Selling MOD's and responsability

[garrydibley]

Interesting thread.
It you were to go down the insurance route Public liability will get you no where if you were to be sued tbh.
What you would need to look at if to go down this route is product liability insurance.
I have spoken many times with my local trading standards office about the mods I sell and this is what they tell me.
You only have to look at the recent issues in the US with the exploding mod and the court case that will follow.
We did cover this on VTTV a while ago.

What you have to think about is, anyone on a forum can be as nice as they come, and we are nice let's face it, lol
However most modders will tell you the 1st thing that gets the blame is the mod.
I've had mods back that work fine only to find the users battery was dead, lol.
Crushed connectors, etc etc the list goes on.
But the mod is the thing that gets the blame 1st.

Despite all the safety you can build in there is the chance that something could go wrong.
And if someone looses a finger the 1st port of call will be the person who made the mod.
It would be down to the mod maker to prove user error, battery fault etc.
This is what is currently is going on at the moment in the US
How we choose to protect our interests is down to the individual, there are no set rules yet.....