About Us

bargainhardware.co.uk is a site operated by Bargain Hardware, a trading name of 1st Technologies LTD (we). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 03462263 and with our registered office at Unit X, Bee Mill, Preston Road, Ribchester, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom, PR3 3XL. Our VAT number is GB696289467.


Products & Descriptions

The images and descriptions of the Products on our Site are for illustrative purposes only and are designed to provide you with an approximate idea of the Products available. Although we have made every effort to display the true colour and cosmetic condition of the products, we cannot guarantee that this will accurately reflect the colour of the products. Accordingly, the products which are supplied to you may vary slightly from the images on the site.

As our business involves the sale of refurbished products, the detailed specifications of the products on our site reflect the specifications provided by the relevant manufacturer. Additional information and specifications of the products on our site may be available from the manufacturer direct. Please contact us should you have any queries or wish to obtain additional details of the products before you place your order.

The company warrants that the goods will, at the time of delivery, correspond to the description given by the company. It is the responsibility of the customer to check the compatibility and suitability of goods for any particular purpose before ordering. The company hereby reserves the right to make without notice such minor modifications in specifications, designs or materials as it may deem necessary or desirable by experience.

All Products displayed on our site are subject to availability. We will inform you by e-mail as soon as possible if a product you have ordered is not available and we will not process your order.

The company at its absolute discretion may accept or reject any order whether on account of the equipment being no longer available or for any other reason whatsoever.


Personal Information

We only use your personal information in accordance our Privacy Policy. Please take the time to read this document as it includes important terms which apply to you.


Right to Purchase

By placing an order through our site, you warrant that:

  • You are legally capable of entering into binding contracts;
  • You are at least 18 years old;

Amendment(s) of Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time to reflect any changes in how we accept payment from you; changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements; and/or changes in our systems’ capabilities.

Every time you order Products from us, the Terms in force at that time will apply to the Contract made between you and us.

Whenever we revise these Terms in accordance with this clause, we will give you notice of this by stating on our Site that these Terms have been amended and specifying at the top of this page the date on which the amended Terms come into force.


Business Purchases

This clause only applies if you are a business.

If you are not a consumer, you confirm that you have authority to bind any business on whose behalf you use our Site to purchase Products.

These Terms and any document expressly referred to in them constitutes the entire agreement between you and us. You acknowledge that you have not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of us which is not set out in these Terms or any document expressly referred to in them.


Forming a Contract

Our order process allows you to check and amend any errors before submitting your order to us. Please take the time to read and check your order at each page of the order process.

After placing an order, you will receive an e-mail from us acknowledging that we have received your order. Please note that this does not mean that your order has been accepted. Your order constitutes an offer to us to buy a Product. All orders are subject to acceptance by us, and we will confirm such acceptance to you by sending you an e-mail that confirms that the Products have been dispatched ("Dispatch Confirmation"). The contract between us will only be formed once the dispatch confirmation has been sent.

The Contract will relate only to those Products we have confirmed in the Acceptance Confirmation. We will not be obliged to supply any other Products which may have been part of your order until the acceptance of such Products has been confirmed in a separate Acceptance Confirmation.

If we are unable to supply you with a product, for example because that product is not in stock, is no longer available; or because of an error in the price on our site as referred to in clause ‘Products and Descriptions’, we will inform you of this by e-mail and we will not process your order. If you have already paid for the Products, we will refund you the full amount as soon as possible.

These terms, and the contract between us, are always to be communicated in the English language.


Consumer Rights 

If you are contracting as a consumer, you may cancel a contract at any time within seven working days, beginning on the day after you received the products. In this case, you will receive a full refund of the price paid for the products in accordance with our refunds policy (set out in clause ‘refund policy’ below).

To cancel a Contract, you must contact us in writing by sending an e-mail to  support@bargainhardware.co.uk or by sending a letter to: Bargain Hardware, Unit X Bee Mill, Preston Road, Ribchester, Preston, Lancs. UK. PR3 3XL.

