General Terms and Conditions

The Company" refers to SIP (Holdings) Limited, SIP (Industrial Products) Limited, SIP (Welding Equipment) Limited, or SIP (Air Compressors) Limited, whichever may be the Company selling the goods subject of this contract, all of which have registered offices at Gelders Hall Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9NH, England.

• Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, these conditions shall supersede any earlier sets of conditions of sale appearing in catalogues or elsewhere, and shall override any terms of conditions stipulated, incorporated, or referred to by the intending purchaser, whether in an order, in the course of negotiations, or at any time.
   
• The intending purchaser has had the opportunity to consider these conditions of sale and to take legal advice if so desired before agreeing to be bound by them.
   
• Dimensions, weights, and descriptions of the goods stated on the offer, acceptance, catalogue, or circular are approximate only, and are therefore not binding.
   
• The Company will not accept the return of goods unless prior agreement has been received from The Company in writing.
  
  
• Every reasonable effort is made to present current and accurate information & product imagery on all product listings on this website. SIP reserve the right to change details, images or product specifications without notice. Photographs are for illustration purposes only. E&EO. Contents & images are copyright © SIP Industrial products Ltd.

Payment

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by The Company, the terms of payment shall be:

• (a) cash / cheque / payment on delivery
   
• (b) where agreed by The Company, prior to delivery net monthly, such time to run from the date of issue of invoice rather than receipt of goods. Net monthly payment requires the intending purchaser to pay by the end of the month subsequent to the month in which the relevant invoice is issued.

The Company is entitled to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month on a daily basis on any sum outstanding from the date when the same becomes due until the actual date of payment.

Terms of payment, as agreed, shall be strictly observed by the intending purchaser and the time for payments shall be of the essence. The obligations of The Company are subject to the terms of payment and all the intending purchaser's other obligations being observed.

It is a condition of the acceptance of any order that having regard to the continuance and unpredicatable fluctuations in the main variable establishing The Company's list price, such as the increasing cost of labour, transport, raw materials, any new tax liability, the rate of exchage, and import duty that goods be charged by The Company and paid for by the purchaser at the price ruling at the date of invoicing. The Company will not in the normal way avail itself of this condition except where such is, in the opinion of The Company, substantial.

Title

Notwithstanding that credit may have been for the payment of the price of goods, the intending purchaser agrees:

• (a) the goods shall remain the sole and absolute property of The Company, as both legal and equitable owner, until such time as the intending purchaser shall have paid The Company the agreed price together with the full price of any other goods subject of any other contract with The Company.
   
• (b) He will keep the goods insured to their full replacement value against loss or damage with some reputable Insurance Company, and provide The Company with evidence of such insurance upon request.
   
• (c) Until such time as he becomes the owner of the goods, he will be a bailee of them only and store them on his premises separately from his own goods or those with any other person, in a manner that makes them easily identifiable as the goods of The Company. He will not amalgamate, conjoin, or in any way mix The Company's goods with other goods, either those of the intending purchaser or of any other person.
   
• (d) The Company, may, at any time, for the purpose of the recovery of it's goods, in the event of the intending purchaser entering liquidation, or becoming bankrupt, or having a winding-up order made against him, or having a Receiver appointed in resepect to his assets, or for whatever reason, enter upon the premises where they are stored or where reasonably thought to be stored and may repossess the same.

Delivery

All goods shall be supplied by delivery ex-work Shepshed, unless special carriage and packing arrangements have been previously agreed and the cost of packing and any form of transport shall be paid by the intending purchaser. Any date of delivery mentioned by The Company is an estimate only, and The Company shall not be liable for the consequences of delay, however caused.

All goods must be inspected immediately upon arrival. Under no circumstances shall The Company be liable for damage to or from a consignment, unless The Company is notified within two days of receipt of the goods, or, in the case of non-delivery, unless notice is given within seven days of the due of arrival.

Cancellation

The Company reserves the right to cancel any order, if, after acceptance, the goods set aside for such order are destroyed or damaged beyond repair and cannot be replaced. No order may be cancelled by the intending purchaser without the written consent of The Company.

Warranty

The Company undertakes to replace or repair free of charge, including labour, any goods which are faulty, owing to defective workmanship, or faulty materials, for a period of six months from the date hereof or such longer period, as may be specified in writing by The Company in any of it's formal Guarantees (find out more here). This undertaking does not cover faults or defects arising from normal wear and tear, transit damage, or misuse of equipment, including overloading, negligence, or accident. The Company shall, under no circumstances, accept responsibility for alterations, repairs or attachments to goods carried out by other persons other than employees of The Company.

The Company shall not be bounded by any statement as to price, representation, warranty, or condition not expressly specified herein nor any representation, warranty, or condition, whether verbal or in writing made by it's agents or servants unless also confirmed in writing by The Company.

The intending purchaser will indemnify The Company in so far as the law permits against any claim which arises from or in connection with the supply of goods, whether such liability arises by reason of The Company's negligence or their breach of contract or their breach of statutory duty or howsoever any such liability may arise.

Law

No variations, in respect of these conditions of sale, shall be accepted unless confirmed in writing by The Company. These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and the Leicester County Court shall be the venue of any Court proceedings.