What this website is
This website is a catalogue and an enquiry service. It describes trailers and lets you ask us for a price. There is no online checkout: you cannot buy a trailer, pay a deposit or pay in full through this site, and there are no customer accounts or logins.
Because of that, these terms do two jobs. They cover your use of the website, and they set out the basis on which we quote and sell. The terms that apply to an actual purchase are the ones in the written quote we send you, read together with this page.
Who you are dealing with
BuyATrailer.ie is the trading name of Green Peregrine Limited, a company registered in Ireland under company number 805944 with VAT number IE6401170OH.
Our registered address is 21 Bishops Field, Williamstown, Waterford, X91 AE3E, Ireland.
You can contact us at any time by email at [email protected] or by phone on 087 693 0633. How we handle your information is set out in our privacy policy.
Prices on this site are indicative
A price shown on this website is indicative. It is there to help you compare models. It is not an offer capable of acceptance and it does not create a contract. Prices, availability and specification can change.
Prices are shown in euro for Ireland and in sterling for the United Kingdom. They are shown including VAT by default, and you can switch to see them excluding VAT. VAT is charged at the rate that applies to your country — currently 23% in Ireland and 20% in the United Kingdom. If a VAT rate changes between your quote and your purchase, the price we confirm to you in writing is the price that applies.
Delivery is not included in the price shown on a trailer unless the quote says so. Any delivery charge will be stated in your quote.
A quote request is an enquiry, not an order
When you send the quote request form, you are asking us for information and a price. Sending it does not place an order, reserve a trailer, or create a contract between us.
When a contract is formed
A contract is formed only when we have confirmed your order in writing and you have accepted that written confirmation — for example by replying to it, or by paying any deposit it asks for. Until then, either of us can walk away and no obligation arises on either side.
The written confirmation, together with this page, is the whole agreement between us on the sale. If there is any conflict between them, the written confirmation wins.
Information you get before you are bound
Before a contract is concluded we will give you, in writing: the total price including VAT; any delivery charge; the arrangements for payment, delivery or collection and the timescale; the trailer's main characteristics; and the cancellation information set out in the next section. Please read it and ask us if anything is unclear — you are not bound until you accept it.
Your right to change your mind — 14 days
If your purchase is agreed without us being in the same place — for example by phone or email — it is what the law calls a distance contract, and you have the right to cancel it within 14 days without giving any reason.
When the 14 days runs from. For a trailer, the period starts on the day you — or someone you nominate — take physical possession of it. Where an order covers several items delivered separately, it runs from the day you take possession of the last of them.
How to cancel. Just tell us. Email [email protected] with your name and the trailer you are cancelling, or use the model cancellation form we send with your written confirmation. You do not need to give a reason, and you do not need to use that form — a clear statement is enough.
Returning the trailer. You must send the trailer back, or hand it over to us, without undue delay and within 14 days of telling us you are cancelling.
Who pays for the return. The law allows us to require you to bear the direct cost of returning the goods, but only because we are telling you so here, before you are bound. So: you bear the direct cost of returning a cancelled trailer. Because a trailer is bulky, that cost is not trivial — we are stating it plainly so it is not a surprise. The cost depends on where you are and what you arrange, so we cannot quote a fixed figure; if you would like us to arrange collection instead, ask us and we will give you a price for it.
Your refund. We will refund you, including the least expensive standard delivery option we offered if you paid for delivery, as soon as possible and no later than 14 days after you tell us you are cancelling. We may hold the refund until we have the trailer back, or you have shown that you sent it.
Looking after the trailer. While the trailer is in your hands you are responsible for keeping it in reasonable condition. You are entitled to examine it and handle it as you would in a shop, but if its value is reduced by handling beyond that, we may deduct the reduction from your refund.
When the right does not apply. If a trailer is made to your own specification — not simply a standard model with options, but built or altered specifically for you so that it could not readily be sold to someone else — the law excludes it from the 14-day cancellation right. If that applies to what you are buying, we will tell you before you are bound rather than afterwards.
If you buy in person. Where a purchase is agreed face to face at our depot, it is not a distance contract and this 14-day right does not automatically apply. Your statutory rights in the next section still do.
