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Terms and Conditions

Welcome to the Trust Distribution Internet Site ("Site") on the World Wide Web. Please review these Site Terms of Use, which govern your use and purchase of products from our Site. By accessing, browsing, or using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to these terms then please do not use this Site.

Trust Distribution controls and operates this Site from its offices within the United Kingdom. The laws of England and Wales govern claims relating to, including the use of, this Site and the materials contained herein. If you choose to access this Site from another location, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

The terms and conditions listed below are for business customers. We do not have consumer terms and conditions, as these are determined by specific legislation, the Sale of Goods Act 1979, the Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994, and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.

Site Contents, Ownership and Use Restrictions

The information contained in this Site including all images, illustrations, designs, photographs, video clips, writings and other materials that appear herein are copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property owned, controlled, or licenced (all of which, collectively, are herein referred to as the "Contents") by Trust Distribution, its parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates ("Trust Distribution") or are the property of their respective owners. The name Trust Distribution and the Trust Distribution logo are registered trademarks of Trust Distribution. Permission is granted to display, copy, distribute, download, and print in hard copy portions of this Site for the purposes of:
1 Placing an order with Trust Distribution - or -
2 Using this Site as a shopping resource provided you do not modify the Site and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Contents

Except in connection with shopping or placing an order, none of the Contents may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted electronically or mechanically, transmitted, recorded, in any manner mirrored, photocopied, or reproduced without the prior written permission of Trust Distribution or the applicable copyright owner.

Please note that the permission granted herein terminates automatically if you breach any of these Site terms or conditions. Any other use of the Contents on this Site including reproduction for purposes other than as noted above, and including any reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication may violate copyright or trademark laws, and, without the prior written permission of Trust Distribution, is strictly prohibited.

Disclaimer of Warranty

Trust Distribution is providing this Site and its Contents on an "as seen" basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties or conditions of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Although Trust Distribution believes the Content to be accurate, complete, and current, Trust Distribution does not represent or warrant that the information accessible on this Site is accurate, complete, or current. Price and availability information is subject to change without notice.

Disclaimer of Liability

In no event shall Trust Distribution be liable for special, indirect, exemplary, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever, including but not limited to, loss of use, data, or profits, without regard to the form of any action, including but not limited to contract, negligence, or other tortious actions, all arising out of or in connection with the use, copying, or display of the Contents of this Site. In an effort to provide our customers with the most current information, Trust Distribution will, from time to time, make changes in the Contents and in the products or services described on this Site. About Our Prices

Trust Distribution is a business to business and business to consumer mobile phone and Accessories Company. We supply products to businesses and consumers in the UK & Northern Ireland and the rest of the world. The prices advertised on this Site are for orders placed through our Site facility and include VAT. Prices on some items may differ from those listed in Trust Distribution catalogues. Prices and the availability of items are subject to change without notice. Any "list prices" used on this Site relate to the manufacturers' suggested selling prices and may not be indicative of the actual selling prices in your area.

Any reference to "savings" used on this Site indicates the average savings off the "list price". Your actual savings will vary depending upon the goods purchased and the date of the transaction.

We reserve the right to limit sales. Offers and product ranges displayed on this website are not available to wholesalers or resellers of telecommunications supply. The maximum of one free gift is available to customers in any one order. All goods remain Trust Distribution property until paid for in full.

Credit Checking

When you set up an account with us to purchase your goods online, we may check your record at a credit reference agency to obtain or update our credit information. The agency will keep a record of our search, which may be seen by other organisations that make searches. When you place your first order under a new online account, the credit check process we carry out may cause a slight delay to your order, depending on the information and credit status that we receive back from the credit reference agency. If you require further information on these procedures please call our Credit Control Dept. on 08452 60 90 70. Returns

All returns must be in stock condition and be authorised by Trust Distribution for which you will be supplied a returns number. User Comments, Feedback and Other Information Submissions Provided by You

You agree that any material, information, and ideas that you transmit to this Site or otherwise provide to Trust Distribution ("Transmissions") shall be and remain Trust Distribution property. In addition, you agree, and are hereby put on notice, that you are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under law. You are solely responsible for the Content of any comments you make.

Terms of Use Revisions

Trust Distribution may revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. You agree that in the event that any portion of these Site Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Site Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect. By using this Site you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then current Terms of Use to which you are bound. If part of these terms is found to be unlawful, it shall not affect the validity of the remainder. Errors and omissions excepted.

