Effective Date: September 22, 2026 · Version: 3
The Merchandise Purchase Agreement is an ongoing contract between you and Via Trading Corporation. These are in addition to our Terms of Use and apply to anyone wishing to purchase or bid on Merchandise from Via Trading.
Via Trading Corporation is a specialized liquidation wholesaler in the asset recovery business, serving major department stores, manufacturers, distributors and other businesses nationwide and helping them dispose of excess inventory. This inventory can consist of customer returns, shelf-pulls, new overstock, defective, brand new master case, scratch & dent, used, expired or short dated items.
Via Trading will always do its best to describe the merchandise as accurately as possible.
There are risks to buying Liquidation Merchandise - and it is not recommended that people purchase Liquidation merchandise, especially returns & defective goods without educating themselves first on the potential risks.
We sell to businesses and resellers, not to consumers. You must be 18 or over to buy from us.
CUSTOMERS AGREE TO AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING
Via Trading assumes and accepts no responsibilities to those that experience losses of any kind as a result of purchasing such Liquidation Merchandise. Any verbal, digital or written correspondence regarding working averages are only approximations and are not binding on Via Trading. Exact working ratios for goods which are not advertised as "new" are always unknown. Working %'s can vary greatly. All manifests that are given are approximate and done to the best of our ability. Manifest information is typically provided by the department stores. Discrepancies between product received and manifest may occur. Manifest values are at times portrayed as Cost, Wholesale or Retail. These values tend to be original values at the time item was bought or originally sold and do not always reflect current Retail or Wholesale Values.
Buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold Via Trading Corporation harmless from any loss, damage, claims, suits, proceedings or demands of any kind including for injuries to persons, loss of life or damage to property occurring from or arising out of breach by Buyer of this provision (including any attorney's fees and costs incurred by Via Trading Corporation in defending against such claims).
ALL PRODUCTS (UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE) ARE SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS WITH NO RETURNS, NO GUARANTEES, NO WARRANTY AND NO CLAIMS MADE AS TO FUNCTIONALITY OR MARKETABILITY.
Buyer is responsible for the merchandise once it is sold to them, and for complying with all laws that apply to the products they resell in the markets where they sell them.
If what you received is materially different from what you ordered, tell your Account Manager within 7 days of receiving it. After that the order is considered accepted.
SHIPPING
Shipping is the responsibility of the buyer. Via Trading may arrange to facilitate shipment but responsibility remains with the buyer. Any claims for delays, damages, lost in transit or additional delivery charges must be made directly with the carrier responsible.
Goods become yours, at your risk, once they are loaded and the carrier signs for them — or once they are loaded onto your truck if you are collecting yourself.
Export orders may be subject to additional inspection fees by US CBP, custom duties, tariffs, local taxes (VAT, GST etc.) as well as import restrictions. It is buyer's responsibility to inform themselves as to what those fees or restrictions may be in their country. Via Trading cannot take any responsibility regarding customs clearance of goods.
Customers who are purchasing goods from our facility have 48 hours to pick-up the goods. Via Trading reserves the right to dispose of or resell the goods if not picked up within 48 hours and/or may store products outside and exposed to the elements.
PAYMENT
All orders must be paid within two working days. Failure to pay for an order in a timely manner may result in the order being cancelled and/or termination or suspension of your account.
Via Trading accepts multiple payment options including Wire, ACH, Bitcoin, Bank Deposit, Venmo, Zelle, Credit Cards & PayPal. Credit Cards & PayPal are subject to a 3% fee. Credit Card payments may be subject to further verification, especially if not shipped to the billing address.
AUCTION BIDDING
Online auction bidding is not currently available on our website. The terms in this section are included so that they are already in place if and when we offer it — anyone who has accepted this agreement will be able to take part without having to sign anything further.
Once you have successfully registered online and accepted the Terms of Use and Merchandise Purchase Agreement you will be eligible to bid on our online Auction Listings.
During the auction, you can bid on any listing by entering a BID amount on the specific listing and clicking the bid button. Clicking the bid button is a final and binding offer to purchase the listing at the winning bid price.
You acknowledge that you are bidding in a live auction and you agree that each bid submitted as provided in these terms is irrevocable and cannot be amended or corrected, even if submitted in error and notified to us. You accept full liability for all bids submitted via your Online Bidding account (including the liability to pay in full and on time for any lot that is the subject of a successful bid from your account).
Please note that Via Trading reserves the right to reject a registration to bid online, withdraw its permission for you to use Online Bidding, or terminate an Online Bidding account, for any reason at any time prior to, during or after a sale.
Via Trading also reserves the right to remove any Auction Listings deemed to be inaccurate or for any reason at our sole discretion, be it before, during or after the auction.
Via Trading has automatic bidding which allows you to enter the Maximum Bid Price you would like to bid. If you are outbid, Via Trading will automatically bid in increments when needed, up to your Maximum Bid Price.
Buyer's Premium, if any, is the fee Via Trading will charge to cover costs associated with operating the Auction and will be indicated on the Auction Listing.
Reserve Price, if any, is the minimum price required for the Listing to be sold. Reserve price is not always disclosed.
Bid increments can vary and are indicated in each specific listing.
Extended bidding is when the Auction Listing is extended by 5 to 10 minutes because of a bid placed minutes before the end of the auction listing.
You agree to remit payment for all winning bids within 2 working days of winning the auction.
Winning bidders will receive an email and options to confirm their preferred payment and shipping method. Once selected you will receive a final invoice with payment information based on your selection.
If the goods are in the same location and you have more than one winning auction listing to ship, and/or you have also purchased goods from our fixed price channel, you can select to "combine shipping" at which point a shipping quote will be manually generated, added to the invoice and resent to you.
Failure to remit payment in a timely manner or at all may result in your account being suspended or terminated.
SALES METHODS
In order to provide you with liquidation merchandise from department stores at prices below cost, certain restrictions on sales must be met. It is the responsibility of the buyer to ensure that all these conditions are met. Failure to do so could result in account being terminated, suspended and/or significant fines being imposed. If buyer is not ultimate re-seller, then it is their responsibility to ensure that their customer complies with these conditions.
• Buyer must remove or deface any identifying marks (tags, labels, price stickers etc.) from the product that may be traced back to the store from which it was purchased.
• Buyer may not advertise any department store names or private label store brands. This includes online, in printed advertising and in-store.
• Unless otherwise stated, all warranties must be removed from all products prior to sale.
• Buyer agrees to allow representatives of Via Trading Corporation to inspect buyer's premises to ensure compliance with the above terms.
• The above restrictions apply to all Merchandise unless otherwise stated.
• Additional Geographical & Regional Sales Restrictions may be in effect for certain department stores and would be stated on the Product Listing.
OUR LIABILITY
If we are liable to you for anything connected with an order, our liability is limited to what you paid us for the merchandise involved. We are not liable for lost profits, lost sales, storage or disposal costs, or other knock-on losses.
Nothing here limits any liability that cannot legally be limited.
DISPUTES
If we have a dispute, email us first at sales@viatrading.com and give us a chance to sort it out. Anything we cannot resolve is settled by binding arbitration in Los Angeles County, administered by JAMS under its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules, individually — not as part of a class action. Either of us can use small claims court instead.
LEGAL
California law governs this agreement. We may update it, and the version in force when you pay is the one that applies to your order. If any part of it is unenforceable, the rest still stands. Where the law where you are gives you rights that cannot be signed away, those come first.
I have read and agreed to the terms and conditions of this agreement. I agree to purchase goods from Via Trading Corp. under the policies described in this agreement and the Terms of Use.