Buyer Purchase & Bidder Agreement

1. PARTIES; WHO YOU ARE BUYING FROM; BUSINESS USE

This Buyer Purchase & Bidder Agreement ("Agreement") is between Buckets of Ink LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, 906 S. Priest Dr., Suite 101, Tempe, Arizona 85281 ("Buckets of Ink LLC," "we," "us"), and the person or entity accepting it ("Buyer," "you"). It applies to every purchase, offer and bid on equipment.bucketsofink.com and its monthly online auctions (the "Platform"), by any method, wherever you, the Seller or the equipment are located, in any state.

Most equipment on the Platform belongs to an independent owner (the "Seller"). Buckets of Ink LLC acts only as the Seller's sales agent and marketplace operator. It does not own, possess, inspect, test, repair, certify, appraise or warrant that equipment, and it is not a dealer, auctioneer of record, escrow agent, lender, carrier, rigger, installer or insurer. Listings marked "Sold by Buckets of Ink" are sold by Buckets of Ink LLC directly, on these same terms.

You confirm you are buying for business or commercial use, not for personal, family or household use, and that you are at least 18 and authorized to bind the Buyer.

2. ACCOUNT; IDENTITY VERIFICATION; APPROVAL TO BID

You need a Platform account to buy or bid. Keep your login private; you are responsible for every bid, offer and purchase made from your account. Buckets of Ink LLC may ask you to verify your identity once, with a government photo ID (such as a driver's license) and a live selfie through its identity provider, and may require it before you bid, before you pay by card, or at any time it suspects fraud. The first time your identity is verified, a one-time ID verification fee (currently $5) is added to your next invoice. The name on your verified ID must match the name you sign with (or, for a company, the authorized signer who signs). If it doesn't, Buckets of Ink LLC may refuse or cancel bids, hold or cancel purchases, and hold the equipment until it is resolved. The ID images are processed by the provider and deleted after the check; Buckets of Ink LLC keeps the result, your verified name and the date in its secure records vault. Buckets of Ink LLC may also require your business name, address, phone, a card on file or a deposit, and may approve, limit, suspend or refuse any buyer or bidder at its sole discretion.

3. BIDS AND OFFERS ARE BINDING

Every bid and every accepted offer or Buy It Now is a binding promise to buy the equipment at that price, plus the buyer's premium (for auctions), sales tax and any freight or other charges you choose. You cannot withdraw a bid once placed, except where the law requires it. With automatic (maximum) bidding, the Platform bids for you, one increment at a time, up to your maximum. The Platform's clock and records decide closing times, bid order and the winner. Buckets of Ink LLC is not responsible for bids that don't reach it in time because of your connection, device or browser.

3.1 Buyer's premium. A buyer's premium (a percentage of the winning bid, shown on each lot and in the Auction Terms before you bid) is added to every auction purchase. It belongs to Buckets of Ink LLC, is part of the price you pay, and is taxed where sales tax applies.

3.2 Reserves and extended bidding. Some lots have a hidden reserve. A bid in the last 2 minutes extends that lot's close by 2 minutes. Buckets of Ink LLC may correct obvious errors, withdraw a lot, extend or restart an auction, or cancel bids affected by a technical problem.

3.3 Card on file for big lots. To bid on a lot whose starting bid, current bid or your bid is $10,000 or more, you must have a card saved in your account. It is not charged or held when you bid.

3.4 Fair bidding. No shill bidding, no bidding for or with a Seller, and no agreements with other bidders to hold prices down. Buckets of Ink LLC may cancel bids, void sales and close accounts involved.

4. PAYMENT: EVERYTHING IS PAID TO BUCKETS OF INK LLC

You pay Buckets of Ink LLC, as the Seller's agent, and never the Seller, by its checkout or invoice only. Payment to Buckets of Ink LLC fully pays the Seller. Buckets of Ink LLC will never send new payment or bank instructions by email or text; call 480-229-7806 before sending money if anyone asks you to pay another way. A payment you send anywhere else is at your own risk and does not pay for your purchase.

