T&Cs selling on Amazon ?

[Lili7]

Hello,

I am planning on selling on Amazon very soon. I'm french but I'd like to sell in the UK too.
I know that Terms and Conditions are required by the law for e-commerce sellers (at least here in France). But you should you write your own T&Cs as an Amazon seller ? I thought I should be using the T&Cs made my Amazon, as I believe those are the ones the customer has to accept. Until recently, where I read that the seller should have his own and he can be sued if they don't comply with the law.

Can someone tell me more about this please ?

Thanks a lot.

 

[FittedCommerce]

Hi Lili7

Basically whilst selling on Amazon you are obliged to use their T&C's, but may I ask what you are selling that you would be worried about getting sued by?

If the item can potentially cause harm then it is always good to write a warning in the product description.

For example, hot water bottles, this would be a good example to write a warning not to put scolding hot water into the bottle as it could cause burns.

Before I dive to deep into it, let me know what you're selling

Speak soon
Charlie McBroom
Fitted Commerce LTD

 

[Paul Norman]

As stated above, if you sell on Amazon, you will be obliged to abide by their terms and conditions. Your own will be irrelevant.

 

[Lili7]

Thanks for replying.

The thing that makes me wonder is this post, found in this forum, about selling on amazon :

"Before you start make sure your terms and conditions comply with the law, check every word. Please please please do that otherwise someone may sue you. By "someone" I mean companies that deliberately look for eBay and Amazon sellers that have non-complying T&C's. They contact you saying that they are taking you to court because your terms are wrong unless you pay them about 1000 euro for their work (which basically means listing your mistakes ONLY). The company we are providing service for has already gone to court 2 or 3 times even thought the T&Cs have been compiled by lawyers, and even if you win you are still required to pay half the court fees."

So this makes me wonder...