Terms & Conditions
1. INTRODUCTION
Hire Station Limited ("we") are a division of Vp plc who have an
enviable reputation for providing quality products and services
directly to the building and related trades. We strive to offer all
our customers reliable goods and an excellent level of service. If
you have any queries, please contact us on 0115 973 7400 (between
9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m.) or e-mail enquiries@hirestation.co.uk
or write to:
Hire Station,
Fields Farm Road,
Long Eaton,
Nottingham
NG10 3FZ
We shall do our best to provide you with answers and
solutions.
2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Before using the Internet Web Site (the "Site") please read
these terms of sale. Your use of this Site is subject to these
terms and we reserve the right to review and revise these terms
from time to time without prior notice.
3. THE GOODS, HIRE ORDERS AND AVAILABILITY
The Goods (the "Goods") shall be described in this Site from
time to time. It is possible that some information on the Site may
contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. We reserve
the right without notice at any time and from time to time to
amend, improve, correct any information on this Site and to
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any range or line of
Goods.
We only accept hire orders for deliveries to Inland United
Kingdom.
Occasionally, the goods you wish to hire may be out of stock,
sold out or unavailable for some other reason. The display of any
Goods on this site is an invitation for you to offer to hire them,
it is not an offer to hire them at the listed price. If you place
an order for Goods with the branch subsequent to viewing items on
this site, it shall be an offer to hire them and shall be
subsequent to acceptance by Hire Station Limited. Hire Station
Limited reserves the right to reject any order or to cancel any
order (whether or not it has been confirmed by us and your credit
card charged) if the Goods are unavailable or for any other reason
(such as without limit if the Goods have been displayed at an
incorrect hire rate due to a typographical or other error).
If we cannot deliver any part of your order we will inform you
and we may offer you an alternative product. If the alternative is
not acceptable or none is available or offered then we will refund
you for any payments made for undelivered Goods.
4. DELIVERY CHARGES AND HIRE RATES
The total cost of your order is equal to the rate of the items
ordered plus delivery. We reserve the right to vary the rates
displayed on the Site and/or the delivery charges without prior
notice.
All our rates are quoted in pounds sterling and exclude United
Kingdom VAT at the rate current at the rate of order.
We may from time to time make special rate offers available. If
you are interested in taking up such offers ten you should do so at
the time that you see it, as we may withdraw the ability to take
advantage of such offers at any time without notice.
5. PAYMENT
Payment for the goods which you wish to hire can be made via
cash, cheque, credit and debit cards. Items which are purchased and
not hired can be cancelled and goods can be returned that may
already have been dispatched up to 7 days from receipt (see return
policy). Our terms and conditions do not affect your statutory
rights. This not not apply to goods that been hired and delivery
accepted. Please see our terms and conditions of hire.
6. DELIVERY
We will only deliver to mainland United Kingdom. If we receive
your order for Goods by 2.00 p.m. on a working day, then we will
endeavour to deliver them by the next working day but this cannot
be guaranteed. If the goods you order are "Out of Stock" we will
send out the order to you as soon as the product becomes available
again. If we cannot source the item we will contact you to inform
you.
7. QUALITY AND RETURNS
If you sign for the Goods and discover they are faulty then
please notify your local branch immediately with details of your
hire contract, product code and description and a brief reason for
return. We will then contact you to arrange for a replacement
product provided that it is available. No returns will be accepted
without obtaining via your local branch a Hire Station authority
number. All returned Goods must be received by us in their original
packaging.
The cost of returns of defective goods will be borne by Hire
Station Limited. The cost for any other returns will be borne by
the Customer.
We want you to be happy with goods you purchase from us. Please
check the goods on delivery and ensure that they are supplied
correctly. If any of the goods prove to be unsuitable please return
them within 7 days in the original packaging and in an unused
condition for a full refund less of any postage costs.
8. COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All the contents of this Site are protected by copyright law.
Copyright © 2011 Hire Station. All rights reserved.