As a consumer, you have legal rights in relation to Products that are faulty or not as described. Advice about your legal rights is available from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office. Nothing in these Terms will affect these legal rights.


Dispatch and Delivery

We shall determine the delivery method for your order based on the size of the Products comprising your order. For the vast majority of products, we shall use DPD, Royal Mail and UPS (or such other courier provider of a similar standard as we may from time to time require) to deliver your order. Smaller items may be sent via the Post Office and orders (over 30Kg volumetric weight) where pallets are required, may be delivered by Kuehne & Nagel, Rhenus Logistics or FDC, a partner of TPN The Pallet Network (or other such pallet distributors of a similar standard as we may from time to time require).

European Health & Safety regulations dictate the maximum weight for a single parcel is 30Kg. Therefore all indiviudual items exceeding this weight (physically or volumetrically) must be, as part of an order or individually, shipped using a pallet freight service. If this option is not selected at checkout then we will contact you to request any relevant shipment surcharges.

We aim to dispatch your order within the timeframes detailed in our order processing page, however this may change due to demand. International orders are generally received in less than 10 working days to all points of Europe.

Whilst every reasonable effort shall be made to keep to any delivery date, time of delivery shall not be of the essence and the seller shall not be liable for any losses, costs, damages or expenses incurred by the buyer or any other person or company arising directly or indirectly out of any failure to meet any estimated delivery date.

Delivery will be completed when we deliver the products to the address supplied to us during purchase/checkout and the products will be your responsibility from the completion of delivery.

Ownership of the Products shall transfer to you once we have received payment in full, including all applicable delivery charges.

There will be no delivery until clear funds have been received.

Any items returned to us via courier "refused", "addressee gone away" or cancelled orders will be subject to full cost of the impaired delivery.

Surcharge Postcodes:

Due to the higher cost of delivering to remote, rural or offshore addresses, most carriers impose surcharges for these areas and we in turn have to pass on this cost to be fair to other customers. Such surcharges will be calculated after the input of your delivery address during the checkout and shipping estimation process


Import duty

If you order Products from our site for delivery outside the UK, they may be subject to export/import duties and taxes which are levied when the delivery reaches the specified destination. You will be responsible for payment of any such import duties and taxes. Please note that we have no control over these charges and cannot predict their amount. Please contact your local customs office for further information before placing your order.

You must comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the country for which the Products are destined. We will not be liable for any breach by you of any such laws.


Risk and Ownership

The Products will be at your risk from the time of delivery.

Ownership of the products will only pass to you when we receive full payment of all sums due in respect of the products, including delivery charges.


Returns and Refunds Policy

To cancel a Contract you must contact us in writing by sending an e-mail to support@bargainhardware.co.uk or by sending a letter to: Bargain Hardware, Unit X Bee Mill, Preston Road, Ribchester, Preston, Lancs. UK. PR3 3XL.

We do not charge a re-stocking fee for used or refurbished items. However both the original outbound shipping costs and return shipping costs will be covered by you (the customer).

You must agree to the RMA disclaimer in order to have a RMA issued. The RMA disclaimer generally includes the terms of return packaging, liabilities for damages due to incorrect packaging, the removal of 3rd-party hardware and other terms that may be discussed and agreed on between the customer and the support agent.

All refunds will submitted using the same payment method by which the original payment was received.

The ‘Cooling Off Period’ clause only applies if you are a consumer:

Cooling Off Period:

We want you to be satisfied when you shop with us. However, occasionally we know that you may want to return a product. As a consumer, you have a legal right to cancel a contract under the consumer protection (The Consumer Contracts Regulations 2014) within fourteen days, beginning on the day after you receive the products.

