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Rethinking seller tart burners.


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I'm not even online selling yet and something happened to make me rethink selling tart burners, which goes hand in hand when you want to sell tarts. I had ordered several from a reputable supplier and given one to a friend. She called to tell me that it caught fire on her counter after about three months of use. It wasn't from wax, but something electrical as the sparks and fire were coming from underneath. Luckily, she was right there and unplugged it quickly, but it did some damage to her countertop. She doesn't plan on doing anything to me, but heavens, a customer certainly would!

If this would happen with a customer, they of course would come after me and that is where having insurance comes in, but then would I go after the tart burner company? I don't have that kind of money to pursue a lawsuit so there my insurance rates would go through the roof if not be cancelled should someone's house burn down because of a faulty burner I'm just reselling.

For people who offer them for sale, do you have a disclaimer that protects you after the purchase of one? Would that even hold up in a bad situation?

This taught me a good lesson as well. There have been times during testing that I've left one on and gone to town to run errands so I can see what it smells like after being out of the house for awhile. I won't be doing that anymore!

Thoughts or advice anyone?

Thanks,

Jackie

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The customer may try to come after you, but you would not be responsible for something you are re-selling. If you have product liability insurance, chances are the insurance agency would deny the claim. They could also decide to pay, but then go after the warmers manufacturer.

Think about it this way: if you bought something at Walmart, a coffee maker, for example, and it melts/catches fire, you would go after the maker of the coffee maker, right? Walmart wouldn't have anything to do with it, they're just one (of the many) middle-men.

This is a good question though, Jackie; so, just to "make sure" I contacted HSCG, and the person I spoke with said that if it's not something you created, you cannot be held responsible if/when the product does not hold up.

Hth :wink2:

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Mu Cuisinart coffee maker suffered a melt down. One morning I heard something boiling, went in the kitchen, the heated plate where the coffee pot sits, had heated up was boiling the coffee, my husband grabbed the whole unit and took it outside in the yard, to cool it off.

It was crazy, I think if we had not been there it would have eventually been in flames. I guess the electric parts that heat the warmer plate up malfunctioned and cooked!

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  • 1 year later...

When I was selling a few years ago, I required my warmer supplier to provide a Certificate of Liability Insurance naming my company as the certificate holder.  This covered my liability should their product cause injury or damage to a buyer's property.

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