New Customer Registration
Revised October 2024
Contact information:
- Canadian customers are to remit to our Canada address and American customers are to remit to our USA address, located here. The remittance address is also the mailing address.
- Barbican phone & fax numbers are located here.
- For custom lighting quotations, email sales@barbican.ca
- Email orders to sales@barbican.ca
- For Accounting, contact Barbara Athoe, 905-991-9707 extension 223, accounting@barbican.ca
Credit information:
- New customers must submit a credit application with current references.
- EMCB is the credit rating service we reference (Electrical Manufacturing Credit Bureau). Email orders to sales@barbican.ca
- Initial orders from new customers are usually advance payment required. Terms for subsequent orders will be awarded based on credit results.
- Custom orders exceeding $20K are subject to a 50% deposit upon receipt of the invoice.
Freight:
- There is no prepaid amount for freight: it is always prepaid and billed.
- All freight is shipped via ground unless specified by the customer.
- Smaller parcels are shipped via Fedex ground in Canada and UPS ground in the USA.
- US orders are shipped from Buffalo, pre-cleared for duty and brokerage.
- Damages cannot be claimed unless the bill of lading is signed as damaged.
- Claims must be made within 14 days.
Returns:
- An RGA must be issued before any product is returned. Email sales@barbican.ca to obtain this document. Any questions, call the Sales/Customer Service office at 905-991-9707. Call tags may be issued under certain circumstances.
- There are no returns on custom products.
Taxes:
- Canadian orders are subject to GST/HST.
- BC and PEI orders will be subject to PST unless a copy of their exemption certificate is on file or provided with the order.
- American customers must provide their Federal ID# and a copy of their state sales tax exemption certificate for the state into which the product is shipping.