Terms and Conditions DEFINITIONS
Buyer: The person who buys or agrees to buy the goods from the seller.
Conditions: The terms and conditions of the sale as set out in this document and any special terms and conditions agreed in writing by the seller.
Goods: The articles which the buyer agrees to buy from the seller.
Price: The price for the goods, excluding V.A.T. and any carriage,packaging and any insurance costs.
Seller: Scale Direct (Scotland) Ltd

Terms & CONDITIONS
1 These conditions shall form the basis of the contract between the seller and the buyer in relation to the sale of goods, to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions including the buyers standard conditions of purchase or any other conditions which the buyer may apply under any purchase order or confirmation of order or any other documents.

2 Acceptance of delivery of the goods shall be deemed to be evidence of the buyers exceptance of these conditions.

3 All orders for goods shall be deemed to be an offer by the buyer to purchase goods from the seller subject to these conditions.

4 These conditions may not be varied except by the written agreement of the seller.

5 These conditions represent the whole of the agreement between the seller and the buyer
PRICES. Price is the current price less any discount that has been agreed by the seller. The price is exclusive of VAT which shall be due at the rate in force on the date of the sellers invoice unless stated on the web page please print the page off for your records. The prices offered on this site will be confirmed at order stage, if an error has occured in the displayed price and the actual price Scale Direct (Scotland) Ltd reserves the right to refuse to supply such goods at the lower value

PAYMENT AND INTEREST
Payment prior to despatch unless an account has been approved. Interest on overdue invoices shall occur from the date when payment becomes due calculated on a daily basis until the date of
payment at the rate of (8%) per annum over our Bank base rate from time to time in force. Such interest shall occur after as well as before any judgement.

The seller shall pass any unpaid invoices over 30 days old to a 3rd party collection agency. This may result in court action being taken against the buyer if payment is not subsequently made. The buyer will be liable for legal costs debt collection fees and administration or legal charges. This is in addition to interest accrued in section

HARDWARE GOODS
The quantity and description of the goods shall be as set out in the sellers confirmation of order.

WARRANTIES
The seller warrants that the goods will at the time of delivery correspond to the description given by the seller in the
confirmation of order.

SOFTWARE GOODSWhere software goods are supplied as stand alone or part of a package, any faults must be reported within 30 days of delivery. Where software has time or uses the 30day / 30 uses feature prior to registration then we assume that the software is accepted following the issue of the appropriate licence. Invoices will be required for payment 30 days from delivery unless otherwise agreed.Goods fit for purposeIt is the buyer's resposibility for ensureing that the equipment offered is fit for the purpose as described and to ensure the readability, weights and measures regulations are complied with, and are not to used for any illegal purposed whatsoever

DELIVERY OF THE GOODS
Delivery of the goods shall be made to the buyers Business address. The buyer shall make all arrangement necessary to take delivery of the goods on the day notified by the seller for delivery.
The seller undertakes to use its reasonable endeavours to dispatch the goods on an agreed delivery date, but does not guarantee to do so. Time of delivery shall not be of the essence of the contract. The seller shall not be liable to the buyer for any loss or damage whether arising directly or indirectly from the late delivery or short delivery of the goods. If short delivery does take place, the buyer undertakes not to reject the goods but to accept the goods delivered as part performance of the contract. If the buyer fails to take delivery of the goods on the agreed delivery date or, if no specific delivery date has been agreed, when the
goods are ready for despatch, the seller shall be entitled to store and insure the goods and to charge the buyer the reasonable
costs of so doing.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOODS
The buyer shall be deemed to have accepted the goods 48 hours after delivery to the buyer. The buyer shall carry out a thourough inspection of the goods within 48 hours of the delivery and shall give written notification to the seller within 5 working days of delivery of the goods of any deficits which a reasonable examination would be revealed. Where the buyer has accepted, or has been deemed to have accepted, the goods the buyer shall not be entitled to reject goods which are not in accordance with a contract.

TITLE AND RISK
Risk shall pass on delivery of the goods to the buyers business address. Not withstanding the earlier passing of risk, title in the goods shall remain with the seller and shall not pass to the buyer until the amount due under the invoice for them(including interest and costs) has been paid in full. Until title passes the buyer shall hold the goods as bailee for the seller and shall store or mark them so that they can at all times be identified as the property of the seller. The seller may at any time before title passes and without any liability to the buyer:

A Repossess and dismantle and use or sell all or any of the goods and by doing so terminate the buyers right to use, sell or otherwise deal in them and for the purpose (or determining what if any goods are held by the buyer and inspecting them) enter any permises of or occupied bythe buyer. The seller may maintain an action for the price of any goods not withstanding that title in them has not passed to the buyer.

CARRAIGE OF GOODS
Carraige will be chargeable on all sales at standard rates. Carraige will normally be arranged by a national distribution company but items may be sent via Royal Mail at the buyers request. However the seller does not except responsibility for delivery via this method.

Returns Policy
The seller reserves the right to charge a handling fee of 25% on goods returned, any weights and measures fees will be charged for in full in circumstances where the return is not due to fault or damage of the goods.