To avoid confusion when ordering, it is very important to state in this order
Your account number
Purchase order number
Product number (item)
Quantity of item
Ship to address (if different from billing)
2. Pricing
Please ask us about volume discount, special bid prices and prices for items not listed here (if available).We are constantly receiving notice of price changes from the companies for which we distribute; therefore, the prices in our catalogue and web site are intended for relative comparison only. These prices are subject to change without notice. Please contact us for current pricing.
3. Quotations
The acceptance of any quotation includes the acceptance of the following terms and conditions except in so far as any of them have been varied by or are inconsistent with the quotation. Quotations are for information and not binding until an order has been accepted by the Seller in writing. The Seller reserves the rights to revise quote prices.
4A. Terms of Trade
Prices and packs are subject to alteration without notice. All prices are FOB shipping point. On orders valued greater than $300.00, Alere Canada will pay the shipping charges.
Due to the high cost of documentation, an order/handling charge of $18.00 will be applied to orders greater than $300.00. For orders less than $300.00, a shipping/handling charge of $28.00 in Ontario/Quebec and $35.00 outside these areas will be added to the invoice for ground transportation.
Additional shipping charges will apply for hazardous materials, dry ice, heated service, and special shipping requests not considered standard ground service.
4B. Terms of Payment
Terms of payment for deliveries to customers are net cash within 30 days of the date of invoice on approved credit.
All payments are due in the currency billed.
The right is reserved (without prejudice to any other remedy) to cancel any uncompleted order or to suspend delivery in the event of any of the Buyer’s commitments not being met, or if the Seller is of the opinion that the Buyer s not in the positions to make such commitments.
The Seller reserves the right to levy an interest charge of 1.5% per month for any account remaining unpaid after 15 days from date of payment is due hereunder.
4C. Taxes
For all products, sales taxes are extra as applicable.
5. Delivery
Delivery shall be deemed to be effected:
Save as provided in sub-clause (ii) below, when the goods have been collected from the Seller’s works or have remained uncollected for a period of seven days after the agreed date of collection, or
Subject to prior written agreement by the Seller when:
Goods have been delivered at the address agreed between the Seller and the Buyer, or
Goods, whether FOB or CIO have been delivered to dock side for loading on a vessel,
And in the event of such prior written agreement:
Freight and insurance changes shall be based in the rates obtainable at the date of quotation. If these rates are increased or decreased after such, price will be increased or decreased by the net amount of the increase or decrease in such charges.
Lighterage, land charges, dock, wharf or customs dues, taxes or other charges levied at the port of loading or unloading or in the country through which the goods are imported are not included in any quotation and any such charges shall be to the Buyer’s account.
6. Failure to Make or Take Delivery
Dates given are for dispatch and/or delivery are given in good faith and the Seller will use best endeavour to dispatch or deliver on such dates.
The Seller shall not be liable for late dispatch or delivery howsoever caused, nor shall such failure to dispatch be deemed to be breach of contract.
If the Buyer or his consignee fail to take delivery of the goods or any part thereof on the dates and at the places agreed then the Seller will be entitled to cancel such delivery and all other outstanding deliveries and to charge the Buyer with no loss suffered.
7A. Notification of Damage or Loss
All claims for damage to or partial loss of goods in transit shall be submitted in writing to both the carrier and the Seller within five days of delivery.
All claims for non-delivery of the whole or any part of any consignment must be submitted in writing to the carrier and to the Seller within ten days of the Seller invoice.
The Seller shall not be liable for loss or damage to the goods after delivery in the absence of notification of claims within the times mentioned above the goods shall be deemed to have been delivered in accordance of the contract.
7B. Returns
Unless previous authorization has been given by the Seller, returned items will not be credited. Goods must have been received no more than 10 days prior to returning, must be packed securely, and received in re-saleable condition to be considered for credit. Returned items are subject to a 15% restocking fee.
8. Description and Warranties
The description of the goods specified by the Seller shall be the basis of each invoice.
In the event of a claim by the Buyer that the description cannot be agreed or the goods are otherwise defective through faulty materials or workmanship by the Seller, then the Seller must be notified in writing.
No such claim as is mentioned in (ii) will be accepted unless and until the Seller has had reasonable opportunity to satisfy itself that the Buyer’s claim us proved to the Seller’s satisfaction.
The Seller warrants that the goods delivered to the Buyer shall be merchantable quality and shall comply with the description referred to in the contract. The Seller’s liability hereunder is limited in the price of the goods proved to be defective and for this purpose the price shall be deemed to be the invoice price of the goods. The Seller shall be entitled to replace such goods upon terms hereof in settlement of this liability.
All recommendations and advice given Seller, its servants or agents to the Buyer as to the mode of using the goods are given without liability on the part of the Seller and no responsibility will be accepted by the Seller for an injury, loss or damage whatsoever or however arising directly or indirectly from the use of the goods.
Save as herein expressly provided, the Seller accepts no liability on behalf of itself, its servants or agents for any loss, damage, costs or compensation howsoever caused which the Buyer may suffer or for which the Buyer may become liable arising out of or in connection with or as a result of the supply of goods by the Seller.
9. Force Majeure
If by reason of fire, accident, war, strike, lockouts, riots, civil commotion, Government prohibition or restriction or any other cause (whether or not of the same nature as the foregoing) beyond the control of either of the parties the Seller is prevented from or delayed or hindered in effecting dispatch or making delivery of the goods or any part thereof at the time or places stated for delivery then a reasonable extension of time shall be granted. In any event the Seller shall not be liable in any such events or happenings.
10. Default
Should default be made by the Buyer in paying any sum due under any contract as and when it becomes due or if the buyer should commit an act of bankruptcy or enter into liquidation or if a Receiver of the Buyer’s assets be appointed or an arrangement or composition be made with creditors then Seller may at its sole discretion without further notice in writing suspend or terminate any contract then in being so far as any further goods remain to be delivered without prejudice to any claim or right the Seller may otherwise make or exercise.
11. Governing Law
The interpretation and purpose of any contract and of these conditions will be governed by Canadian Law.