1. These Conditions

1.1 In these terms and conditions the word 'Trust Distribution' means Trust Distribution, the words 'the Customer' shall mean the person, firm or company purchasing or agreeing to purchase goods or services from Trust Distribution, the words 'these Conditions' shall mean the terms and conditions of sale set out herein, the word 'goods' shall mean the subject matter of the contract including (but not limited to) all equipment, spare parts or other goods, the word 'Services' shall mean repairs or services provided to the Customer by Trust Distribution and the word 'Order' shall mean a purchase order in respect of goods or services issued by the Customer to Trust Distribution on the Customer's official purchase order form, together with all documents referred to in it.
1.2 Trust Distribution quotations are not binding on the Customer and a contract ('the Contract') will only come into being upon acceptance by Trust Distribution of the Order and the following Conditions shall be deemed to be incorporated in the contract.
1.3 No cancellation of an Order by the Customer shall be valid unless made in writing and accepted in writing by Trust Distribution.
1.4 The contract will be subject to these Conditions. All terms and conditions appearing or referred to in the Order or otherwise stipulated by the Customer shall have no effect. No variation of these Conditions is permitted unless expressly accepted in writing by a Trust Distribution Director.

2. The Goods and Services

2.1 Subject to the warranty contained in Clause 6.1, all descriptions, drawings, and particulars relating to the goods or services in any catalogues, leaflets, brochures internet images or other documents are for illustrative purposes only and do not form part of the agreement between Trust Distribution and the Customer. All representations as to performance of the goods are based on information supplied by the manufacturer of the goods and relate to their performance in normal conditions and when used correctly.
2.2 Unless otherwise expressly agreed, goods supplied will be in accordance with manufacturer's normal designs and specifications current at the date of manufacture or delivery. The supply by Trust Distribution of goods or services differing from any contractual or pre-contractual specifications or descriptions shall not be in breach of the agreement between Trust Distribution and the Customer insofar as the goods or services are of approximately equivalent performance to the goods or services referred to in such specifications or descriptions.

3. Delivery and Risk

3.1 The time for delivery of the goods and performance of the services is not of the essence. Dates agreed for delivery or performance are estimates only and a failure by Trust Distribution to comply with them shall not be a breach of these Conditions.
3.2 Unless the contract otherwise stipulates, risk in the goods passes to the Customer when the goods are dispatched from Trust Distribution premises and Trust Distribution accepts no responsibility for any damage or loss in transit. Claims for damage or loss in transit should be made on the carrier and any conditions imposed by the carrier in relation to claims for damage or loss in transit should be complied with.
3.3 Where the Customer has arranged for the collection of the goods, risk will pass on the date that Trust Distribution has notified the Customer that the goods are ready for collection.
3.4 The Customer is required to inspect the goods on receipt and to notify Trust Distribution of any defects or complaints within 24 hours of receipt.

4. Property in the Goods

4.1 Notwithstanding that risk in the goods passes to the Customer in accordance with Clauses 3.2 and 3.3 of these Conditions title to the goods (whether separate and identifiable or incorporated in or mixed with other goods) shall remain with Trust Distribution until payment in full has been received by Trust Distribution:
4.1.1 for those goods;
4.1.2 for any other goods supplied to the Customer by Trust Distribution; and
4.1.3 of all monies due from the Customer to Trust Distribution on any account, and the Customer acknowledges that until such payment is made in full it is in possession of the goods solely as a fiduciary of Trust Distribution.
4.2 The Customer is licensed by Trust Distribution to use or to agree to sell the goods provided that the entire proceeds of any sale of such goods are held in trust for Trust Distribution and are not mixed with other monies or paid into an overdrawn bank account and shall at all times be identifiable as Trust Distribution money.
4.3 Any resale by the Customer of goods in which property has not passed to the Customer shall (as between Trust Distribution and the Customer only) be made by the customer as agent for Trust Distribution.
4.4 Until title to the goods passes to the Customer under clause 4.1 the goods shall be kept separate and distinct from all other property of the Customer and of third parties and in good condition and shall be stored in such a way as to be clearly identifiable as belonging to Trust Distribution and the Customer will not cause or permit or suffer any labels badges serial numbers or other means of identification of the goods to be removed or obscured.
4.5 At any time before title to the goods passes to the Customer (whether or not payment to Trust Distribution is then overdue or the Customer is otherwise in breach of any obligation to Trust Distribution), Trust Distribution may (without prejudice to any of its rights):
4.5.1 for the purpose of recovering all or any part of its goods enter upon any premises where they are stored or where they are reasonably thought to be stored (or authorise others to do so) and may repossess the same which the Customer hereby authorises;
4.5.2 require delivery up to it of all or any part of the goods.
4.6 Each clause and sub-clause of this clause 4 is separate, severable and distinct and, accordingly, in the event of any of them being for any reason whatsoever unenforceable according to its terms, the others shall remain in full force and effect.

