TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
R&D ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL CO., LIMITED
I. Definitions
- In these terms and conditions (the “Terms”), any expression defined at any point shall have the same meaning throughout. In addition, the following terms have the following meanings:-
“Goods” shall mean the goods requested by the Purchaser of the Seller in a Purchase Order;
“Parties” shall mean both the Seller and the Purchaser and “Party” shall mean either of them;
“Purchaser” shall mean the Party who shall send the Purchase Order to the Seller who must be a business and not an end-user;
“Purchase Order” shall mean any purchase order for Goods made by the Purchaser from the Seller;
“Seller” or “R&D” shall mean R&D Electronics International Co., Ltd; and
“Website” shall mean www.RD-eBusiness.com
II. General
- The Terms may change from time-to-time. R&D reserves the sole right to amend or delete any of the Terms at any time without notice to you in accordance with its updated polices. Therefore, you should read and review these terms carefully and periodically.
- By visiting the Website you acknowledge that you have read the Terms carefully.
- Accordingly, by placing a Purchase Order with the Seller, the Purchaser accepts and agrees to be bound by the Terms.
III. Application
- The Terms shall apply to the Website and any of the Goods displayed thereon and/or purchased through the Seller.
- The Terms shall apply to every Purchase Order unless the Seller notifies the Purchaser in writing to the contrary. In any event of conflict between the Terms and any terms or conditions of the Purchaser, then these Terms will prevail. No amendment may be made to any Purchase Order unless it is in writing and signed by (or confirmed by email by) the duly authorized parties of both the Purchaser and the Seller. In particular, any price quoted by the Seller will not be affected by any subsequent changes in exchange rates. The Purchaser shall not be entitled to change the specifications of the Goods without the consent of the Seller.
IV. Formation of Agreement
- The display of Goods on the Website is merely an invitation to treat and is, under no circumstances, to constitute an offer to form a legally binding agreement.
- After successfully creating a registered account with the Seller through the Website, a Purchaser may make an offer to purchase any of the Goods by submitting a Purchaser Order by placing the same into the shopping basket, reviewing the intended Purchase Order, selecting a method of payment and clicking the “Send Order” button. Purchase Orders may also be made by phone, fax or by email.
- Upon receipt of a Purchase Order, the Seller shall as soon as reasonably practicable send a receipt confirmation by email to the address provided by the Purchaser through its registered account. Such receipt confirmation does not constitute acceptance of the offer to purchase the Goods under the Purchase Order but is merely to confirm that the Purchase Order has been received by the Seller as part of the order process.
- Any Purchase Order, or offer to purchase made under the same, shall remain open for acceptance by the Seller until the Purchaser notifies the Seller that he elects to rescind such offer. Such notifications must specify the corresponding Purchase Order number.
- Under normal circumstances, the Purchaser shall be notified of the Seller’s acceptance of a Purchase Order, or the offer to purchase the Goods under the same, by way of an order confirmation which would be sent to the Purchaser’s email associated with the Purchaser’s registered account. The Seller also reserves the right to accept a Purchase Order, or an offer to purchase Goods under the same, by dispatch of the Goods as specified in the Purchase Order to the Purchaser. Under such circumstances, the Seller will inform the Purchaser of its acceptance by subsequently sending an order confirmation.
- Under no circumstances shall the Seller be obligated to accept any Purchase Order.
- An agreement made under a Purchase Order may not be cancelled by the Purchaser unless otherwise agreed by the Seller. The Seller reserves the right to charge the Purchaser a re-stocking fee of up to 30% of the purchase price under the Purchase Order which is payable immediately upon cancellation.
- In case of a Purchase Order for dual use Goods (i.e. goods with a civil as well as possible military purpose) the Seller may require the Purchaser to produce an end-use certificate before acceptance of that Purchase Order and/or delivery of the Goods under the same. Any costs incurred by the Purchaser in obtaining the end-use certificate shall be solely borne by the Purchaser. The Seller reserves the right and sole discretion to cancel any Purchase Order should the Purchaser be unable to comply with this requirement or should the Purchaser be unable to produce an end-use certificate that complies with any applicable export control laws. The Seller shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising out of a Purchaser’s inability to comply with this requirement.
V. Registered Account
- Any Purchase Order through the Website may only be placed via a registered account set up by the Purchaser. In setting up the registered account and in the making of any subsequent Purchase Orders, the Purchaser declares that it is a business customer and not an end-user. The Purchaser also undertakes to provide information which is true, accurate, not false or misleading in setting up the registered account and for the purpose of placing Purchase Orders and to immediately notify the Seller of any and all changes which may be relevant to the Seller and/or any Purchase Order. The Purchaser also undertakes to maintain up-to-date and current details of its registered account with the Seller. The Seller will not be liable for any loss or damages arising out of or in relation to the Purchaser’s failure to properly maintain the details of its registered account.