4.1 Due date. Payment is due within 3 business days of the auction close, accepted offer or invoice. Equipment is released only after your payment has fully cleared. ACH payments can take up to 5 business days to clear.

4.2 Financing. If you finance, your lender (such as DCA Equipment Financing or any other lender or leasing company) pays Buckets of Ink LLC directly. A pre-approval is the lender's decision, not a promise of financing. Your obligation to pay on time is not conditioned on financing; if your financing doesn't fund within the due date, you must pay another way. Any referral fee a lender pays Buckets of Ink LLC is its own and doesn't change your price.

4.3 Taxes. You pay all sales, use, transaction privilege and similar taxes on your purchase, in every state. Buckets of Ink LLC collects them where it is required to. You are responsible for any exemption certificate or out-of-state delivery you claim. If any state later assesses tax, interest or penalties on your purchase, you will pay them, plus Buckets of Ink LLC's costs, within 10 days of being asked, and Buckets of Ink LLC may charge your card on file.

5. IF YOU DON'T PAY

• Buckets of Ink LLC may cancel the sale, suspend or close your account, and keep any deposit.

• It may offer the equipment to the next-highest bidder or relist it.

• You owe any shortfall between your price and what the equipment later sells for, plus the buyer's premium you would have paid, relisting, storage and collection costs, and all costs under Section 13.

• If you had a card on file for a $10,000+ lot, you authorize Buckets of Ink LLC to charge it a $500 non-payment fee, on top of everything else in this Section.

• Any amount not paid when due bears interest at 1.5% per month (18% per year), or the highest rate the law allows if lower, from the due date until paid, and Buckets of Ink LLC may report the debt to collection agencies and credit bureaus.

• Buckets of Ink LLC and the Seller may hold the equipment, and every document for it, until everything you owe has been paid and has cleared.

5.1 Security interest. Until you have paid everything you owe in full, you grant Buckets of Ink LLC (for itself and as the Seller's agent) a purchase-money security interest in the equipment and its proceeds, and you authorize Buckets of Ink LLC to file a UCC financing statement describing it in any state. If you don't pay, Buckets of Ink LLC may take the equipment back wherever it is, without court process where the law allows, and use every remedy of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code.

5.2 Set-off. Buckets of Ink LLC may deduct anything you owe it, under this Agreement or any other agreement, from any money it holds for you or owes you, including any seller payout if you also sell on the Platform.

6. SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS

ALL EQUIPMENT IS SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS. BUCKETS OF INK LLC MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND NO PROMISE ABOUT CONDITION, HOURS, AGE, COMPLETENESS, PERFORMANCE, SAFETY, OR COMPLIANCE WITH ANY LAW OR CODE.

Descriptions, photos, videos, hours and condition reports come from the Seller, not Buckets of Ink LLC. Badges, pricing tools, suggested descriptions and reviews by Buckets of Ink LLC are not inspections or verification. Any warranty is only one the Seller or manufacturer gives in writing in the listing, and you must claim it from them.

6.1 No reliance. You are an experienced commercial buyer. You are relying only on your own inspection and judgment, and not on any statement, photo, description, estimate or advice from Buckets of Ink LLC or anyone working for it, spoken or written, that is not expressly written into this Agreement.

7. INSPECTION

You may inspect equipment before you buy or bid, by appointment, with at least 24 hours' notice, at the Seller's location during business hours. You are responsible for your own safety and that of anyone you bring, and you may not run equipment without the Seller's permission. Not inspecting is your choice and your risk.