5. Price and Payment

5.1 Unless otherwise expressly agreed, the price payable for the goods and services shall be the price shown in the current price list of Trust Distribution at the date of despatch of the goods from Trust Distribution premises or the date of performance of the services.
5.2 In other cases the price stated in the contract is based on the cost to Trust Distribution of goods, raw materials, fuel and power, transport and labour and all other costs at the date of acceptance of the order or quotation (whichever is earlier). If at the date of despatch of the goods from Trust Distribution premises, or if at the date of carrying out the work, in either case there has been any increase in all or any of such costs, the price payable for the goods or services may at the request of Trust Distribution be increased accordingly.
5.3 The price for the goods or services shall, unless otherwise stated, be inclusive of value added tax and exclusive of the cost of packaging and carriage which will be charged at Trust Distribution will charge at normal rates.
5.4 Where the price for the goods or services is varied in accordance with clause 5.2 the price as varied shall be binding on both parties and shall not give either party any option of cancellation.
5.5 Prices quoted are gross and are in sterling unless otherwise agreed. All payments are to be made to Trust Distribution address as stated on the invoice unless agreed otherwise.
5.6 All payments shall be made without deduction or set-off.
5.7 Where any agreement to supply goods or services provides for goods or services to be delivered or performed by instalments which are to be separately paid for, such agreement shall not be severable and failure by the Customer to pay for or accept delivery or performance of any instalment by the due date shall entitle Trust Distribution at its option to treat the whole agreement with the Customer as repudiated.
5.8 Unless otherwise expressly agreed, payment shall be made in accordance with clause 5.5 upon receipt of invoice which shall be sent with the goods to the Customer upon despatch of the goods or by post after performance of the services. If the Customer does not take delivery when requested, payment shall be made 7 days after Trust Distribution has requested the Customer to take delivery. Where the Customer fails to take delivery of the goods, Trust Distribution may arrange storage of the goods at the Customer's risk and the Customer shall be liable to Trust Distribution for the reasonable costs (including insurance) of such storage. This provision is without prejudice to any other right which Trust Distribution may have in respect of the Customer's failure to take delivery of the goods or pay for them or the services in accordance with the contract.
5.9 Time for payment is of the essence and if payment is not received within 30 days from the date of the invoice Trust Distribution may require the Customer to pay interest at 5 per cent above the arithmetic average for each day of the published base rate of Barclays Bank plc. Trust Distribution also reserves the right to suspend further deliveries and work both on the same order and on any other order from the Customer without prejudice to any other right Trust Distribution may have.
5.10 If payment should not be received within 30 days from the date of the invoice, Trust Distribution will be entitled to charge (in addition to interest and any legal costs ordered by the court and without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to Trust Distribution) the sum of ?100 by way of liquidated damages and as a contribution to the administrative costs incurred by Trust Distribution in taking steps to secure payment.

6. Warranty and Liability of Trust Distribution

6.1 Trust Distribution warrants that it will (where the goods are the subject of a guarantee from the manufacturer which is in force at the time of the notification referred to below) at its option credit the account of the Customer (if any) or remedy free of charge by repair or replacement any goods which are accepted by Trust Distribution as being defective or not in accordance with the Contract or any express description or representation given or made by or on behalf of Trust Distribution in respect of the goods, save that this warranty shall not apply where the defect or fault is attributable to misuse of the goods by the Customer or defective materials supplied by third parties where the Customer's only remedy will be against that third party, provided that the Customer notifies Trust Distribution promptly of such a defect and where the Customer arranges for the prompt return to Trust Distribution of the defective goods at the Customer's risk and expense.
6.2 The Customer's remedies in respect of any claim under the foregoing express warranties or any condition or warranty implied by law or any other claim in respect of the goods or services or any workmanship in relation to them (whether or not involving negligence on the part of Trust Distribution) shall in all cases be limited to repair, replacement or refund of the purchase price as aforesaid and any condition or warranty implied by law shall cease to apply after the expiry of the relevant warranty period.
6.3 Trust Distribution shall not in any circumstances be liable for any damages, compensation, costs, expenses, losses or other liabilities, whether direct, indirect or consequential (including but not limited to economic loss or loss of profits) and any other remedy which would otherwise be available in law is hereby excluded except to the extent that such exclusion is prohibited by any rule of law. A claim in respect of any defect or failure to comply with the specification or in respect of any delivery or instalment of any Order or any part of them shall not entitle the Customer to cancel or refuse delivery or performance of or payment for any other Order, delivery or instalment or any part of the same Order, delivery or instalment.
6.4 Any claim against Trust Distribution whether in contract or tort shall be limited to an amount by way of liquidated damages equal to the invoice value of the goods in respect of which the claim is made.

