TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR WEBBS MOTORCYCLES
1. Definitions
1.1 “The Dealer”, [a) Webbs of Lincoln Ltd. Registered in England No 09939387] or [b) Webbs
Yamaha Centre (Peterborough) Ltd. Registered in England No 0480569]. Registered offices.
117-121 Portland Street, Lincoln, LN5 7LG who is the vendor of the goods to the
customer.
1.2 ”The Customer”, the person designated overleaf, contracting for goods and services to be
supplied by the Dealer.
1.3 “ Consumer”, a Customer, being an individual who, for the purposes of the purchase, is
acting wholly or mainly outside of their trade, business, craft or profession
1.3 ”Goods” means all vehicles as defined, or other things to be sold by the Dealer to the
Customer.
1.4 “Vehicle” includes motorcycle & scooter and generally each and every accessory to and
component thereof.
2. Whole Contact
2.1 These terms shall represent the whole contract between the Dealer and the Customer.
They may be varied only by written agreement between the parties.
3. Interpretation
3.1 The singular shall include the plural and the male shall include the female or business
entity as may be appropriate.
4. Enforceability
4.1 In the event of any one or more of these terms and conditions being declared
unenforceable, the remaining terms and conditions shall nonetheless remain in full force
and effect.
5. Written Confirmation
5.1 This order and any allowance in respect of a Vehicle offered by the Customer are subject
to acceptance and confirmation in writing by the Dealer.
6. Delivery/ Time Not of the Essence
6.1 Unless specifically agreed in writing, time for delivery is not essential.
6.2 Where the date for delivery of the goods is not known at time of sale, any date provided
is an estimate only and is dependent on the provision of the Goods to the Dealer by the
Supplier/ Manufacturer. The Dealer will use its best endeavours to secure delivery of the
goods by the estimated delivery date (if any) but does not guarantee the time of delivery.
The Dealer shall not be obliged to fulfil orders in the sequence in which they are placed.
6.3 If the Dealer shall fail to deliver the Goods within 42 days of the estimated date of
delivery stated in this contract, the Customer may by notice in writing to the Dealer require
delivery of the Goods within 14 days of receipt of such notice. If the Goods are not
delivered to the Customer within the said 14 days the contract shall end and the Dealer shall refund any deposit paid by the Customer. Neither party shall have any further liability towards the other under the contract.
7. New Goods
If the Goods to be supplied by the Dealer are new, the following provisions shall have effect:
7.1 This Agreement and the delivery of the Goods shall be subject to any terms and
conditions which the manufacturer or concessionaire may from time to time lawfully attach
to the supply of the Goods or the resale of such Goods by the Dealer, and the Dealer shall
not be liable for any failure to deliver the Goods occasioned by his inability to obtain them
from the manufacturer or concessionaire or by his compliance with such terms and
conditions. A copy of the terms and conditions currently so attached by the manufacturer or
concessionaire may be inspected at the Dealer’s office.
7.2 The Dealer undertakes that they will ensure that the pre-delivery work specified by the
manufacturer or concessionaire is performed and that they will use their best endeavours to
obtain for the Customer from the manufacturer or concessionaire the benefit of any
warranty or guarantee given by them to the Dealer or to the Customer in respect of the
Goods and, save where the Customer is acting as a consumer (as defined by Legislation) all
statements, conditions or warranties expressed or implied by law or otherwise, are hereby
expressly excluded.
7.3 Any figure provided within the contract for Motorcycle or Scooter Tax (Vehicle Excise Duty) is provided as guidance only. Notwithstanding the sum for Motorcycle or Scooter Tax specified in the
order, the sum payable by the Customer in respect thereof shall be such sum as the Dealer
has legally had to pay or becomes legally bound to pay for Vehicle Excise Duty in respect of the Goods.
7.4 Any figure provided within the contract for Value Added Tax is provided as guidance
only. Notwithstanding also the sum for Value Added Tax specified in the order, the sum
payable by the Customer in respect thereof shall be the sum for which the Dealer becomes
legally liable at the time the taxable supply occurs.
7.5 If after the date of this order and before delivery of the Goods to the Customer, the
manufacturer’s or concessionaire’s recommended price for any of the Goods, or
specification of the same shall be altered, the Dealer shall give notice of any such alteration
to the Customer, and
7.5.1 In the event of the manufacturer’s or concessionaire’s recommended price for
the Goods being increased, the amount of such increase which the Dealer intends to
pass to the Customer shall be notified to the Customer. The Customer shall have the
right to cancel the contract within 14 days of the receipt of such notice. If the
customer does not give such notice as aforesaid, the increase in the price shall be
added to become part of the contract price.