8. TITLE AND LIENS

The Seller promises you good title, free of liens. Before paying the Seller, Buckets of Ink LLC searches public lien records and pays off any lien it finds from the sale money. Buckets of Ink LLC does not guarantee title or that no lien exists. Ownership passes to you only when you have paid in full and your payment has cleared. If anyone claims a lien on or ownership of the equipment, tell Buckets of Ink LLC right away in writing. Your remedy is against the Seller. Buckets of Ink LLC may, at its choice, use money it still holds for the Seller toward the claim, or cancel the sale and refund what you paid before the equipment was released.

9. FREIGHT, RIGGING, PICKUP, LOSS AND DAMAGE: ALL RISK IS YOURS

Buckets of Ink LLC is not responsible for freight, rigging, loading, transport, unloading, delivery, installation, or any loss of, damage to, or delay of equipment, for any reason. Risk of loss passes to you when the equipment leaves the Seller's location or is handed to your carrier or rigger, whichever happens first. Insure it from that moment.

Unless the listing says otherwise, you arrange and pay for pickup, rigging and freight, and you pick up within 14 days after your payment clears. After that, storage of $25 per day may apply, and equipment not picked up within 30 days may be treated as abandoned: Buckets of Ink LLC may cancel the sale or resell the equipment, keep from what you paid and any resale its storage, resale and other costs and the buyer's premium, and you still owe any shortfall. If Buckets of Ink LLC books freight for you, it does so only as an arranger under the Freight Terms: the carrier, not Buckets of Ink LLC, transports the equipment; the carrier's terms and limits of liability apply; extra carrier charges (liftgate, residential, limited access, waiting time, redelivery) are added to your invoice; and any loss or damage claim is against the carrier. Count the pieces and note any damage on the delivery receipt before signing.

10. ALL SALES ARE FINAL; NO CHARGEBACKS

There are no returns, refunds, exchanges or cancellations, including for a change of mind, a machine that doesn't suit your work, or a problem found after pickup or delivery. One exception: if you receive a different machine than the one listed (a different make, model or serial number), tell Buckets of Ink LLC within 48 hours of pickup or delivery, with photos, and it will work it out with the Seller; any refund comes from the Seller.

Because every sale is final and as is, you agree not to dispute or charge back any payment for equipment you received or that was made available to you. If you do, you owe the amount disputed plus all costs under Section 13, and Buckets of Ink LLC may charge your payment method on file.

11. USING THE EQUIPMENT

After the equipment leaves the Seller's location, you are solely responsible for its transport, unloading, installation, electrical, air and ventilation hookups, permits, codes, training, guarding and safe operation, and for compliance with every law that applies to its use or resale.

12. INDEMNITY

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you will defend (with counsel Buckets of Ink LLC chooses, at your cost), indemnify and hold harmless Buckets of Ink LLC and its owners, members, managers, employees and agents from every claim, loss, injury, death, property damage, fine, tax, chargeback and cost (including attorneys' fees) arising from your purchase, bid or account; the transport, rigging, installation, use, condition or resale of the equipment after it leaves the Seller's location; anyone you bring to an inspection or pickup; or your breach or violation of law. This applies even if Buckets of Ink LLC is alleged to have been negligent, and excludes only its own fraud or willful misconduct as finally determined by an arbitrator or court.

13. COSTS OF ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR LAWSUIT

You will pay all of Buckets of Ink LLC's costs arising from any claim, dispute, collection, lien, tax assessment, chargeback, subpoena, arbitration or lawsuit relating to your purchase, bid or account, whether or not a proceeding is filed and whether or not Buckets of Ink LLC is a party, including attorneys', accounting, expert, arbitration, court and collection fees, administrative costs, and the time of Buckets of Ink LLC's staff at reasonable hourly rates. Where a state's law requires a fee clause to work both ways, the prevailing party recovers these costs instead.