7. Termaination

If any payment due to Trust Distribution is overdue by 60 days from the date of invoice or if the customer enters into a deed of arrangement or commits an act of bankruptcy or compounds with his creditors or if a receiving order is made against him or (being a company) it shall pass a resolution or the Court shall make an order that the Customer shall be wound up (otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction) or if a receiver (including an administrative receiver) shall be appointed of any of the assets or undertaking of the Customer or if the Customer suffers the appointment or the presentation of a petition for the appointment of an administrator or if circumstances shall arise which entitle the court or a creditor to appoint a receiver (including an administrative receiver) or a manager or which entitle the Court to make a winding-up order or if the Customer takes or suffers any similar action in consequence of debt or if the financial responsibility of the Customer shall, in the opinion of Trust Distribution become impaired or if the Customer shall commit any breach of any part of the contract Trust Distribution may without prejudice to its rights and remedies under these conditions stop all goods in transit and suspend further deliveries or performance of the services and by notice to the Customer may terminate the contract immediately.

8. Force Majeure

8.1 Trust Distribution shall not be liable to the Customer for any delay in delivery or performance or failure to deliver or perform its obligations if the duration of the delay is not substantial, or if the delay or failure is due to an Act of God, fire, inclement or exceptional weather conditions, industrial action (whether at Trust Distribution premises or elsewhere), hostilities, shortage of labour, materials, power or other supplies, late delivery or performance or non-delivery or non-performance by suppliers or subcontractors, governmental order or intervention (whether or not having the force of law) or any other clause whatever beyond Trust Distribution control or of an unexpected or exceptional nature, and in such event Trust Distribution may elect by written notice to cancel any agreement with the Customer or elect that the time for performance shall be extended until such time as Trust Distribution can reasonably effect performance.
8.2 No delay shall entitle the Customer to reject any delivery or performance or any further instalment or part of the Order or any other Order from the Customer or to repudiate the Contract or the Order.

9. Waiver

If the Customer shall be in breach of any of these Conditions then the failure by Trust Distribution to require the Customer to rectify the same shall not create any assumption that such a breach has been waived by Trust Distribution.

10. Patents

The Customer shall indemnify Trust Distribution against all actions, costs (including the cost of defending any legal proceedings), claims, proceedings, accounts and damages in respect of any infringement or alleged infringement of any patent, registered design, unregistered design, design right, copyright, trademark or other industrial or intellectual property rights resulting from compliance by Trust Distribution with the Customer's instructions, whether express or implied.

11. Indemnity

The Customer agrees upon demand to indemnify Trust Distribution against all losses, damages, injury, costs and expenses of whatever nature suffered by Trust Distribution to the extent that the same are caused by or related to:
11.1 designs, drawings or specifications given to Trust Distribution by the Customer in respect of the goods;
11.2 defective materials or products supplied by the Customer to Trust Distribution and incorporated by Trust Distribution in the goods; or
11.3 the improper incorporation, assembly, use, processing, storage or handling of goods by the Customer.

12. Assignment and Subcontracting

12.1 None of the rights or obligations of the Customer under the contract may be assigned or transferred in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Trust Distribution.
12.2 Trust Distribution shall be entitled to subcontract any work relating to the contract without obtaining the consent of, or giving notice to, the Customer.

13. Health and Safety

The Customer agrees to pay due regard to any information or any revised information whenever supplied by Trust Distribution (and is deemed to have been given adequate information and to have read and understood it) relating to the use for which the goods are designed or have been tested or concerning conditions necessary to ensure that they will be safe and without risk to health at all times when they are being set, used, cleaned or maintained by any person at work or when they are being dismantled or disposed of, and the Customer undertakes to take such steps as may be specified by the above information to ensure that as far as reasonably practicable the goods will be safe and without risk to health at all times as mentioned above. For these purposes the Customer is deemed to have been given a reasonable opportunity to test and examine the goods before delivery.

14. Notices

All demands notices and other communications shall be in writing and addressed to Trust Distribution at its address shown on invoices delivered by it and to the Customer at the address given by it for delivery of invoices (or as subsequently notified by one to the other in writing) and shall be deemed served if delivered, at the time of delivery; if posted, 48 hours after being posted by first class post, e-mail and if sent by facsimile transmission, at the time of transmission.

15. Invalidity

The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of these conditions should not affect the other conditions.

16. Laws and Jurisdiction

The Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts