Texas Volt Yard

Terms of Service

Last updated October 29, 2026.

1. Who we are

Texas Volt Yard LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Texas Volt Yard", "we", "us"), runs an online marketplace, Texas-based and nationwide, where buyers and sellers across the United States trade electrical equipment. We are not the seller of any item and we don't own, inspect, or test the items listed. Each sale is a contract between the buyer and the seller. We run the site, handle payments through Stripe, and enforce these rules. By using the site you agree to these terms.

2. Accounts

You must be 18 or older and able to make a binding contract. Give accurate information and keep it up to date. You are responsible for activity on your account and for keeping your password safe. One person or business per account.

2A. Electronic notices and signatures

You agree that we can give you notices, receipts and these terms electronically, by email or on the site, and that clicking a button, checking a box, entering a pickup code or taking other electronic actions on the site counts as your electronic signature. Keep your email address up to date so you get our notices.

3. Payments and Stripe

4. Fees

The minimum item price is $10 per unit, including accepted offers. We keep a fee of 10% of the item price plus any shipping or freight price the buyer pays, with a $1.50 minimum per order from the seller's payout. Sales tax collected from the buyer is not part of the fee. Buyers pay the item price and any shipping or freight price the seller set. Buyers also pay any applicable state and local sales tax, calculated at checkout based on the delivery address (see section 4A).

4A. Sales and use tax

4B. High-volume sellers (INFORM Consumers Act)

5. Payment holds

When a buyer orders, the card is authorized (held), not charged. It is charged when the carrier makes its first scan of the package, or when the seller marks a local-pickup order ready.

6. Seller shipping rule (3-day rule)

7. Local pickup

7A. Picking up heavy equipment

ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND RELEASE AT PICKUP

TEXAS VOLT YARD IS NOT PRESENT AT PICKUP AND DOES NOT LOAD, RIG OR MOVE ITEMS. MOVING HEAVY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. BUYERS, SELLERS AND THEIR CREWS ARE EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY, THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT, AND ANY DAMAGE THEY CAUSE AT THE PICKUP SITE.

TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, YOU RELEASE TEXAS VOLT YARD LLC FROM CLAIMS FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AT PICKUP OR LOADING, INCLUDING CLAIMS BASED ON TEXAS VOLT YARD'S OWN NEGLIGENCE. THIS RELEASE DOES NOT COVER GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, OR CLAIMS BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER.

8. Delivery and seller payouts

8A. Packing, freight and shipping damage

Packing (seller)

At delivery (buyer)

Who pays and who files the claim

9. Recovering money, payout holds and card disputes

10. As-is sales, problems and returns

11. Strikes and suspension

Breaking the rules above adds strikes to buyers and sellers. Accounts are automatically suspended at 3 strikes. A suspended account can't buy or sell, and its lots are hidden. You can ask us to review a suspension, and our admin can lift it.

12. Prohibited items and conduct

We may remove listings or suspend accounts that break these rules. The post-a-lot form also blocks listings that look like batteries, oil-filled equipment, or medium-voltage gear that isn't vacuum type.

12A. Hazardous materials: PCBs and mercury

Some older electrical equipment contains materials that are regulated by the EPA and by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) shipping rules. The seller is responsible for knowing what is in the item and following those rules. Texas Volt Yard doesn't test items or check listings for this, but we may ask for proof and remove listings. Batteries and oil-filled or liquid-filled equipment can't be listed at all (see section 12).

PCBs (ballasts and capacitors)

Mercury (mercury switches, relays, thermostats, mercury-vapor lamps)

Seller responsibility

13. Stolen or recalled items

13A. Counterfeit and reconditioned breakers

Counterfeits are banned

Reconditioned and aftermarket parts must be disclosed

Takedowns

13B. Recall and safety reports

14. Safety

Electrical equipment can be dangerous and can cause fire, injury, or death if handled or installed wrong. Used and surplus equipment may have hidden wear or damage. Buyers are responsible for having equipment inspected, installed, and tested by a qualified, licensed electrician under applicable codes before use.

15. Disclaimers and warranties

ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD "AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS." TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, TEXAS VOLT YARD LLC AND SELLERS DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."

In plain words: we don't promise that items are safe, legal, working, or right for your job, and we don't give any warranty on items. Have a licensed electrician check any item before use. Nothing in these terms takes away rights the law gives buyers, including under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and we never ask buyers to waive them. Texas Volt Yard does not inspect items for batteries, insulating oil, SF6 gas, PCBs or mercury, or confirm interrupter type, or check whether they are genuine or reconditioned; sellers are responsible for following the bans in section 12 and describing items truthfully (see sections 12A and 13A).

16. Limits of liability

TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, TEXAS VOLT YARD LLC IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE QUALITY, SAFETY OR LEGALITY OF ITEMS LISTED BY SELLERS, OR FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES, SUCH AS LOST PROFITS OR DOWNTIME. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE FEES YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) $100.

THESE LIMITS DO NOT APPLY TO OUR FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, TO PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH CAUSED BY OUR NEGLIGENCE, OR WHERE THE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW LIABILITY TO BE LIMITED, INCLUDING RIGHTS UNDER THE TEXAS DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT.

17. Seller indemnity

Sellers will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Texas Volt Yard LLC and its members and contractors from third-party claims, losses and costs, including reasonable legal fees, arising from the seller's listing, item or shipment, or from the seller breaking these terms or the law. This section survives account closure.

17A. Disputes between users

Disputes about an item are between the buyer and the seller. We help through the process in section 10, but except for our own obligations in these terms, you release Texas Volt Yard LLC from claims arising from another user's item or conduct.

18. Disputes

19. Changes

We may update these terms and will post the new version here with a new date. For material changes, we'll email account holders at least 30 days before they take effect. Changes don't apply to disputes already pending or to orders placed before the effective date. If you keep using the site after a change takes effect, you accept the new terms.

20. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas and applicable U.S. federal law.

20A. General terms

21. Contact

Texas Volt Yard LLC
9311 FM 1488 Rd Ste 30-1044
Magnolia, TX 77354
Email: support@texasvoltyard.com

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