14. RELEASE AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

RELEASE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU RELEASE BUCKETS OF INK LLC AND ITS OWNERS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS FROM EVERY CLAIM RELATING TO THE EQUIPMENT, ITS CONDITION, TITLE, LIENS, FREIGHT, INSTALLATION OR USE, AND ANYTHING A SELLER, OTHER BIDDER, LENDER OR CARRIER DOES OR FAILS TO DO, EXCEPT BUCKETS OF INK LLC'S OWN FRAUD OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BUCKETS OF INK LLC IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, DEATH, PROPERTY DAMAGE, LOST PROFITS, LOST PRODUCTION, DOWNTIME, OR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY EQUIPMENT OR TRANSACTION, AND ITS TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANYTHING, ON ANY THEORY, IS LIMITED TO THE BUYER'S PREMIUM YOU ACTUALLY PAID ON THE PURCHASE INVOLVED. ANY CLAIM AGAINST BUCKETS OF INK LLC MUST BE BROUGHT WITHIN 6 MONTHS AFTER THE AUCTION CLOSE OR SALE DATE OR IT IS PERMANENTLY WAIVED. THESE LIMITS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PRICE, AND BUCKETS OF INK LLC WOULD NOT OFFER THE PLATFORM WITHOUT THEM.

15. PERSONAL GUARANTY; SPOUSE'S CONSENT

If you buy or bid for a company, or for anyone else, you personally, unconditionally and jointly with the Buyer guarantee everything the Buyer owes or promises under this Agreement, including payment, non-payment fees, chargebacks, taxes, indemnity and costs, and this continues even if the Buyer closes. Buckets of Ink LLC does not have to pursue the Buyer, the equipment or anyone else first. You waive notice of acceptance, demand, presentment, protest and notice of default, and every suretyship defense, and you agree that any extension, change or release Buckets of Ink LLC gives the Buyer does not release you.

15.1 A guaranty of payment that continues. This is a guaranty of payment, not of collection. It covers every bid, purchase and amount owed now and in the future until Buckets of Ink LLC receives your written revocation, and a revocation does not affect anything bid, bought or owed before Buckets of Ink LLC receives it. It binds your heirs, estate, personal representatives and successors, and it is not released or reduced by your death, disability, separation or divorce, by any change in the Buyer's ownership, or by the Buyer's bankruptcy.

15.2 Your property and the marital community. The guaranty may be enforced against all of your separate property and, to the fullest extent the law allows, against any marital or community property. You waive every right and defense that requires Buckets of Ink LLC to sue or pursue the Buyer, the equipment or any other person first, or to join them, including the rights under A.R.S. §§ 12-1641 through 12-1646 and Rule 17(f) of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure and similar laws of any other state.

15.3 Marital status and your spouse's consent. When you sign, you must state truthfully whether you are married or in a registered domestic partnership. If you are, your spouse or partner must sign Buckets of Ink LLC's Spouse's Consent to Personal Guaranty (sent by a private link) before you bid or buy, or whenever Buckets of Ink LLC asks, joining in your guaranty so that it binds the marital community and community property, including under A.R.S. § 25-214 and the community-property laws of any other state. Your spouse or partner must verify their identity first, and the name on their verified ID must match the spouse name you gave us; if it doesn't, the consent can't be signed until it is resolved. Until your spouse signs, Buckets of Ink LLC may refuse or cancel your bids and purchases. You must tell Buckets of Ink LLC in writing within 10 days if you marry, separate or divorce, and get a new consent if asked.

15.4 False statements. If you state that you are unmarried when you are married, or you give a false name or contact for your spouse, that is a default under this Agreement. Buckets of Ink LLC may cancel your bids and purchases and use every remedy in Section 5, you are personally liable for everything the Buyer owes as if your spouse had signed, and you will pay all of Buckets of Ink LLC's resulting costs under Section 13.

16. NO GOING AROUND BUCKETS OF INK (NON-CIRCUMVENTION)

The Platform introduces you to equipment and Sellers. For 24 months after you first view, ask about, bid on or make an offer on a listing, you will not buy, lease or otherwise acquire that equipment (or other equipment from the same Seller that you learned about through the Platform) directly from the Seller or through anyone other than Buckets of Ink LLC. If you do, you owe Buckets of Ink LLC, as a reasonable estimate of its lost fees and not as a penalty, the greater of 15% of the price paid or $1,000, plus its costs under Section 13, within 10 days of its request.

