SECONDHAND PARTS

A warranty may be express or implied depending on what you bought. Secondhand Parts for a motor vehicle may guaranteed by the seller for a certain period of time. In business transactions, a warranty or guarantee, is an assurance by one party to the other party that specific facts or conditions are true or will happen and therefore the other party is permitted to rely on that assurance and seek some type of remedy if it is not true or followed.

Secondhand parts are often bought from Scrapyards, the automotive ‘supplier’ of spares, which are often referred to as the ‘used auto parts supplier’ or sometimes from a private induvidual. The auto or commercial vehicle spares are normally sold ‘as is’ or ‘foetstoets’. This means that the used auto parts are accepted by the ‘buyer’ without conditions attached to the sale agreement. Sometimes, ‘the supplier’ of an engine will furnish ‘the buyer’ with a 1month start-up guarantee. This form of guarantee is usually a promise from ‘the supplier’ to ‘the buyer’ that the engine will start and no more.

When buying secondhand parts it is up to ‘the buyer’ of the goods to understand and know what they want to purchase. Once the money is handed over the deal is concluded, providing and for example, the fruit that looks and smells good but has hidden defects would violate the implied warranty of merchantability if its quality does not meet the standards for such fruit "as passes ordinarily in the trade".

The warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is implied when a buyer relies upon the seller to select the goods to fit a specific request. For example, this warranty is violated when a buyer asks a mechanic to provide secondhand tires and receives tires that are unsafe to use in ice, snow and wet weather conditions. This implied warranty can also be expressly disclaimed by name, thereby shifting the risk of unfitness back to the buyer.

Some companies also offer secondhand extended warranties or used car warranties for vehicles up to 12 years old. The term extended warranty. Non-manufacturer based warranties are technically called motor vehicle service agreements or service contracts.

South Africa has a wealth of scrap yards and used spares suppliers that can supply the secondhand parts you may require. Always compare as per your sample and inspect the parts carefully before paying. Make use of your national Spares Locator Service LOOKING 4 SPARES. Visit the website HOME page and make use of the ‘Safe Trade Account’. This is your Payment Protection Facility when buying spares at a distance.

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