Terms of sale
Terms and condition on sale items
COLLECTIONS / VIEWING
Collection / viewing is BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. please make contact to arrange BEFORE travelling. Most items are stored in a secure location away from my registered address and may not be available to view unannounced.
PAYMENT
No sale is final until payment has been made and funds are cleared in account. We accept Cash or bank transfer (ideally bank transfer). We do not currently accept card payments. All agreed sales must be paid in full within 24 hours, regardless of any agreed collection or delivery dates. All items are to be paid in full, cleared funds, prior to removal from our premises or delivery.
WARRANTY
All items are sold as described/seen and inspected at buyer’s discretion, without a warranty, this is due to the general age and condition of all used parts and the submarket value or trade asking price.
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS, TRACTOR & QUADS
All agricultural equipment are sold on a spares or repairs basis, it may be suitable for intended use but this is for the buyer to inspect and decide. This is due to the former agricultural use of the item and the unknown condition of all moving parts, all these items are sold on a trade to trade basis. All Agricultural items, tractors & Quads are sold as described, It is buyer’s responsibility to check condition of items & satisfy themselves with condition.
PLANT & CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
All our plant & construction machinery is used, not new, most items will be over 5 years old, they will have scuffs, scratches, dink's, bangs, marks, chips and damage’s. They will have been used in an industrial environment, they may have minor leaks or drips, they may have some electrical buttons, switches, controls that do not work, some of the dials gauges or clocks may not work, if rubber tracks are fitted these tracks could have splits, wear, cuts or cracks, some of the operations may have been altered form the original specification. They may be missing parts, I.D plates but we have full proof of purchase where these have been bought from. Some or all of the pipes and fittings may be worn and need replacement in the near future, hydraulic leaks can happen at any given moment with older used construction equipment. All Plant/ construction equipment is sold as described, It is buyer’s responsibility to check condition of items & satisfy themselves with condition.
TRAILERS
All our Trailers are used, not new, most items will be over 10+ years old, they will have scuffs, scratches, dink's, bangs, marks, chips and damage’s. They may not be in a road legal condition; it is the responsibility of driver to check the condition of the item he is towing. If lights / electrics can fail at any point. Brakes and tyres my need attention, it is up to the buyer to check over all items and agree they are happy with trailer before collecting or towing away. They may be missing parts, I.D plates but we have full proof of purchase where these have been bought from. All trailers are sold as described, It is buyer’s responsibility to check condition of items & satisfy themselves with condition.
TOOLS
All our tools are used, not new, most items will be over 5/10 years old, they will have scuffs, scratches, dink's, bangs, marks, chips and damage’s. They will have been used in an industrial environment. They may have some electrical buttons, switches, controls that do not work, some of the dials gauges or clocks may not work, some of the operations may have been altered form the original specification. They may be missing parts, I.D plates but we have full proof of purchase where these have been bought from. They come without warranty and will be inspected (shown working to buyer at time of collection. Tools can break / stop working at any given moment. All tools are sold as described, It is buyer’s responsibility to check condition of items & satisfy themselves with condition.
BUYER INSPECTIONS
All buyers are required to make a complete inspection of the item prior to purchase and we welcome inspection by any qualified engineer. It is buyer’s responsibility to satisfy them self with condition of item at time of viewing, as when sale is completed, we do not accept returns. Items delivered by our transport require the buyer to complete an inspection on delivery to satisfy themselves the item is suitable, as expected and fit for the intended purpose.
UNSEEN PURCHASE / DISTANCE SALE
This is rare for us to send out an item unseen in person buy the buyer. For any buyer agreeing to a sale without viewing the item first, we provide the option to ask for any further information, photographs or videos of any specific part or area of concern prior to any commitment
Any item sent by carrier, pallet or any other transport , will be arranged by buyer and at buyers expense. where upon delivery, we cannot complete an inspection with the buyer, will ONLY be sold on a "Spares or Repairs" for parts, not suitable for its original intended purpose , Trade to Trade basis, no matter what the original advertisement implied, we will not sell any item deemed "Fit for Purpose" to ANY buyer who cannot sign as having inspected the item upon delivery by ourselves, such an item will NOT be accepted for a return as it will not be a consumer purchase and the buyer will be made very aware of this prior to purchase. We would much sooner meet our buyers and introduce them to the item they have bought, than send an item unseen.
NEW ITEMS
New items are covered under manufacturers warranty, this is stated on the manufactures warranty card supplied with item. Warranty is supplied from manufacturer and not MM-plant trailer and tool Sales. However repairs / Queries – we are happy to assist with warranty claims or queries however it may be referred back to the manufacturer for final decision.
DESCRIPTIONS
None of the information provided in our description (relevant to the item) has been verified and will have been taken from any accompanying paper work or details supplied by the former owner, anything of specific requirement can be checked at the buyers request . Unless otherwise stated no formal or expert inspection has been made of any item offered for sale and descriptions are based on a visual ground level inspection by an unqualified surveyor.
MILEAGE / HOURS
We have no way to warranty the mileage or hours recorded on the odometer of any used vehicle or item and as such all mileage / hour readings are to be disregarded as incorrect and could differ from the actual mileage / hours covered by the vehicle.Â
MOT / SERVICE
As stated on the VOSA certificate a current MOT does not guarantee a road worthy vehicle for the duration of the certificate, all buyers are advised to inspect or have inspected any vehicle prior to use in order to satisfy them of the road worthy condition of the item. For all items with unknown service history we advise the buyer to immediately upon delivery or collection arrange a service of the item prior to use.
HEALTH & SAFETY
Meeting any and all Health & Safety requirements of any item supplied by MM-Plant, trailer + tool Sales is entirely at the buyers responsibility, we do not check, inspect, approve or recommend anything regarding the safe use of any item sold. All machinery, vehicles, plant and trailers can be hazardous if incorrectly used.
RETURNS
As we are selling used Plant, trailers and tools, Returns are not accepted, All items are sold in good faith as seen by buyer. It is buyer’s responsibility to check condition of items & satisfy themselves with condition. No warranty implied or given. Once customer/Buyer has taken ownership of item and paid for in full, this is final, and no alteration will be made.