7.5.2 In the event of the recommended price being reduced, the amount of such
reduction, if any, which the Dealer intends to allow to the Customer shall be notified
to the Customer. If the amount allowed is not the same as the reduction of the
recommended price the Customer shall have the right to cancel the contract within
14 days of the receipt of such notice.
7.6 In the event of the manufacturer of the Goods described in the order ceasing to make
the Goods of that type, the Dealer may (whether the estimated delivery date has arrived or
not) by notice in writing to the Customer, terminate the contract on the grounds of frustration. On serving notice the dealer shall return in full any deposit paid by the Customer.
7.7 Save in the case of consumer sales (as defined) all statements, conditions or warranties
as to the quality of the Goods or their fitness for any purpose whether express or implied by
law or otherwise are hereby expressly excluded.
8. Used Goods
8.1 If the goods to be supplied by the Dealer are used, the vehicle is supplied as roadworthy
at the date of delivery and, in the case of consumer sales (as defined by the Sale of Goods
Legislation):
8.1.1 Is sold subject to any conditions or warranties that are implied by the Sale of
Goods Legislation or any amending statutes.
8.1.2 prior to signing this order form, the Customer shall examine the Vehicle and
items set out overleaf and the purchaser is reminded that the conditions of satisfactory
quality and fitness for purpose implied by the Sale of Goods Legislation do not operate in
relation to such defects which the examination ought to reveal. Should the Goods be sold
also subject to defects notified by the Seller to the Customer before signing the agreement,
the implied conditions of satisfactory quality and fitness for purpose do not operate in relation to those defects.
8.2 Save in the case of customer sales (as defined) all statements, conditions, or warranties
as to the quality of the Goods or their fitness for any purpose whether express or implied by
law or otherwise, are hereby expressly excluded.
9. Variation
9.1 Any variation agreed between the Dealer and the Customer regarding the Goods to be
supplied shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Contract and shall not constitute a
new contract.
10. Delivery and Payment
10.1 The Customer shall be liable to pay for the Goods immediately upon notification by the
Dealer that they are available for delivery. The Dealer may, in its discretion, demand a
deposit at the time when the order for Goods is placed by the Customer and shall not be
obliged to progress the order or otherwise implement the contract until the deposit is paid
in full.
11. Place of Delivery
11.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing delivery of the Goods shall take place at the Dealer’s
premises.
11.2 In the event of cancellation, for any reason, the customer agrees to return the Goods to
the dealer’s premises.
12. Repudiation by Customer
12.1 If you do not pay for and take delivery of your vehicle within 14 days of notification that the
vehicle is available for delivery, we shall be at liberty to treat the contract as cancelled. If this
happens, or if you cancel the contract for any other reason not permitted by this contract, we
will sell the vehicle to another person. We will refund your deposit but before we do so, we are entitled to recover from the deposit the additional costs we incur in re selling the vehicle plus any reduction in the sales price achieved. We will keep the deposit whilst we display and advertise the vehicle as being for sale. If it is not sold within a reasonable time we will sell it at auction.
12.2 Once we have sold the vehicle, we will notify you within 7 days as to how much we have lost
as a result of having to re sell. If this amount is less than your deposit, then we will refund the
balance of your deposit with the notification. If the claimable amount is more than the deposit,
then we will include a statement showing how much you owe us to make good our loss. We will
provide copies of any receipts if you request them.
12.3 The Dealer reserves the right to make a reasonable daily charge for the storage of the
vehicle or vehicles.
13. Loss or Damage
13.1 The Dealer shall be responsible for the loss of or damage to any vehicle or its contents
only if caused by negligence of the Dealer or its employees. The Customer is strongly advised
to remove any items of value not related to the Vehicle, and to maintain a valid comprehensive insurance policy for the Vehicle.
14. Return of Deposit
14.1 If the contract is cancelled under the provisions of clauses 6 or 7 above upon repayment of the deposit the Dealer shall be under no further liability.
15. Retention of Title and Risk
15.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods are at the risk of the Customer as soon as they
are delivered into the physical possession of the Customer or their nominated
representative.
15.2 Goods shall remain the sole and absolute property of the Dealer as legal owner until
such time as the Customer shall have paid to the Dealer the full price together with all
storage charges and interest that may be due to the Dealer under this contract. Until
payment in full as aforesaid has been made the Customer acknowledges that they are in
possession of the goods solely as agent of the Dealer.
15.3 Until the Customer becomes owner of the Goods, they will store them separately from
his own goods or those of any other person and in a manner which makes them readily
identifiable as the goods of the Dealer.
