilaterally elect to cancel
this contract and all other contracts then existing
between the Buyer and the Seller, and the Seller shall
have the right to cause all amounts owed to the Seller
from the Buyer to become immediately due and payable
unless the Buyer shall promptly supply the Seller
with adequate collateral security for such amounts
due which security is reasonably satisfactory to the
Seller.
DELIVERY
4.1 FORCE MAJEURE:
The Seller shall not
be responsible for any delay (whether material or
not) in, or failure of, the shipment or delivery of
Goods due to any occurrence commonly known as Force
Majeure, including, without limitation, delays arising
out of acts of Nature, acts of government, agency
or instrumentality thereof (whether fact or law),
acts of a public enemy, riots, embargoes, strikes
or other concerted acts of workmen (whether of the
Seller or other persons), casualties or accidents,
deliveries of materials, transportation or shortage
of cars, trucks, fuel power, labor or materials, or
any other causes, circumstances or contingencies within
or without the United States of America, which are
beyond the Seller’s control or otherwise in the market)
or the performance by the Seller of any of its obligations
hereunder. If any of the events occur, the delivery
of the Goods or the performance by the Seller of its
obligations, as the case may be, may at the Seller’s
option, upon written notice to the Buyer of the occurrence
of such event, be either canceled or deferred without
liability of the Seller until such time as it shall
elect to deliver the Goods and perform such obligations.
4.2 DELAYS:
Where a specific shipping
date is not designated on the face hereof or in a
subsequent writing signed by the Seller, he shall
not be responsible for any delay in filling those
orders nor shall the Seller be liable for any loss
or damages resulting from such delays.
DUTIES AND TAXES
All taxes (other than
income taxes), imposts or duties levied upon the Goods
by or payable to any federal, state, municipal or
other governmental authority upon the purchase price
payable hereunder shall be chargeable to and paid
by the Buyer, whether such taxes, imposts or duties
are payable by the Seller or otherwise. All quotations
for the sale of Goods shall be exclusive of any such
taxes, imposts or duties.
RISK OF LOSS AND PASSAGE
OF TITLE
6.1 RISK OF LOSS:
Risk of loss of Goods
shall pass to the Buyer upon delivery by the Seller
of the Goods to the carrier at the point of shipment,
irrespective of whether the Seller or the Buyer
is obligated to pay the cost of shipment. All costs,
if any, for insurance on the Goods shall be at the
expense of the Buyer. If the Seller has agreed to
pay the costs of shipment of the Goods, any increase
in freight charges between the point of shipment
to the point of destination effective after the
date of shipment in excess of the freight charges
in effect on the date of delivery by the Seller
or otherwise. The Buyer agrees to submit all complaints
with respect to shipping damage to the Goods directly
to the carrier within any time periods specified
for such purpose.
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6.2 PASSAGE
OF TITLE:
Notwithstanding delivery
and the passing of risk in the Goods, or any other
provision of these Conditions, the title of the
Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Seller
has received in cash or cleared funds payment in
full of the price of the Goods and all other Goods
agreed to be sold by the Seller to the Buyer for
which payment is then due. Until such time as the
title in the Goods passes to the Buyer, the Seller
shall be entitled at any time to require the Buyer
to return the Goods to the Seller and, if the Buyer
fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises
of the Buyer or any third party where the Goods
are stored and repossess the Goods.
7. WARRANTIES:
The Seller gives
no warranty. Express or implied as to description,
quality, merchantability, suitability or fitness
for a particular purpose, productiveness, or any
other matter, which extends beyond the description
of the Goods stated on the face hereof. Claims that
the Goods are non-conforming shall be deemed waived
and released by the Buyer unless made in writing
within ten (10) days after arrival of the Goods
at the point of destination to which the Goods are
to be shipped. The Seller may cure any defect as
to the conformity of the Goods by replacement thereof
with conforming Goods.
8. REMEDIES:
In addition to all
rights Seller may have with respect to the sale
of Goods, the Seller shall have the right at any
time for credit reasons, because of Buyer’s default
under, or in repudiation of, this Contract or any
other Contract between the Seller and the Buyer,
to withhold shipment of the Goods, in whole or in
part, and to recall Goods in transit, retake the
same and repossess all Goods which may be stored
with the Seller for the Buyer’s account, without
the necessity of taking any other action. The Buyer
agrees that all Goods so recalled, retaken, or repossessed
shall become the absolute property of the Seller;
provided that the Buyer is given full credit therefor
and that the Seller may offset against any indebtedness
owed by it to the Buyer any other amounts then owed
by the Seller to the Buyer. The foregoing shall
not be construed as limiting in any manner any of
the rights or remedies of the Seller arising under
the Florida uniform commercial code or any other
applicable law as in effect on the date hereof,
which are available to the Seller upon any default
by the Buyer of any of the terms or conditions of
the Contract.
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER
BE LIABLE TO THE BUYER FOR LOSS OF PROFITS. LOSS OF
USE, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND BASED UPON A CLAIM FOR
BREACH OF WARRANTY OR FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES. EVEN IF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY
SELLER’S NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER FAULT.
CANCELLATION
Acceptance of an order
by Seller shall be an irrevocable sale and is non-cancelable
by Buyer. Any cancellation must be accepted by Seller
in writing, and Seller shall have the right to retain
all amounts paid to it by Buyer as a nonrefundable
deposit against payment of the purchase price therefor
without further liability of Seller to Buyer. Buyer
will be responsible for all fees and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred
by Seller as a result of cancellation of any order.
CLAIMS: NOTICE OF DEFECTS
In the event the
Goods to be delivered hereunder are claimed to be
defective, the Seller shall be given reasonable
notice of such defect and an opportunity for inspection
of such Goods, or upon the request of Seller, it
shall be given immediate access to such Goods or
return the good to Seller for inspection at Buyer’s
expense. The Seller shall be obligated only to replace
defective Goods or to allow credit for such Goods,
at the Seller’s sole option, and shall not be obligated
to pay for any transportation or other fees, costs
or expenses, or for any losses or damages of any
kind, whether arising from a delay, breach of warranty
or any other cause whatsoever. Buyer shall carefully
inspect all Goods promptly on receipt from the carrier
and report any quality and quantity shortages or
defects to the Buyer within ten (10) days of receipt
thereof. In any event, all claims against the Seller
against out of the sale of the Goods must be made
within ten (10) days after receipt by the Buyer
of the Goods shipped hereunder.
12. PATENTS
The Seller does
not assume any patent responsibility whatsoever
and the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Seller from all claims arising out of any patent
infringement or claims thereof pertaining to any
patents relating to the use of the Goods in conjunction
with other Goods, products or materials sold by
the Buyer to the Seller. The Seller shall control
the conduct of any suit pending or threatened, claim
or other proceeding arising out of the alleged infringement
of the Goods of any patent or other right of another
person.
AMENDMENTS
None of the terms and
conditions of the sale of the Goods may be amended
in any respect unless consented to in writing and
signed by an authorized representative of the Seller.
ASSIGNABILITY
The terms and conditions
of this Contract shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the successors and assigns of Seller
and Buyer, and may be assigned to any successor organization
or affiliate of the Seller without written consent
of the Buyer, but shall not be assignable by the Buyer
without prior written consent of the Seller.
WAIVER
The failure or delay
of the Seller to exercise any of its rights hereunder
shall not be construed to be a waiver of any such
rights. No waiver by the Seller of any breach of this
Contract shall be effective as against the Seller
unless the Seller shall have waived such breach in
writing, and no waiver by the Seller of one breach
hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver by the Seller
of any other breach not so waived.
GOVERNING LAW
The respective rights
and obligations of the Buyer and the Seller arising
out of the sale of Goods hereunder shall be governed
by and construed under the laws of the State of Florida.
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
The Buyer irrevocably
submits to the jurisdiction of any Florida court of
competent jurisdiction or federal court sitting in
the State of Florida which has jurisdiction over the
subject matter of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to the sale of the Goods. The Buyer
irrevocably waives any objection which it may have
or may hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any such suit, action or proceeding commenced in any
such court and any claim that any suit, action or
proceeding commenced in such court has been commenced
in any inconvenient forum. The Buyer irrevocably designates
and appoints the Secretary of State of the State of
Florida as its authorized agent to accepts and acknowledge
on behalf of the Buyer service of process which must
be served upon the Buyer by the Seller in any such
suit, action or proceeding.
NOTICES; COMMUNICATIONS:
All notices and
other communications to be given to the Buyer or
the Seller hereunder with respect to the Goods shall
be given either in writing by certified mail, express
courier (such as Federal Express) or hand delivered
to an officer of either the Buyer or the Seller,
as the case may be, at their respective addresses
as stated on the reverse side hereof.
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