- Normally, all relevant communications relating to a Purchase Order will be communicated to the Purchaser via the email address provided by the Purchaser to Seller in its registered account. Therefore, in providing an email address to the Seller in the account registration process, and in making any Purchase Order, the Purchaser must ensure that the email provided is valid, current and will be used for receiving communications from the Seller.
- The Purchaser will not share any of the details relating to its registered account to any third parties, including but not limited to its password, or any other relevant log-in data.
- There is a presumption that any information received by the Seller or any act taken through the use of the Purchaser’s registered account that such information or act was provided by or carried out by the Purchaser associated with that registered account. In the event that the Purchaser is aware that its registered account is being used by an unauthorized person, the Purchaser shall notify the Seller of such unauthorized use immediately. The Seller shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising out of or in relation to the unauthorized use of a Purchaser’s registered account.
- The Purchaser undertakes to comply with all applicable export and re-export control laws and to assist the Seller at no charge for the purpose of compliance with these laws.
VI. Price, Payment and Reimbursement
- The prices stated on the Website are net prices. The end prices can be seen in the order overview in the shopping basket. They include all price components, legal VAT, where applicable.
- R&D delivers a large amount of goods from its warehouses in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China (“HKSAR” or “Hong Kong”). Additionally applicable delivery and transport charges are listed in the shopping basket. It must be noted that further costs may apply, e.g. taxes, duties and tariffs. The Seller shall not be liable for any further costs incurred by the Purchaser in this regard.
- The Seller shall deliver the Goods with advance payment or on invoice but reserves the right to demand advance payment as the only payment term. Cheques and bills of exchange will not be accepted.
- Invoices are payable within thirty (30) days after date of the invoice unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing. Payment must be made in accordance with the terms of the invoice where time is of the essence. If the Purchaser falls into payment arrears, it must pay default interest of eight percent (8%) above the respective base interest rate as specified on the invoice. An administrative fee in the amount of EUR 5.00 / USD 7.00 shall be payable for every reminder and due within seven (7) days upon presentation. The Seller reserves the right not to accept any further orders from the Purchaser or not to deliver any goods already ordered by the Purchaser in case of payment default.
- Under circumstances where the Seller must reimburse any amount on a Purchase Order or invoice in whole or in part, such payment(s) will be made exclusively to an account of the Purchaser. Payments will not be made to any third parties in this regard.
VII. Terms of Delivery and Transport
- The Seller will ship and deliver Goods to the Purchaser by way of a third party courier to the address provided by the Seller under the Purchase Order and/or through the Purchaser’s registered account.
- Under normal circumstances, delivery of the Goods to the Purchaser would take approximately eight (8) to eleven (11) business days after order confirmation subject to availability of the Goods.
- Unless otherwise stated, delivery will take place at the time the Goods are released to the transport company as specified by the Seller. If the Purchaser fails to take delivery of the Goods or any part thereof on the specified date and/or fails to provide instructions, charges (if any) documents, consents or authorizations required to enable the Goods to be delivered on that date, the Seller shall be entitled to charge its costs and interest to the Purchaser.
- The Seller does not assume a procurement risk. The Seller is only obligated to deliver from its stock of Goods and the Goods ordered from its suppliers. The obligation to deliver shall be cancelled if the Seller itself is not supplied correctly and in a timely manner despite a binding transaction, if this is not attributable to the Seller and if the Purchaser has been informed about this without undue delay.
- Risk shall pass in accordance with the delivery terms of the Purchase Order.
- The Seller is not responsible for the amount of time needed for transport by the transport company.
- The Seller has the right to make partial deliveries. If an order is fulfilled in the form of partial deliveries, the Seller reserves the right to determine the order in which parts and the respective quantities are delivered.
- Neither party shall be liable in damages or have the right to terminate any Purchase Order for any delay or default in performance if such delay or default is caused by conditions beyond its control including, but not limited to acts of God, Government restrictions (including the denial or cancellation of any export or other necessary license), wars, insurrections and/or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Party whose performance is affected. The Seller may insure the Goods against war risk for the Purchaser's account, but shall not be liable to the Purchaser shall it fail to do so.
VIII. Retention of Title
- Title to the Goods remains with the Seller until the Purchaser has paid for the Goods in full. The Purchaser is not permitted to release the Goods from its principal office stated on the Purchase Order until such payment is made in full and agrees that and gives license to the Seller and its authorized representatives to remove the Goods from any place where the Goods are stored in the event of non-payment by the Purchaser.