15.4 The Customer’s right to possession shall cease if they, not being a company, become
bankrupt or if they, being a company, do anything, or fail to do anything which would entitle
a Receiver to take possession of any assets or which would entitle any person to present a
petition for winding-up.
15.5 Should the Customer’s right of possession cease they will notify the Dealer and
immediately make the goods available for collection. The Dealer may, for the purposes of
recovery of the Goods, enter upon any premises where they are stored or where they are
reasonably thought to be stored and may repossess them.
15.6 The Customer shall be at liberty to agree to sell on the Goods or any product produced
from or with the Goods subject to the express condition that such an agreement to sell shall
take place as agents (save that the Customer shall not hold himself out as such) for the
Dealer, whether the Customer sells on his own account or not and that the entire proceeds
thereof are held in trust for the Dealer and are not mingled with other monies or paid into
any overdrawn bank account and shall be at all times identifiable as the Dealer’s monies.
16. Right of Lien
16.1 The Dealer shall have a general lien on any property of the Customer in its possession
for all monies owing to the Dealer by the Customer on any account whatsoever.
17. Part Exchange
17.1 Where the Dealer agrees to allow part of the price of the Goods to be discharged by the
customer delivering a used Vehicle in part exchange to the Dealer, in consideration of such
allowance, it is hereby agreed that the following further conditions will apply.
17.1.1 that the Dealer accepts the used vehicle in reliance of the warranties granted
by the Customer overleaf, including but not limited to the age, mileage and
condition of the vehicle
AND
17.1.2 that such used Vehicle is the absolute property of the Customer and is free
from all encumbrances
OR
17.1.3 that such used vehicle is the subject of a hire purchase or agreement or other
encumbrance capable of cash settlement by the Dealer, in which case the allowance
shall be reduced by the amount required to be paid by the Dealer in settlement
thereof.
17.2 If the Dealer has examined the said used vehicle prior to his confirmation and
acceptance of this order, the used vehicle shall be delivered to them in the same condition
at the date of such examination (fair wear and tear excepted).
17.3 That such used Vehicle shall be delivered to the Dealer on or before delivery of the
Goods to be supplied by them hereunder, and the property in the said used Vehicle shall
thereupon pass to the Dealer absolutely.
17.4 That without prejudice to 17.3 above, such used vehicle shall be delivered to the Dealer
within 14 days of notification to the customer that the Goods to be supplied by the Dealer
are available for delivery.
17.5 If the goods to be delivered by the Dealer, through no default on the part of the Dealer,
shall not be delivered to the Customer within 30 days after the date of this order or the
estimated delivery date; where that is later, the allowance on the said used vehicle shall be
subject to a reduction by an amount not exceeding 2.5% for each completed period of 30
days from the date of the expiry of the first mentioned 30 days, to the date of delivery to the
Customer of the Goods.
17.6 In the event of the non-fulfilment of any of the foregoing conditions, other than 17.5
above, the Dealer shall be discharged from any obligations to accept the said used Vehicle or
to make any allowance in respect thereof, and the Customer shall discharge in cash the full
price of the Goods to be supplied by the Dealer.
18. Authority to Contract
18.1 Goods supplied by the order of any person in the Customer’s employment or by any
person reasonably believed by the Dealer to be the Customer’s agent or by any person to
whom the Dealer is entitled to make delivery of the vehicle shall be paid for by the
Customer.
19. Authority to Uplift
19.1 Where a person who, so far as the Dealer is aware, has authority to uplift Goods or
Vehicles and does so, the Dealer shall have no liability to the Customer for any loss or
damage resulting on any grounds whatsoever. It shall not be obligatory upon the Dealer to
confirm the authority of any person reasonably believed to be the agent, or to have been at
some time, connected with the Customer.
20. Authority to Drive
20.1 In connection with the supply of a Vehicle or an inspection or testing or the preparation
of any estimate in connection therewith, the Dealer shall be entitled to drive the vehicle on
the road or elsewhere as it shall deem necessary. These provisions shall apply also to any
Vehicle offered by the Customer in part-exchange in terms of clause 17.
21. Finance
21.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of this agreement, the Customer shall be at liberty
before the expiry of 7 days after notification to him that the Goods have been completed for
delivery to arrange for a finance company to purchase the Goods from the Dealer at the
price payable hereunder. Upon the purchase of the Goods by such finance company, the
proceeding clauses of this agreement except 7.2 shall cease to have effect but any used
Vehicle for which an allowance was there under agreed to be made to the Customer shall be
bought by the Dealer at the price equal to such allowance, upon the conditions set forth in
clause 17 above (save that in 17.3, 17.4 and 17.5 thereof all reference to ‘delivery’ or
‘delivered’ in relation to the ‘Goods’ shall be construed as meaning delivery or delivered by
the Dealer to or to the order of the finance company) and the Dealer shall be accountable to
the finance company on behalf of the Customer for the said price and any deposit paid by
him under this agreement.
