2. The buyer is obliged to check the goods immediately with utmost care for
deviations of quality and quantity and report apparent defects promptly to the
seller in writing. Timely dispatch of the notification of defects shall suffice for
complying with the time limit.
This also applies for concealed defects established later, from the time of their
discovery.
3. In case of violation of the obligation to inspect and notify, warranty claims
cannot be asserted. In case of defects, the seller may provide warranty either
by repair or replacement.
Please note: As far as possible, the buyer is requested not to return the goods
freight forward but as an insured package to the seller. The seller shall gladly pay
the cost of postage in advance, if he has to bear the return charges. The buyer is
also requested to avoid damage and contamination of the goods.
Goods should be returned in their original packaging with all accessories and with
all packaging components to the seller. If the buyer no longer has the original pack-
aging, he should return the goods in a suitable package to avoid damage in transit.
Note: The procedures indicated above are not a prerequisite for effective exercise
of your warranty claims. Your warranty claims and your right of cancellation re-
main unaffected hereby.
14 Instructions on the disposal of batteries
With regard to the sale of batteries or the supply of devices containing batteries,
the supplier is obliged to draw the customer's attention to the following: As the
end user, the customer has a statutory obligation to return used batteries. He can
return old batteries stocked or previously stocked by the supplier in the form of
new batteries to the supplier's despatch warehouse (despatch address) free of
charge. The symbols shown on the batteries have the following meanings: Pb =
battery contains more than 0.004 percent by mass of lead, Cd = battery contains
more than 0.002 percent by mass of cadmium, Hg = battery contains more than
0.0005 percent by mass of quicksilver.
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