Delivery, collection and risk
You can collect from our depot or have the trailer delivered. Delivery arrangements, any charge and the estimated timescale will be in your written confirmation.
Risk in the trailer — responsibility for loss or damage — passes to you when you, or someone you nominate, take physical possession of it. Risk does not pass merely because we have sent you paperwork.
Any delivery or collection date is an estimate. It may change because of manufacturing, stock, transport or other factors outside our control, and it is not a guaranteed date. If a delay becomes significant we will tell you and you will be free to cancel that part of the order without charge.
Payment and when ownership passes
Whether a deposit is required and when the balance falls due, and the payment methods we accept, are set out in your written confirmation. We will not ask you for payment through this website.
Ownership of a trailer passes to you only when we have received payment in full, including any delivery charge. Until then the trailer remains ours. This does not affect your rights if we fail to deliver what was agreed, and it does not affect the point at which risk passes to you.
Your statutory rights
Nothing in these terms reduces the rights the law gives you as a consumer. Goods must be of satisfactory quality, fit for their purpose, and match what was described to you. If a trailer does not meet those standards you are entitled to a remedy under Irish law, and under UK law where the law of the United Kingdom applies to your purchase.
These rights are separate from, and additional to, any manufacturer's guarantee. Trailers are manufactured by VEZEKO and carry the manufacturer's guarantee. The length and scope of the guarantee that applies to your trailer is confirmed in your written quote.
Towing, registration and licensing are your responsibility
Responsibility for the safe and lawful use of a trailer rests with you. That includes making sure your vehicle is capable of towing it, that you hold the right driving licence entitlement, that the trailer is registered and plated where the law requires it, and that the combination is legal in the country where you tow.
To be clear about one thing we can state as fact: in Ireland a trailer with a design gross vehicle weight over 750 kg must be registered, and its registration plate must be visible at all times — if it is obscured by the trailer, a second plate showing the towing vehicle's registration is required. Licence entitlements depend on the weight of the trailer and the combined weight of the vehicle and trailer, and a category BE entitlement is needed in some combinations.
Towing rules, registration requirements and licence entitlements differ between Ireland and the United Kingdom and can change. We cannot advise you on them and nothing on this website is legal advice. Check the current official guidance — the Road Safety Authority at rsa.ie for Ireland, and GOV.UK for the United Kingdom — and your own vehicle handbook for its towing limits, before you tow.
If something goes wrong
Tell us first. Email [email protected] with your order details and what has gone wrong, and we will try to put it right. Complaints about a trailer are treated as a priority because a trailer that is unsafe or unusable is urgent to you.
If we cannot resolve it between us, you can approach the consumer authority for your country: the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (ccpc.ie) in Ireland, or Citizens Advice or Trading Standards in the United Kingdom. Those bodies can advise you on your options, which may include alternative dispute resolution or going to court.
Our liability
Our liability is limited as follows:
- We do not exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else the law does not allow us to exclude. A clause purporting to do so would be void.
- We do not exclude or limit your statutory rights as a consumer.
- Subject to those, our liability for a trailer is limited to the price you paid for it.
- We are not responsible for loss caused by using a trailer unlawfully, by towing it with a vehicle that is not capable of towing it, by overloading it, or by failing to maintain it.
Content on this site, and using it fairly
The design, text and layout of this site belong to us. Manufacturer imagery and specification data are used with the manufacturer's permission and remain theirs. You are welcome to read, print and share our pages for the purpose of considering a purchase. You may not scrape, republish or resell the content in bulk, or use it to build a competing catalogue, without our written permission.
Specification data is reproduced from the manufacturer's published information and we take care to keep it accurate. Trailers are mechanical products and manufacturers change specifications; where a detail matters to you, ask us and we will confirm it in your written quote, which is the version we are bound by.
Changes to these terms
This page is reviewed at least once a year. The terms that apply to your purchase are the ones published on the day you place your order, together with your written confirmation, and we will not change them retrospectively.
Which law applies
These terms are governed by the law of Ireland, and the Irish courts have jurisdiction.
If you are a consumer living in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, this does not take away the protection of the mandatory consumer law of the country you live in. Where that law gives you more than Irish law does, you keep the benefit of it, and you may also be able to bring proceedings in your own courts.
Contact
For any question about these terms, or about a quote or order, email [email protected].