This means that during the relevant period if you change your mind or for any other reason you decide you do not want to keep a product, you can notify us of your decision to cancel the contract and receive a refund subject to the following conditions:

  • You must also return the Product(s) to us immediately, in the same condition in which you received them, and at your own cost and risk;
  • The original packaging material must be used in order to maintain the integrity and security of the product during return transit;
  • Unless the products are faulty or not as described, we will not be responsible for the cost of returning the Products to us or, where relevant, the cost of us collecting the Products from you. We will notify you on receipt of your cancellation notice of the charge (if any) to be incurred for collecting the Products from you;
  • You have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the Products while they are in your possession. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation;
  • The products do not compromise of consumable goods, except where a fault has been discovered that could not have been identified without unsealing the products.
  • The products do not compromise of computer software which has been unsealed

These terms and conditions do not affect consumers' statutory rights as contained in current legislation governing the relationship between consumers and businesses.

The ‘Cooling Off Period’ clause only applies if you are a consumer and does not apply to business customers.

Advice about your legal right to cancel the contract under these regulations is available from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office.

Defective, Damaged, Not as Described and other returns:

Should you deem a product to be defective, not as described or otherwise unsuitable then we reserve the right to repair, replace or refund the item. We will notify you of our itentions via e-mail within a reasonable period of time. We will usually process your repair, replacement or refund as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of receiving the defective Product. If you elect a refund of a Product returned by you because of a defect it will be refunded as per our refunds policy, including a refund of the part of the delivery charge which related to that defective product for sending the item to you and the cost incurred by returning the defective product to us (subject to a maximum reimbursement equal to the original outbound shipping cost). If you are entitled to a repair or replacement of a defective product we will not charge you for redelivery of the repaired or replaced product.

We will endeavour to arrange collection for all defective, damaged and not as described items. Where this is not possible (including all destinations outside of Mainland UK) we will reimburse return shipping costs at our discretion up to a maximum reimbursement equal to the original outbound shipping cost of the goods.


Price and Payment

The price of any Products will be as quoted on our site, except in cases of obvious error.

The price of a product does not include delivery charges. Our delivery charges are as quoted on our site and are confirmed in the Dispatch Confirmation.

Prices are liable to change at any time, but changes will not affect orders in respect of which we have already accepted.

Whilst we try and ensure that all prices on our website are accurate, errors may occur. In the event that a product is listed at an incorrect price due to typographical error or error in pricing information from our suppliers, taxes or duty changes, we reserve the right to refuse or cancel any orders listed at the incorrect price whether or not the order has been confirmed. If we discover an error in the price of goods you have ordered we will inform you as soon as possible and give you the option of reconfirming your order at the correct price or cancelling it. If we are unable to contact you we will treat the order as cancelled. If you cancel and you have already paid for the goods, you will receive a full refund back to the original form of payment.

Payment for all products must be by credit, debit card, PayPal or Bank Transfer. We accept card payment with Visa, Visa Electron, Visa Debit, MasterCard and Maestro (including Switch). We shall not despatch any Products until we receive cleared funds. No payment shall be deemed to have been received until we have received cleared funds. Please be aware that if you are using PayPal as your payment method we reserve the right to not ship to unconfirmed addresses.

Your credit/debit card details will be encrypted by us to minimise the possibility of unauthorised access or disclosure. Authority for payment must be given at the time of order. If there is a problem taking payment for all or part of your order, we may contact you by telephone or e-mail.


Written Communications

Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you should be in writing. When using our site, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic.  We will contact you by e-mail or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.


Notices

All notices given by you to us must be given to: Bargain Hardware, Unit X Bee Mill, Preston Road, Ribchester, Preston, Lancs. UK. PR3 3XL. We may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide to us when placing an order, or in any of the ways specified in clause 'Written Communications' above. Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on our website, 24 hours after an e-mail is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an e-mail, that such e-mail was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.


Events outside of our control (Force Majeure)

We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (Force Majeure Event).

A Force Majeure Event includes any act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and includes in particular (without limitation) the following:

  • strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action;
  • civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war;
  • fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster;
  • impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport;
  • impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks;
  • the acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.