17. CALLS, TEXTS AND EMAILS

You agree that Buckets of Ink LLC, its lenders, carriers and payment processors may contact you about your account, bids, purchases, payments and collections by email, phone call or text, including automated messages, at the contact details you give. Calls may be recorded for quality and records.

18. PRIVACY

Bidders appear only by bidder number. A lender pre-approval you share with Buckets of Ink LLC is shown only to you and Buckets of Ink LLC, never to other bidders or the public. Buckets of Ink LLC may share your information with the Seller, your lender, carriers, payment processors and law enforcement as needed to complete, collect or protect a transaction, as described in its Privacy Policy.

19. ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING; RECORDS

You consent to electronic contracting, signatures, notices and records under the federal E-SIGN Act and each state's Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Clicking an acceptance box, typing a name or placing a bid is your signature. Buckets of Ink LLC keeps the accepted version, bid and payment records, IP/device and authentication records and identity-verification results in its secure records vault and may rely on them as conclusive evidence.

20. GOVERNING LAW; ARBITRATION; NO CLASS ACTIONS

Arizona law governs this Agreement and every dispute, wherever you are located. Every auction is conducted by Buckets of Ink LLC from Tempe, Arizona, and every sale through the Platform is made in Arizona. This Agreement involves interstate commerce and the Federal Arbitration Act applies.

Except for small-claims matters and Buckets of Ink LLC's right to go to court to collect amounts owed or seek injunctive relief (for which you consent to the state and federal courts in Maricopa County, Arizona), any dispute will be resolved by binding individual arbitration under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, in Maricopa County, Arizona, after 30 days' written notice. The arbitrator must apply this Agreement as written, including Sections 13 and 14, and may award Buckets of Ink LLC its costs under Section 13.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, AND CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

21. GENERAL

This Agreement works together with the Platform's posted Buyer Terms, Auction Terms, Freight Terms and Privacy Policy; if they conflict, the term more protective of Buckets of Ink LLC applies. If any part can't be enforced in your state, it applies to the fullest extent the law there allows, and the rest still applies. Buckets of Ink LLC may update these terms for future purchases and bids; the version you accepted applies to each purchase. You may not assign this Agreement. A waiver must be in writing, and Buckets of Ink LLC not enforcing a term is not a waiver. Nothing anyone says outside these documents changes them; this Agreement and the posted terms are the entire agreement about your purchases and bids. Buckets of Ink LLC is not responsible for delays or failures caused by events outside its control (such as weather, carrier or bank delays, outages, labor disputes or government action). Every term that by its nature should continue (including payment, taxes, chargebacks, security interest, set-off, indemnity, costs, release, limits, guaranty, non-circumvention and arbitration) survives the sale, the release of the equipment and the closing of your account.

BY ACCEPTING, YOU CONFIRM YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT; ARE BUYING FOR BUSINESS USE; HAVE STATED YOUR MARITAL STATUS TRUTHFULLY; UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY SALE IS FINAL AND AS IS, THAT BUCKETS OF INK LLC IS ONLY THE SELLER'S AGENT AND IS NEVER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EQUIPMENT, FREIGHT, LOSS OR DAMAGE; AND THAT THE BINDING-BID, PAYMENT, LATE-INTEREST, SECURITY-INTEREST, SET-OFF, NO-CHARGEBACK, NO-RELIANCE, INDEMNITY, COSTS, RELEASE, LIABILITY-LIMIT, 6-MONTH CLAIM PERIOD, PERSONAL-GUARANTY, SPOUSE'S-CONSENT, NON-CIRCUMVENTION, ARBITRATION, JURY AND CLASS WAIVER, AND ARIZONA-LAW TERMS ARE MATERIAL.