22. Notices
22.1 All written notices given by the Dealer to the Customer shall take effect 24 hours after
being despatched by the Dealer in the normal course of post to the Customer’s address
shown overleaf.
23. Export Outside UK
23.1 The Dealer reserves the right to cancel this order if it believes that;
23.1.1 the Customer intends to resell the Goods outside the United Kingdom
(Contract Territory) for commercial gain within a period of 12 months
OR
23.1.2 where the Customer is a corporation its place of business is not within the
United Kingdom
OR
23.1.3 where the Customer is a finance company and either, the Goods are not
being purchased on behalf of an end user or they are and such end user is not
resident nor has its place of business within the United Kingdom.
23.2 The Customer shall indemnify the Dealer and keep the Dealer indemnified from all and
any liability and direct losses (to include but not limited to any service commission paid to
the manufacturer and any debit back of profit margin from the manufacturer), damages,
costs or expenses which the Dealer sustains or incurs as a result of the Customer exporting
or selling (whether directly or indirectly through any third party) the Goods outside the
United Kingdom.
24. Distance Selling
24.1 If, and only if, the Customer has acted as a Consumer, where this Agreement has been
completed away from our business premises and/or without any face to face contact
between us and you; or anyone acting on your or our respective behalf, you may give notice
to cancel this Agreement within 14 days without giving any reason.
24.2 This cancellation period will expire 14 days after the day on which you, or a third party
on your behalf, takes delivery or otherwise acquires physical possession of the Goods. To
exercise this right to cancel, you must inform us of your decision to cancel this Agreement in
writing by clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or email) to our address as set out
overleaf.
24.3 To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication
confirming your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.
24.4 If you cancel this Agreement, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you
under this Agreement, without undue delay, and not later than:-
24.4.1 14 days after the day on which we receive the Goods back; or
24.4.2 (If earlier) 14 days after the day you provide evidence that you have
returned the Goods; or
24.4.3 If there were no Goods supplied, 14 days after the day on which we are
informed about your decision to cancel this Agreement.
24.5 We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you have used
for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise, but in any event you
will not incur any fees as a result of the reimbursement.
24.6 We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the Goods back or you have
sent evidence of having sent back the Goods to us, whichever is the earliest. You should
send back the Goods or deliver them back to us at the address shown overleaf, without
undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days after the day on which you
communicate your cancellation of this Agreement to us.
24.7 This deadline is met if you send back the Goods before the period of 14 days has
expired. We will require that you bear the cost of returning the Goods to us. If you are
unable to return a motorcycle or scooter, we will arrange collection from anywhere in the
UK mainland, at our earliest convenience, at an agreed cost to you which shall not exceed
£500 including VAT.
24.8 You must take reasonable care of the Goods whilst they are in your possession. You will
be responsible for any loss or damage from when they are delivered to you until when they
are returned to us.
24.9 You are liable for any diminished value of the Goods resulting from the handling other
than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the Goods.
25. Storage Charges
25.1 The Dealer reserves the right to make a reasonable daily charge for the storage of the
customer’s vehicle or vehicles.
26. Dispute resolution/ Jurisdiction
26.1 In the event of a complaint or dispute of any kind our complaints handling procedure
which can be found on our website at www.webbsmotorcycles.co.uk and is available from
us on request.
26.2 Where your complaint cannot be resolved, once you have exhausted our internal
process you may refer the dispute to the following ADR processes,
26.2.1 Where your complaint does not relate to a financial service, The National
Conciliation Service. For details of this service the Customer can contact them on
01788 538317 or in writing at First Floor, 2 Allerton Road, Central Park, Rugby,
Warwickshire CV23 0PA or email contact@nationalconcilliationservice.co.uk.
26.2.2 Where your complaint relates to Financial Services, the Financial Ombudsman
Service. This service is free to use. Their consumer helpline is available on 0800 023
4 567 or 0300 123 9 123 or you can visit their website at www.financial-
ombudsman.org.uk, email them at complaint.info@financial-ombudsman.org.uk or
write to the Financial Ombudsman Service, Exchange Tower, London E14 9SR.
26.3 Where any dispute cannot be resolved through ADR, this Purchase Order and Contract
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and
shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.