All intellectual property rights (including without limit design
rights, copyright, trade marks, moral rights, patents, service
marks, trade names and goodwill) in the design and arrangement of
the Site, text and graphics and all Software compilations,
underlying source code, and all other material on the Site are
reserved to Hire Station Limited or its licensors. Except as
expressly provided below, nothing contained in these terms of use
or on the Site shall be construed as conferring any license or
right, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, under copyright or
other intellectual property rights.
You may not replicate, incorporate, modify, display, publish,
distribute, licence, transmit, create derivatives, transfer or sell
any of the material including graphics on this Site, in part or
full. However, downloading or printing extracts from this Site for
your personal, non-commercial home or business use is allowed.
Hire Station Limited an all other names, images, pictures, logos
and icons identifying Hire Station Limited are trade marks of Hire
Station Limited in the UK and other countries. Other product and
company names mentioned on this Site may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
9. INDEMNITY
You agree to fully indemnify and keep Hire Station Limited and
its associates, affiliates, officers, agents, partners and
employees, fully indemnified from and against all liabilities,
claims, actions, expenses or demand, costs (on a full indemnity
basis) made by any third party due to or arising out of your use or
misuse of the Site, your connection to the Site or your breach of
these terms of sale.
10. DISCLAIMER
Except as specifically stated on this Site, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, neither Hire Station Limited nor anyone
else who has been involved in the creation, production, supply of
the Goods shall be liable for any damages (including without limit
direct, special, indirect, consequential or incidental damages,
loss of business profits, contracts, revenues, anticipated savings
or information, business interruption or any other financial loss)
arising out of the use or inability to use the Site or from errors
or deficiencies in it whether caused by negligence or otherwise
except as expressly provided herein (even if Hire Station Limited
has been advised of the possibilities of such damages).
Except as specifically stated on this Site, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, this Site and its contents are provided by
Hire Station Limited on an "as is" and "as available" basis and no
representations or warranties of any kind are made (and they are
expressly disclaimed). Further, Hire Station Limited does not make
any representation or warranty (and they are expressly disclaimed
to the fullest extent permitted by law) that: (I) any information
available on this Site will be accurate, complete or fit for any
particular purpose; (ii) the Site will be uninterrupted or
error-free.
Nothing in this contract shall exclude or limit the liability of
Hire Station Limited for death or personal injury resulting from
its negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation nor affect the
statutory rights of consumers.
If any exclusion in this license is held to be invalid and Hire
Station Limited becomes liable for loss or damage that may lawfully
be limited then such liability shall be limited to the amount paid
by you for the Goods and their delivery.
If Hire Station Limited is prevented or delayed in or from
carrying out its obligations under the contract as a result of
something beyond its reasonable control such as but not limited to
governmental acts, war, riots, strikes, or trade disputes
(including by and with our own employees), technical failure,
weather, flood, fire or explosion, natural or local emergency then
Hire Station Limited will not be liable for this.
11. PRIVACY
We are committed to protecting your privacy. In general, you can
visit this Site without telling us who you are or revealing any
information about yourself. We do not sell, trade or rent personal
information to others. We may choose to do so in the future with
appropriate third parties. If you object to any of these uses at
any time, then please inform us by writing to Hire Station Limited,
Fields Farm Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 3FZ.
12. COOKIES
Cookies are bits of electronic information that a web site can
transfer to your hard drive to help tailor and keep records of your
visit to the Site. Cookies allow us to better customise your visits
to the Site to your individual preferences, helping us to provide
you with the best possible service on our Site. Most major web
sites use cookies and their use is standard on the Internet. Most
Internet browsers automatically accept cookies but you can change
your settings so that you are notified whenever you are sent a
cookie.
13. GOVERNING LAW
Your use of the Site will be governed by English law and will be
deemed to have occurred in the United Kingdom. If you have any
disputes with us over the Goods or any other aspect of the Site
then these will be exclusively resolved in English Courts.
14. ILLEGALITY OF CLAUSES
The illegality, invalidity, or unenforceabiliy of any clause or
part of the contract shall not effect the legality, validity or
enforceability of the remainder.