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Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation Quick-Start Guide
Warranty and Returned Goods Requirements
All standard Beckman Coulter, Inc. policies governing returned goods apply to this
product. Subject to the exceptions and upon the conditions stated below, the Company
warrants that the products sold under this sales agreement shall be free from defects in
workmanship and materials for one year after delivery of the products to the original
Purchaser by the Company, and if any such product should prove to be defective
within such one year period, the Company agrees, at its option, either (1) to correct by
repair or at the Company’s election by replacement, any such defective product
provided that investigation and factory inspection discloses that such defect
developed under normal and proper use, or (2) to refund the purchase price. The
exceptions and conditions mentioned above are as follows:
a.
Components or accessories manufactured by the Company which by their
nature are not intended to and will not function for one year are warranted
only to reasonable service for a reasonable time. What constitutes a
reasonable time and a reasonable service shall be determined solely by the
Company. A complete list of such components and accessories is maintained
at the factory.
b. The Company makes no warranty with respect to components or accessories
not manufactured by it. In the event of defect in any such component or
accessory, the Company will give reasonable assistance to Purchaser in
obtaining from the manufacturer’s own warranty.
c.
Any product claimed to be defective must, if required by the Company, be
returned to the factory, transportation charges prepaid, and will be returned
to Purchaser with transportation charges collect unless the product is found
to be defective, in which case the product must be properly decontaminated
of any chemical, biological, or radioactive hazardous material.
d. The Company shall be released from all obligations under all warranties,
either expressed or implied, if any product covered hereby is repaired or
modified by persons other than its own authorized service personnel, unless
such repair by others is made with the written consent of the Company.
e.
If the product is a reagent or the like, it is warranted only to conform to the
quantity and content and for the period (but not in excess of one year) stated
on the label at the time of delivery.
It is expressly agreed that the above warranty shall be in lieu of all warranties of
fitness and of the warranty of merchantability, and that the company shall have no
liability for special or consequential damages of any kind or from any cause
whatsoever arising out of the manufacture, use, sale, handling, repair, maintenance, or
replacement of any of the products sold under the sales agreement.
Representatives and warranties made by any person, including dealers and
representatives of the Company, which are consistent or in conflict with the terms of
this warranty, shall not be binding upon the Company unless reduced in writing and
approved by an expressly authorized officer of the Company.
Parts replaced during the warranty period are warranted to the end of the instrument
warranty.
Note:
Performance characteristics and specifications are only warranted when
Beckman Coulter replacement parts are used.