IX. Limitation of Liability, Indemnity and Prohibited Use of the Goods
- The Seller makes no warranty either express or implied as to the merchantability, reliability or accuracy of the Goods or the intellectual property rights relating to the Goods nor any does it make any warranty as to the fitness of the Goods for any particular purpose. The sole liability for the Seller in respect of any defective Goods shall be any one of (i) to issue a credit note for the price for the defective Goods or (ii) to replace the Goods or (iii) to reimburse the cost price of the same (as the Seller elects). The Seller shall not be liable for any other form of costs, damages, losses or claims of whatever nature relating to the Goods (including any claim for any loss of profits) nor shall it be liable for any other losses or injuries that may in any way relate to the Goods provided that the foregoing shall not exclude liability for death or personal injury or affect the statutory rights of any persons.
- The Purchaser shall indemnify the Seller from all third party claims against the same arising from any loss or damage arising from Goods purchased from the Seller and built into other products by the Purchaser.
- The Goods shall not be used for the following:
• anti-personnel mines
• biological weapons
• chemical weapons
• nuclear weapons
• rockets
• similar weapon systems which may be used against human beings and the environment
• aircraft and air traffic
• medical devices for life support or prolonging of life
• human implants
• surgical instruments or
• similar applications which are connected with a direct danger to life and limb. - The use and inclusion of the Goods in the abovementioned manners, devices facilities and/or systems listed above is strictly prohibited if it was not amicably discussed and agreed in writing in advance. Any use of the Goods in the devices, facilities and systems listed above in circumvention of this agreement is made exclusively at the risk and liability of the Purchaser. No warranty is assumed either by the Seller or by its suppliers and sub-contractors. The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller as well as its suppliers and sub-contractors from all claims, damages and costs which result from one of the uses listed in above.
X. Inspection and Warranty
- Within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the Goods, the Purchaser must raise any objections concerning the conditions of the Goods in writing to the Seller. If it shall fail to do so within that time, then the Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted the Goods. In the event of any claims by the Purchaser for defective Goods that satisfy the foregoing condition, then these must be delivered or made available for inspection by the Seller as the Seller elects. If such Goods are shown to be defected then the Sellers liability shall be only as set in IX. 1. (above). For the avoidance of doubt, issues raised by the Purchaser as to the exact shade, colour, description, dimensions and packing of the Goods and the exactness of conformity of Goods to their samples shall not be valid reasons for the Purchaser to object to the quality of or to reject the Goods.
- The warranty period is twelve (12) months as from the date of delivery of the Goods.
XI. Returns
- The Seller reserves the sole and ultimate discretion to accept any returns of Goods delivered. In any event, all Goods eligible for return must be sent to the Seller in unused condition and in its original packing.
XII. Copyrights in the contents of www.RD-eBusiness.com
- R&D has copyrights in the images, films and text found on the Website. These images, films and texts cannot be used without R&D’s prior written consent.
XIII. Intellectual Property
- The Purchaser acknowledges to the Seller that, in respect of any intellectual property in the Goods (“IP”) based on designs of the Purchaser and as a condition of the Seller accepting the Purchase Order, it has not infringed the right of any third party and that should any claim be made against the Seller or its officers, agents or employees by any such third party in respect of the IP, then the Purchaser will indemnify such affected parties in respect of the same. If the Seller shall produce any design relating to the Goods then it shall use its reasonable endeavors to ensure that the same do not infringe the IP rights of third parties but shall have no further liability in respect of the same.
XIV. Data Protection
- Data protection is an important concern of R&D when processing customer data. Customer data is processed in accordance with the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong). The data provided by the Customer upon set-up of the customer account and placing of orders is mainly used by R&D and her contracting partners to process the orders, effect deliveries of goods and process payments. Further, this data is used for advertising and marketing purposes, e.g. the sending of newsletters, advertising letters and other notices via the Website. You may object to the sending of advertising and marketing materials at any time. Further information and details on data protection can be found at here.
XV. Applicable Law
- Any Purchase Order and also these Terms are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of HKSAR. Each of the Parties irrevocably agrees that any dispute or claim arising out or relating to the Purchase Order of the Terms of any breach thereof shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in force at the time of such dispute or claim, save as may be amended by the subsequent provisions of this Clause. The place of arbitration shall be in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and shall be conducted in the English language. There shall be a single arbitrator who shall be agreed upon by the parties or, failing which, who shall be selected by the then President of The Law Society of Hong Kong.
XVI. Invalidity
- If any one or more of the provisions of the Terms are found by any competent authority to be void or unenforceable, such provisions shall be deemed to be deleted from the Terms and the remaining provisions of the Terms shall continue in full force and effect.
XVII. Contact
- Should you have any questions relating to the Terms, you may contact the Seller by email at: info@RD-eBusiness.com