Category: Trading Assistance
Trading Tip: Assessing Damages
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Following a breach of contract the injured party is entitled to be made whole.
Recourse after a buyer bows out
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You should see in this case that for delivered sales, untimely delivery may be grounds for rejection.
Trading Tip – Damages & Amount Due
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The produce industry has its fair share of terms with more than one meaning.
Negotiating a rejection
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What if the seller, after receiving notice, wants to take the product back and the buyer wants to accommodate the seller’s request?
Revisiting the basics: A Rejection
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A buyer rejecting a shipment of produce to a seller should ensure the rejection is both procedurally effective and substantively rightful.
Revisiting the basics: Accept or reject
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When a produce buyer is tendered a shipment of produce that allegedly fails to comply with the sales agreement, the buyer must decide whether to accept or reject the shipment to the seller.
Transit Temps – Reconciling Recorders
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What happens when temperature recorders in the same truck show different readings? Don't assume one is wrong.
Trading Tip: Interpreting USDA Inspection Certificates
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The words, “Fails to grade U.S. #1 account condition,” on a USDA inspection certificate sound awfully conclusive.
Rejections and freight: Who pays?
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Who pays the freight bill following a rejection to an f.o.b. seller?
Truck brokers and salvage returns
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Produce truck brokers have a challenging job, but “managing salvage returns” seems to be the one that really causes headaches.