Our performance under any Contract is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force Majeure Event continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavours to bring the Force Majeure Event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations under the Contract may be performed despite the Force Majeure Event.


TFT, LCD & Plasma Pixel Policy

A 15 inch LCD display running at a resolution of 1024 X 768 contains 768,432 pixels; each pixel is made up of 3 sub pixels giving a total of 2,359,296 pixels. A 19 inch LCD display running at a resolution of 1280 X 1024 contains 3,932,160 pixels, and a 24 inch LCD display running at 1920 X 1200 contains 6,912,000 pixels, having a few "dead" pixels is not considered a defect. It is rare for a LCD screen to ship with, or develop pixel irregularities. If or when a dead pixel occurs, it is not an indication that more will occur. It is usually a solitary incident. Therefore, Bargain Hardware feel it is important to make our customers aware that some screens may have slight irregularities in the form of dead pixels. Within the first 28 days from purchase unfortunately, Bargain Hardware will only be able to replace a screen that has three or more pixel defects spread across the screen, or two dead pixels that are connected to each other. We are sorry for any disappointment this may cause our customers, however, the manufacturers of TFT; LCD and LED screens dictate this policy with far less lenient policies than ours.


Warranty

Where goods supplied are still under manufacturer’s warranty, then the buyer must exercise the warranty directly with the manufacturer/agent and not Bargain Hardware.

Where goods under manufacturer warranty cannot be repaired they will be replaced by the manufacturer and not Bargain Hardware.

Where an item is sold as refurbished, without original manufacturer warranty and unless expressly stated otherwise in a product's description, we will provide a RTB (Return to Base) warranty that on delivery and for a period of days after delivery, the products shall be free from material defects. This warranty is non-transferable and does not apply in the circumstances described here:

The warranty period shall be 3 years, in the case of our quality tested, complete build to order systems (servers & workstations), switches, and consumer PCs and Laptops over the value of £1000/€1200. This does not cover the following system components: HDDs, SSDs, Batteries, and GPUs. Internal HDDs, SSDs, Batteries, and GPUs within a complete build to order system or PC/Laptop are supplied with a standard 1-year return to base warranty.

In the case of PCs and Laptops under the value of £1000/€1200, and Monitors, the warranty period shall be 1 year.

In the case of components and system parts not purchased as part of a complete computer system, our standard minimum 90-day RTB warranty will apply.

The warranty in the above clause does not apply to any defect in a product arising from:

  • Fair wear and tear;
  • Cryptocurrency mining;
  • Wilful damage, abnormal storage or working conditions, accident, negligence by you or by any third party;
  • Any alteration or repair by you or by a third party who is not one of our authorised repairers;
  • Any software installed by you or on your behalf; or any file corruption, internet usage or any virus or bug which infiltrates or damages the Product.

We ask that you allow any batteries within your system to charge for 24 hours before taking note of how long it takes to discharge. Some batteries, especially CMOS and RAID batteries can hold their charge but are discharged upon receipt and require 24 hours of charging before use. For parts or systems which we replace under the warranty the shipping cost will be covered by Bargain Hardware where the delivery address is within the UK or the EU. For any location outside these areas the shipping costs are to be billed to the customer prior to goods being despatched. 

If you are a consumer, this warranty is in addition to your legal rights in relation to products that are faulty or not as described. Advice about your legal rights is available from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office.

We reserve the right to test any Product returned to us in accordance with these terms. If, on testing, it transpires that you have not complied with the provisions of these terms, specifically in relation any product returned to us is damaged through misuse, is missing parts or is in an unsellable condition due to your own acts or omissions, we will have no liability to repair or replace the products and shall be entitled to return the products to you in their existing condition.


Law and Jurisdiction

Contracts for the purchase of Products through our site and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be governed by English law. Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with such Contracts or their formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Bargain Hardware, 
Unit X Bee Mill, 
Preston Road, 
Ribchester, 
Preston, 
Lancs. UK. 
PR3 3XL

Company Reg No. 03462263
VAT Reg No. 696289467